Shiprats Dryad of Death

after 3 days of painting this in my spare time i'm finally pleased with the outcome, it was my first ettempt at completely CGing a char. is the artist who drew this great char and allowed me to have my try at painting it. *bows to you* i tried a new technique that i found at [link] a great site if you're learning how to CG like i am.

i started off with the base color (purple) and built up the painting from there. it took me about 4 tries just to get the skin to look right but i think i followed the muscle structure pretty well in the end. and making the face stand out also came as a struggle but again, i'm happy with the result. please PLEASE critique this picture i REALLY want to get better at this and any comments or opinions, good or bad, will help me.