After looking at it the picture for a while, I really like it. It does gve a good view of the boy, but everything fades out in the back ground. This I can understand, cause the boy is a vocal point, but I think you could have done better. Like the two people standing in the background. The boy is in color, just like the girl, and this starts to create a second vocal point, since the rest of the picture is the drab gray of a normal school setting.
I think you could make this a bit better (even though I like it as is now) by adding more people. Not a whole lot, but maybe just a few. If you want the idea behind the picture to be more a sorrowful kid gone wrong, then I think you should let the girl fade into the background instead of giving her color. She pops too much. Cause when I think of this picture, I like of it as the boy that always gets picked on and the girl that always ignores him. If you want the girl to be noticed then add some more people in gray and that could make her a more important part of the picture. Right now, it just looks like you got lazy and just decided not to color that other guy way in the back. Which I understand...I am more of a character person myself and by the time I finish the character, I don't feel like making a backgrounds :P. Its still good whether you use any of my suggestions or not. Nice job.
I understand that Virginia tech is a big deal, but I'm not your mom. You already know that thats a big deal. I'm not hear to tell you what you should and should not be doing. You posted the picture for criticism, NOT opinion of you should post it or not. Keep up the angst I guess I should say. Art is art.
