/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>Should I push the values harder? Or is the flatness part of the pose I picked and / or a bad use of forms?
the problem is with the drawing. it's the proportions.
the figure is around 7/8 heads tall and the neck is too short considering that. you really needed to give the neck more space.
7 heads in general is pretty tall, and yours is 7 heads tall even though the body is bending. it feels even longer since the part that should be the neck is now distributed into the height or the rest of the body.
so all in all the body feels very elongated.

pic not related by the way. not a redline or anything, i just wanted to try it.