Most of the painting is actually pretty simple in texture, because instead of hard surfaces like floors and walls, the background is predominantly made of loads and loads of drapery/fabrics. Composition and flow are established using the lines of the fabrics' folds, and the play of light/colour.

Normally in character art, I make sure to give a lot of attention the characters' faces so that you automatically focus on them first, and that they're making eye contact with the viewer.

In this painting, however, the two characters are NOT looking out of the painting; one of them is looking down with eyes closed, and the other has the face partially obscured, and you only really see part of the eye.

The faces, therefore, have less "draw" than the typical "making eye contact" face. The result is that out of the whole painting, the mandolin stands out, because it is more detailed and has straight lines that contrast with the rest of the painting, which consists mostly of more organic curves from flesh and fabric. It doesn't help that the folds of the loose shirt point down towards the mandolin. I used a lighting trick to draw attention to the faces (one of the characters has luminous blond hair), but the balance of focus is fairly delicate. I don't want to mess the balance up too much, LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzmUiSt_ugg

Mclelun i dont know if youre seeing this , but i saw ur name in the credit of this film/ trailer , i have to say its some kickass stuff right there, especially the background