Holy god this is beautiful! *stares at it in incoherent awe for several moments*

Seriously, I can't even... guh! The texture of the sweater, and the contours of her throat, and the LIGHTING, and her HAIR! I was poking at dA quite randomly before bed last night (which is sort of a feat, 'cuz I've been down w/ strep and scared of the computer lately, and I was supposed to be sleeping already) and saw your note -- and of course clicked it immediately filled with much squee and excitement -- and then all but passed out from the pretty. Had to scamper right downstairs and show the roommate-that-is-Betsy-sama even though it meant admitting I hadn't gotten my sickly self to bed yet.

Truly, thank you for this. It made my craptacular weekend infinitely better. *hugs*

I'm glad I was able to make your weekend better. ^__^ It makes me feel a little better about how long it took me to finish this. I hope you get better soon, strep is no fun.

I'm really glad you like the picture. When you won my "first comment gets a piccie thing" I desided I wanted to try a more realistic style. There was a bit of a fight with my muse to complete this. The face and hair especially gave me fits. Haahaa

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Oh indeed, the timing on this was perfect. (And I feel much more spectacular now -- am finishing off the antibiotics, have no more horrible white spots in my throat, and might be able to drink beer and/or mountain dew at some point next week, yay!)

Ooh, I love it when new style experimentation goes well, and this definitely turned out fantastic -- the hair especially I just stared in utter awe at for long enough that it's a little embarrassing to fess up to. *blush* I really can't thank you enough for the awesome. *hugs*

Very cool!!

you don't post enough stuff! Your art is really good!!

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nice one..love the hair..:d

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