Color Crits

[warm tusk]

How is this looking so far? How can I make this more vibrant?

[timid stone]

Maybe a stronger light source? All the values are super similar, so the illustration is getting kind of lost

[warm tusk]

Like this?

Dunno if I should add a band of glow behind him or smth?

[lime bone]

The colors are pretty similar in value
I also recommend colored highlights or smth
But thats just my opinion

Try hue shifting

[warm tusk]

Ive been trying to work on it- is this better?

[lime bone]

Yeah! Loojs better and more vibrant!!

Looks*

[warm tusk]

Yayy!

I still need to work on the face

[lime bone]

The blue light is a nice touch

[warm tusk]

Got a crit it’s a bit flat

[lime bone]

Maybe add blue highlights in the eyes?

[warm tusk]

Oh I haven’t done the eyes yet XD I make em extra sparkly

[lime bone]

Oh cool, welp bye for now!

[warm tusk]

Ok, thanks! Though, any suggestions to make the face less flat?

This ref from hanacue is what I’m trying to go for..

[lime bone]

Maybe define the cheekbones and other structures of the face like the temple and chin? Like this ref has orange light showing the cheekbones

[warm tusk]

Aight I’ll try!

[warm tusk]

Guys, how can I make the bg orbs more refined like this ref?

[flint night]

this might be easier said than done, but seems like they're metallic, so i would try and think about what is being reflected on the metal (this is generally how i tend to approach it, but i've been doing it for a while now). an easier shorthand for it would probably be to do the same as the reference and have the part of the orbs facing the viewer simply reflecting a darker color

[warm tusk]

Mm I’ll try, but I think I’m just confused on how to actually do that XD