A wonderful piece, Morganne! I'm glad you finished it, and I'm sorry about your dog. I still vividly remember my first dog's last day when I was six. Actually, I'd like to not think about that any more right now.

The hair is brilliant. Just bloody brilliant. I love the art neuveaux (Did I spell that right?) feeling of it. The rest of the linework and the subtle shading is also top notch. The only things I can think of to give any real critique on, and this is only because I took your "Critique Encouraged" to heart and studied the picture closely, are the thumb,which looks a little stunted, the leaky stuff, which does look a bit lazy compared to your regular work, and the bits where the colouring hasn't filled in properly over the pencil lines. This is all mostly severe nit-picking, though.

What the heck, this deserves a

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really stunning, great detail, lovely and pretty, i love the pendant, and the choice of gold colours for the different colour works so well!

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I know this was during the summer, but I'm really sorry about your dog. That being said, I think you did a gorgeous job on the picture - the shading is cleanly and beautifully done.

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