Judgement Triad

[tcarlson]

There are some focal point problems help me out....
http://www.tjcarlson.com/misc/judgement.jpg

[gekitsu]

what bugs me first and foremost when i look at it are the dew splotches of color that seem totally out of place.

you have an overall red mood going on here. see how well the orange in the lower left corner or the greyish yellow blends in?
the total opposite is the grass and -less extreme but still out of place-looking- shade of blue around the winged character.

if you mean some truly grassy green, you have to take into account what colors are around it. color never works on its own, it's always what it looks like compared to the colors sorrounding. you sure have seen those simultane contrast things... one and the same grey, one time there is cyan blue around it and one time, there's like cadmium orange. the greys look like two totally different temperatures.

so, you don't really have to choose some overkill green but something that looks like overkill green when surrounded by reds.
when you place neutral grey inmidst red, it will look like having a greenish touch, just because it so much "less red" than the rest.
so, to achieve an overkill green look, a subdued warm green may be more than enough.
you have to try to keep the colors in relation, otherwise they may look out of place, as the green does.

for the coolish blue, something that is cooler than red and bluer than red might do the job as well and blend better in your red base tone.

as for the focal point, you have to decide where to set it and concentrate contrast there.
the eyes of the huge dragonlike creature for example: they are hard-edged and stark cold inmidst hot red, and therefore having a shitload of contrast. unfortunately, this is just a small thing on the whole head and not enough to draw attention there.
it is almost as strong as the dark lines in his bone-y hands. they have exceptionally hard edges and are one of the darkest elements in the whole picture, and therefore draw attention, too.
then, add the out-of-place-ness of the green and we don't have any clear idea of where the focal point is.
be sure to place really dark dars and bright lights in your focal area. you can also allow for more color variation there and of course, the hardest edges belong into the focal area, too.

[winjer]

is that batman in the foreground