Thursday, April 14, 2011

Fashion Illustration - second semester

A second-semester student (let's just call him K) created the below composition within an hour's time. The details on the dancers' dresses is dyed ostrich feather. Critique this piece:



Before diving into your critique* in the comments section, review the rules of critique we came up with in class a few weeks ago:
1. Civility, civility, civility. The golden rule is golden for a reason.
2. Start with your overall experience of the piece. What is your subjective reaction to it?
3. Praise - What do you like? What is working?
4. Polish - What isn't working for you? What is a missed opportunity? Try to avoid prescriptive advice.
5. Questions - What questions do you have for the artist? What is left unanswered by the piece itself?


*This framework for critique was adapted from James Sidel's Advanced Fiction Writing class, Fall 2010.

1 comment:

  1. The piece is very provocative and almost violent in a way, the forms are great and the colors are bold. I like the human figures the most out of everything, i wish more time had been spent on the actual construction of the piece and that it didn't look so sloppy and rushed, also i don't know if it really matters in fashion illustration but i find the composition to be lacking there are tangents and a lot of overlapping . i really don't have any questions for the artist

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