The pair of goblins

I put the bulk of my effort into their tunics, with darker tones in the shadows and lighter ones where they catch the light.  The one with the green tunic, I gave him my favourite red hair, just for contrast. Overall, I spent  more time on him than on his brother with the red tunic.

You can tell from the way the strokes of the pencil aren't as smoothed out with a burnisher on Mr Red like Mr Green. Mr Green, especially, has received a lot of "likes" on Instagram and Pinterest for my choice of color.

Their respective collections of swords behind them were an exercise in coloring metal, as were their gold cuffs. They turned out all right, I think?

Both have bad skin with angry breakouts, and yellowed teeth. I don't imagine goblins pay much heed to skin or dental care.

A commercial break here (unpaid, mind you): I bought this book Colored Pencil Painting Bible by Alyona Nickelsen as a guide to achieving the right textures.

And once again, the curse of the big background expanse struck. I didn't want to color it in.