well looking at this thread i can see why this hasnt gotten a lot of commentary on it, aside from it not being finished, it makes it hard for people to say short praise for an item that is only half finished, and to that effect, you cant comment on half the stuff one would comment on (such as use of lighting, color, technique, etc) when there isnt much to see.
the design is interesting enough, though i think that the facial features of this guy seem a little bland (kindof the round face, pointy , nondescript eyes, fangs, almost cartoonish horns popping out of the head). he doesnt look very... well, fearsome, but rather some dude out of an image comic book.
These kinds of peices are so hard, because the anatomy and the actual figure drawing behind something like this, basically makes or breaks the image. and it does no good to proceed with the details without getting that most fundamental stage perfect.... and we arent quite there yet with this piece. The more i draw the more i learn i personally know nothing (or not nearly as much as i need to ) about the very specifics of anatomy, so i understand how hard this can be.
proportionally, the arm/shoulder/back are very large when compared to the size of the neck and head itself it seems. i like how the cape is draping over his figure, though at this point it really lacks any comprehension of dynamism, which is ever so important to get the cloth to appear not to hover over top the image. the anatomy of the neck does not feel accurate at all, you seem to be portraying the trapezoidal muscle groups to merge directly into the base of the skull, when they really would otherwise seem to attach half way down the neck (otherwise we wouldnt have a back of our neck). well second look at it, they clearly arent trapezoid muscles, but the way they merge together make it seem like the are being formed much in the same way... they just look too thick and divided.
actually.. dont you have a more recent version than this? i had some comments on the back muscles having a similar sort of overexaggerated, over simplified feel to them (very comic-esque in style i suppose) but then as i llooked at the image for reference its all blank there.
anyhow if youre holding out on us pixelopolis folks, i think they need to see a complete effort of what you can do before they can really put the time into critiquing and giving their best advice. kindof follow me there? it seems youve got a tendency to kindof half way finish things and then as you make a but of progress on something you just kindof stop at that and stay stuck. you need to really just stay motivated to finish these peices so you can get past the phase of showing it around to the point of pushing it near completion .