Just some artwork I created [Art]

[Gors]

By your advice, I have the right to assume that you're the best one on this site.

no shit

stop that, no one is 'better' than anyone here, especially in this case. Our job here is to give criticism, you came here for that, and I just delivered it. I am not the best just because of it. That's sounding pretentious. Like anyone here, I am still learning things and I am just making your path easier, as I faced all those before you. There is no 'being better' here.

Also, there are many other people that can guide you, so don't go pointing people out like that. you'll face through many people like me, and what matters the most is whether if you'll accept the criticism and apply what you learned, or not.

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by cool, I mean 'nice, interesting colors', not literal 'blue-ish tones'

it highly depends on where you are, the lightsource and the likes. If you are outside under a blue sky, the shadows will tend to be blue, and the highlights yellow (because that's the sunlight's 'color'). Its light is not perfectly white, as you find in those phosphorescent lightbulbs. If you are in a lit green room, the shadows will tend to green because of light reflexing in the wall, and sunsets give objects a red/orange tone and a really black shadow. It really depends on the situation. Just the lightsource position isn't enough.
It's important to place it in a way it makes the object in question more appealing. Use everything for your advantage.

as for anatomy, it is not entirely necessary. I doubt some cartoonists out there know how to do it. BUT I would highly reccomend it, even if it's a simplified study of the muscle groups. This way you will stop representing the body as a flat shape and more like something that you can feel the depth. I'm just saying that like every piece that forms the art, anatomy isn't the most difficult or the highest thing you'll learn; I'd place each element as equally important in order to compose a piece.