Self Assessment Questions:
How are you using the rule of 3rds?
Where is your focal point? On the cross-hairs or in the space of a box with leading lines?
What is in the foreground? (lots of detail and dark values)
What is in the midground? (less detail and medium values)
What is in the background? (little detail and light values)
What is your juxtaposition?
"Look Fors"
neatness
hatching, cross hatching, stippling
space/distance/depth
details & textures
juxtaposition
focal points
W.W. Denslow
The original illustrations of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz series (1900)
Sir John Tenniel
Alice in Wonderland (1865)
Pauline Baynes
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Narnia series)
Brian Froud
Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal
John Howe
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Alan Lee
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Paul Kidby
DiscWorld
Tim Burton
The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie
Scavenger's Reign
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Last Unicorn
The Secret of Nimh