your not going to get better advice than Jays. I agree with him your references, they are worse than your work which is a compliment to you. They are out of proportion without doubt and it rakes two seconds to see it.

Jay might have a take on this, try something else for a few days and come back to the ears with fresh eyes, but DO come back. Search the nest for images, check out the nose and other features for a while, post em here, that is my opinion bur as I said, if Jay disagrees go with his advice your not going to get much better.

your images are puttng you off not your skills.

i'll go back and have another look. back in a sec...