First coloring study on the pigs for my epic "Pigs in Space" retro-sci-fi movie poster attempt.
Normally, I use black outlines in my art, but it seems that all of the old movie posters don't have those, they seem to be in more of a painterly-realistic style.... bright colors and contrast, but no uniform black outlining (darn!) So, this project is pushing me out of my comfort zone once again, and I'm trying hard to color this in a non-sucky way without the black outlines I rely so heavily on. Also: I am aware that there are some anatomical mistakes (Piggy's left eye looks weird, for example, and I am not sure about the positioning of Link's hand on her shoulder) but would welcome being informed of anything odd that you notice anyway, just in case they are mistakes that I am not aware of. And, now that it's colored in, I am less and less happy with Piggy's face, and a little less happy with Link's. God, I might end up studying the puppets really hard and redrawing this. UGH. Looking at example posters again, I *think* might need even higher contrast here... or perhaps I just need to be more thoughtful about where the light source is coming from and make heavier shadows and highlights accordingly. Hmmm....
Constructive feedback is SOOOOO WELCOME!!!! Please??
Also: Should I make Dr. Strangepork's uniform blue like Link (as it is portrayed in the show) or should I do like I did with my last Pigs in Space fan art, and make his uniform green to add a bit of variety?
This is all Copic marker on Bristol board, with a little bit of pencil, by the way.