okay, the thing I think when I look at these is, 'what's the goal?' what I mean is that they look kind of...aimless? I don't get a strong sense that you, as the artist, can explain WHY you've made all of the artistic choices that went into these.
like, let's just take the first one: you've got a mane-and-fur recolor that's seafoam in the highlights, blending into swamp in the midtones and shadows. there's also a dark green, sort of forest-y tinge on the wingtips. So: why those colors? what is the dragon you're imagining that this accent would improve? swamp/forest belong to a darker, more sombre, more lush palette, and go especially well with greys, stones, and golds: seafoam goes with the pastels, or with bright shades like magenta and tangerine. it is very VERY uncommon that you'll see green tones from both of those palettes combined intentionally. they just don't flatter each other. in any accent, or any piece of art really, it's important to choose a color palette that is harmonious for the whole piece. any attractive accent is probably going to be made up of about 3-5 colors with shades inbetween that all go really nicely together! and I can guarantee you that those accent artists thought about the palette ahead of time, and probably had it set up with little swatches so they could grab the 'pure' color as often as they needed to.
but maybe even more importantly: what are you going for with this accent in an artistic sense? okay, so you've put some green on the dragon. why? are you going for something nature-y? a diseased look? maybe something nautical? or were you thinking of something more like oxidized copper? other than 'some green is now on this dragon' I don't really GET anything from this, you know? if you gave it a slick, scummy texture and maybe draped some seaweed around the neck, you could make this the start to a cool-gross 'underwater leviathan' accent. if you made it look more like rusted copper, maybe gave it some bright spots and some engraved details and edges to make it look like weathered ornamentation, that could be cool too, and would be a totally different accent. but it's not enough to just dunk some color on the dragon and then back away. you need some kind of artistic vision, if you want people to find the accent useful and appealing. that's not to say it can't be abstract, but even abstract accents will EVOKE something if they're good.
tl;dr: deliberate artistic choices are important, from accent concept to choice of colors.
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okay, the thing I think when I look at these is, 'what's the goal?' what I mean is that they look kind of...aimless? I don't get a strong sense that you, as the artist, can explain WHY you've made all of the artistic choices that went into these.
like, let's just take the first one: you've got a mane-and-fur recolor that's seafoam in the highlights, blending into swamp in the midtones and shadows. there's also a dark green, sort of forest-y tinge on the wingtips.
So: why those colors? what is the dragon you're imagining that this accent would improve? swamp/forest belong to a darker, more sombre, more lush palette, and go especially well with greys, stones, and golds: seafoam goes with the pastels, or with bright shades like magenta and tangerine. it is very VERY uncommon that you'll see green tones from both of those palettes combined intentionally. they just don't flatter each other.
in any accent, or any piece of art really, it's important to choose a color palette that is harmonious for the whole piece. any attractive accent is probably going to be made up of about 3-5 colors with shades inbetween that all go really nicely together! and I can guarantee you that those accent artists thought about the palette ahead of time, and probably had it set up with little swatches so they could grab the 'pure' color as often as they needed to.
but maybe even more importantly: what are you going for with this accent in an artistic sense? okay, so you've put some green on the dragon. why? are you going for something nature-y? a diseased look? maybe something nautical? or were you thinking of something more like oxidized copper? other than 'some green is now on this dragon' I don't really GET anything from this, you know? if you gave it a slick, scummy texture and maybe draped some seaweed around the neck, you could make this the start to a cool-gross 'underwater leviathan' accent. if you made it look more like rusted copper, maybe gave it some bright spots and some engraved details and edges to make it look like weathered ornamentation, that could be cool too, and would be a totally different accent. but it's not enough to just dunk some color on the dragon and then back away. you need some kind of artistic vision, if you want people to find the accent useful and appealing. that's not to say it can't be abstract, but even abstract accents will EVOKE something if they're good.
tl;dr: deliberate artistic choices are important, from accent concept to choice of colors.
I hope this was helpful!