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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chain Lightning" data-source="post: 1071195" data-attributes="member: 6791">I actually don't think the shadow on the cheek is too dark. They are in room where the only lighting is the fireplace. I think it more the actual shape of the shadow. Especially toward the brow. The shape chosen makes him have a pronounced brow which gives him sort of a tough guy/brute look. I'd make the transition from his forehead to where his brows are subtle with no curve to indicate his brow is "bumpy".Also the spots of yellow on his white shirt don't really need to be there. I know the colorist is trying to achieve the effect of the warm yellowish light from the fireplace hitting the shirt, but it isn't really needed. The presence of shadow on the opposite side of the light source accomplishes this already. If you want all the areas that are hit by the firelight to have a warm yellowish glow, then all of the colors on the 'light' side should have a smidge of the yellow mixed into the color. Simply airbrushing some yellow in spots here and there doesn't really do it in the end. It just kind of comes off as yellow stains on the shirt. Anyways, I like the fact that this piece has two guys sitting at a table and the background is there too! Some people just wanna draw the characters only. Backgrounds may be boring or take extra time to draw....but its cool for setting the scene when it is there. Does this help any? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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