5 is great! But yes I want them to still be a very important point in the picture and 5 would probably a bit small for that sadly!

Going to update soon again, not much time these past days (:

The following days I'll need to fix some anatomy here and tweek everything before I continue working on rendering the piece more.

Ahh nice it's coming along great! I would suggest to change the colour of the background/sky though and either make it cooler in tone to offset and contrast with the fire or have it harmonise hue wise. I think with it being so dark just behind her as well she's blending into the background and has lost silhouette and detail.

Your advice is appreciated as always!
I was thinking a lot what bg colour I could take and couldn't settle on one yet. I think I will make it darker. Maybe take some reference as to what area she is in and go from there.
I will def make it cooler now tho and try to make her more the center of attention!
Thanks once again (:

Well, going on colour theory I would choose a muted teal or green. A blue could work too since it's complimentary to the orange. And for her to stand out against an even darker background you should give her more focus and light bounce from the fire! I don't know if you just haven't added any yet, but with fire so close it would reflect a lot on herself. I did another quick paintover just to show you what I mean!

I honestly LOVE the teal. I feel bad for you giving me so much advice here. That I didn't think of teal myself ... Ahh.
But thanks. Yes I will make it reflect more and maybe make the gear way more reflective as I like when there is bright highlights. I just have to see if it would fit to the whole composition....
Will continue working on it soon.
As always: Thank you for the great advice and feedback!

You shouldn't feel bad for me offering advice, I enjoy it. I want to see the best out of others and promote the growth of artists. An art forum like this, regardless of it being a contest is the perfect place is it not? xD
I can only apologise if the feedback is unwarranted, but I want to see people do the best they can with help others offer! It's no problem :smiley:

That's really nice of you!
Well I am doing this mainly to gain experience so any advice is really good.
I'd always tell someone if I wouldn't want/don't see the point!

Going to continue working on this cutie this weekend! Didn't had much time due to rl obligations!

Applied some of the advice I got today!
Next'll be more rendering and focusing on the gear aka. make it look realistic in perspective!
\o/

Aaaand a bit more rendering has been done!
Couldn't spend as much time as I would have liked on this the weekend!

Aaaand mooore rendering done, I am actually close to being finished!

Thanks! And only thanks to your great advice!
Your piece is coming along great too.
Who am I kidding, I think it is absolutely stunning!

Haha there's no need to bring mine up but I do really appreciate that thank you! <3

9 days later

Ah I am not having much time lately. But i tweaked my picture a little bit more and I think I am done now.
The project was a ton of fun and I hope to participate in many more to come!
Thanks for the help on the way too. (:smile:

I am really happy with how my Queen of Flames turned out.
Definitely one of my favorite characters I ever created!