Need help with highlights

[lone ingot]

I feel like the highlights are a bit off, and i don't know how to do lighting (there is a strong orange light from the right)
WIP obviously
Any critique welcome

[surreal vector]

oo cute! Could you tell me where the lightsource is in the scene? A good tip i know is to establish where a main source of light is, then you begin with the darkest shadows first before and light/highlights.

[surreal vector]

Sorry I wasn't sure if it was day or night time! But a good way to establish an environment is adding in different elements that contrast the Main subject. For instance, changing the background colour to a pale blue really helps the silhouette of your character! This way, you can clearly see the blue POP im her outfit! For the strong orange light on the right, it's a good idea to establish this light- EVERYWHERE! I added trees just to give an example, (You can use city lights, signs with LED lights, ect) but it helps the eye know that there is a STRONG light that will impact the enviroment the characters in! For the composition as well, you want the character to really be in the spotlight. Therefore, you don't need to add the extra ground since it's already indicated that the character is standing on something/standing on something high (There's railing on the right, indicating that there might be some drop) Sorry I didn't want to do anything that wasn't the original intention of you drawing, so let me know what setting/enviroment the characters in and we can apply this idea to what you wanted!

[surreal vector]

Lighting is supa easy, all you need to do is the heavy shadows first, then you think about the light source you established, and where you think it would hit an object from where its positioned! This applies to all objects, (Maybe more complicated for reflective objects,)

[lone ingot]

Thank you so much!! This is so helpful

[surreal vector]

Sorry I wasn't going to write so much but it just kept snowballing LOL

[meager geyser]

What's the light coming from underneath the umbrella. Also I can't see any highlights, maybe you need to make them more bold and establish light sources better. To add highlights you first need shadows

[unkempt ruin]

When you are drawing a character you need to make sure your pose is correct or not

Try to make the same pose your oc is doing