Vasilisa the Fair

Spent a long time putting the house together and I'm very pleased with how it came out. It's very 70's and gypsy caravan style looking. It's not as scary as it could be but the very dark, gloomy backdrop helps to communicate that atmosphere.
I love the juxtaposition of the dark sky against the bold, vibrant colours in the foreground. It does look like a weird Russian fairy tale.

The part I'm most happy with in this scene is the grass. It does look like grass in close up, I just wish it was all one even colour with less patches where I ran out of blue/yellow. Maybe repaint.

I think this scene is the most successful in telling a story. It looks more obvious here than the previous image that Baba Yaga is looking at Vasilisa (difficult when their eyes are just dots).

Does Vasilisa's doll look like a baby? It should look like a magic doll!

Baba Yaga doesn't look too scary here. She should be bigger, darker and with more creepy trinkets/skulls and bones surrounding her house.

Very scary Baba Yaga. I worry that she looks quite similar to other witches I've made, but I think the snaggle tooth and big skull makes her different and memorable. I added the light in the eyes of the skull post-photo on photoshop but they do look like they're glowing. Might work even better on a darker photo with the eyes lightening a glow around Baba Yaga (focus).

Does the doll need a magical glow? Maybe making a smaller doll will make it more obvious that it is a doll and not a baby.

I love how the trees in this scene look when they're out of focus/deeper in scene because they make it look like a very deep and scary forest, as though Vasilisa is quite far in into this world.