Much appreciated, folks. :3
I'm not really familiar with CUL, but she looks nice in this image! A quick Google image search for her shows that she's usually wearing boots. I think adding the boots might spice it up a little.
The lack of boots was intended, since with this I went for intimacy. That, and it gives me an excuse to get started with feet, which I'll take even a slight gesture towards to getting those drawn right.
Seems like the eight hours were worth it. Nice job! By the way, did you sketch this beforehand or did you do all the line work via GIMP?
Everything's done in GIMP, including the sketch -- what came prior to that however was your rudimentary stick figure, with circles drawn at intersecting points of the shoulders, pelvis, limbs and head; this helps nail down the lines proper along with proportions. Mastering Manga is a reference boon, too.
Ah, my computer won't load the bottom half. Not bad, but the hair bangs and the eyes are uneven. Try to align them when you draw.
That's a downer, since I had it rough with the lower half. I only guess it's the PNG format, though the quality loss with JPEG makes it reluctant to use. :/
As for alignment, I'll improve on that more; angles are tricky to get by, especially. The hair is also more or less what I'm going for, though the left side is indeed off some.
