HELP MEUHH BACKGROUND HELP

[broken geyser]

does it look okay?? i kinda think the background doesnt really fit but i dont know why

[peak panther]

Probably because the character kinda looks like a teacher/student, and the background suggests a different kind of vibe from the character, like a metal room or something like that (idk how to define it)

So the character doesn’t fit well with it

At least that’s what I felt

[broken geyser]

kinda true since he is a student, but his abilities are related to metal so i thought it fits? althought it feels like the background is too light and bites with the character

[peak panther]

Yeah, but his abilities aren’t visual ones, at least in this illustration

I was talking about his design compared to the room he’s in

[broken geyser]

yeah fair

[thick socket]

The background feels disconnected because it's a real image of metal and not painterly like the character

imo

[broken geyser]

wdym real image and not painterly? i should make it more stylised?

[thick socket]

Like, I'm assuming you didn't paint the background yourself yeah?

[broken geyser]

i did

[thick socket]

Hmm, well if that's the case then it's rendered incredibly differently from the character