Trouble in the Tropics

A personal piece I've been working on to practice visual development. I attempted to show a storyline with character placement, colour, etc. My process to approaching this was first, to create a rough thumbnail sketch (tonal values), then create a rough line drawing to define important shapes, use the lasso tool to create refined shapes, and experiment with tones. Lastly, I started adding colour to those shapes to see what scheme would work. I then finished this piece by layering paint and adding detail.

I was inspired by the references attached to this post, as well as Crash Bandicoot. The games, worlds, and, characters have always been some of my favourites.