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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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I notice you use a lot of subtle hints of orange in your work, and that blue, in particular, is orange's greatest rival thus they will forever battle to the death for your attention (no, just kidding, but seriously, I wish color theory was taught this way) On a serious note, they're contrasting colors and whether you realize it or not, you've executed them in one the most beautiful ways that many artists completely over look; through balance. Most people assume when it comes to contrasting colors, it has to be %50/%50, but that is so not the case. To make a picture really pop, you have to trick the eye into wonder why it's popping, aka, don't make it so obvious, which is something you've actually mastered by the looks of it.
Another reason that particular blue is so addicting, is it's actually a very interesting choice balanced between a cool and warm color. It begins to lean more towards green than blue and is one of the rare exceptions where it can actually be used as both energizing and calming (That's why they tend to choose that color for blue sour candy)
I'd say whatever you do, keep that balance of orange and blue (hold crap, that rhymed) because it really works for this piece. I really don't know anything about the character, but as a samurai, you could always go the classic rout of battling it out in a grassy field (Samurai Rebellion style) with a nice blue sky overhead. The green could also add to the energy of the piece, if you mix a good bit of yellow in there and maybe have some good lighting beaming off of the sun.
One suggestion I have would be to take a warmer hue that you already have on the character, desaturate it on the color picker, then apply onto your BG. Then come in on top with brighter reds ala blood streaks.
...or both the colours. Ah, I'm not very good at giving advice..
I love his expression, like he's madly enjoying the fight!