iCherry by EdGPatterson

I very much like the yellow-orange coloring design on her body (or bodysuit). It adds a certain wild/tribal elements and makes me think of uncharted savannas and sunlight. The gray clouds are a great contrast to that. The wing curves and stars add a nice fantastic element to the image. Speaking of color, have you played around with turning her goggles a purple shade like the design on her wings? That might add more unity to the color scheme.

As for the critique, two things jump out at me instantly. One is the coloring of the cloud background and the other is the lighting.

The cloud background appears very "grainy" in the full view - pixelated, even, and I don't think that it's doing justice to the rest of the image which is much more smooth. Perhaps there could be a way to change the background or make it less snady-edged, so to speak?

The other aspect that lessens the image's overall effect, I feel, is the ambiguous lighting. If you look at all the light-dark shading in general, it looks very nice. But on a second glance, the light seems to be highlighting her body and wings from several angles. Look at her feet: One is angled to the ground and the other vertically, and yet in both cases the exact same place on the foot is illuminated with light. The lighting on her face comes from the left, but the hair appears to be highlighted from the top, etc.

These are small things, of course, but I feel that having a uniform light source would add that extra bit of realism to the image.

One other thing that caught my eye was the line of white under her left-most forearm. It appears as if the background/something was meant to be there but one forgot to color it in. I'm not certain what else it could be.

Finally, I notice that her expression seems almost...pained? It appears that she's meant to be happy (her body almost implies dancing in the air as she holds the earphones) but the coloring of the eyes and the line of the eyebrows give her expression a strained element. It could be my imagination, but the impression was distinct.

So yes, some thoughts. Thank you for sharing this image and good luck with your art!

Cheers!

I'll just comment on the colours here since that's the aspect you're covering. It's always fun to collaborate with others!

I really like the gold colours. The subtle shading really add to the piece and give it an armor like quality. I think it's the strongest point on the whole picture. I really enjoy the clouds as well. They really look like clouds- not everyone can do that! The shading on them is absolutely perfect and I think they actually follow the process I was taught in art classes.

That being said I think there's room for improvement on the goggles. I wouldn't choose such a vibrant red... I would tone it down just a little because it makes the eye jump and miss all the details in the gold. So perhaps a darker shade. I'd also use a multi-tonal approach to the shading. Again just to make it gel with the whole piece.

Nice job though. I'm not very good at digitally colouring myself so I'm not the best person to comment on it. I just sorta apply basic art rules I've learned in school. Cheers!