Mega Crit

I really like this piece however the picture does not do it justice, in this photo the composition looks cluttered but the piece at the size it was designed and printed managed to maintain clarity even with the large amount of visual information it contains. The subtle variation in tones and textures is well crafted. I especially like the use of solid white on the badgers face that makes it stand out from the off white background. I think the text could play a larger role in the design, I mean it could be larger in scale and have more of an impact, having said that I like the way it has been incorporated into the composition. I like the font that has been used to write "THE TALE OF MR TOD", I often hand draw block type in my own designs as it adds a feeling of crafting to the lettering making it seem more solid or 'real'. I work with vectors quite a lot and the designs always look better when I add texture or print them out onto textured paper, it seems bizarre to choose to work digitally then add textures associated with analogue media but I think you can achieve some appealing results using these methods. its tough looking back at this image now trying to analyse it because the more I look at it the more I think the composition should be simplified and some components should be removed but I think this could well be due to the fact I'm looking at it on a small scale on a screen. I think this highlights the importance of knowing how to work within set dimensions. A composition that will work on a large scale could lose its effectiveness when scaled down. I think the furnace or the fine specifically could be made more of a centrepiece of the image, the fox and badger heads point in and draw attention to the furnace however the dark tone of the furnace makes it fade into the background. One of the problems working with a limited palette is managing to differentiate between all the components in the piece. I think the colour of the furnace itself works well but more could have been done with the flames. it is difficult to balance lots of detail in a composition like this and making a change like this could be detrimental to other areas of the composition.