06-08-2014, 05:27 PM
Really like where you went with having her using the giant mushroom as a bath, it is a creative way to connect them with the environment and make it look like they live there. The variety of poses adds a lot of visual interest too.
One thing that stands out to me, that might be a bit related to Tristian's comments about muddiness, is the skin colours on your focal girl. They sort of look a bit out of place because they're so desaturated, yet still possess the local yellow-orange colours of pale skin. The less prominent girls don't really have this because they're still mostly part of the blue-green colour palette - just relative to the more saturated blue shadow they look flesh coloured. The two obvious directions to me are either to make the light hitting her warmer so she stands out as a more saturated warm/complimentary accent, or make it cool (and perhaps a little bit more saturated) to unify her with the rest of the image. I'm sure there are other solutions too though - her flesh is pale so it will take on pretty much any lighting you throw at it. (Possibly worth looking into film stills? It is quite hard to find this sort of lighting in real life.)
I can see how you are using values to create hierarchy and lead the eye through the figures too - it is really effective. The girl on the top left might be a little competitive with the main one, but I think Tristian's advice of pushing the values more will naturally resolve that.
One thing that stands out to me, that might be a bit related to Tristian's comments about muddiness, is the skin colours on your focal girl. They sort of look a bit out of place because they're so desaturated, yet still possess the local yellow-orange colours of pale skin. The less prominent girls don't really have this because they're still mostly part of the blue-green colour palette - just relative to the more saturated blue shadow they look flesh coloured. The two obvious directions to me are either to make the light hitting her warmer so she stands out as a more saturated warm/complimentary accent, or make it cool (and perhaps a little bit more saturated) to unify her with the rest of the image. I'm sure there are other solutions too though - her flesh is pale so it will take on pretty much any lighting you throw at it. (Possibly worth looking into film stills? It is quite hard to find this sort of lighting in real life.)
I can see how you are using values to create hierarchy and lead the eye through the figures too - it is really effective. The girl on the top left might be a little competitive with the main one, but I think Tristian's advice of pushing the values more will naturally resolve that.