Thanks, guys. It means a lot to get such in depth C+C with it, I think it'll really help a lot. =]
With the cyndaquil, I was trying to establish a primarily light source to the top right, but I didn't really know how to handle the fire when it came to shading the body, but I'll definitely take it into consideration when I go back and try it again.
As for the contrast, I agree totally with you. I was just being kind of dumb by trying to completely stick to my palette when there really wasn't a good color for shading the skin. I'll definitely revise my palette and add more contrast for that.
The black outline around the oddish was due to me trying to keep in style with cyndaquil, but looking at what you have there, I think it's a lot better. I'll follow the colored border for when I redo it.
About the spheres, the more I sprited with it, the more flaws I found with each. I like the orange and the light cyan blue you pointed out, but I'll pull an overhaul on the rest (unless you think those need to be redone, too).
If you have a guide for picking colors I would definitely like that; it would be really helpful, truly.
As for the color theory, I've looked it up before, but I'll go back and make sure I perfectly understand everything there.
Well, thank you both for the criticism, and I'll try to re-shade the cyndaquil and do over oddish again and edit this post to put it here.
With the cyndaquil, I was trying to establish a primarily light source to the top right, but I didn't really know how to handle the fire when it came to shading the body, but I'll definitely take it into consideration when I go back and try it again.
As for the contrast, I agree totally with you. I was just being kind of dumb by trying to completely stick to my palette when there really wasn't a good color for shading the skin. I'll definitely revise my palette and add more contrast for that.
The black outline around the oddish was due to me trying to keep in style with cyndaquil, but looking at what you have there, I think it's a lot better. I'll follow the colored border for when I redo it.
About the spheres, the more I sprited with it, the more flaws I found with each. I like the orange and the light cyan blue you pointed out, but I'll pull an overhaul on the rest (unless you think those need to be redone, too).
If you have a guide for picking colors I would definitely like that; it would be really helpful, truly.
As for the color theory, I've looked it up before, but I'll go back and make sure I perfectly understand everything there.
Well, thank you both for the criticism, and I'll try to re-shade the cyndaquil and do over oddish again and edit this post to put it here.