well, thanks for the edit but you've kinda just done everything i was trying to avoid doing
firstly the 'mouth' is the bottom of his nose (if you check the reference he has no mouth)
at first i had highlights but i opted for a more anime style of shading (like in ghibli movies) with a low colour count
and youve given his face emotion, i was trying to go for a very static face, i'm thinking an emotionless character like the hero in
dragon quest 8edit: made him slightly shorter, new fighting stance and wip spell charge
edit2: spell cast and sword edit