hmm, i don't think it's too dark actually.
i just think you need to find a way to draw more attention to the characters ,maybe with slight more definition
I was playing Dark souls non-stop since it came out for PC :)
Today i felt a bit guilty so i returned to work inmediatly, but first, i did this sketch as a warm up. (And fun with fancy brushes!)
So, to warm up myself i started with this environment practice from imagination.
But i like the atmosphere, so i probably will turn this into a full illustration.
Cool man! I really like that last character, but maybe give her an action pose, slicin wind in the hair blowin. It has potential man! Don't abandon it!!! Could be a Joan of Arc type character.
Really? :) fortunately i still have the .psd archive so i will work more on it.
I was really inspired by Yoji Shinkawa when i did it, so i maybe will go in that direction...