Gotta love the Apedogs; a goldmine of knowledge and talent. My biggest problem with the pose is that his feet point one way and shoulders another without any clear indication of twist around the midsection. It's small, but for me it's throwing the pose off. I think the new reworking of him looks better, but, personally, I…
As far as your composition for your swamp creature goes, I guess there's just a few things I'd comment on. Firstly, I like the focus you're going for with this piece. The blues in the eyes and the bird adds an excellent contrast element to the rest of the colour palette. Your lighting has a good start with enough to play…