a very lovely picture and very lovely colouring all round

background i very well made and makes the picture look very lovely

super work on the skin the tones on it are very lovely and the lighting is very impressive

the body shape and arms look very realistic and have real life shape to it

the hair is very lovely and has lots of intresting colour in it that looks super and the clothes are really lovely with the shadows and shades

over all VERY lovely all round and lots of skill used in this picture to bring out the full look

When I first saw this picture on the deviant update I immediately wanted to see it in full view. The use of colours and the detail in shading really caught my eye 0_0

I have to agree with Duststorm about the background being done after the hair. I know its a natural progression to start with the image first and work with the background later but with fine detail such as lighter colour hair on a darker background it does tend to stand out.

Please don't get too offended by me saying that because even I still do that and it frustrates me too when I realised that mistake. The only way you can really plan for something like that is if you already had a background in mind, but if it was a progression after you completed the image of the girl then I can understand why you did what you did.

I like the use of colours with her dress. It really works well with the dark almost monotone backdrop Her right hand looks slightly awkward but the shading and colouring on the piece is really well done. For you to complete it in two hours is very impressive. A very nice piece indeed.