Winter Cat

Ahh well first off very lovely work ^-^ And ahh don't feel undermined by my rating, I judge harshly I admit! But I won't sugarcoat <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)"/> Though I have no critiqued in a while xD~


& as for the critique requested ~! :3

You have a very overall eye-pleasing drawing~! The colors are saturated enough while still being generally realistic.

And focusing on the character itself, I like to focus on the eyes as I find it an important part of every image (that consists of them)

It's a bit unclear at the moment where exactly he's looking at as it could be interpreted as the audience or far off into the distance.

I would say that you'll want to focus his overall body and face more to the general direction he's looking at as it might help.
He seems just a little bit stiff as if he was somehow frozen in place.

Overall though, impressive shading and the reflection on the water is well done though it could also be blurred a bit more to follow the wave pattern.
The snow is nicely done and there is clear movement.
I just read over a comment but instead of Gaussian blur I would also recommend trying out motion blur?
I like the set of his mouth and the painterly look of the fur

so all in all, well done~!