one of my favourite drawings but I feel like the legs don't match the shading with the background.

[celest yoke]

[near crag]

Hello Blurry!! Your drawings have improved so much since the last time I saw you!
To get the focal point (cat) to match the background you need to work with the background and the focal point.
In the image below I have added a shadow making the cat feel more connected in the environment. There would also not be a shadow on the top of the cat.
The legs don’t seem too bad but you could add a gradient for the other two legs, dark to light.

You also need to keep in mind the foreground, mid-ground and background, I’m not exactly sure where they are in your piece so I made a wobbly guess. You could enhance this piece even more by adding grass or something that connects with the environment into the foreground! This is up to you ☺️
The second image attached shows some examples of this.

[celest yoke]

Thank you for the help but I'm confused on the first image still, It still seems like a pasted image on a background and for the second image I don't really understand what it means, But thank you for the shadow I'll add that on the drawing!

[near crag]

I suppose it still does but little steps are some of the best steps. Since the cat is so detailed you would need to add the same amount of detail into the background.

And the second image, it’s a bit more complicated to explain but it can bring a piece together. If you would like I could draw over something to show you?

[celest yoke]

I think I've added a good amount of detail on the background, the inspiration behind this was this image bellow -

[celest yoke]

Oh and yes please!

[celest yoke]

I want to add details but I don't know which, I don't know how to add or draw building so I made some shades with lines (the inspired drawing has cities below tbe snow

[celest yoke]

Plus, I don't know how to make the sky look so well yet so simple, I've added shades but it doesn't look the same

By the way, In my last drawing on another device I've already added the night light.. I don't remember what they are called shade things. I felt like overusing them would be a bit unoriginal and boring.

[celest yoke]

Oh btw I found a way to quickshare so it can be more detailed

[near crag]

Do you understand the foreground, mid ground and background? I’ve labeled it again here.
I’ve also done a quick drawing of the sky. All you need to do is put one dark purple-blue colour down, add a lighter purple or blue colour and blend! Adding small white stars can give the sky effect.

[celest yoke]

Oh so is the foreground like the base/where character (if not flying) Is standing,sitting, etc?

[near crag]

Ooh I like your designs! But the character does look like they are just copied and pasted onto the background.Have you tried drawing the background first and then the character?

I also think you could choose a lighter green for this piece specifically. (Depends)

[near crag]

Yes!

The midground is anything behind / infront of them (trees or city) and the background is the sky!

[celest yoke]

Oh no I didn't do that because most of the times then when I use the body drawing I have to erase each part which makes it time consuming, And I feel like it looks the same as I didn't do it

[celest yoke]

Oh by the way it's supposed to be a dark forest but I didn't add the tree decorations since it seemed meh, The drawing was supposed to be a bit more gore-y

[near crag]

That’s really interesting, but no body will know if you don’t add these things. Showing not telling is very very important in art ☺️

[celest yoke]

So is the middle ground like the extra decorations that are on the side?

[near crag]

This is an example for the second image you were confused about.
What I’ve drawn is a foreground frame ( I know it doesn’t suit the environment ) if it helps I want you to think of it as taking a photo of a cat. If you are positioned correctly there will be grass in-front of your camera creating a frame for the photo!

[near crag]

Yes!! You’re getting the hang of it now
The mid-ground can be anywhere and anything.

[celest yoke]

I don't really understand what you mean 😅
By the way sorry for extending this, I'm new and young so I don't understand most things, Hope it's alright

[near crag]

That’s completely fine, if I found a YouTube video do you think that could help you?

[celest yoke]

Yeah probably!

[celest yoke]

By the way I think I'm kind of understanding it,

Huh

I sent an image and it didn't register??

[celest yoke]

(Ignore the undetailed grass, I just quickly put it in for the example)
So is tbe foreground supposed to be like small yet nice details?

(Original image -

[near crag]

It can definitely help, because the foreground is so close there will be more details.

I couldn’t find a YouTube video 🥲 but I have outlined the foreground in these 3 images

Do you see how it ‘frames’ the subject? Like the bird, the tree and the 7 dwarves house

[celest yoke]

Yes I kind of understand, So is it like plants close to the foreground?

Or blurs opening the main subject

[near crag]

ANYTHING that focuses on the important parts

Those are just examples

[celest yoke]

Okay!

I think I understand now

But one lore question,

What's the difference between drawing the cat first and drawing the background first?

Since I feel like when you're drawing the background first you need to erase the backgrounds part to color in the main character (for me it's a cat)

[near crag]

Do you use seperate layers? You shouldn’t need to erase the background

[near crag]

When you draw the background first and then the cat it’s like the cat was put there. Environments don’t move but our characters do. You make your bed before you sleep in it and you make your food before you eat it

[celest yoke]

What the hell??

For some reason it deleted my text???

[near crag]

Yeah I saw the notification but not here 🤨

[celest yoke]

(Rewrite) Yes I do use separate layers, but I don't use many, I just use this type of format/steps to draw -

Step 1 - Put the base drawing to trace and get the body because for the life of me I will never be able to draw a normal cat head
Step 2- Put opacity or vision setting thing to about 60-40% to trace better
Step 3- Draw main outline on another layer but not the furs since that will be later
Step 4- Fill in the body either using a large brush or the bucket
Step 5 - Draw background
Step 6 - Erase potential parts to put fur in (part of legs, Tail, Mane, etc.)
Step7 - You're done

(After tracing Put the layer to invis or delete it)

[near crag]

Ahh i see. Maybe you could try before sketching or anything you draw the background and then sketch ontop of it

[celest yoke]

I don't really understand, I screen recorded a time-lapse of my longest drawing (3 hours 43 mins) you can point out what I did wrong there -

[near crag]

I’m not saying anything is wrong, I’m possibly suggesting a different way you could do things to make it all look cohesive

[celest yoke]

(The reason I erased the background is because I drew it on another frame)