#What can I improve in posing/anatomy and how?

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flat sequoia
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So I drew this sketch, it looks fine to me, I showed it to someone and they said it looked off, the character's left arm to be precise, I kinda feel it too, but not that much, so yeah, I want to know how I can improve.

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quasi vigil
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Interesting that they mentioned the left arm, when the right one is a lot more visibly off.

For the left one, it's pretty good, it's just the upper part of the arm that is slightly shorther than the lower part, they need to be balanced.
For the right one, the upper part of the arm is quite short, and is also extremely thin (since you drew the shoulder circles in a pretty good size, you can use it as a base for how wide the arm should be, so just fully connect the arm's lineart to the circle, because its bottom part isn't fully connected like the top part).

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flat sequoia
quasi vigil
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Oh, from the character's perspective you mean?

flat sequoia
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I guess I'll send the final drawing, I just sent the sketch because I wanted to keep it to myself but there's no shame in it

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flat sequoia
quasi vigil
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Ah I see lmao, either way, the highlights are there so it's good

flat sequoia
quasi vigil
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I think it's pretty good as is, of course there's the short upper part of that mostly off arm, but other than that, I'd say mostly give the background a little more consistency. This is a bit hard to explain, but basically, the background has very broad and wide details, look at the fountain for example, each color segment is gigantic, making it not feel as detailed as the character for example, where it's got the lineart and colors nicely balanced within them.

So I recommend either adding a bit of lineart for the background (it doesn't have to be as strong of a color difference like the character's, it could be just a slightly lighter color), adding more colors to it (this doesn't mean necessarily just add a bunch of color segments, but it can also be adding more striking colors for it, for example, how some people shade with blue and then do lighting with yellow, instead of just getting the color and picking a lighter or darker shade), or just plainly add more detail to it, could be in the way of adding textures, scribbling on it, whatever feels and looks nice.