First coloured drawing post!!

I've been working on painting my characters as of late, trying to see what I can do with them ( I tended to shy away from colouring but here we are! Practice makes perfect and all that haha!

Unfortunately, you will be seeing my OCs made most of the time due to the fact that I can draw mine as badly as I'd like and still come out happy but it feels wrong to draw someone else's with lower quality - I end up busting my ass for a lot longer for similar ( bad / mediocre ) results! --"

The ranks are coloured based on the flag of the Griffonian Empire!! ( God bless 'em!! )
And I get that the pose is a bit off but Idk how to include epaulettes on a griffon uniform without deforming the body a little xP

Last comment.. is his pose familiar? Perhaps it was based on a real person.. (;