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Grim Reaper Album Cover

I'm working on this sketch for an album cover, and as usual, I'm having a ton of trouble drawing the female form in the bottom left. I feel like the sketch starts out OK, but by the time I finish the pencil drawing, the pose becomes stiff, and the woman doesn't look very appealing anymore.Any suggestions for improvement about that (or anything in the piece in general)? Thank you!
Here are the inks for this album cover I'm working on.Thanks for all the feedback and help everyone. I completely redrew the pose of the woman. Still far from perfect, but I think it's an improvement. The color and shading will help define her furhter I think.Does anyone else have this problem: My ink stage is often pretty flat looking, because I add a lot of the detail, depth, rendering, and texture in the coloring stage. Sometimes it can be hard for my client to "see" the finished product that I'm seeing. Anyone else have this issue, and how do you deal with it?
Thanks for all the feedback on the woman for this design. I've finished it, and am pretty happy with how it turned out. Would love more feedback on how I could have made this better.
This design is meant to subtly resemble a yin and yang, as the grim reaper reaches out to a woman emerging from a swirling portal to hell.  I had a great time working with the creative people behind the music on this album, and I’m really happy with how this turned out
Grim Reaper Album Cover
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Grim Reaper Album Cover

I'm working on this sketch for an album cover, and as usual, I'm having a ton of trouble drawing the female form in the bottom left. I feel like Read More

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