Got a mental image I felt like drawing, I'm not 100% on the final product so I'm gonna pop this in here! Big problems I have are a slightly-abstracted concept of 3d space, something I realized I'm not fully down on when I tried to do a painting a day ago. Any advice for starting on that kind of topographical stuff is good, but more immediate crits on the piece are also welcome!
Tried to play around with colors and composition a lot here too, going for a kind of intense, stressful, and angry vibe with it.
From my notes made when I had the idea:
Face leaning forward with bugged-out stare, fire emanating from top and back of skull as if head is exploding outwards in a strong wind or quick movement. Heavy use of orange and red with dark brown/black background
(colors tweaked to include blues and greys, for contrast and a better look hopefully)