SWOT Target: Whale

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I was inspired by the work of @ainun21202 for the creation of my whale character, I had been interested in exploring sea life for a little white however I wanted to ensure I had clear reference considering it is not an animal I am 100% familiar with. I really love how on @ainun21202 's design they have created the background slightly smaller than the file size so they can have elements extruding the borders, this made the design a lot more interesting. I am unsure whether I will emulate this within my own work though as I want each of my designs to maintain a consistent news feed appearance as I feel this will best help enhance the visual appeal of my work.

Whereas @ainun21202 has formed a completely cute characterised face I wanted to maintain the true anatomy of the whale by having the lip as the underbelly considering this is more realistic. I feel this may have affected the level of cuteness within my design but I am happy I designed my character this way as it is much more realistic.

I had a lot of trouble with the creation of the tail for my whale character, I couldn't quite make it follow a natural form and although the final results are still cute I would like to return to my design in order to experiment with this area further in order to try and enhance my design. I also feel that the contrast between my main areas and the detailing may be too low as once the image has been exported they become much less prominent, in order to resolve this I will return to my design in order to explore how increasing the contrast of these areas can affect my design.

I really do like the facial expression I have managed to create though as I feel it helps make my design more distinct whilst still following the designated cute art style. 

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