10-09-2012, 06:10 AM
The actual foreground of the stages look aesthetically pleasing: It's just that the pillars and gates look relatively flat compared to them. I'd suggest studying some of the animation stills from the olympus sections of the Hercules movies for ways to make them brighter. That movie itself has a lot of weight and meatiness to the characters and environments, so giving things a little bit more body may be a good idea.