muchas gracias zappo y marienkind. I'll be sure to look at them and learn.

On Bladefist: Lol... actually that blue thing is a mountain... and no the smile was not intentional.... I just noticed it after you told me.... LOL. BTW, he's deformed... his hands are too small... thus the custom made handle ;) No offence taken... I'll remeber this stuff for next time.

There's actually more tutorials on the 2draw boards? Oh, I didna know.
Yep. Good eyes, and funny hair, although the latter needs some solid highlighting and the former needs pupils :) Your shadowing on the guy's face is of a different person.. aside from that and the white spots, good indeed! That said, the colouring could use a couple minutes of touch-ups with smaller brushes and significant zooming... Are the black things birds? Is the smile they make intentional? :) The sky isn't...something... just one dark cloud and the blue sky... The cloud could be darker on the bottom as opposed to lighter, and perhaps sans outline, clouds usually don't have those... and lightning is usually longer.
It's the sword from your other picture! Although I think the handle shrunk, he may have trouble wielding it :P
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You asked for it! I didn't mean to be brutal, really, I'm just pointing out some things for next time ^^;; All in all, your best picture yet :D

EDIT: I see the mountain now, but it needs shading along the cracks, and they're too erratic... or something. It makes sense though.