I finally finished a piece that i'v been working on and off for about a month and i'm quite happy of the results :) : http://findood.deviantart.com/art/Ancient-machine-508617063

To begin, this kinda looks like you combined the Grendal's mother (Beowulf animated movie) with the Prometheans from Halo 4. I dare you to say otherwise.

Now, that aside, my initial problem is with the back arm. It's very awkward. The arm itself looks too long compared to the other arm and the general position her body is in. Lowering the shoulder a bit and shortening the arm should help it look a bit more natural (I know the irony in that statement, sue me). The legs are also a bit weird. The way the hips are positioned, it seems like they're roughly at the same height. That means the back leg should be bending at the knee, which it looks like it's straight, and it'd be kinda awkward holding your leg like that in that kind of pose and maintaining balance. The eyes on the right (from the viewer's perspective) are too close to the center of the face when compared to the other eyes, and the head itself looks like you're trying to turn it but still have it look dead on which is confusing aesthetically. The breasts, I can't much complain about, but the placement of the right... circle?... is a bit off. Looking to the other breast, it should be a bit more to the center. Lastly, the tail looks like it's coming from her side, not her back. A bit of color adjustment, maybe lowering it, should help better show the placement.

Onto things I like: the color. The coloring is very nice and clean, and on closer inspection, it does give a sort of "aged" impression. Kinda like old stone or chipped metal. Either way, I love how you colored the piece. I also personally like the hair. Very nice touch. The background is stunning too, helping add to the overall study of the piece in that it really feels like something was sleeping in a place untouched by others for a long, long time.

The colour is bad. Light source seems to come from nowhere, and where the fire/magma should have illuminated the body and the surrounding area, it does not. It's admirable that you attempted to include muscle detail in the magma(?) lines, but at the same time it's obvious that your anatomy has much to work on.

The design also less than stellar; it is called 'ancient machine', but there is no indication of gear and parts. It is closer to a golem, but at the same time there are no joints that would have made this more believable.

@Azura Kite, I agree the her right arm is little bit awkward. The bicep is too long and the shoulder is bigger than the one in the front. However the shoulder is suppose to be much higher than her left on and her torso is facing little bit to her right side that's why her breast "circles" are facing where they are fading although her left one should be little bit more to the center. Her left hip is suppose to be little bit higher than her right so that her it's opposite to the shoulders to create a dynamic pose. Also it's to create a more feminine stance. The back leg should only have a slight bend on the knee since it's stretched over a feet away from the front leg. She shouldn't be trying to maintain her balance after all she is suppose to walk towards the viewer but if she looks stiff that's a flaw. I agree her face has some imperfections, but i think the eyes are where they are suppose to be but her nose is little bit crooked and the both of the arcs between her eyes are little bit off. She is suppose to look straight on to the viewer. The "tail" is suppose to be her hair like Grendal's mother's hair (I realized afterwards that they look alike lol). I had some trouble making it look so. Maybe i should have added little bit atmospheric perspective to it.
Yep it's suppose to look liked chipped stone or metal, i'm glad it looks like it :)


@Lobotomizer, The lighting is off since i first just made her and afterwards decided to add a background. I tried to make some bounce lighting to the rocks, smog and ground. Originally she wasn't suppose to look so bright (the lava was more reddish) so the she wouldn't have illuminated so much. The anatomy might be off also but could you elaborate more so that i can improve in the future? Yeah it's maybe little bit wrong to call her a machine (i'm bad at naming stuff XD) but i wouldn't say she's a golem ether since the "hair" resembles more of a machine. The piece was inspired by the Avatar from the warhammer 40k universe and it has no joints. Maybe the metal/rock plates float on the molten lava but i agree gears would have looked cool giving her a more steam punk look.

Thanks both for the Cnc! :)

she looks awesome like a a lava goddess awesome job!