Concept art for a competition

[Molly]

It's not like I don't see and appreciate the effort. What irritates me is this circlejerking...

"It looks awesome!" "So great!" - well, no, sorry, but compared to a looooot of other things there are, it doesn't 

[Mushy]

I am just starting you know, I'm 17 years old, have taught myself how to do this, have had no actual help other than a few youtube tutorials .. so go a little easy :/

[zagibu]

Obviously I want it to be the best I can make it, so destroy my rectum with critique

Are you a woman? Would explain the sudden change of mind.

[Tears of Destiny]

This looks pretty great to be perfectly honest, I always loved that art style.

[Molly]

I actually know 2 people who do Digital Art for a living and... well... way to go.

I am not saying it looks crap but all this "AWESOME WITH SAUCE!" is just not justified 

Not to mention "I worked already 4 hours on it." - the guys I know invest 16 to 24 work hours into one piece.

Just saying. Looks good for a start but it's not "awesome" or "great"...

[Tot.]

Molly: concept art != illustration. Noone working as a concept artist spends more than a couple of hours per sketch, because having it fine tuned, artsy and stuff isn't the point, the point is to communicate an idea. You spend as little time as possible bringing a painting to acceptable level of detail and move on.

[MeevarTheMighty]

So Enigmatic Stranger wins...