It's not really a tree. It's a tree mutant that has been exposed to some orange toxic chemical that turned it into a moist, slimy tentacle creature whereas the tentacles move around and such. :rolleyes:
That doesn't really help. I used a tree as a reference but how many trees have you seen that has tentacles for branches or muscle like trunk? Thanks anyway though. What I was aiming for in terms of help was coloring and texture because as I was coloring it I knew that it was starting to look cartoonish but I don't really know any other way to color it. What I did was did the basic base layer color, added the darks and gradually work up to the highlights.
How can I make it look less cartoony? I guess I'm calling out Unknownz if she's stil here. I tried adding textures to give it variation in parts but it felt like it wasn't my work so I opted out of it.
Didn't I see the last one before on here somewhere? The first two, I thought Littleboy made those until I saw your avvy and name. They look cool but you need to work on detail and roughen up those edges if you know what I mean.
Reality? :mellow: They wouldn't connect if they were moved closer together. I tried moving them, rotating them, and adding some more on. It's just won't look right. Edit: Weird how I went back to what I had in the beginning and added a little from later on. Not done though.
Tbh I don't like the sun either. While I was making it I knew I was gonna change it sooner or later but I didn't know how so I just left it until I was done with the rest. Edit: Scrapped the circular binding thing and made a new sun. Looks more symbolized.
I thought about the binding thing you said and so I thought it would bind things more closely by making a circle thing surrounding the sun connecting the 3 orbs. This is just a sketch of what I'm gonna do. There will be more added onto it, this is just for illustration.
I have smudge tutorials. Here, here, and here. You're wrong. Your understanding of how a program works and how to actually make digi art is what you need.