try doing your characters body on one layer to get the proportion and anatomy solid. then do the armor over top on another layer. looks like the fancy armor might be what is hindering you. do some research on how different armor sits on the body and how the body moves in it.
i take it youre using photoshop or corel. try concentrating on the anatomy over the high tech armor. do the body on one layer to get proportion and anatomy solid then do the armor on another layer. thats how i do my concept art for characters. things like clothing and hair i have on seperate layers and do multiples styles…
In the context of what the environment is, they have a life support backpack and thats about it. I wanted the armor to resemble Grey Fox from the Metal Gear series : In fact, now that I look at it, I think it's time for another re-draw.
This character is based off the main group of soldiers in a novel length story that I wrote, they're called : The ghosts of Sol (the solar system) - nanosuit-bearing soldiers, fast and deadly - IO wanted the character to have only a little bit of armor and more tight suit (like some kind of space ninja :D )
Your 3d model is turning out really wonky, because the ref that you drew out isn't clear and lacks a lot of the basic forms. I think instead of trying to learn all this stuff at once, you may be better off getting a picture of an actual person standing in the T-pose then just drawing over that with the armor how you want.…
Yeh I would slow down if I were you. If you want to work on sculpting, make a sculpt of a naked dude or girl. If you want to work on armor concepts, make a million concept sketches (and ask for advice and take it when given). You're doing at least 5 different artistic disciplines here and doing them all wrong. I think it…
haha brutle dude No gold sticker for you! Alec to just ping on what hes talking about your obviously in your drawings worried about "the character" hince why your drawing armor and such But its obvious your still novice at drawing your form. Practice the form practice block men/ women get down forms before you do details…
Think simple. Identify the major shapes that make up your concept. Don't obscure things that you don't think you can paint. I did a quick and dirty paintover to illustrate how simplifying a few shapes can help the concept read better. (some of your shapes were a little hard to decipher, so bear with me if there's some…