Thanks for the ref and advice. I'm glad you got something out of this.Actually I think the best way to avoid this kind of problem is to have a good plan at the begining. But ideas can change in the painting process, and then there's other issues with color and value, and when I'm having trouble with those sometimes anatomy, posing and perspective got overlooked...See the sketch and the initial colored version and you'll see how the overall value and color design changed.It's good when it turned out for the better, but when going in without a good idea or reference of what you want down these changes are often with mixed results. *sigh*