One of my favorite bands now has an awesome video. http://www.brillerecords.com/The_Knife_Like_A_Pen/Hi.wmv It's like Schoolhouse Rock on mushrooms. Edit: m4v version here
maybe open the pose up a bit more; imo he's too closed in. The dead snake will be a good amount of work (you're doubling the amount of characters now), think carefully if it's within the scope of this project. Add terrain, rocks or similar, as filler on your pedestal so you know where everything goes You can look at raf's…