So I'm a bit stuck on this:



I've been working on this on-and-off for the past month. Someone commissioned me to make this for another person's birthday, which has long since past, but I still need to finish this piece and all. However, I'm sorta kicking myself at the size of it and everything... plus I don't really know how to move on.

Tree's have been my bane. I cannot figure out how to get a nice leafy effect going on a small scale, let alone a larger one. Bark texture is a huge pain for me too... I've been looking up how people have done trees here but it's still lost on me, haha.

I still have to texture the water, grass, and sand too... I have zero clue how to approach that. I feel like going super simple wouldn't be so great.

The squirrel is also something I've had trouble with. I've been good about keeping roughly to Dawnbringer's pallet, but I can't figure out how to shade the squirrel without making him blend into the tree. I'm not terribly keen on outlining things too as I haven't outlined anything and that'd make the squirrel stand out too much.

The pink blob that is the character is something I already know how to do, so I don't really need advice for him unless there's something odd about him aside from his monotone blobiness. I just haven't detailed him yet because I've been streaming making this piece and I needed to keep the character anonymous so the person this is for doesn't figure out who it is... also said person is fairly well known in my social circle, so I can't let anyone who watches me know either, haha.

Advice, C+C, comments, whatever all super appreciated. I've been feeling bad about not finishing it and I want to try and get it done before the end of this month. I'm really fortunate the person who commissioned me has been super chill about this...

Thanks!