I think the frontal light source is exactly whats bugging me about the last one, thanks. Did you mean that comment to apply too all of them, or just the one? I was going for top lighting (well, I guess top front, as apposed to directly above them) so if that doesnt come through at all Im clearly doing it wrong... Unless its just the hair, that will probably get changed soon, I kinda was just blocking out the form for the hair, but then liked the look and just left it like that.
Passive poses wise, are you referring too the combat poses, or all poses? The poses to the right are, for lack of a better term, "passive" meaning they are just standing around doing nothing in a town or something, the far left are combat and umm... shouldnt be passive? Once again thats something I need to adress, so thankee.
The character with the ginormas sword however is supposed to look fairly effortless wielding it, as she is a plant given the ability to move by the magic of the sword of legendary spiky haired protagonist of yore, so its really more like the sword is carrying her....