Tips on improving this image

[skullforceagents]

Hey guys. I’m struggling with the background in this image. I’m considering doing a completely different one. Any tips or ideas?

[Lensing]

I feel like the horizon line should be way lower. That would also give you the option to not only show
the windows but also the skyline of the city

[skullforceagents]

OMG!!! Thank you so much @Lensing! I’ll do that.

[delladz]

As a city slicker, there's a surprising amount of little details that architecture can contain! Lensing's suggestion will allow you to showcase things like signs, awnings, roofs, etc. but you can also put little chalkboard stands or maybe a street sign or lamp in the background! If it's a standalone illustration, it's fun to get lost in the details but if its part of a larger webcomic, I get wanting to cut down on details for time reasons lol

Also, feel free to play with line texture! It'll give the backgrounds more dimension and have a gritty and grounded feel as opposed to perfectly clean cut lines that make up the building

[ButterflyEmpress]

If one were to do that skyline in the back there, would you draw any details on it or would it best to leave it as a colored/gradient silhouette?

[Lensing]

That´s a good question. Skylines can be really useful to make the other elements stand out
in a panel, like a frame. I like minimal to no details for the skyline. It can indicate distance.
You can have one row of skyscrapers with only windows visibile and one row behind it with
no details at all.

[skullforceagents]

Here’s the updated image. Any ideas how to make the city skyline look better?

[Lensing]

I would make the buildings less high. It´s in the far background.
In a nighttime scene with that mood + winter I would make the buildings black

[skullforceagents]

Like this then?

[Lensing]

That looks like a great panel which carries a mood, it´s a huge difference in my opinion

[wolflu66]

If you want to emphasize the overall scene, you could pull the camera up and back a bit so readers can see more background details.

If you want to focus on the character, lower the camera angle slightly— @Lensing already provided an example of this approach below, and your corrected version looks quite good.

In the current version, if you extend the scene beyond your frame, you'll notice the character still appears too large. So you'll need to either make the buildings taller or scale down the character. Naturally, shrinking the character is easier XD.

Overall, I think it's already very good. Moving forward, you could research and improve in two areas:

1
The current version. Its vanishing point is around the character's waist height, meaning the camera is positioned at waist level—this feels somewhat unintuitive. (Though if the work is for children, it's actually a good choice, viewing from a child's perspective.)

So I suggest raising the vanishing point higher to create a more natural adult eye-level view coming face-to-face.
If you want strong dramatic effect, you could lower the vanishing point to foot level, like the angle in this image of mine:

2
Following the original version, use two-point perspective. But ensure both vanishing points are at the same height—that is, the camera height.

Camera (viewer) height = horizon line height → vanishing point falls on the horizon line.

Using the original image as an example, the green line below is the horizon line.

Both vanishing points sit on the horizon line, with lines converging toward them.
After slight adjustments, it looks like this:

However, there's another issue. Since this image appears to be shot from above the character's head height, but the character looks straight ahead at eye level, you'd need to adjust the character to a slightly downward-looking angle. Otherwise, it looks like the character is walking down a slope.