Sula's Sketchbook

[zephyri]

Wee signed up so I can come comment on your SB here! (And maybe start my own? Stranger things have happened!) I do like the direction the Satyr piece is going, but I think there's something being lost in the ambient light considerations. I know moonlight will generally give everything a cool, less saturated cast, but I think you could push the saturation in the shadows of the skintones more to make your characters pop some more. The mushrooms are maybe a bit much (in comparison to everything else) but could work if you bump the saturation up a little. You could also vary your hues a little more while keeping the tonal values... take the bushes on the right hand side - all of their highlights and shadows are exactly the same colour, there's no subtle blues or oranges in there to give them life (though this might be something you're doing at a later pass, so ignore me if so!). I did a quick paintover to show how I think maybe more warm tones would give something for that moonlight to contrast against, and help divide foreground and background. Also makes the satyr's feel a little more alive and fleshy :) http://sta.sh/0px2s7y9ly8