What a fun holidays piece! What drew my eye to this is the nice soft mood from the pastel shading, and the joy in the piece. The picture seems so happy. It’s very clever how Sothis’ dress is Christmas-tree themed, and yet also works as a dress (ruffles and layers and star broaches).

The soft colors and shading you used also create a soft feeling in the piece, which is very nice for the Holiday Season.

I saw that you’re also looking for critiques on this piece, hmm. One thing that does jump out at me is that the figures of the two characters at the bottom right look very tiny compared to the rest of the piece. Are they meant to be tiny people and Sothis a giant, or just in the distance? Is it that they can’t find her because she’s as tall as the trees and her skirt makes her looks like one? If it’s in the distance, one thing the picture could try to help that illusion would be to make the trees in the back smaller. As things get further away, they get smaller, and vice versa.

My other thought was that because everything is in shades of green (yellow green dress, teal green hair, cool green Christmas trees), the character gets a little lost – some of the details aren’t noticeable, and her silhouette isn’t coming though as well as I suspect it could. I wonder, perhaps there’s a way to separate her from the background? Perhaps by making the background lighter or darker (ie, framing her), or by making her pop more by making her more in focus and more defined….

Anyway, just some thoughts. Again, lovely piece! Happy holidays to you too.