Really nice. Good composition and you do a really good job separating the planes using detail for values. Very good job organizing the elements so that the scene is easy to read at one glance.
A couple of things I would say that would improve this is to 1) watch your tangents. There is a definite line that runs along the top of the bush on the left through the underside of his thigh. Also, there's a line that runs down from the vine on the left of Phantom's arm down his forearm. Definitely a thing to avoid. I say this as a guy who runs into the same problem often.
Another thing I would say is that you can separate Phantom from the bg better by increasing the level of shadows where he and the background trees/vines meet (the junction of Phantom's elbow/hip/vines&trees; rimlight side of the main tree on the right). Also, by increasing the shadow where the rimlight side of the main tree and his left arm meet, you can push that arm forward 'cause I didn't even see that arm when I first looked at the pic.
Thanks very much for the critique Ron I really appreciate it. I had your stuff in mind while I was trying to work out the shadows. I hadn't even noticed the tangents till you pointed it out, definitely something I'll be mindful of in future.
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A couple of things I would say that would improve this is to 1) watch your tangents. There is a definite line that runs along the top of the bush on the left through the underside of his thigh. Also, there's a line that runs down from the vine on the left of Phantom's arm down his forearm. Definitely a thing to avoid. I say this as a guy who runs into the same problem often.
Another thing I would say is that you can separate Phantom from the bg better by increasing the level of shadows where he and the background trees/vines meet (the junction of Phantom's elbow/hip/vines&trees; rimlight side of the main tree on the right). Also, by increasing the shadow where the rimlight side of the main tree and his left arm meet, you can push that arm forward 'cause I didn't even see that arm when I first looked at the pic.
Overall, great job.