Amelisa

@Etaew

thank you, thank you!
i actually started it back during the first time this contest ran and never finished - was psyched to see it come around again!

@ikuru

oh just saw this, thank you!

completely agree, the face was something i've never been good at, i wasn't super happy with it early on, and just kind of let it be >.<

i tried to avoid too much shading because i felt like i'd end up getting carried away adding more detail to everything, but some parts probably would have greatly benefited from a bit of unflattering xD

this was my first effort at something like this using inkscape, so there were also improvements i didn't make so i could move on after learning what i wanted to learn... *however* i still can't say i would have done as nice of a job as you've so kindly illustrated; both shading and muscular structure are definitely things I'd like to improve overall!

my humble thanks for taking the time to comment, i very much appreciate the input!

thank you so much! ;D