Dhalsim from SF. Tried to make him look peaceful, yet can easily turn and kick ass. BG is an image that Ive played with to make it sit nicely in the final image.
nice work and its a good series you have going, i would try to avoid using a soft brush on the entire picture. right now the pictures seem out of focus, using soft and hard edges will allow you to dictate where you want the viewers eye to go. the rendering is good and i think using a harder brush will help your work be even stronger
thanks for the feedback, and yes I agree with you, its something I really find hard to balance out at the moment, and so get scared to make any commitment and use a hard brush. but your right, its something I need to do
are you doing these in photoshop? on cghub they have these great brushes that are free that ive found very helpful [link] they have a lot of free brushes for painter and paint tool sai also. your work is good and when you get more comfortable working with edges i think it will be much stronger