Crystal Golem Chest

2met7cen

Another stylized chest joins my growing collection! I'm working on improving my stylized art skills, and I hope this one evokes a sense of curiosity and the desire to discover what treasures or powerful artifacts it might hide.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/a0bLy0

Eric Chadwick

Hey this is a great start. The iron looks good so far, but the gold is not reading as metallic. It might help to examine other handpainted examples to see what tricks you could use to make it more like gold or brass. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1nvobX

Also look around for examples of how to hand-paint crystal textures. For example https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Xr69y