Joshua Pratt

Air Bear

By Joshua Pratt

   on Aug 01, 2009
10 Reviews1 Vote1 Favorite468 Views

Concept Reviews

  • Kevin Sawicki

    Kevin Sawicki

    Rank: 6 Apprentice

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
    1 Vote
    Bear Arm and Head position

    Posted on Aug 02, 2009 at 12:21 AM

    The head looks a bit off, a head looking to a greater degree would be better. The arm should be a bear arm. It'd just be cooler. Get rid of the eagle and hot air balloon.

  • Szymon Niemczura

    Szymon Niemczura

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 3
    1 Vote
    Background

    Posted on Aug 02, 2009 at 6:02 AM

    I think that head is OK, but maybe you can try to add some glitter to his eyes. I don't like the background of skater-bear (vertical bars and some yellow highlight).

    I think that you can try to enlarge that balloon and shrink a bit the hawk (or maybe it's an eagle?).

    I'm not sure about that orange lines... Maybe something else? Like a star-burst? Or some motion blur?

  • Scott Madden

    Scott Madden

    Rank: 6 Apprentice

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    • Design: 2
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    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 1
    1 Vote
    sence of depth

    Posted on Aug 02, 2009 at 11:47 AM

    I would recommend working on the contrast between the skateboarder and the background to give the image more depth

  • Ammar Dajani

    Ammar Dajani

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
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    • Engagement: 3
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    cool idea

    Posted on Aug 03, 2009 at 3:13 AM

    i would've chosen a different bear head. this one looks like you found it on charlton heston's wall (i.e. kinda dead).

    not sure what purpose the bear's background is serving. is that part of any corporate identity or mandatories? if not they they distract me for no reason.

    as for the balloon and falcon, i'd either give them a bigger role or remove them altogether.

    and i agree on giving him bear hands.

  • Jorge Gonzalez

    Jorge Gonzalez

    Rank: 7 Student

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 4
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    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes

    the general concept is cool, but you can improve it. personally I don't like how the sweater is on bear face. Also, all the head is kinda "decapitated". About the hand, I think if you change it or not cause the cool efect you are looking for.

  • Tom Kennedy

    Tom Kennedy

    Rank: 5 Advanced

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 5
    • Engagement: 4
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    Great movement

    Posted on Aug 03, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    I like it - sense of movement and intriguing. Draws the eye in, but is that what you want for a busy desktop wallpaper?

  • Julian Streete

    Julian Streete

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 5
    • Engagement: 3
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    The depth of the objects

    Posted on Aug 03, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    I like the concept. I would add a different bear face because that one has no emotion and looks too cut and pasted on. Also I would move the hot air balloon higher in the sky to make it float more and and maybe move the hawk lower (just a mater of preference)

    Also Im not sure what the pink swirly lines on the wrist "add" to the concept. It kind of confuses it.

  • Marcos Rodrigues

    Marcos Rodrigues

    Rank: 4 Master

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    Great, but...

    Posted on Aug 03, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    I think that the fusion of the head is not quite solved.

  • John Bevan Bevan

    John Bevan Bevan

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 5
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    Head and Depth

    Posted on Aug 04, 2009 at 12:49 AM

    To second a couple of posts here, to me the head needs alternative sourcing, there's something more scary than powerful about the current bear head it looks out of place. I would also rework on the contrast of the boarder to imply depth. The blue hues are also too dark for me, the overall imagery here is too dark and reclusive here and not vibrant enough, which I imagine runs contrary to the intended purpose!

  • Brian Caicco

    Brian Caicco

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 3
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    • Originality: 1
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    more detail

    Posted on Aug 06, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    keep going with it, it only looks half finished... design is in the details