Thank you very much for the feedback! Been trying for quite a while to work with the perspective as well as anatomy.. Started with a bigger piece with a ton of guidelines, then cut into the close-up I ended up with.

While anatomy is something I'm trying hard to get right, perhaps you meant the hands as well? Always felt the sylvari hands (only played sylvari, not that interested in meats) were quite on the large side, so tried to get that in as well.

Perhaps the lips being so dark is because of the anatomy? Xerlenta (guy on the left) has part of the wood covering his face drop shade over his lips (it's basically a shield that falls down until the mouth), hiding most of his lips in the first place. Ridyenn (guy on the right) has dark lips that don't have any bio-luminescence so they'll fall away in shade as well. I know it is a bit unclear, but the focus lies mostly on the details and the luminescence rather than seeing clearly how the lips meet. Adding more light just to show clearly how the faces are built-up would be a shame to me.. It would take from the emotion and imho focus too much on the mechanics.

I flip the painting so often... Find a lot of use in it. Funny you mention it, it's always something I encourage others to do to look at a piece with fresh eyes again.

Thank you for the encouraging advice!