even more changes. this time taking note that the arms were totally messed up other than not being aligned vertically. also adjusted shading in several areas, along with a few color issues.

nobody has anything to say? there has to be something I'm doing wrong with this. :<

-new-

first was made for something I forgot, the squid was an experiment.

-old-

Some Valentine gift I made for a friend. maybe like 10-15 minutes tallying it all up.
There's a sketch to go with it, but I honestly don't feel like pulling my scanner out until it's actually Valentine's day.


updated with changes etc




Any thoughts so i might make this better before I have to give it to them?

After messing around a bit, I ended up with red as the secondary and blue hues on the gray (with a little purple in the 2 lightest shades.) The legs seem to have taken the most benefit from this, the arms not so much. I'm still thinking that the head needs something, but if anything the 'jaw' area needs to be brighter than the surrounding head area, and the jaw lining could stand to be darker around it.

@ Bengoshia
While I do like that you managed to totally kill the outlines, the overall pop and definition seems to have suffered a bit in the transition. (the eye in particular is really obscured, and the focus on the head is lost a bit.) On the other hand, the arms look vastly better in the edit than what I was doing, especially the hands (I really shouldn't have tried to add finger definition the way I did. nobody's gonna really notice looking at it now.)
As for gender, it's female. it's not terribly important, but I guess it does explain the cute factor that it has.

@ CrazyMLC
I'm really awful at color schemes in general. I can definitely get a palette going if I can get some basic colors that compliment each other, but usually I just end up grey-scaling until I finally get something that fits. if you have something in mind, I'd like to see.