Hey everyone! I have been drawing for about a week now. This is my most recent work, I would love some tips and critiques to help me be better. Thank you!

https://i.postimg.cc/DZHjJrXD/D1-B5-ED70-9-C75-4296-8354-483-E13-BB8863.jpg

I'd be happy to critique!

- Generally, the lineart's not bad, but it still could be smoothened better. Try erasing the points that jut out, that'll make your piece a lot cleaner!

- I noticed the light gray from the pillow/beanbag kinda showing outside the lineart, just erase those parts!

- This one is heavily a nitpick on my part, since I've done this for so long that it's just a habit for me, but try filling in the fuzzy white bits on the cats (near the lineart) with a brush. Generally I don't the white bits around the lineart as I use a smoother brush, so you could try that? (For context, I use IbisPaint X and the Dip Pen is my bread and butter.)

- On the brown cat, the belly line curves too far down the legs. Usually I curve it up to the thigh area, but that's just me. It's head is also quite big and chonky, but maybe your cat's just a chonky fella.

- Try separating the colors on different layers, then alpha-locking the pillow color layer so you can add some darker gradients to it to texture it more like a pillow.

Hope this helps!

This piece is adorable, my only points where I'd change things are...
Anatomy: I would add more depth to grey tabby's leg that's sticking up, it looks like a hovering paw, you wanna add a little bit more detail around the actual "thigh" and hip area to help with seem like the leg is blending into the rest of the body. It's not the biggest deal, though.

The ginger cat's head is really large for its body, almost lynx-like, and the head's shape itself is a lot more canine than feline. Your head for the grey is excellent, however.
Furthermore, the ginger cat's feet, while the pose is absolutely adorable, are really tiny, I get what you're trying to do in making them appear bunched up, but I recommend doing that by defining the "hip" section of the cat, and the haunch more, and making the paws larger. So, essentially, accentuate how bunched up the joints are without sacrificing size.
Then with the ginger's paws, give them the same definition you did the grey's.

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What I really like about this piece was the cuteness, the pose is dynamic and precious, I love how the ginger seems almost "done" with the grey kitten, very cute and it's definitely not something I've seen commonly. The grey kitten also looks so unaffected comfortable, and it's precious. I also really love the color scheme you chose, it's extremely calming, and its softness definitely adds to the overall calming effect of the piece.

Well done!

This is so cute <3

If I were you, I'd try working on shading so everything doesn't seem so...flat. The ginger cat's back legs/paws are much smaller and thinner than the front legs/paws, so I'd fix that and even them out.