about the reflected lights - in the original, they become a little too independent, especially on the interior of the orange shape around the crotch. for colors of radically different hue to join together, it needs to be the ONLY contrast. because the global value range is relatively narrow, small changes take on greater importance - increasing the effect of local value contrast and fighting the reflection's desire to blend into the orange. In the more contrasty pictures they flow together better, despite being further apart color-wise, because the value range pushes them together better.
You're doing this whole atypical color and value range thing, and it's brining a whole set of challenges that don't usually appear
. Because this is your jam though (and I respect that now, though it's still not what I prefer), I'm going to recommend against the "fuck it to fix it" method and urge you in the direction of finding solutions within your interest. Adam and Helm give good edits, but I don't think it's what you were going for (correct me if i'm wrong).
I believe that it's going to take some theory, like it or not, so:
http://www.amazon.com/Interaction-Color-Revised-Josef-Albers/dp/0300018460http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Color-Treatise-Johannes-library/dp/0442240384/ref=ed_oe_h$10 that will change the way you see things forever. Not to be read as gospel - 95% of art is to be discovered in life, not books, but the other part is important too. The great thing about both of these is that most of what is presented is more description than prescription, and certainly not proscription, so unlike other art books these should not interfere with your independent development.
