/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1669430
Hey mate, decent start here, I feel you just need to add some more interest through variety.

Variety of saturation--everything is grey and desaturated, adding in a bright saturated red at the focal point breaks up your saturation structure a bit so it is more interesting.

Variety of material--the materials are all matte and boring, so I played up the metallic feel of the knight.

Variety of value--increased the contrast on the knight, and added in a brighter white for the flag.

Variety of texture--added some dead trees behind the knight to give some cool small noise that works well contrasted against his smooth metal.

Variety of depth cues--added some foreground branches, and another hill thing on the bottom left to make it feel more like a full world and not just like a flat hill randomly cut off.

I also added some more snow in the background to make some bigger more interesting shapes. And simplified the grass shape the knight is standing in since it has a lot of variations that I felt weren't helping. I feel some other areas can use some simplifications, but I don't want to spend mroe than a couple minutes on this overpaint, and I figure you can work at it a bit too :P

Also, I really like >>1669447 (assuming it is you too). It also however suffers from a lack of variety, especially in the value and saturation hierarchies. I like the brushwork though and the edge control.