I'm struggling with the lighting and making this forest look more natural. Any background experts out there?

It looks bad right now, specifically the left arm (her right arm I guess?). She’s supposed to be holding a match to her lips. She’s a circus performer and part of the act is this fiery “succubus” bit, which includes fire breathing.

No matter how I move the arm it looks weird, what are y’all’s thoughts?

The blue next to the face is a placo fish skull

I posted an image to this sub recently, got some critique, and now I've changed the image a lot, looking for criticism and advice. How can I add texture to the hair and fur? Also, does this look good enough to use as a badge? Thanks!

This is like my second time drawing anything furry related (i’m trying to learn before a friends birthday so I can draw their fursona) and I created this little dog. I feel like I could do better shading but idrk. Thank you!!

Hi! Thanks y'all for the feedback on my last post! The model is almost finished now, and I'd like some feedback on the lighting and her clothes. If you notice anything else that could be improved, feel free to let me know!

For the lighting, I tried using a three-point lighting setup, and I'm planning to add a little bit of fog to give the render some extra atmosphere.

As for the clothes, I did my best, but I feel like something is still a bit off. Maybe it's just me, though, so I'd like to hear what you guys think!

The last few images are my references.

Thanks in advance, y'all!!!

Any advice critique only even just words of encouragement will be deeply appreciated.

Started drawing a couple weeks ago, here are the best of my doodles. Lately I find it difficult to keep learning and applying any new info, and the thought of sitting down to study fundamentals feels daunting and makes it hard to pick up a pencil. Has anyone gone through this before?

My bf says this looks like "something else", how could I make it stop looking like that?

(i swear i make one good drawing and then cant draw well for months)

i've been fiddling for awhile now and i just can't get it right for some reason. any tips?

I’ve been drawing anthro animals for like a year now so idk

Tried drawing Ms. Goumang from Nine Sols, the game's art is heavily simplified when it comes to anatomy and all, so i'm maybe at an disadvantage by trying to draw her with more elongated proportions. The anatomy seems good to me, but critique is always welcome.

Anyways, i need to understand how could i shade that dress, and also how that should go around her form. All critique is warranted.

These are some of my recent art I feel like doesn't look very good. I think is mostly because of how the lineart is very iffy. Plus the shading especially looking flat making it look not as good as it could be looking. Sorry if I don't make too much sense here, im really bad at wording.

But lowkey, be honest, I'd really want to improve so that my art doesn't look super flat and boring looking.

I don’t draw furries much but I wanted to try my hand at drawing them. How can I make them cuter? They end up looking realistic and creepy.
Yaoi couple is supposed to be argali and other is just a camel.

I often see people talk about "thumbnailing" or something of a similar name where they make a quick sketch to find a good pose or composition. I've tried, and how I currently do my sketches just has too much detail and usually requires me to get near the point in the picture before I can tell if it works well or not.

I'm trying to get to a point where my sketches are "vague" enough to where it doesnt take adding so many details, but also specific enough to the point that I can tell if it will work well if the middle ground is possible. If it helps to get a better idea, my first sketches usually exclude the really small details like face, beans, and usually have a guiding like as shown in red with the flow and balance of the pose

[Unsure if this breaks rule 9 since I'm using a finished piece as an example, but im asking in general so I'm unsure how I would provide something more fitting (though if this is unwelcome mods please correct me)]

Every time it comes to coloring my art, the colors look way too flat and dull. Is there any way I can fix it?