Whoa. Ok thats very very very good. Everything looks awesome in that. Its disgusting which makes it a 5/5 dragon point fake. One thing though dont make green around Ermac put it around his hand but i do like the green static through him and the green coming out of his hand thats all but other than that its terrific.

Now this one I like a whole lot better. It nice to see that you took the time and went back to try again. (even tho you did get pissy at one point) I like this Ermac better than the other one only because the other one was just a little too cartoony looking. Its good that you added that dragon to the background, its cool how you can see the pit background through the dragon. I like it, and im glad to see you fixed the shadows, added the timer, life bars and win icons.

Now, things yet to improve upon. The blood puddle is to light red imo. It doesnt match the color coming out of Cage's body. The energy is draining the wrong way, there are no win streak counters, and the round win icons are a little bit too big. Dont take this as 'badmouthing' you by no means. Just something to consider on your next one. You made great strides from the last one to this one. A little bit more tweaking and you will have it down cold. Cant wait to see your next idea.

Great work!

This is awesome.

I like this one better.
Although, I can still think of a few things .

Shadows technically go the wrong way to the game, although if the background were dimmed for the fatality you wouldn't need them . I feel the dimmed background would also be better as it would show off the effects on Ermac a bit better.

The lifebars fill up the wrong way (toward the centre). Win marks are a bit wild, heh.

The Ermac sprite is much more fitting this time, and the effects are nice, as before.
The blood however, I feel, looks a bit too cartoony and doesn't match the style of the rest of it.

I like the edit to the background, though it doesn't look like it fits the deadpool it still looks nice, heh.

I like the improvements you've made to this, although I still think it could be better .
Still, I give this an 8.5/10.
Nice work .

It's an awesome redo, but here is a flaw a lot of people make when making Ermac fakes:


Notice the difference? It's a comparison between your Ermac and what I did was pallet swap it, to a HIGHER Red, which btw looks a whole lot better.

I believe the shadows are facing wrong, here's a quick tutorial if you are using Photoshop:
http://www.webclass.ru/tut.php?tut=147

I don't like what you did to the bg, because if you notice, you have the Pit 2, but the Dead Pool Cages don't seem to show it. Also you should really start darkening your backgrounds, since you are obviously showing a Fatality.

I "love" the effects a lot. Great job. Remember to learn from your past mistakes, and you are on your way to being an awesome artist.