Originally Posted by
surf
Top one is your best by a mile. Great use of colour and pen tool.
Wow, thanks!
2nd one really needs some work on depth. It's like the focal has become part of the background.
Yeah, I also forgot to sharpen the render, and some of the hand smudging was sort of bad as well.
I find the third a bit bland as well. The Kolosus is lacking a bit of depth as well.
By bland, do you mean not enough elements in the tag? I was mostly experimenting with the Color Dodge setting and making some interesting lighting effects with that one, but it could definitely use some more action.