Some sets I recently did.

The graphic design work in the first link is pretty dated and odd looking in my opinion...I don't really see the practical application for it in the real world. But maybe thats just me thinking that everything needs a purpose.

The last link of photos needs a lot of work but the second link is definitly a big improvement. The poses are OK but the use of the wide angle close up is very unflattering. The barrel distortion and the pronounciation of her features just doesn't work for most cases. The lighting overal seems good but its lacking. Most of it looks like it is natural light and thats probably why I think its so so. But I think if you avoid the wide angles close up and try to balance daylight with good flash lighting, you will be in good shape.
 
I'm with EG, but he said it much nicer than I did. You are standing way to close to your model. Most portriture lenses are long, and the longest shot I saw in any of those was 80mm. That should really be about your starting point for using a crop sensor SLR like your Canon.

Other stuff, direct flash sucks (just in general, so I'm not picking on you). White balance was bad on some of these. Exposure was all over the place. Some washed out and some too dark. Tilting your camera a little to make a better composition is fine in some scenarios, but make sure it adds to the photo and that you aren't just doing it to do it. Some of the ones I saw tilted were composed with all kinds of space in poor placement. I couldn't even say it was good use of negative space.

More than anything though, like EG said, the wide angle is killing your shots. These poor ladies looks like she was beat up by fun house mirrors.

All that said, this is nothing that I'm not used to seeing from someone that is just getting into this. My suggestion, get it out of your system really fast. Start looking up famous portrait photographers and other major photographic influences. Order some books from them and study how they do things. How they use lighting. How they position their subject. Then try to replicate them. You will learn a lot, and start to improve a lot. Glad to see you jumping in full force though. Keep your head up and keep moving forward.
 
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