Hi! The idea is pretty cool! The color choice is good as well. For such lighting you need to work with very dark shadow, high contrast and string highlights. The problem is that her entire form has almost no shadow that is why it looks so flat. For face, same issue: you need to think in 3D. Head is a sphere. The features need to wrap around it. I would highly suggest checking out Artwod's portrait road - it teaches how to do it. Hope paintover helps a bit convey what I meant. Cheers!

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Sofía Lapeña · 2026-10-06T19:46:28.568Z

Hello! I did this drawing on the first day of Inktober. I feel like its got potential but for some reason I don't like it as much as I'd like. I wanted to make an illusion of a flash pointing to the figure but I don't really know if I accomplished it. Also, the design of the character itself, I feel like it may be a bit simple. It is supposed to be a moth-girl, maybe it is the composition of the illustration that makes it look dull . Another issue I find is the anatomy for the eyes, as well as its rendering style. Please, feel free to correct anything you may find or think of!

@yurei4711 week ago

Hi! The idea is pretty cool! The color choice is good as well. For such lighting you need to work with very dark shadow, high contrast and string highlights. The problem is that her entire form has almost no shadow that is why it looks so flat. For face, same issue: you need to think in 3D. Head is a sphere. The features need to wrap around it. I would highly suggest checking out Artwod's portrait road - it teaches how to do it. Hope paintover helps a bit convey what I meant. Cheers!

@sofa429701 week ago

Wow! I see it so clearly now... I think I got too caught up in the references I used. Thank you so much, this is exactly what I was looking for and I completely understand the problem now :)

Moth

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