negrolizard

[Chutzpar]

First: Most of this has reaaaally similar values. Look what happened when I desaturated this:

I'd suggest lightening up the scarf...thing so it's closer in value to the pants, and maybe darkening his crest
I'd also lighten up the underbelly a smidgeon - as it is, it's waaaay darker than anything else, so it's kind of turned into an unwanted focal point.
and most heinous of all: the shadow on the crest is actually lighter than the base colour! Don't do that. That's silly.
edit Just realised that's meant to be a secondary light source. Cool! But where's the shading from the primary lightsource, then? Even if his crest is DEAD STRAIGHT against the primary lightsource, there should be some shadow as the crest arcs away from the light.
Also: if that's a secondary light source, you seem to have forgotten about it on his head and stomach. :C

If you're working in photoshop, then keep a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer over your painting, where the saturation's set to the lowest (-255, I think? ). Leave it invisible most of the time, but turn it on periodically to check your values.

Second: I've sketched the axial lines over his trunk and hips.

You should be able to see what's wrong with this. His underbelly should follow this line, instead:


(Just a note; if you redraw the underbelly- DON'T MAKE THE LINES PARALLEL WHATEVER YOU DO. Parallel lines are a thing of the devil, because they flatten your image. You probably already know this, since it looks like you've avoided using any parallels in the drawing so far, but I just have to reinforce this)