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How much do you sharpen, by the way? Your tags always look very slightly LQ, but I have no clue why.

Flow and dynamicism are cool. I'd personally recommend something a bit left-field: integrating your colours bit better. A lot of the yellow hue and contrast is washed away by all of the bright pinks you're putting over the top. Vibrancy adjustments and selective colour balance should help. At this point, the colours are detracting from the focal: more interesting than the focal itself because the environment is so bright.

This is something I think a lot of people neglect, but it's more of a personal thing because of how highly I value colour.

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I like the piece actually but at first there was just something about it that just didn't really sit well with me, couldn't really pin-point it. Now I think I know what the issue is.

 

Colors overall feel very synthetic which isn't always a bad thing but the issue here is it's apparent that the lighting is supposed to be natural and I don't think the piece in it's current state sells the two to the viewer adequately. 

 

Still one of your better pieces, just try implementing more practicality.

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Completely agree with Rai, the colours take away the attention from the focal and so it doesn't blend in well with the tag. You've made the bright pink around the focal too bright instead of brightening the focal with it

 

Basically everything what Rai said hahaha, flow was done rather well.

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Thanks for the cnc. I see exactly what you mean about the colours. Not really too sure about how to make the lighting more like natural and less forced. Although I dont think the sharpening's that bad rai. I guess ill tone it down a bit with my newer tags but I never really overdo it

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Hmm, I think I'm seeing a pattern in your tags. You're just overdoing the brushing or w/e you do to make your light sources. They are way to bright and are hurting your tags a lot. Actually, iirc it's something I used to do because I always wanted to have that sharp-looking contrast and lighting. However, try to learn to hold back. Try painting darker, saturated colors on dodge/screen to paint large areas of light (with color). Then at small points (generally the point location of strong light sources), you can sparingly soft white brush on an addition layer to highlight certain areas.

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