First and foremost. Credit. I did not draw this. The original line art is by Hiroshi Kaieda. It was taken from a Japanese art book entitled Comickers which can be found here [link]

Now onto the pic itself. It's no secret that I think my coloring sucks as I do everything through trial and error. This was done in an attempt to develop a system I could use for all future pics. Unfortunately I don't think I succeeded in that aspect. As far as the pic itself goes I do like the final outcome for the most part. The lighting primarily and I finally managed a background I think is decent. I used two photos of the sky I had taken awhile back and edited them for desired color and contrast along with some hands free details.

All in all I'm happy with it for now. As per usual feedback is the food for progress.