And you have made the world (and it shall grow
and ripen as a word, unspoken, still).
When you have grasped its meaning with your will,
then tenderly your eyes will let it go...

-Initiation, by Rainer Maria Rilke, as translated by C. F. MacIntyre




I've got the movie Mirrormask on my mind. Anywhose, since I am not paying for this account and can therefor not request a tidy little critique, I am asking you for ways I can improve on this, apart from the technical things like "blur the edges better" or "match the colors right" because some of that was done on purpose, and I want to know what you think about it.
If you need help, here are my specific questions:

What do you think of how I emphasized the girl? How could I have done that better?
What do you think about the colors, lightness, and style of the drawing bits? How could I have done that better?
Can you even see the people in the windows? Should I take them out? Do they look real enough? Because they ARE real... How could I improve on that aspect of the image?
What do you think about the balloons and the crow? Does it make it too confusing to have them added in a different way from the drawings, or does it add interest?

And anything along those lines. It would be immensely helpful, I won't take it personally, and I will most likely follow your advise (with discretion, of course) and redo this piece. It was very experimental.



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