I think it's just time, put way more time into the 2nd one and kept zooming in and out to make sure the sizes were proportionate, not to mention made more space on my mousemat. :D
Not looking forward to trying coloring though, on paper it's the most difficult one imo.
Yeah I was just thinking that would definitely take the drawings to the next level.
I agree that it's definitely the hardest part (or at least it was for me just shading my drawings let alone shading and coloring).
Yeah this has been pretty fun tho, will definitely try and get better at this and then delve into finding my own style for some comics I've been meaning to create that are hive related.