Pebble Skin

Ha! I finally get around to submitting this! I started it in July or August 2007, and I finished it in October for my mum's birthday- her favorite color is purple. Sadly, I don't think she much cared for this, which really dampened my spirit since I put a lot of time into it!
It started as a purple ballpoint pen scribble, and then I wanted to add texture, and then more detail, and then more detail, and then layers and layers of color-which were very washed out in the scan and poorly repaired on the computer. :\ Still, this is one of my favorites, though I think there should be more scales and less bare skin on the face. Oh well. Done is done. I am content enough with it and I don't want to mess it up by fiddling with it too much. The background had too many layers of greys and blacks, and wouldn't smudge any smoother, but I kinda like it that way.
I really need to start using better paper, since this was done on normal, thin computer paper and got wrinkled and splashed with some muddy water when I was camping with my family and dogs, who insisted that they do their share in my artwork by climbing out of the lake and shaking themselves near where I was drawing. Not that you can tell.... but whatever.

line art- at least 4 and a half hours, all in one sitting
coloring- around 13,maybe even more, not all in one sitting