I think the background's off to a good start, though the light rays feel more like objects than light overlapping a scene because the details in them seem to follow the edges of the rays. I think light rays read best if they're essentially palette-swapping whatever's behind them to lighter colours.

I keep mis-reading the nearer arm as having a very thick wrist because it blends with the leg behind it and because the hand, leg, and leg all meet in the same spot. I think it would read more clearly if the log was a little bit higher there, acting as a visual separation of the hand and leg.

Thank you! So I should put in some more vegetation where the rays are and remove the conical shape so it looks less object-y?

That's a great solution to that, as I was really struggling to separate the arm and leg without ruining the lighting. I'll give that a go and post an update. Thanks once again!





Thank you. I definitely agree. I've just had a good look at some dog skeletons and I'm not sure how to go about amending the arm while still making the character look humanoid. Do you have any ideas? I know you're not here to do the leg-work for me but I'm genuinely stuck lol

Unfortunately I don't. That is part of concept design, which involves creative vision of the whole product. Obviously werewolf in Super Mario setting would be different from werewolf in D&D.

The image is broken now D:

I don't think you need to do much more on the background other than perhaps remove some of the outlines in the bottom right area, and reduce the thickness of the shadows on the leaves (leaves are pretty thin, so they don't look right with thick shadows). It doesn't need more detail than this.

Be careful with the leaves in the background right behind the werewolf's head, they have high contrast and are clashing for attention. Is there any possibility of using a slightly darker orange so that it blends better between the brown and mid=yellow?