the shine on the necklace probably shouldn't move so much, the torso is really jerky, and I don't think the dithering on his loincloth works very well, since you haven't used it anywhere else, but other than that this is pretty good. Especially for a first piece!

I'm also not sure I like the blue magic stuff, I would take it out or use more shades of blue, less regularly patterned

Fix the staff moving up and down... and you have my vote.

Very nice.

i thought it was a lit-up fag in his hands at first

your animation feels a bit rubbery, i think its mainly the stick stretching and squashing in size, the body animation is fairly good his left arm (our right) at his elbow looks like his fore arm comes away from his upper arm, a bit of a stretch there looks wierd, and also theres some stretching in his belly but thats fairly minor as hes got alot of fat there :) but for an object like his staff which is hard and solid, one would assume, needs to be animated in a respected fasion. hope this helps good luck!

Lovely firstborn. Keep at it!    

 Very nice, especially for a first piece.