Could use some help and advice

[obier]

Hey, so i started this crouching dude with a very long sword and ended up like that - stuck. Something doesn't feel quite right here, that's what i 'm trying to figure out. If someone could give some advice, what to change, add or keep then i 'd be very clad. Lastly i could just dump it and start a new one, but that wouldn't be a challenge.
Here are 2 steps:

[powerful.pineapple]

Looks like the background is flat and you have nothing to give an emotion to tie to this intriguing pose. My first thought--"he wouldn't hold a sword like that". Then "It's not his sword. It's his brothers/the sword of someone he loves. He found it after this person went missing, and this is where he holds it, absently, without thinking, while coming to the realization that this person would never willfully abandon their prized saber. Something has happened to this person."

I think you should weave a story into this. Maybe some (SUBTLE) bloodstains near the ground, but not on it? Maybe some shadowy figures behind him? Put emotion into this. It's a unique pose.

[tesorone]

hmm, I think you could work a bit on the anatomy. To me it looks like the arms are attached too far down, you should lift them a bit, then it looks more like they're resting on his legs as well. But I really like his hands! And the sword doesn't look like it's resting on him because the shadow on the sword next to his head isn't dark enough. I think you've captured a really nice mood and color palette this