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Hi there, I need some help.

What you see here is a rough sketch of a bigger picture I intend to do. The meaning of the picture will be explained at a later date, for now, I'd ike some suggestions on three different things.
Layout: should that moon really go there?
Color. Should I have it black-and-white with cross-hatching shading, or should it be muted blues and greys?
Lighting: How would one go about doing a full-moon-dreary-atmosphere-type-lighting?

Mucho appreciated!

Hi!

Layout: Hmm, I don't know. I like the idea of the moon, but it seems a little hidden/busy where it is right now. Maybe it would be better in the left-hand corner?

Color: I think I like the idea of blues and grays, but black and white doesn't seem like it would be too bad either! Maybe you can try to test both ideas!

Lighting: Maybe you could pick a large area for the moon to shine on, then maybe border it with some light shading and make it really dark around?

Well, I hope that makes sense and it helps! I think this has potential to be a really good drawing. Do me a favor and PM me when it's up, okay?

-Elinor xo

It seems a bit busy. I think it'd look really nice though. I envisioned it with the blue and grey. For the lighting, go outside at night and look at how the moon shines on stuff if possible. The light is kind of dim on objects. Go for it Jenthura.

-Crescent

Ditch the moon. To create the lighting effect we need to not see the moon. Perhaps in place use a gently starry background. To have the moon light illuminate your image it would need to be behind the the viewer so you wouldn't see it. For the color use the blues and grays cause it will help translate the moonlit dreary atmosphere you're looking for. As for the lighting you want, keep with a very subtle shading. Nothing very light and nothing really dark.

I suggest going outside one night with a full moon so you can see the kind of shading and lighting you get. Really and truly that will help you the most in getting the right atmosphere. Hope that helps. I really like this idea, it looks very interesting.

Thanks ya'll, I'm definitely going to try looking at a real moon-lit night. I'm still on the fence between moon or no-moon, but I'm leaning towards what you said, Alteran (perhaps it was your brutally persuasive tone ^^). I'll PM you when it does come up, Elinor.
About that background. I wanted a church (abandoned) and tall mountains, but the starry sky sounds like a better idea. Maybe just a little shorter mountains...

Hey! Good luck! Note: the way you've drawn this is really cool, btw. Very Davinci

Layout: The moon probably shouldn't go there. If anything, I'd make it massive and yellow, partly hidden by the arch.

Colour: definately colour, but PLAN PLAN PLAN! It would make a nice effect if just the moon and the light off it was yellow, and the rest blue and black. With the colouring of light from the moon, since the moon is to the side and not above you can just outline everything (like the guy's face, ect, you get what I mean?) but you might want to lengthen the yellowness further away, on the side the moon's not on. This'll give everything an nice, 3-D look. Uh, I think you can imagine it? Sorry. Horriable at explaining - brain spew. Yeah.

Hope I helped! And remember, this is just my opinion, you can do whatever. But I will stalk you until I see the finished copy. You have been warned!

~Durrs

Heya Jenth!

Well, if you ask me, I'd say a 2/3rd of the moon seen through the arch might be good. (But, do try it. I'm not sure it'll work very well.) Either wayk, I'm not a big fan of the entire moon being seen. It makes the drawing lose... subtlety(in need of a better word, but I can't think of anything else.)
And definitely color. I would love to see how you experiment with colour.
And for the moon glow, a fading patch of mildly (very) yellow lighting and very dark around it should be good. Make sure you blend the transition well.

Please PM me when you're done with this and you put it up here.

Cheers,
~Lava

Hey guys, I'm not very good at it, but I was thinking that I might try it with watercolor. What do you think? I've heard that it's a very hard medium to control.

It is, quite. But if you make sure that it's more paint than water and make sure your brush doesn't drip, you'll be fine. Slather that paint on! Or, if you want a lighter colour, add more water. Whatever. But don't let that brush drip!

~Durrs