Your new and old stuff look decently stylistic and the color pallet looks somewhat solid. There's plenty of lighting contrast, which is good.
It kind of sort of looks like your new pieces are rusty, but I don't believe it's as bad as you think. If you're concerned, try warm-up exercises.
It kind of sort of looks like your new pieces are rusty, but I don't believe it's as bad as you think. If you're concerned, try warm-up exercises.
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Have you thought about expanding upon the sketch theme? What about moving to cross hatching? It's worth looking up other similar techniques.