>>6994090So?
An "illustration look" still needs a little bit of life and energy to it. What you have is dull and unappealing.
Here's a coupe of really quick and dirty examples. *
1-Is a bland vanilla pose. It's something I see a lot of here. There's no life, motion, emotion, nothing to give it a little spark. Figmas and such have a huge number of joints, and the pose-ability is pretty much limited only by your imagination. If you're going to pose like this, you might as well just collect 5 POA figures and save the $$$.
2-4 are just some simple tweaks. Still a pretty vanilla pose, but with just a bit of changes, and you add a little life to the pose. 2 is ok, but could still use a little refinement. 3 and 4 are better (IMO). And these are just a quick couple of examples. You could pose them in many ways and still keep it simple vanilla, with a bit of life.
You have the 'S' curve, Contrapposto, Dynamic lines/angles, and so on to help you pose things. Look up examples of those and see.
What you have is dull and mediocre, and you're making excuses.
*yes.Shit lighting, terrible background, etc. I said quick and dirty and that's what it is.