Thanks guys for the crit guys. All very good stuff. Yeah, Xion, I was planning on putting shadowy figures in the background, and I guess I must have forgotten to ink Eli's right arm. I love your idea of lighting from below, Rad. Yeah, Eli's pose needs work (I made the excuse that perhaps its a mid-action shot and he's in the middle of moving), and I'd have to say that the sword would look better if the camera angle rotated and you could see how everything fits together. And thanks for sticking up for me Faw, but I can do that quite nicely myself. ^_^

If someone were to cuss this picture up and down I wouldn't relly be offended. If someone were to make a major fuss saying that the sky is green, why should that hurt my feelings? Okay, it may make me prety mad if he started oppressing "blue sky infidels", but still, the guy needs l life. This would be no different. Even if that person were to say negative things that were true, the point still stands. "why is this so important? Nobody cares. And frankly, last time I checked, drawing poorly still is not a criminal offense equal to eating people's children." As for everyone's constructive criticism, thanks. I appreciate it... Except for Moonblaze, because you pointed out that the sketch was better than the coloring job but didn't give any pointers on how to make the colored pic look more like a sketch .