Pnate's Almost Daily Sketchbook

[matkaminski]

Yeah, these look super awesome!

And kudos for the applied study right afterward. Those will improve your memory painting ten-fold!

As far as the whip goes, I would actually suggest you swirl it away and then back toward the figure because as it stands right now, it pulls your eye out of the picture plane. Definitely not something you want to do unless you are simply making a concept art piece? It could also help to have the figure that is receding backward to be slightly shadowed (specifically the back leg). That would help push the drama of the angle. And just for context sake, do a really rough ground shadow (even if you aren't planning on putting anything in the foreground / background). Think like how posemaniacs puts their figure's shadow in. It helps to create a more believable character space.

Keep on truckin! :)