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The first hero/ villain duo I am critiquing is Dan Ahren's.  The two characters are vastly different in their color.  They each use different hues.  The creep has a green hue.  However there are different saturation of the green on the character.  The different saturation are used to portray certain aspects of the character.  The eyes of the character are bright red which contrast with the whole dark picture.  This makes the eyes pop out in the picture showing brightness there to attract your attention.  The second character. the ringleader gives off a very different feel than the creep.  The ringleader is a bright, vibrant, handsome man.  This character consists of many different hues including red, white, and black.  It seems the red on his coat is very bright making you focus on this body.  The part I thought was most creative was how they used brightness and different saturation of the same color to make it appear the spotlight was on him. The two characters have very contrasting hues however their placement in the frame shows affinity because both characters are in the center of the frame.
The second hero villain set is Beth Carter. Her partner and her used a western theme for their characters.  To portray the difference between the hero and villain the group messed with the lighting. "The Good" is the hero character.  He is characterized by bright colors that are warm and pleasant the appeal.  Beth uses shadows to show that the sun is behind him.  There are minimal shadows on the character expect on his clothing. The bright blue sky in the background in symbolic of a hero character.  All of these colors effect the mood of the picture.  Because she used using bright inviting colors the picture gives off positive appeal.  The character also seems to have a grin on his face inviting the audience in.  The second character gives off the opposite appeal.  All of the colors are very dark.  Shadows are used on the face to show a scruffy look making the character look tougher.  Symbolism is used in this picture by the shape of the bandanna.  It is in the shape of a triangle which portrays villain characters.  These characters show objective and subjective qualities.   It is objective because the characters are dressed truthfully for the time period.  They are subjective because you have to examine they pictures to determine which is the hero and villain.  Your opinion on who is good and bad is up for interpretation depending on what you think of the picture. 
My third critique is on Corey Longstreth's animations.  His two characters are merman and petroleum man.   These characters share an underwater theme.  The first character merman, uses many different hues and saturation's of blue.  The upper body is a shade of blue and then the lower body is a slightly different hue.  The blue color is complimented by the color yellow.  The yellow shows brightness which attracts your attention to that part of the picture.  The second animations also uses yellow to make attraction points in the picture.  It is also drawn in color pencil so you can really see the different saturation of the blue hue on the characters body.  The color blue could symbolism them being underwater.  The characters are effectively drawn through the use of the color blue, various brightness levels, and a variety of saturation's.  The pictures also use text and subtext. The first animation has its name in text on the picture however for the second animation there is no text.  You must rely on your ability to look at the picture using the cues to come up with a suitable name.