Any critique on what to improve?

[gritty flint]

I’ve reached a p pint where idk how to move forward with my art with backgrounds etc. can anyone tell me what I can improve to make it look more professional?

[ruby oriole]

The light on him doesn't feel natural, as in it doesn't feel as though it's a result of the foliage and considering how many light sources he has on him the overall background is quite gloomy. The entrance of the grove(?) also feels far too bright relative to the tones of the area

The background itself is great, the colouring could use some work

[gritty flint]

Ah thank you

Is there a way I could try to work on my colour theory for things like these?

[frosty hill]

put more details on the important parts and lesser details on the unimportant parts 😄 in this case you have a lot of noise in the image and the eye wont focus on the figur but at everything else

I found that video really helpfull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQoO33m7u-M&list=PL-bUkxhplPcLwjri7hPiOse93bIVdvIEz&index=9

[gritty flint]

Apart from that is they anything else to work on?

[gritty flint]

It’s because of the brush I use 😅 I guess I should probably change it

[frosty hill]

hmm the values. if you look at the picture in greyscale everything looks kinda the same

i think the brush you use is mostly a texture brush? i would use this one at the end if you need some more noise in the pic

also you can play around with overlay and multiply layers 😄

now the values are a bit better and the focus is the person. i also removed the opening in the back

but i reaaaallly like the drawing! super cool atmosphere

[gritty flint]

Thank you for the advice

Values should probably be my next focus

[gritty flint]

Ooh so u darkened the background and lightened the lake to increase the focus onto the person?

Or something like that?