About the light, I was going to do something like the spotlight effect you mention, some ray of light directly from above, with leaf shadows over his body and the tree branches in the foreground, keeping the background more misty and desaturated. But the scattered light probably fits better the jungle setting, and it will give it a more humid, swampy look, so I'll try that and see how it goes.
And the boleadora, well, the cord length was only chosen for the composition to be honest . I wanted the spheres aligned with the up-left down-right diagonal. But I understand they should be tense, you know, centrifugal force an all that.
Oh, and I don't know if this is the proper channel for typo reporting, but there's one in the "Colours and Hues of Caelereth" flash thingy: "Santhran Viloet" instead of "Violet".
Some colours added, though it's still sketchy, specially the background. Anyway, if you see some colour that shouldn't be there / be different, tell me:
I could add some small animal clinging to the foreground branch in the lower right corner, but it should be not very bright, actually, it should be almost camouflaged with the brown/greens of the branch. The toad is too flashy to be there, though it could replace the snake, if the rosesnake is wrong for this jungle.
Here he is, still sketchy I know, but I have some questions about flora and fauna before proceeding.
- Can he be standing on a waterfruit tree? The description says they are quite dense, so anything larger than a cat has some difficulty entering. On the other hand, these guys are supposed to be very nimble... If not possible, any suggestions for a good tree to make him stand on?
- Though they are not very visible right now, I was going to add a snake on a tree branch, and some bats flying in the background mist. Is a rosesnake OK? And about the bats, anything I should know about the eiqui'ris bats apart of their large size? They have no entry yet I think.
- Also, there's going to be some strangling vines there. But if there's any other plant you want, I'm open to suggestions.
And of course, let me know if the guy needs any change
Artimidor, I have uploaded the picture in its original size, and without the woman (and the halberd pole), so you can crop it and use the mountains anywhere else. It's "serph_mountains.jpg". As soon as I have some time I'll make all the changes, there's an older version yet in my hard drive with the hills I think.