Hi Tom! I loved looking through your pages, thank you for sharing! I too have flipped between wanting to work in games and animation (right now I work in games), so I have some stylistic influence from both, as I see you do as well! Before diving in, I want to point out how lovely your use of color is. You aren’t afraid to go bold, and I love that about your work! Your environment thumbnails read especially well from a small size, as does your pirate character. These are some of my favorite works displayed in your portfolio, and you have a strong and wonderful collection of skills on display. Regarding your form and fundamentals, I do see that you’re drawing through shapes in your sketches, which is fantastic. Since your portfolio is character-heavy, it would appear that you are aiming towards that as your specialty, so you may consider adding even more in-depth character-related pages. One thing that would strengthen not only your knowledge of form, but your demonstration of your knowledge of form to reviewers, is practicing turnarounds for characters. Having a page of turnarounds would indicate not only your technical skill, but your capacity to work within a 3D pipeline. It would also show that you think not only about the front costume and props worn by your character, but also what these may look like from the back. This kind of “deep dive” into your characters would, in my opinion, add an additional level of complexity and knowledge to your portfolio :) I also noticed that you have one page of environments, which is nice to see! These are quite pretty, and show your skill in exploring foreground, midground, and background. If you’re interested in doing environments, and perhaps even props, you may consider adding a bit to this section.  From my personal experience, I’ve had to wear a few hats (props, environments, and characters), so if you are looking to show off your versatility (which certainly looks like a skill you possess), those are some things I might consider adding. It’s also important to keep in mind that your portfolio reflects what you want to sell about yourself. You know yourself best, so please consider these thoughts as secondary/supplementary to what you feel works for your personal goals. Your work is lovely, thanks for sharing, and I hope this helps! 

Personally I think that you don’t have a structural problem at all. At least not after looking at your work on instagram and from these sketches. Your drawings are excellent in terms of appealing shapes. But from these sketches, it may feel as though you aren’t acting with your drawings.     Each drawing seems to be effectively perfect in terms of basic structure. And your lines and shape are appealing, however where you may possibly be lacking is feeling the determination of the character committing the action, even if it’s a simple action like looking where they’re going or will be. The movie Klaus may be helpful to breakdown especially since it seems to fit your art stylistically.      Honestly I don’t think any of your struggling seems to be structural, but maybe something more higher order like acting or story. This is the best I can gather from your work and from the sole term “struggling” to describe your goal.

these are amazing, this is what I'd like to produce, great job