Greetings one and all!

I realize that I have been a bit of a spazz lately with submitting art and replying to notes and all, but that's what summer classes will do to one. As it has taken much of my time to focus on completing my coursework so I might finally get my degree, I've decided to empty out the request bin for now and start anew. There's already one request in, and I plann to have it drawn and submitted ere the week draws to a close.

Speaking of drawing, I am in nedd of some help/opinions/critiques regarding what I should do with some artwork. I can see that my method is rather dated and not all that great, but I still love the medium of graphite and colored pencil. Here's what I am asking of you:

Should I leave the following pictures in their inked forms or should I go ahead and color them in?

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Your responses to this will help decide the pictures' fates. And for those amongst you who might care, yes, they are the first couple of pictures I promised from my story, The Golden Orb of Ly-Bel. Please, lemme know what you think, and thanks as always for watching and enjoying my art.