Sad to see you go but definitely understandable. If you are forced to do something you are hesitant to do with your art it kinda kills the passion to make anything, you burn out. Hopefully your break is good and a nice refresher :3

Not sure how I feel with the black hair honestly haha might layer it with black and darker gray 🤔🤔

Maybe just a little 🤏

Depends on what look u are going for
If more animals could simply look up pics of animals with that weird curled paw stretch thing they do
If more human ESC taking ref pics with your own hands and arms is a neat way of trying to configure stuff

Preach 🙌🙌