Interesting question, thanks. 08 version I made simply to demonstrate technical skill and it’s already decent enough that I didn’t need to improve the pose or anatomy a second time. In the 14 version I figured I should tackle the design aspects instead. Don’t get me wrong, I still like cel-shaded anime stuff but doing it a third time might’ve been dull (or maybe not??? Maybe I’ll have to try once again haha)
Basically I feel 08 and 14 are both alright drawings but 14 shows progress in character design, colors and composition. Those are super important for an artist to learn but I guess they’re harder to recognize, what with being more subjective than a standard “how do body parts work” type of thing