need tips to fix this hurrendous background

[broken tulip]

maybe just don't do a background, just paint it some color that matches the drawing overall tone and focus on making the character looks good. It does look like Ellie so that's really good, it's important that when you drawn a character you get the proportions correct. Maybe focus more on the contrast of the shadow on her face

[pearl veldt]

okay, thank you, i needed that push! ill start tomorrow with a fresh eye