My Sketches (NSFW)

[Sargatanas]

Thanks for the good advice, Sam. I can see right away what you pointed out and I can't agree more. I think I get a little carried away with rendering, losing value in the interim, when I have already missed that critical step in defining form and then I get a little lost and everything comes up pancakes. I will try to get some real ...well, I guess a still life using real objects would be the way to go.
This is exactly what I was looking for. I don't have anyone local to bounce off of and gauge whatever progress I might be making, so this place is great. Thanks again.