Portfolio Class- Character Development!

[Myriam]

jmob: I'd go with a, because her right arm in b and c is too long (although it seems a little wrong in all three versions) and also because I don't get how being pregnant or holding a baby is supposed to help the character. =)
Also I prefer the wavy skirt to the one in the middle, it gives more dynamics to the piece. Although you maybe want to watch out for the parallel lines her staff and skirt are creating? If you changed the position of her staff, it would give you a chance to lose the awkwardness of the whole arm situation and your composition could change into a triangle instead of this trapeze-like thing you have going which is less dynamic since you have two parallel lines on the sides (left: staff and leg, right: skirt) and two on the bottom and top (staff holding arm and bottom of skirt). You could also just move the staff a little so it doesn't look like it's coming out of her leg anymore and lower her arm, because: why would anyone hold a staff like this, it looks completely uncomfortable :D unless she's holding it up in the air, which I can't see because of the leg =)
I hope this is of any help and not complete nonsense =)