I drew a picture of Thor(the Asgardian god of thunder, however the one I am referring to is a Marvel superhero) which I really like, but it's only had one view so far on deviantart.
What do you guys think of it?

Picture of Thor

It looks like pop art. Um... was there something in particular you were trying to achieve?

Through putting it in this thread? I just wanted some constructive criticism or comments. I really don't like it when my work gets no feedback.

I agree with mlai - it's very pop-art-ish. Hilariously - and I'm sure this is not your intention - it reminds me of a Swedish brand of caviar; the colour-combinations and clean style is very reminiscent of the caviar-brand's logo, which includes a blond boy eating a caviar sandwich.

I like it, overall. I'm only vaguely familiar with the character (I know of him, but don't know much about him), and so really can't judge how good the likeness is, but I like it. The only thing that bothers me is the hairline; the way you've shaded it makes it look like the hair is floating some distance away from his face. I know you need to separate the yellow from the skin-tone, but maybe you could go with a black line instead?

It's pretty good Hippievan ^_^
Pop-art as they say, because of the simplified print comic look taken out of the print comic context and put into an artistic one.
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On the subject of Thor, which version do people prefer? The clean cut, blonde, heroic version in the comics, or the red haired, bearded brutish braggart from myth? Both versions have their appeal to me. The heroic comic one is admirable in his goals and actions, while the mythological one is endearing with his showing off and bragging ways. The one in the myth is more human though.

Well I prefer the blonde, Marvel version, because he's my favourite superhero.

Totally prefer the mythological one - you just have to love a god who wrestles giant, world-encircling monsters and becomes a cross-dresser just to get his hammer back. :) Like ozone says, the mythological one is more human - because all of the Norse gods were very human; squabbling like petty five year olds, making mistakes left and right, but also doing really impressive and epic things - like fashioning the world out of the body of a dead giant.

Did you know that the clouds are made of brains?

Of course, standing up for the Norse pantheon is sort of required of me - national pride and all. ;)

The linework is nice and clean and I like the colors :) The proportions seem on as well.

The shading isn't anything to speak of though. It's like you sort of added something in but there's not a whole lot of logic behind it. It doesn't make the picture look more dimensional or dramatic. A nice profile needs some nice dramatic shading I think :)

skoolmunkee
The linework is nice and clean and I like the colors :) The proportions seem on as well.

The shading isn't anything to speak of though. It's like you sort of added something in but there's not a whole lot of logic behind it. It doesn't make the picture look more dimensional or dramatic. A nice profile needs some nice dramatic shading I think :)

Shading isn't one of my strong points, unfortunately. I tend to just kind of put shadows and stuff where I feel like they should go. This year was the first time I took art class, and my teacher didn't really "teach" us anything or give us any feedback, so I still have a lot to learn about that stuff.

Much prefer the myth. Don't care for the Marvel superhero.
Maybe some of yous read Marvel Thor when you grew up. I found and read Norse myth when I grew up.
I don't think my parents knew what they were giving to me for recreational reading.

Mythalogical characters are the original superheros ^^

Hippie Van
Shading isn't one of my strong points, unfortunately. I tend to just kind of put shadows and stuff where I feel like they should go. This year was the first time I took art class, and my teacher didn't really "teach" us anything or give us any feedback, so I still have a lot to learn about that stuff.

Art teachers aren't much good generally. They prefer to teach you how to be "artists" rather than teach art.
Not all of them, but most.

ozoneocean
Mythalogical characters are the original superheros ^^

Hippie Van
Shading isn't one of my strong points, unfortunately. I tend to just kind of put shadows and stuff where I feel like they should go. This year was the first time I took art class, and my teacher didn't really "teach" us anything or give us any feedback, so I still have a lot to learn about that stuff.

Art teachers aren't much good generally. They prefer to teach you how to be "artists" rather than teach art.
Not all of them, but most.

No, this one didn't like creativity either.
One time we had an assignment to draw our "dream car". I drew a hippie van, obviously. When I took it up to her to mark, she asked, "Would that really be your dream car?" It seemed to me that she just couldn't fathom that my ideas could be any different from all the other students drawing sports cars and convertibles.
The one I'll have next year is supposed to be good, though.

Wow... So if you'd drawn some fluffy cloudy thing with sails, rigging, paddle wheels, pirates and pokemon, that wouldn't be acceptable either?
-I thank that'd be my dream car...

What kind of an art teacher is that? o_O

ozoneocean
What kind of an art teacher is that? o_O

Obviously a worse one than I had - ours was big on creativity-before-technical-skill, but he did teach us a lot of useful techniques. Also, he sang opera when he was bored and once spent fifteen minutes standing on one leg and holding an umbrella in his hand for no particular reason.

He was fun. :)