i know the first sketch feeling DX
the hands look off in the second one, and style you are really trying to do? the legs are too long too, if you want i can sketch my own version of ther sketch to help you some what :)
arms off some what, but i have never drawn this pose before so i can help...
...and is thinking of trying to get the RPing game AKA DD. i am finally (after a move and losing the book, woops) reading book 2, dragons of winter nights. but i have read the tale stories, the other books/part of series that are in the DD world setting :D.
yes, i am weird for my age *sigh*
(guess hear) black bulter? i normally watch english dubbed anime, because i cant always keep up with the subtitles (i do other stuff at the same time while watching tv some times -_- )