Well I didn't really want to start a new thread for this. It is somewhat based on a Sargent painting. Let me know what you think. I don't really like the character design.

I think those are all pretty good composition except for the 2nd (middle left) one. The shapes are interesting but I think it is too evenly balanced. The black and white seem to equally dominate the composition. Also there is a very even distribution of point shapes that sort of distract from the figure. I think to emphasize the figure a little bit more (and I only mean a little bit, like 15% more), you should cut back on some of the dark shapes and leave a bit more flat white space.

I think this is a great idea and when I have some time off work I would like to try something similar...

Keith Parkinson was one of my favorite artists and I don't think anyone else knows about him. Here's a study based off one of his book covers.

The proportions of both of the faces in the first photo seems a little bit off. 1) On the first face the mouth seems a little bit too high / close to the nose. On the second face the nose and (our left) side of the face seem to be drifting too far left. 2) In the second photo the eyes don't seem to really follow the perspective of the face. The eye on our right looks like it drifted up too high. That being said I think all the other ones are really great. Amazing progress if you've only been at it for 6 months. You really show strong construction of the forms in the 3rd photo. Honestly, I think the issues with the first couple of faces may just be things you already know how to fix and as you get more practice these variances will go away. Just keep on practicing the way you are. It looks like really good progress for only 6 months.

Hey Olga, This painting is really good! The face and all the armor is great. The only thing I noticed is that the proportions are a little off. It might be because of the downward perspective you chose, but it takes away from the heroic nature of this character. I did some drawing to show you what I mean. I hope you find some value in it, keep it up, your stuff is really good :)

I think it looks pretty good for the most part. The figure/pose is a little stiff but maybe that is justifiable in heavy armor. The main things I can think of (and these are minor): 1) Maybe the torso and especially the shoulders should follow the turn of the head a little bit more. His body is facing one direction and his head is strongly facing another direction with little rotation in the hips or torso. This is not necessarily unrealistic.... Again, maybe this works with heavy armor but then maybe the neck shouldn't be turned so much. 2) The beard feels a little bit too detached from its environment to me. Maybe you can add some cast shadow around the neck? Maybe the beard hair should be reacting to the hard collar of the armor and deforming? Right now the shape of the beard looks too stiff. Again, these are pretty minor points. I think overall this is quite good.

Nice album. I really like the textures and brush strokes on the wolf. The lighting is also really interesting. Did you use reference?

Those studies are amazing! Good job!

Here's my first set of abs assignments. Maybe I should not have shaded them so much. I may have ended up focusing more on shading than the structure... Please let me know if you see anything I can fix.