Value and contrast tips

[austere meadow]

Hi after getting some tips to use greyscale before coloring I think i kind of get it but I feel like my lighting is a bit wrong so please point out the mistakes and also how to transition this into color.

[meager star]

Try to make a clear separation between the focal point and the background

like if u see here the light background contrasts well with a dark shadow on the character

[austere meadow]

I see but I am not sure how do i just blurr it like what you did?

[meager star]

remember one thing
if BG is dark focal point is light
if Focal point is dark Bg is light

[meager star]

u mean the bg in the first panel?

[austere meadow]

Yes

[meager star]

thats simple i dont draw everything in one layer

so i saperate the character from the bg

then blur it out

[austere meadow]

I see thank you very much I think I'll try to update you a bit later if that's fine

[meager star]

take ur time no rush needed

enjoy the process

[austere meadow]

Not sure if your still on but uhm did I fix it? I think i am gonna color this afterwards if it's fixed now.

[meager star]

Gib me a Lil bit context of this scene from what I see he is looking at someone's grave?

Right?

[austere meadow]

Oh uhm that's a sword haha.. And he's also on top a mountain.

[meager star]

Oh so a sword

Well then is it in front of him?

From what I see it is

If yes gib me a sec

[austere meadow]

Yes

[austere meadow]

Oh uhm I am not sure what this means but I did see the muscles be more defined and the rock be darker is that what I should do?

[meager star]

The sword

Because the more things are closer to the camera the more dark or blurry it gets

[austere meadow]

Ohhhhh

[meager star]

In this case it's dark because the background is light

If the background was dark then u can make them light