I feel like the purple flower is too distracting. Its too much in your face. When you move away from the monitor and look at the image the first thing you see is the big flower. Think about the eye movement of the person that is viewing and enjoying the painting. Im sure you dont want that person to be stuck looking at one…
Thanks Spearhafoc, I think I'll just put a ribbon on her hair and attach the flower to it so that it doesn't look out of place, and add more shadows like what you suggested.
Ooh! I'm really liking the face in that last one. Are you planning on integrating the purple flower more? Right now it doesn't look like it belongs with the rest of the picture. Maybe it can cast a shadow or something.
Yes, this got a bit out of hand. Every change I make to the face changes the overall mood. Showing the teeth makes it feel more like a pinup. This is quite a tough challenge, you're right I need to take a step back again before I end up with 20+ more iterations. For the other one though I think these corsets would look…