How should I add the front lighting?

[young tusk]

how should i add lights to the motorcycle without making it too straining for the eye? its my first time working in saturated colors since forever so im sorry if the colors are too straining

[steady gorge]

Maybe try useing partly transparent blocks of colour? (sorry I dont really know how to explain it other than thattt)

[young tusk]

Like this?

[steady gorge]

yessss exactlyy It looks so good! :))

[languid marsh]

I LOVE the composition and the overall vibe because all the colors are saturated i dont think its possible to make the lights look like they are on without going all out on them. I tried a few things out and want to share em with you

Here i added a bit of glow with the airbrush tool and then erased it with a hard eraser so we can clearly see the sharp edges of the motorcycle

later i drew tempering lights coming from the headlights and guassian blurred them at 15 strength. I set the layer mode to add glow and duplicated the layer to get it shinier ( layer 8 and layer 8 copy)

I have a slight obsession with shine so I added more lines (using the same method) and then made the center of the headlights brighter because the light bulb sits there again on add glow

here i added a bit of cast light on the helmet and the motors front glass by painting in big chunks of the green and then erasing with a soft edged eraser.

I made the light line thingies go towards her face so it stays the focal point

the cast light on the helmet also serves the same purpose

also references i used

uhm anyways I hope this helps and thanks for giving me an opportunity to yap and experiment 🦫

good luck on the piece 💖

I wrote a whole bible lmao take the things you like leave the rest definitely

[young tusk]

Thank you so much for all the help!!!