What do you mean by "I still want to be a character artist" ? You are not currently a character artist ? With your talent ? About your portfolio, one thing : it's not a portfolio. It's a blog, we read it like a blog. And I think this is the problem. We can change the way we display the stuff, it's funny but also painful. I…
your talent is obvious. You seem to be a natural illustrator, thats your strength, but i see where you use this advantage when texturing characters (example: orc) You got stylised down, perhaps a few more realism game-res pieces. Its industry standard though, surely?