CGMythology's Sketchbook

[darktiste]

The lighting is totally confusing as i keep point out how are we seeing so much light from the direction she looking at if the sun is the other way projecting the cast shadow of that box?You made two light source but it an outdoor scene so it make it hard for a viewer to imagine how this would be possible unless she on a movie set...

I think the big problem that lighting inconsistency can throw off a piece and i don't feel like this make sense.If you want to fix the issue you need to take in consideration your two light source as it seem to be the case.On that treasure box and the cast shadow of that boot direction should be going toward an 11 o clock direction if i am correct and it create two cast shadow due to two light source.

Here what i did use the burn tool on the bottom piece specially on the left side to darker the chest to separate hit from the character a little more and create the need contrast to give the full focus on the figure i also push a bit with the dodge tool on her face and i desaturated the ground color to give the room to the saturate color to breath.Lastly i also use the burn on the treasure content since it the bottom left corner it doesn't attract the eye that much in a verticale composition.This serve to also to remove some of the focus on the chest that competing for the viewer attention.A good way to think is primary focus point a secondary and a third one so for me how i see it in this piece it the girl face than the pirate flag and third the chest.