The Epilogue editors can’t answer for the entire illustration industry, of course, but we can give you a head start by letting you in on how we make our decisions. In each Ask an Editor article, one of our editors will tackle a rejected image, explaining exactly why it didn’t make the grade, and offering suggestions for improvement.
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Epilogue Editor Rafal (aka McF) gives a detailed look at a rejected submission and the various issues that need to be addressed to help the image reach the quality Epilogue is looking for with this portrait.
In this digital painting, Irene Bressel has come up with a dynamic scene, and spiced it up with some unconventional rendering, less detailed and line-oriented than her usual style. This sort of experimentation is always wonderful to see, and makes this piece stand out from the crowd in many ways. Unfortunately, while it has some very definite strong points, there are also some areas that could be addressed to make a stronger piece.
