I really liked the way my clown challenge piece turned out over a month ago. I decided to go back to it, take the portraits I drew, and "remake" them. Obviously, it's still the same resolution and scale as before. I used the "Mushroom" palette by Jimison3, the same one used for the "Potted Plant" challenge. However, I modified some of the colors and added more to them. I think it was really fitting for my remake. If anything could make clowns feel, I dare say, even magical in this context, it would be a palette with warm colors. While the characters themselves aren't related to chess, but a deck of cards, adding a checkered background and cast shadow really made everything pop. This is now one of my most favorite pieces. 

Edit: Here is the original artwork. Hopefully it shows up properly.