Hero

I am struggling with colours - I've rendered it in black and white and tried numerous things: gradient maps, color/soft-light blending modes, but it still looks 'whack'. Any tips or paintovers would be greatly appreciated.

Face

Hello! I am trying to keep semi-realism in terms of proportions but I still want the render style of something like Max Grecke's art. I am struggling. I rendering the planes of the face using an Asaro head as reference, but the head still feels incomplete even after many hours of layers. Please guide me on what I am doing wrong. BRUTAL CRIQUES ONLY (I need to know how to improve it and where I might be going wrong!) Thank you for your time.

This drawing is clearly stylized, but I am wondering what to improve on. Do I need more interesting elements? Does anything feel off to you?