I think its neat :3

oh my god that is fucking awesome!

Very nice! I love what you did with the candle light. It looks very good indeed, and it reminds me of an enemy from a Castlevania game.

Ok, that was a truly nerdy thing to say.

This is god damn awesome. Don't say Candle Jim or els

WHY DID YOU SAY "CANDLE JIM"?

WHY DID YOU SAY IT, YOU FU

the lightings looking pretty good here. a little color theory to help you take it to the next level, the color of the shadows is the opposite of the color of the light, orange light blue shadows, yellow light purple shadows, this is a modifier to whatever the local color is. you could push the values a bit more but a change of color should be enough. this is a fun piece and i hope that helps. keep up the good work.

I was wondering what would be the best color to mix in the background. I was thinking blue but I was too afraid to use it because I thought I would mess it up. But the next time I try something like this, I will try to not be so cowardly and mix more colors. :)

markers can be real tough to mix colors, you may want to pick up a set of cheep watercolors to play around with. then you can take a scrap peice of paper and see how the colors mix first hand. i always recomend that people play around with watercolors but the paper for it can get quite expensive.