proofs so many proofs

     I've been trying to sort my work by creating proof pages. Basically a collage of the same image redone several different ways till I find the one I like. Then I break it down into groupings of ones I like and sort out ones that just don't do it for me.... IE something is off or just doesn't blend well or thousands of other ideas. I was going to break some of it down for you here and give you a taste of what I tend to look at , but felt that there was too much and since this is not a live action detail you may or may not be able to follow with what I'm explaining. So I decided to go simple and give you a few images and do a moch proofing.

For argument and an example lets use this mix...... Yes that is me.

Now the program I used to make the proof did not do a fair job of keeping the images level. As you can see some of my face are up higher and others were dropped lower. but these 9 are a grouping I'd look at.

The center one of all is faded. I'm not sure what happened color wise there but this would be a direct pull where I would return to the others I've made of this image and try to find one where the color is stronger. Top right is ok, but it's a bit off with my printing of Demon across the forehead. so I would probably rethink that one. Then from there I'd sort it down to which reverberate with me better. I tend to prefer red and purple color wise as it does give a variation and make images pop. Now much of this is before I got into a pop art style where I learned it works best with a 3 color palette so you have lights darks and accent. lets give an example here.

Now where it pops a bit more and on some you can see where I extended the palette. 

Also they look 1000x better than previous images.

now this is just a taste of what runs through my head before I post images and/or set them for sale. 

-Jebus