Hi Josh! Peanut here! Great work overall, and I can see the time you invested in these works
Question: who is the main focal point here?
If the answer is SC then, here's what I observe
Both pictures have too much vibrant colors or areas that has high value (IMO), meaning my eyes cant rest on one area. Although, the green BG achieved the primary obj (which is SC is the main focal point) there are still a lot of colors (or value) that creates (more) noise.
I suggest to lower your values (and I strongly suggest to use the curve tool please see below)
I only adjusted some small parts here and there.
Now, if your focus is in SC's face (and SC as a whole), then I think the objective was achieve. Here, I also found that the light on the box competes with SC's face too much (too bad, few more tweaks and Ill ruin this beautiful image you made). But I think this created more focus, which also creates a more defined story for SC. I admit that there are still areas that are more lit (or has some high value) but if you look it as a whole, it compliments the main focal point.
Please work on your values Josh!
These are all my POV, please let others critique your work too
GLHF
