Originally Posted by
cashs_mom
Just my opinion, but I would like the background better if it was more muted and not as patchwork-y looking. The peacock is a very sophisticated image and the background isn't. A yellow/cream background in pieces with very little contrast would be more pleasing to me and more sophisticated to go with the peacock. A more muted background would also make the peacock stand out.
That was my thought too. i tried one piece of very mottled light green at first . I thought a more solid color would work too. Cream or white too but it didn’t. It was too stark.
i do now wish I had made the patchwork background with much smaller squares.
thanks for the feedback