story sketch: faerie wedding [update: 09-17-2011]

[meeks]

This is a scene from Wonder City Stories in which the Equestrian, Maelstrom, Nereid, and Wire (not seen) are being enthusiastically greeted as they arrive at the wedding feast of a swan princess and her chosen prince.



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Comments

[interleaper.livejournal.com]

I do like! The grouping around Nereid seems a bit crowded, though; maybe you could space the doggies out a bit or maybe have only three of them in shot?

[meeks]

+1 on LJ makes 6! :) I'll work on this some more over the next couple of days.

The wolf pack is supposed to be crowding Nereid, but I'll play around with them a bit. Blocking in the values might help...

Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I think they do look like they're crowding her, especially given her expression and the way she has her hands up. Also it's interesting that the foreground is very dark and shadowy, but not the main focus; the deeper part of the picture is brighter, where the action is. I like the effect.

[heavenscalyx]

She is supposed to be crowded:
When Maelstrom strolled in with the Equestrian on his back and Wire and Nereid walking to either side, the crowd turned, exclaimed joyously, and closed around them. Nereid found herself pressed back against Maelstrom's shoulder by the earnest greetings of a pack of wolves in Victorian tailcoats and top hats. "Thank you," she said again and again in response to their enthusiastic compliments about her hair, her figure, her costume, her presence, her smile -- anything, in short, that they could find to compliment about her, even things they could have no knowledge of, like her kindness or grace. At least she could hear that Wire was having a similar experience on the other side of the horse. The Equestrian, however, was a silent monolith on the horse's back, glowering at everyone equally.