Kendal

To be honest, I'm not necessarily the best at digital painting myself. I'll only point out the areas you may want to focus on most, but I'm sorry I won't be able to refernece any specific techniques :<

First of all, you did a great job with the shading of the face and neck; the colors transition smoothly without the cost of looking muddy. The only thing I would suggest here is that you define the chin a bit more by perhaps making the area of the neck beneath it darker. Another thing is to add some shading even to the tattoo on her neck to give it even more dimension and the illusion that it wraps around her neck. Also, on an entirely different shading note, you could try adding some shadow under her nose to make that pop out.

You also added some nice shading and darker tones to her hair. However, the ends of each lock of hair look a little dense; I would fix that by going in with a smaller brush and drawing long, quick strokes at the ends to make the hair look wispier. Don't worry too much about shaping the hair perfectly and allow for a stray line here or there wherever it looks okay to make her hair more realistic.

Otherwise, I think you did a great job! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)" /> I love the way you did her eyes, they're so bright and full of life. You did great with the eyebrows, too; actually drawing them out hair for hair instead of as solid lines. And I love your use of textures in her clothes!