I'm jobless and in a very bad mood. But at least the background's spiffy.

Mmmmm....pain makes everything better. Also yes, nice background

This looks really sloppy to me. Not very much fearsome material. Although I like the expression of the character in the foreground, the excessive use of dodge and burn is too distracting.

This would probably be a lot better with a little bit more care as far as shading goes.

I debated this one for a few moments when I saw it, but it doesn't break any rules in my opinion. However it bears mentioning that dodge and burn do not constitute 'autoshade'.

It has its virtues. I can see you did a bit of highlighting on their bodies/the stones near the torch. That's good. If you put a bit more work into shading generally I think you'll see better results. Also if that's a boy being whipped, that's not how boy hips work. Should be a bit concave there.

this is nice although i agree with what everyone else said.. my biggest problems are the girl in the back's leg dissappearing and the guy in the front effectively camo-ing into the bg. but they are cute, the expression on the one in front is good, and i love the bruising on him! ^-^ looks painful! and the large legs here add a nice flair of style! they kind of remind me of chun-li! ^-^ and that's a good thing! ^-^

I personally really like the torch. I don't really know why. I think that the burn tool could have been used very well to convey this piece's light source, but in the end you relied too much on it.