i hope you aren't hiding his hands in his pocket in order to not draw them.

Of course I am!
Lol but it wasn't entirely intentional. From the start I had planned on the pocketed hands.  I had that pose visualized from the start.  When I got to the hands I realized how convenient that was for me. 

I'd appreciate it if anyone knew of any hand tutorials they could post.

In regards to the eyes I was trying to put my own spin on it with kind of a cartoony eye (Like in my avatar), and I had orignaly gone with something like it in the incomplete version.  In the second I went for kind of lazier/sleepier version.  Couldn't hurt to look it up regardless.

Edit:



There we go.  Gave hands a shot.  Wasn't as bad as I thought.  The fingers are supposed to be curled up.

New Amaterasu (Sans flaming ring)

Thanks for the feedback.  Took your advice and it came out much better.  Puts the old one to shame, really.  I know the game's style is all about the brushstroke, but just for fun I did it with the usual shading.  I went and made the little fluff on his forarm and tail bigger and added more detail, and changed the mouth and head alittle.  Redid the paws and leg placement as well.  One thing I did get was selout.  What is that exactly?

This was the render I was going off of, only I couldn't see the front left leg because I was actually looking at it in a sig, not the whole image.