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The idea is awesome, I've always liked illustrations of 'real pokemon'. I think it's a super fun concept. The placement of the fish against the background works well together and I love the plants effectively framing the edges of the composition.





The colors work nicely together for the most part. Something you might consider doing in the future is to completely desaturate your image temporarily while you're working on it to get an idea of how the values are working in relation to each other. Currently, a majority of the values fall in the mid gray range with the exception of a small few that are a little lighter, such as the fish's fins. Remember, the scale is 1-10, so try to use all of the values, not just 2-7. The light source appears to be coming from above, so don't be timid about punching that up an notch. If you desaturate your current image, the fish tends to fall in approximately the same value range as the background. In order to increase the over all visual aesthetics and help him stand out a bit more as the subject, increase the contrast. You could either lighten him, or lighten the background a bit and darken the fish to pull him forward from the background.





The colors, as I stated earlier work well for the most part. The pokeball is really the only thing that stands out to me as a little awkward. It's color doesn't match, remotely. Since it's underwater with the fish, you could overlay a lay or two of blue to help pull it's red into the color scheme. You also might try desturating it, since your main colors are orange and blue. Play around with reflected light on the body of the fish and the surrounding details. Try putting some subtle oranges in the background or foreground and add more subtle blues to the fish himself. This will increase the extent that the colors work together, making the picture feel more natural and collaborative. Something else you might consider playing with for fun, is changing the color of the light source. Rather than just a white light, try pumping it up with a blueish moonlight, or a yellow lamp light. We can't see the light source, so it's completely open to you and the mood you wish to convey. ^^





You have a lot of bright pieces in your gallery, so I can only imagine how much more fun this piece could be if you added a little more bold color to the image. Keep up the good work! ^^