Thank you! I'm glad I reached more people and am getting some constructive feedback! When I color a sketch (or lineart, really), I usually just use the colors on a character's reference sheet (or whatever reference I have of their normal colors). Shading, gradient maps, and randomized color jitter in the brush settings get me to the finalized color scheme of a piece. Say, if the colors of a piece seem all over the place, overlays and gradients can bring them together and seem less out of place.

I utilized a textured brush for the fur and hair. Doing it with the brushes is hard enough, I can hardly imagine painting individual strands. Using CSP's timelapse feature for painting with this many strokes inflates the file size enough too haha.

Yeah, I agree, I could've done the claws and spikes better. I just didn't really know how to correctly execute them when they are supposed to be blue on the outside but purple on the inside. Perhaps I should do some little material studies on crystals, transparent materials, and claws.

Thank you for the feedback, it made my morning better.