so there not brilliant ( and i couldnt be bothered to think of a background for the second one but hey ) but here they are for you to look/scream/insult/ at
Its solid work. The bottom one is better IMO. I think the best thing you can do to improve your work is to brush up human anatomy(mainly the arms and legs). You've been improving pretty fast so keep it up!
On a side note, since you seem to know Suikoden II, any chance I can convince you to draw a picture of Nanami?
the suidoken pic was a request for somebody , i know little of the game , but if you get me some reference material , an explain what you want , i'll be happy to give it a shot