Some progress on my Punished "Venom" Snake


I found that I avoid backgrounds and I'm trying to ease myself into them, at least light backgrounds for spot illustrations. So far I'm fairly pleased with the results.
I've also been practicing poses etc. And hopefully I can get to a point where I am comfortable drawing "difficult" angles rather than just 3/4 or stright on poses. I need to keep experimenting with it.
Here's my most recent pose sketch:
