/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6201560
Good effort anon!

Some pointers:
First, take a look at the thumbnail. The face sticks out to me as way too bright. There are no hard shadows anywhere, e.g. He is standing under an overcast sky where light comes from all directions, same thing with the neck. Although you are indicating light from the top-right with your armour reflections, that does not translate to the face.

I did a quick paintovermwith some suggestions.

The lighting in your scene should affect all the pieces, including the fabric, the leather etc. The shoulderguards tell me there is a quite strong diffuse white light source, make the other parts respon to the light as well.

Another thing, try to not go to full black for shadows.

Larger strokes would help you as well.