Hey Ryan. First thing I think this is a really nice start; love the colours, setting and design.
I did a paintover, mostly because I thought it would be fun to play with this more than you needing help...and it was! :) I basically just tweaked everything to be "more" of what you already have in the image. The largest thing I tweaked was the comp...to make use of the diagonals you had in the background more and add a bit more depth with some additional foreground rocks. I pumped up the colour overall, and lightened the background to accentuate the critter silhouette and depth. I also tried to accentuate the silhouette of the critter in a few small place to curve and flow with the comp a bit more. Added a bit of bounce and reflective light on the critter as well...
I did a gif anim. of the layers I used but because it's gif the colours come out a bit blocky so I included a final image below that. Hope that helps!
The final
![[Image: crimsondaggers_ryanscott_by_m0nkeybread-d5m1zsh.jpg]](http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/328/c/f/crimsondaggers_ryanscott_by_m0nkeybread-d5m1zsh.jpg)
The anim:
![[Image: crimsondaggers_ryanscott_by_m0nkeybread-d5m1ztw.gif]](http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/328/4/a/crimsondaggers_ryanscott_by_m0nkeybread-d5m1ztw.gif)
I did a paintover, mostly because I thought it would be fun to play with this more than you needing help...and it was! :) I basically just tweaked everything to be "more" of what you already have in the image. The largest thing I tweaked was the comp...to make use of the diagonals you had in the background more and add a bit more depth with some additional foreground rocks. I pumped up the colour overall, and lightened the background to accentuate the critter silhouette and depth. I also tried to accentuate the silhouette of the critter in a few small place to curve and flow with the comp a bit more. Added a bit of bounce and reflective light on the critter as well...
I did a gif anim. of the layers I used but because it's gif the colours come out a bit blocky so I included a final image below that. Hope that helps!
The final
The anim: