I must have started this collage 2 years ago from a photo reference I created by mashing together 6 different photos. I wanted a farmer's market scene that would be intriguing and draw the audience in but I kept getting distracted by other projects. Each time I came back to this it seemed something was wrong or off about it and I'd soon lose interest. I don't know why I didn't throw it away and start over but I liked the concept too much to trash it.
This last time I came back to it, I saw what was bothering me. The face of the main focal point character was distorted. I had to redraw his nose and lower his eyes and it made all the difference. Then I decided the sky was too dark. It was a light blue I put in but even that little bit distracted from the focal point and also made it too dark and busy to be interesting. So I glued white and light grey pieces over the sky and light, light green over the trees in the background. That helped a lot. Then I traced all the background characters onto tracing paper so that I could collage them independently of the background and then glue them into place. It made quite a difference.
Finally, I got to work on the main character in the middle and decided on a red shirt. This helped to draw the eye to him as the focal point of the picture.
Do you think my choices were correct?
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