I tried painting in grey scale on the last one and I guess that worked. I'll be trying that whenever I can from now on. It feels like I got very lucky that time. That's all :)
Dude I like your works more xD. I feel like you are not using any references to get a good idea about lighting. I know how to do basic stuff but it's always better to get a good reference to do it properly. Your works are already great. You are one of the winners of the holozing contest after all.
Yes, grayscale is very good for lighting and like you will suit semi-realistic painting in the future, friend ha.ha.ha.
Yes, I rarely use references in lighting, because I'm too lazy to do it, I prefer to be like a comic artist who gives color to his illustrations with imagination and guesses a little about the direction the light is coming from and what kind of effect it will have.
Yes, I'm just lucky my friend, because when it comes to work at Hive, there are lots of great artists whose work is better than mine, including your work😊