I’m a big advocate for mixed media! I have huge respect for people who work in a single discipline, but I’m more of a ‘whatever gets me the effect I’m after’ type of person 😂 (I first started doing white highlights in tipex pen, then I graduated to white acrylic, the finally I found gel pens, but since I’ve started doing digital drawing too, I’m not averse to digital highlights if I need to 😄. I see it more as using all the tools available 🤷🏻‍♂️ It only becomes cheating when someone slaps a filter on a photo and goes round telling everyone they hand drew it in charcoal 🙄 but I digress 😂) — so all that to say I love the effects you achieved with the bright eyes and the soft flames. And the flames were already gorgeous in your watercolour whip, so you had already captured that soft feel that I love about them.
And definitely agree on the mood board! They are super helpful. For me it just depends on how organised my research is 😂🤷🏻‍♂️