Ruzkin's Precious Little Art Thread

ruzkin

Hey AC, finally got the guts to start my own thread. I've been arting for a long time now, but never with any real sense of drive or will to learn. I thought I wanted to do concept art for a living back in the mid-2000s and even did a four year Industrial Design degree to further that goal, but I didn't put in the hard yards and basically went into a slump from '10 to '13 where I didn't output more than two or three doodles a year. But now, finally, I think I'm getting back on the wagon.

Some older stuff:






My current project:




Critiques are absolutely welcome!

Halen

There's something about the depth on your characters - all your shading is quite light, so everything ends up looking quite flat.

kraz007

They remind of some Mother Russia posters I bought in Moscow. They are similarly cut and there's almost no shading.

ruzkin

Thanks for the feedback, Halen. I wiped the face entirely and started with some stronger values - are these punchier?



The rest of the pic (I'll adjust the other values to match those on the face if people think I'm headed in the right direction)