One of the elements I needed to improve was the use of shading to define the position of objects or clothing. For example, the position of the hair was not well defined; It wasn't clear if it was sitting behind the head or coming around and under the collar. Therefore I went back into my photoshop file and made appropriate adjustments, adding the shadowing to bring the hair around the collar which is where I wanted it. This suited the level of volume that was inspired by the moth hair that I took my photobashed image from.
I also edited the chain on the front of the outfit. At first I had used a chain brush to create a swooping regal silver chain, but this left the chain looking flat as there was no shape definition of each individual link. Therefore I searched for an image of a chain and photobashed it onto my character. The effect was much more convincingly realistic. I also took more bug parts, such as a beetle pincer which I used as robe decorations. They look like heavy solid silver now that the colour has been changed, giving the impression of weight and wealth.
The last thing that I did was make a new value study to see how I had adjusted my values from the original as I went. I like the current values a lot better as there is more variation and interest.
Older version of character and value study
Final version of character and value study
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