Hey morelock, This is pretty good. What stands out to me is the proportions, the head feels too big which is making the legs look real short. As far as the rendering goes, your on the right track, but you need to make sure the rendering is used to reveal form. Think about form and not about copying the reference.

Hi all, Another attempt digitally, trying to get more of that charcoal/graphite look and less "digital." As always, open to critique and suggestions. Ignore some of the unfinished areas (face feet and weapons) I thought I had gotten most of what I was going to learn out of the piece. Included my undersketch

Started with a Buscema sketch of Conan and ended up trying to bring it to a higher render. 602 blackwing, with a stump to blend the clothes. Still very much trying to learn to render a sketch

Tarzan, trying to channel my inner Frazetta. Critique welcome

one more study- figure drawing and shading

Conan sketch at work. Dollar Store sketchbook and a free pencil :D

these are deceptively challenging. Great practice though. My reading comprehension must have been off on the level 2 stuff, not enough straight lines.

Digital, trying to apply the lessons.

My attempt in digital. Need some anatomy work and some brush work for sure.

some Frazetta - then (top right) trying it out.

Dropped the stylus for the pencil today, worked on it in lulls at work

nothing hurts like 1 minute gestures first thing in the morning

Maybe should allocate time differently for this. By the time it was laid in there was just a rush to place some armor. Didn't even try to render it. 20 min

couple of 20 minutes

busy week at work, going to try to get some more shorter ones in later. 30 minutes on this one

only had time to get one in today. I should have spent more of my time measuring proportions, definitely lost the likeness

Marshall is harrier than Robin Williams knuckles

25 minutes seems so long right up until there is like 15 seconds left and you aren't even close to finished.

Hey Jan, If you watch Med's videos for a bit you'll quickly see although there are quite a few brushes in the pack, he really only uses a couple of them. The textured oval brush (I think in the pack it has it's name in Kanji) primarily, and the soft round. I think it's normal for all of us to see just how many brushes are out there and think "which one is right" but really, a hard brush, a soft brush/airbrush and maybe one or two brushes with some texture to them if you want that painterly effect is really about all you need. Play around with some of the options in the pack and pick a few you like, if you want to follow along with Med that oval textured thing is what he uses the majority of the time.