Came here from the Iron Man movie comm. I have to say, I like them both. The first one is nice because it catches the motion more, although I think the perspective is slightly off. However, both are good likenesses.
As far as the second one, again, good likeness. There's no mistaking who it is. If I could offer some advice, the head is slightly too short. Not enough that it's immediately noticeable, especially if you've spent a lot of time working on it, but it will make things seem off. The rest of the head and face is fine, otherwise. Also, as far as the arm, you probably would want the part of his arm and shoulder going into the background to be somewhat darker than the rest of him. Probably wasn't that way in the reference, but in a black and white drawing it does wonders for increasing depth.
Finally, with so detailed a foreground, a darker background would be better. In fact, most of my art profs have said that you want to put a mid-tone to dark background around a subject because, again, lighter tones stand out more. That, and a grey to dark grey background, with some fuzzy details, would lend more to the composition as opposed to a stark white background.
All in all, though, you have excellent skill and shouldn't worry so much about the finer details. In fact, it took rereading your post to realise that you put numerous images to-gether to make this one. Keep up the good work. :3
This insanely long comment was brought to you by eight years of art classes. Feel free to take all advice with a grain of salt, however.
no subject
As far as the second one, again, good likeness. There's no mistaking who it is. If I could offer some advice, the head is slightly too short. Not enough that it's immediately noticeable, especially if you've spent a lot of time working on it, but it will make things seem off. The rest of the head and face is fine, otherwise. Also, as far as the arm, you probably would want the part of his arm and shoulder going into the background to be somewhat darker than the rest of him. Probably wasn't that way in the reference, but in a black and white drawing it does wonders for increasing depth.
Finally, with so detailed a foreground, a darker background would be better. In fact, most of my art profs have said that you want to put a mid-tone to dark background around a subject because, again, lighter tones stand out more. That, and a grey to dark grey background, with some fuzzy details, would lend more to the composition as opposed to a stark white background.
All in all, though, you have excellent skill and shouldn't worry so much about the finer details. In fact, it took rereading your post to realise that you put numerous images to-gether to make this one. Keep up the good work. :3
This insanely long comment was brought to you by eight years of art classes. Feel free to take all advice with a grain of salt, however.