The ones closer to the camera are way bigger, have more colour variation and are more blurry, those further are smaller, sharper. They usually are placed in small groups (of 3, 4 or so) an have very distinctive flow to them. It's never easy, just don't give up. Check other comic covers or movie posters for inspiration,…
Uuu the mountains look pretty good now. Maybe try giving them some kind of lineart to be more consistent with the rest of your style. That might make it better or not, so you'll have to see what you prefer in the end. I think you went a bit overboard with the colour saturation. It's so vivid it takes all the attention. If…
Oh, that's lovely, thank you! Um, but while it does bring out the characters better, I feel like this kind of lighting takes from the unconventionality and the wickedness? Maybe my representation is completely off, but these are the kinds of things I looked to for inspiration: And so I'm questioning what's a better way to…