First rough for War Horse

 

This is a rough drawing of my selected thumbnail for chapter two.
While the war hasn't broken out yet at this point, the colour palette seems a bit too bright and fun so I'll need to alter it to make it a bit more sombre. I'm pretty pleased with the composition otherwise though.

I'm trying to keep in mind what Victo Ngai said about an image's quality being measured by how successful it is in black and white too. The image isn't too bad and Joey the horse stands out which is good, but I'm not sure the range of values is great enough; it might need more darks to bring it out.

possible alt colour