this is a very cool illustration with lots of style and an almost cozy feel to it. great job so far with communicating a somewhat more muted and introspective tone while also adding in a dash of the more fantastical. in order to provide 2 draw-overs, i’ve split my feedback into 2 parts. here is part 1: (part 1 of 2) so one way to quickly check the values of your illustration (and to spot areas where similar values may be overlapping and decreasing the readability of the artwork) is to create a pitch black saturation layer and put it on top of your illustration. i’m this draw-over, we can see the values of the piece. the clothes have a similarly dark value to the brown portions of the background that they are covering, making those areas of the illustration a bit more difficult for the viewer to easily distinguish. the same is true for the feather, whose value makes contrasting it from the brown background more challenging. this may be the reason why you felt the values were a bit off, but the saturation layer makes it easier for us to pinpoint exactly what areas could benefit from adding more contrast. (more on that in part 2, with the second draw-over). | Artwod Feedback