art redraw

[medicine cat]

i wanted to redraw an old piece from september 2017, so i did.
old:

New: 

Someone on a youtube discord said i ruined it, but i thought i'd ask for a second opinion bc i was pretty proud of it. it won't hurt my feelings vwv

[Lurkily]

I would say it needs more contrast.  There's more detail, but that purple is overwhelming everything.  Even with the detail, the purple makes it seem more washed-out than previously.  It doesn't look look dark anymore, the purple is so bright it seems like it's lit by purple instead of dark.

That said, again, it is more detailed; I think improvements have been made here, but they are undermined by other changes.

[bostonlobstah]

I agree with Lurkily. It’s really pretty, good job 👏 

[Jojo]

The second one is very purple but there is more detail and depth which I really like

[medicine cat]

the lit by purple thing was intentional, actually; i wanted to do that in the original, but couldnt figure out how. sort of like a vaporwave thing. i may come back later and retouch it, though, since maybe a few other colors would look nice with the purple too. thank you guys for the comments!! it really helps ;w;

[Lurkily]

Vaporwave?

The purple in the air, I think, is the part that needs the most adjustment.  That's where it really crosses from 'unusual lighting' to 'washed out'.

[Lurkily]

Adding some shading (light purple on one side, dark purple on the other side, for the tree and the blades of grass) may do much more to convey lighting than the fog lighting does.