Ambitious Artist Looking for Critiques

Talmxartist

Hello everyone! I just registered to the site by recommendation of a friend and was hoping to get some critiques on some of my work so I can progress in my art. One of my first images is here of Leonardo from TMNT. Any critiques is appreciated.

Talmxartist

lotet

your background quality is way bellow the standard of the character, overall it lowers the quality of the whole thing quite significantly.

Id recommend doing something like this If you dont wanna paint a background.

Talmxartist

Thanks for that! Yeah I never really know what to do with backgrounds. It certainly is a major weakness of mine.

Talmxartist

So I made some changes to the original. Thoughts on which one you guys like more.

Talmxartist

Just completed this. 

Larry

Hi, good job on these pieces of art. I'd recomend to polish a little bit your anatomy and look at your overall proportions. Turtle's legs are bigger than they should above the knees. And your second humanoid with the wolf hood seems kind of stretched vertically.