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[rgdraw]

Haha! In reality I'm an illusionist! And that was my magic trick! xD
This actually proof that this part was way too detailled for the sake of this illustration and draws too much attention

[benoit-duverneuil]

Hahah, it's the main advantage to get feedback from other people when you are working, they always make you see things that you did not paid attention to Colors are very hard to put in work from the character design to illustration... (i'm struggling with it very often) Your green seems cool on the character itself but in the composition the cape is putting out to much attention (saddly).
(Okay je pensais ça plus compliqué que ça ne l'est )
Oh yes I expected that, in fact i'm starting with composition and BG too when i'm painting !
I'll wait to see how it's turning later then

[mr_dessin]

You sure could do that later on but now I feel our eyes focus too much on foliage (and tree) than anything else (especially left and right side)...maybe try to blur (I mean blur effects) or something at the end ?

It should add sense of motion too.
Otherwise...would it be a good idea to add some sky in the back (probably bottom part) of these trees ?
Not too much but enough to bring a little more depth.

[rgdraw]

Yes totally! I love having feedback, because I am way too deep in my stuff most of the time and don't see what's wrong it x)

From now on it's a magical cape that can change color depending of the environment, which kinda fit the theme of the character, she's a very experienced hunter so that works
(C'est surtout le firefox qui est trompeur tout le monde pense que c'est un renard et en fait pas du tout, c'est un panda roux, et Maitre Shi-fu dans kung fun Panda est un panda roux, je l'ai appris très tard xD )
And thanks again!

[rgdraw]

Yes thanks to @tbrk I realized that! I was too zoomed in when I did that part and so puting to much details there, I'm currently correcting that, there probably will be blur, that would make sense since the foreground character is blurred

I was thinking about that too, but I'm afraid it draws too much attention in an uninteresting part of the piece, but I don't kow yet, I still have to try it, we'll see!

[mr_dessin]

I really think now the sky could work and link all your characters together ^^ (a very pale one maybe or else it could attract too much attention).

[rgdraw]

Sorry guys I won't be able to post today's progress, my internet is as fast as it was 25 years ago, and I can't upload anything! It's really frustrating, And I'm kinda going crazy ! XD
You can't do much without internet these days, so pray to the gods of internet for me please!

[mr_dessin]

Ahhhh sorry to hear about it T-T
Hope internet god will be happier for you tomorrow ?

[rgdraw]

I hope too it's been too long already, I got lucky the other days but slow internet is not fun at all!

[innocent]

The image looks more heavy, that's a leap forward.
Lighting-wise, do you intend to make the sunlight filters through the leaves?

[rgdraw]

Thanks a lot !
Yes I do! And I also got some ideas I still need to test those to see if it's good ideas, I'll let you know once those are done and hopefully you'll see if I can upload something today
Fingers crossed!

[rgdraw]

Let's see If I can upload anything today! I did the sky light coming throught the foliage like you guys suggested, I changed the spear design because I wasn't a big fan of it anymore
And I think I'm getting close to the end with this! I still have some little details to work on but nothing to long I think!

[Tesat]

Nice tweaks, I see you softened and blurred some edges and the more intense sun rays makes the fogy weather believable

[rgdraw]

Thanks a lot dude!

[Tesat]

you're welcome

[sparksofdawn]

It's really cool! (I kinda want to go in such a forest, looks cozy :D)
Maybe add a bit of light around her boot coming from the lightning to show it off a bit better (and shouldn't our cute furball cast a shadow on the branch? )

[rgdraw]

Thank you!
Yes that's planned for the little details!
And OMG! I totally forgot the shadow! It's been two weeks i planned to do that! XD

[rgdraw]

Alright that's it ! I'm done with the illustration! BUT! I need your opinion on one last thing, do you think it works better with or without the blur? Which one feels the most natural?
Without blur :

With blur :

[Tesat]

Other than what you did on the trees, blur pulls attention to your character more not her enemy so I think blur is beneficial for this illustration

[rgdraw]

Thanks ! And yeah you're right it does work better