Magnel, skin tones are real tricky...one thing that could help is to simply put more light in it.
Talon, nice muscles!
i made these this weekend:
from reference:
and from my mind:
in this one, i was trying to achieve some subsurface scattering...i kinda like it, yet the colored pencil feel is terrible....how to achieve a more "painter" look in photoshop still bugs me.
all painted in final size.
crits are most welcome.