I really like these stylized studies you've got here. There's some good shape design that still adheres to the reference, while also having its own look and feel. You're showing a good understanding of proportions and are able to inject some energy into it! The only think I think I'd critique here is the smudgy value you have in the background of them. Having that kind of framing element is great and feels fun to do. But the values you laid in for some spots was too similar and muddied the presentation. Glancing at the drawings, I initially thought you had flat values because of it, until I looked much closer. Using the claw hand as an example, the little halo of highlight can feel necessary so that you're not stealing the shadow of that line. But it broke the illusion of highlight and depth when it then became that darker value for the background. Try looking at how artists you like using that sort of framing technique and why. We can see by cutting out the drawings and putting them on a flat value that you have a good value structure (Though you could push shadows even more). This doesn't mean your pieces have to be on single value background. You just need some consideration and intention for the background. Value is all about relationships of the values being presented so you need to take that into account too for this sort of thing.

You @Camellito are doing great with these studies 💪

Hi @Madelyn Kuipers, nice studies! - The muscles generally go to the right place, so good job with that👍, but I would try to be more specific about the insertion. I don't necessarily mean putting in every little tendon, you may simplify, but in that simplification it's important that things make sense, so that the arm you've drawn would have been able to move, if it was a real arm. In drawing six for example, you stop the extensor group where the forearm ends. Had this been a real arm, it wouldn't have been able to extend the hand. The extensor group has to attach to the hand in order to extend it. Make sure that each muscle group has a specific point/line where they attach. - If you want to simplify the ridge muscles into a single volume, try to keep it consistent between poses. Comparing #2 and #6, which both are based on muscular models, the simplification isn't consistent from drawing to drawing. In #6 the drawing have indicated a strange split in the middle of the ridge group, which doesn't seem to match the more accurate "Jabba the Hut" shape of #2. I hope this helps :)