Digital Art help

[worn pelican]

Hey everyone! I’ve been doing digital art inconsistently now for a few years. It’s not my main hobby, but I’ve been drawing and painting since I was a child. I went to Art school, but I didn’t start making digital art until a few years ago.

PS: this is far from finished. I want to know if you can tell what you are looking at. Does it look like a jumbled mess, or is it distinguishable? I’m worried it just looks like…a muddled mess with no clear features. I can make out what it is cause I know what I’m drawing, but I’m worried it doesn’t come across the same for others.

I’d also like to know how to save the quality after exporting. I use a newer model iPad with Pro-create.

Here is an updated picture with a little more detail

[worn pelican]

I’ll take no feedback as a sign I guess 🥴🥴

[solar fossil]

calm down brother its 4am for a lot of ppl 😭

[solar fossil]

its look absolutely great, i can immediately tell its cthulu, the form is distinguishable, the highlights are sparsely used in the best places

i would love a bit more dappled light, like those sunlight going through leaves light, where it hits the tentacles below, not too much but enough to see just a little bit of what cthulus texture feels like down there

another reminder that people not replying is normal! some people are just simply afraid, or just dk how to improve on this, never assume the worst brother! 💯

also unless this is set in space, there must be bounce light hitting the back of cthulus head

as for exporting, as long as you retain image information as 100% quality and in png it should be as high res as in your canvas

[worn pelican]

I’m sorry, I just saw newer post getting feed back & I’m honestly use to my post not getting any comments. I have several post across multiple socials where no one comments or give feed back, so sometimes I take it a little personally even when I know it’s stupid to 😭😭

So small scattered highlights throughout the tentacles, and if it’s in space don’t add bounce light to the back. Should there still be some sort of lighter colors behind him, or just darkness with enough lighter colors to show the form?

[flint smelt]

At first glance this seems like a hooded/shrouded Cthulu wearing a robe that hides the features not directly exposed to light

Doesn't seem like a jumbly mess to me

Really really solid shading

[solar fossil]

i think adding a weak light source behind it would be a fantastic choice, cause your trying to show a beast that your not supposed to be able to comprehend
so it works by giving just a hint of information of what cthulu is, but just not enough to imagine more from it

some "impossible" textures could also work in your favor too! like those swirl paint patterns or even rocks for skin