Lady Leprechaun

Hello! Came here from the monthly critique thread. Hope this helps:

It looks like you've got a handle on your style and pretty good line quality.

I guess what I'll tackle first is a few anatomical issues. Mostly what throws me off here is the legs; it's pretty difficult for people to get their legs to bend like that, and usually they're still a bit above the ground at the crotch. Definitely reference photos in the future if possible. The arms came out pretty well, though, and I don't have any real complaints about the torso (except if you wanted the hip bones to be a little more pronounced). You might want to make the mouth a little bit wider.

Next up is lighting; you've established your light source pretty well, but the actual shading is a bit conflicting. At the top of the figure, the lighting is coming from the top left, and chest and below, the light source appears to be from the top right. In addition, from the rest of your lighting, her shadow on the ground should be more pronounced - doing so would also help her blend a lot more into the scene. As for the background, you might consider giving the trees and shrubbery some shadows. For the foreground, I like the idea you've put forward with the clovers being closer to the viewer, but this could be better illustrated by adding more value to and varying the values of the ones that you've rendered.

Other than that, I'm a fan of your folds, and I like that you added in some of the colored light on her arms. The red of her hair is a good contrast to the green of her outfit and of the scene around her, too.

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