This is one of the 3 pictures i applied to an artschool with. However, this isn't the final version. In the final version I've blacked the plane a bit more, rounded up the moon a bit more, made the clouds better, fixed that one white cloud between the plane and the moon that looks like a knob and fixed the shadow in the bottom right of the lighthouse, which all ended up with the picture looking really terrific.
Would you kindly guess what this is based on?
there should be a LOT more contrast and definition on such an important piece like this, I can barely even tell what's going on
it might just be the photo but it looks very flat and poorly filled in
the composition is fine but the rendering needs work, I hope your final version of this is as good as you say it is
Most of the lineart + some flat color.
I still don't know how to make lines not look all splotchy.
You might want to try the hard pencil tool, Pecon. See if you like it better. What program are you using?