Newest piece-Birdo in action

so im tryin to get back into the swing of things from a long hiatus, this is one i originally came up with months ago but with school and such i had to put it off. but now i finally got it done and im pretty satisfied with it. but id like to know what others feel so please be brutally honest.

first post in a while....

a piece i did for an art jam on deviantArt, we were to pick a character and do a closeup shot/portrait of that character. i chose one of my fav characters in animation...the iron giant.

an illustration assignment from last semester(fall 08) orignally a study on lineart and value using solid line i went in and finished it with full color. the composition is based after Neil Gaimans short story "dont ask jack"