[ Zhongzhu ] Possessive 🐲 HD (+ process + PSD) (Patreon)

So I did an absolute mess with this one, with faces but above all values... 

Don't ask why everything's fine with the lineart I draw for comics but I feel like repainting absolutely EVERYTHING when I plan an illustration fghjkl sometimes I even go wild I badly alter the lineart I had spent hours on until at some point I realize I'm doing shit and start over from a previous backup (see "Scrapped ver." 😪) 

Speaking of values, I feel like the main mistake here has been setting too bouncy lights, causing materials such as Zhongli's (opaque) shirt to be unnaturally bright. I suspect other mistakes such as a bad management of saturation around the canvas but I haven't been able to precisely identify where I went wrong...
I must say, Baizhu's color palette with the green + blue combo is super hard for me to manage in the warm environments of Liyue (I had less troubles in the Kavezhu because the Sumeru atmosphere leans to green); I guess that's one challenge I'll have to overtake 😤

💌 HD + PSD in attachments!