i think a lot of your forms are getting lost in all the dark tones. Try brightening them up. also, i wouldn't recommend using straight across dithering on anything from nature. Try some grass and cloud textures. Since he's in an open field it seems, i dont understand why the lightsource is coming from the left. I would assume the light would come from above. Here's a quick edit that illustrates what i just said.
![[Image: quizzleedit.gif]](http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5333/quizzleedit.gif)