Could really use a second set of eyes!

[ellenmillion]

These cards have given me SO much grief. *whines* Why do they have to be in COLOR? I hate color...

Please, any advice, ideas, or just rah-rahs to get me to the finish line:

(My scanner is NOT behaving, so believe that the dragonfly is much more intense in real life. Still washed out, because I suck at colors, but better than this...)

Comments

[uneide.livejournal.com]

I'm loving them Ellen! only thing to me... is that the bottom image with the turtles, the grass looks oddly.. uhmmm.. undefined? Love the concetpt though. :D Makes me miss my turtles. :)

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the dragonfly one -- the limited palette, the fine linework, everything about it is just lovely.

[valdary.livejournal.com]

Love the dragonflies, very delicate and refined.

Not sure how to read the turtles, I like the ambiguity about whether they are swimming in deep water or in space, but in either case the greenery seems to be a right angles to the action. Either it should be hanging down to the water or that turtle needs a rocket strapped to his back.
The top left had corner is beautifully dreamy. Love the aurora/glowing plancton bloom.

[pers1stence.livejournal.com]

Remember to just keep breathing, and that the lives of hundreds are not depending on what EMG does. You're doing a great job. Keep your chin up!
*rah rah*

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

Nice stuff!

[giovanna-adams.livejournal.com]

These are lovely Ellen! The sublte tones in the dragonfly one works nicely. And the turtle just needs a little refining.

My advice: STEP AWAY! Step away from the image and come back to it in a few . I am guessing that you have been working on it for a while now and that is why frustration is setting in. Walk away, and then look at it with fresh eyes. **rah, rah rah**