Rotten's Pocket

[Heliux]

Hey! Joining the conversation a bit late, but yeah! maybe its the heavier contour lines (than the line inside the form) I think it looks fine, as long as its a conscious choice vs. a unconscious habit to make things appear to have a more illustrative/graphic quality. -like Mucha



-an example of lost edges in pencil (most likely smudged with a blending tortillon or smeared with a chamois cloth/straight up finger) makes a more painterly approach to values blurring edges vs hard lines to define contours:

http://66.media.tumblr.com/cddbe53e14c74...1_1280.png

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TIedMkFniJM/Vi...6%2BPM.png

Mike Mattesi's "Force" is another good resource; all about loosening up for a gesture that's then completed with construction.

another thing could be the way you're drawing-as if you're seeing in a telephoto lens where things appear to be a bit flatter. -while accurate, things do appear less dimensional which could account for the description of things being less "dynamic"
100mm lens flat distortion vs. 55mm eye vs 10 mm fish eye distortion

http://forums.permanoobs.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1452

Hope that's somewhat helpful! <3 your drawings! ^_^
Keep 'em coming!