Breaking these up into two because there's been a few of these that have been contentious tests.
Been trying to refine things as much as I can, work out what exact colours I'm after, trying to figure out the horns deign (still stuck on that I know :'v)
The last image is a good example because I've been going through and colour picking from photos to see what's natural and what works with skin tones. Trying to pick complamentry colours between the base skin tone and the more "used" palsm and soles.
Oddly enough, I've been very, very close to real life with my own choices. The one major difference is I do prefer more neutral or darker tones while a lot of the real skin tones have been quite bright.
I leaning more neutral because you get more control with highlights and shadows. So I'm thinking of toning things down a smidge. Plus to me it's a little easier on the eyes.