I haven't posted anything here for a long time, so I thought I might put up a couple of recent pieces. These are some character concepts for a project I'm working on...
I don't know the brief you're working to or the overall artistic theme, but I like the first pic. Especially the twist on what appears to be a militaristic uniform. The red stripes had me thinking of a formal naval officer. Never really been a fan of headsets coming around the mouth. It's almost a sci fi cliche. BTW - do those 'plugs' light up?
The female looks like a mix of Voldo and Ivy's costumes from Soul Calibur. The technical excellence of the pic cannot be doubted, but the design (to me) just doesn't appeal at all. It's a bit too 'game-cliche' for me. Showing skill, cybernetics, militaristic arm - it's what I expected to see. Sorry if this sounds harsh.
I've just seen the small text under each pic, just now - and I can see that the female is an engineer. Okay, that puts a twist on things. But how about instead of cybernetics, perhaps having some form of opaque plastic (kinda like a prototype?) for the limbs? A female engineer could be a geeky chic(k) surrounded by lots of gadgets? Again, technically superb, but I feel it's the route most commonly travelled. I like the glyphs and the 'markings' that appear to tie into some sort of physical acceleration.
woooah those are NICE, love the snakey plug socket arm on the female engineer, also the male symbol on the pilots forhead .. question tho - no female symbol on the chick, and her neck looks a tad long.