General Update, TT holdups, Redraws, GRRRR (Patreon)

Hello Patrons! I hope you're all doing well. Valentines day plans, anybody? Valentines day is actually my birthday, so I get to celebrate x2! 

TT has been taking longer than I wanted it to. All these dang running poses! In the meantime, here's another wip -- 

While I was procrastinating / waiting on help from my gf, I started the next redraw, which believe it or not is also giving me trouble. I'm working on "Psyched Out," which won the poll that I did here on the patreon a few weeks ago. 

The problem is, I just don't LIKE it. 

Here's the original, if you need a refresher -- 

And here's what I have done of the redraw. 

Something about it is just not doing it for me. It feels inferior to the original somehow. 

I thought maybe it was the background, so I tried reusing the backgrounds from the original: 

But, no, I still hate it. 

I'm feeling really frustrated... Maybe I should just leave it alone? Maybe it doesn't need to be redone? I've already spent hours on this. 

What do you guys think? 

Love always,

Wyatt