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johncomicMy 45th acrylic is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. [I'm showing it after #46 cuz this one was a gift and I waited til it was received before making it public.] I find myself wondering if I should've made the green background lighter so that the dog's head would stand out more distinctly. But I also realize that I like how the dog's brown and the background green are similar in value, to create fewer, larger and simpler shapes of light and dark values, to make a stronger composition. I am unusually aware this time of the distinction between how the work functions as composition vs. as depiction.
[It also made me realize how often I make decisions like this in cartooning, composition vs. depiction, and I realize that, in that medium, clarity of depiction is always most important. Sometimes we downplay conventional rules of composition to make the image communicate with more clarity and immediacy.]
[It also made me realize how often I make decisions like this in cartooning, composition vs. depiction, and I realize that, in that medium, clarity of depiction is always most important. Sometimes we downplay conventional rules of composition to make the image communicate with more clarity and immediacy.]
