Thanks all for your comments. They've been very helpful and useful. Here is the latest version, which I must say has improved quite a lot from the first version I posted.

(current)
(first)

Here's a quick and dirty version of the orc with longer limbs. Am I on the right track here?

I've been checking out this forum for a while without really posting anything so I thought I'd show two of my images here.

(06-08-15)


I would love to get some crits/comments on the technique/color choices/whetever on these. On the orc/ogre-thing I've been trying to get rid of the black/dark oulines which I tend to use most of the time for some reason. It was drawn without any reference at all and it was my first attempt to paint muscles so the anatomy is probably a bit off. Is there anything I could do to make it more "realistic"? Also, I think I need some pointers on how to improve the pants. I just don't seem to be able to get it right.

The candyman thing was drawn with this as reference.

Oh, and can someone please teach me how to pixel a good looking stone with the current palette in the orc-pic.