I need help! (Full criticism is fine!)

[brave imp]

hello everyone, I recently finished this art piece, but how can I make it more interesting? I tried to add the lighting but I feel like it’s still lacking something? I dunno. Anything helps really!:)

[smoky iris]

The edges look really blurry and its hard to tell where shapes begin and end with the skin especially. Also her right hand looks like twigs. If you ever are struggling to draw hands take a picture of yours doing what you want it to, trace shapes(not lines), then simplify

[dapper zealot]

I feel that the blurriness of the piece makes it harder to look at, and body parts kind of blend into each other where they should be distinct. The area i attached shows what I mean the most. The arm blends too much into the leg and it makes it look like her wrist is broken if you follow the arm and read the shadow as part of the sock. Making the shadows darker and/or making them a complimentary shade would help these parts stand out more probably.
The blurriness around the words, light beam, and certain parts of the body gives me a sense that the picture is jittering.

[mystic yew]

Generally speaking blurry edges move things BACk in space, and hard edges come forward, So do keep the far side blurry edges and sharpen the near edges.

I would also darken the shadow on the face to closer match those on the arm. Also, is she missing her right eye?

The fingers should have darker shadows. The neck area under her chin would be darker, closer to the value on her thigh. The shadow of the left thigh would also be darker, like the right thigh

[brave imp]

Hmm alright! Thank you everyone 😭 I do see the e mistakes a little bit better!
I just started to learn lighting more so this does help!:D

[brave imp]

Also yea, she haves a eyelap

[untold blade]

hello hatsune!
i sketched over your painting and annotated it. hope you find it useful.

the main problems were the incorrect proportions and blurry lines. to fix this, each shape/edge/highlight/shadow needs to be clearly defined.

[brave imp]

woah 🥹 thank you! I’ll try to fix it

im just not used to draw sharper shapes for lighting? idk it looks kinda weird if I stare at it long enough 😭

but I do see the issues more now

Thank you!!:)

[untold blade]

no problem!

[untold blade]

it's okay to blend for lighting, but using hard edges to start with helps you visualize where the shadows are.

that's why i didn't blend at all on the correction painting