So I've recently gotten myself up and motivated to start drawing again, and I'm starting out by practicing with digital painting.  I googled some concept art and found some that I'm just practicing with by trying to (somewhat) reproduce it.

I'll probably update this thread as I go and add more, hopefully starting to draw my own as I progress.

So yeah the best way to get better is to get feedback, so let me know what needs work.

Up first is a random baddie from Uncharted 3 (I think).  The original is on the left, mine is on the right.

And here is DrakeHere is one I did of myself

It looks great to me. Keep up the good work.

Cool!!!

Wow you do good work!

You are damned good.

As a person with little artistic talent I don't feel right critiquing but as you asked for it I'd say that the lighting in your reproduction is not as good as the original. It can be noticed over the entire picture but it's especially noticable on the face which looks somewhat flat because of it.

Thanks!

I agree with the face good call.  While doing this I'm grappling with trying to reproduce the image while at the same time trying to find my own style.

So here is the next one I did.  It's Drake this time and I had a lot of fun doing it.  Once again remarks welcome.

They look great!Keep up the excellent work

Ok and here is a self portrait I did yesterday.  Total it took about 6 hours to do each of these.  I'm not sure if thats fast or slow ha.  ANyway I think this was my best one yet.  Let me know if you see anything out of place/weird.  Since I didn't put the source image up I want to see how it stands up on its own.

Looks good on its own. No issues here.

Wow that looks awesome! My fav one so far :)

EDIT: Noticed a teeny thing, it feels like there's not enough contrast in the clothes. Try giving it some nice bright highlights next time n_n