critiques please

[tomasbgomez]

This is one of my first pieces that I have posted here. Critiques on how to improve it would be appreciated greatly.

[tomasbgomez]

I spent some more time on it, rendering it out. This creature is suppose to be made of molted rock and lava.

[kmoeini]

Hi, nice update, definitely improved. It looks like you're telling a story here. He's falling apart, but I can't tell why.

[wooblood]

I can definitely tell in the updated pic that he's supposed to be lava/rocky. Very nice work on the texture and form.
I'm guessing you're still working on it, but I think brightening up the lava lines in some of the central areas with oranges and perhaps yellows would give it a nice luminary effect. You could furthermore play with some orangy reflective lighting on some of the surfaces that would catch light from other parts.

[tomasbgomez]

Thanks for the critiques. Here is the new and improved golem.

[wooblood]

Looks good, man. Only other thing I see now (aside from some sort of bg, of course) is that the smoke at the points of origin should be more defined and then dissipate as it floats off. It's looking too vaguely cloud-like now.