Instructors will repost all feedback and paintovers in this thread along with a side by side comparison to the students original pieces.

I did some small tweaks to your thumbs, the main thing is I thought your stuff was getting a little on the noisey side and lacking a strong shape. I took out most of the spikes and introduced more smooth contours. This sets up a rhythm of noise and calm. Good showing though, like #9 with the turtle shell.

Here some quick notes on this guy. The strong lighting on one side of the figure does not lend itself well to showing the form of the character. I toned down the lights and added some more rendering to the opposite side. The top knot I enlarged because I thought it would lend itself to a more exciting figure. I copy/pasted some of the armor bits to suggest some ways you might go about the rest of the armor set. Also I thnk the end of the spear could use a bit more excitment to the shape. Hope this helps.

I like these. You are not too far off with them. I thnk all you need is some slight adjustments to the figure with the help of some lighting to really punch the character through. Making sure different parts of the body are in front or in back of each can a lot. Also like paint on this one, it has a nice feel.

Reference is your friend. Drawing without planning and reference is like screaming instead of singing.

Eric-

Nice work, you're just on the cusp of getting some weight in these guys, just exaggerate a step beyond where you're comfortable right now. I think the first sketch you were real close playing with weight just a few adjustments. Your swat guys have straight spines, bend those like a spine does naturally and get some more flair. Thanks and keep it up!

EDIT: THe 3rd character is great, he has some real attitude, just realize that he's holding that giant club and that would put weight on his shoulder, right now his shoulder girdle feels unaffected. Also push that weight down into his legs.

Jared-

Nice silouettes and great start to a refined character. I think it's real close and with a few adjustments it can get there. I did a quick paintover of some suggestions, at the moment he reads flat, but if you push back some edges that wrap around the contour of the body and haze out the limbs furthest from the viewer you can add some depth. Also, feel free to add some spice to the weapon or not make it symmetrical on both ends. I know some weapons do have symmetry, but the contrast is nice here on a staff like weapon. I also pushed out the blacks a bit, they were reading real strong.

Nice work though, thanks!

-L

Edwin-

Nice work, i'm able to get a story from this character even without your write-up.

Only a few suggestions:

1)  Right now the fabric just reads flat, it should wrap around the contour of the underlying shoulder.

2) I'm losing the read of the legs at the hips. There's not a clear definition between the front and back leg, tighten this up and it will read a lot better.

3) The intersection here is real timid, i'd say either move the back leg completely away from the front our push the overlap more and push back the values on the leg furthest from the viewer.

Great work, i'm excited for your environments!

Keep the work up, i made a tweak to one of your silo's below, i'd recommend exploring interesting shapes more, wings are a great opportunity to get some funky shapes going or ideas.

-L

These are sweet Paul, tons of character! Here are a few suggestions about the proportions and posing. After these minor tweaks I think it's time to start overlaying some color and texture and see what happens.