in a rut, need critique

[WRappiii]

Any advice you guys could give would be awesome. I'm feeling like my art is stagnating... need some hard critique to snap me out of it

Thanks for looking!

[Artfix]

I think this is cool man. it leaves me eager to find out what that thing is that he's looking at--alien or mummy or something? <-- rhetorical.

I know those helmets are very big to allow full range of motion for their heads, but his head really looks too small in there! And I'm wondering if seeing less of his face or none of his face would be better. Something more obscured with reflections like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eston/4334750763/

Beyond that, make sure you have reference and USE it.

[WRappiii]

Thank you for your thoughts! I now realize that I've not used any refs at all for this image. Glad you pointed out his head size too!

That helmet is awesome. I would love to use such subtle lighting.

[dierat]

The composition's a bit awkward right now - you've got the main character in the center and two wings with a subordinate character on either side. I actually kind of wonder if it would be more ominous and mysterious if you removed the alien on the right and had a small reflection of him on the helmet instead.

[WRappiii]

I actually kind of wonder if it would be more ominous and mysterious if you removed the alien on the right and had a small reflection of him on the helmet instead.

Huh. That's not a bad idea! I'll definitely play around with that...

[LekLek]

Kindly contact with UFO? Great!