The hair looks so soft haha......you wanna touch it :P.

Could this be Leah? Self-portrait?

Haha - it kinda does look like me...except my hair's brown and curly, my eyes are blue and bigger, my lips and nose are smaller, my eyebrows are better shaped...
Umm, no. It's not me. :) Same shaped face, though.

She looks familiar, though. Very pretty mouth

she's very pretty, I see a touch of Jodie Foster in her.....nice job so far.

DAYUM! this picture is fresh..SNAAP!

Boy I'll say!

Looks lovely, it might just be me but I think the mouth is off center, possibly. It might just be the way you shaded the under-nose area. :)

I'm surprised this is unfinished! I dunno Sythe, I saw the mouth as intentionally off-center, as part of her facial expression. When I keep staring at it though her left eye (our right) bothers me a little bit.

Thank you thank you thank you. :)
Yeah - the left eye has issues...And after you said that, Joe, I noticed the Jodie Foster too.

Funny how that small fix really changes the feel of the eye. The nose looks particularly nice now.

I know - I didn't realize how off it was until I fixed it. And you're right, DBA...I'm also sure I'm never done. Thanks :)

It's beautiful,Leah.

wow....wow..
love the hair and lips
great pic .*goes off to look in you gallery more..*

this is absolutely gorgeous. you are one talented girl. do i know you? =) hehe

LOL! It's Keli!

I think I agree with nooli about the bg. I mean, blue also looks nice, but the neutral-ish color seems to just pull it all together... :)

Really? It's funny, because everyone I asked irl told me they liked blue better...Now I have NO idea what to do!

i like it blue.

Definitely dark green. Empowers the eyes.

but the dark green isn't soft. this piece isn't about power? maybe different green (softer) ?

er. not saying this right. something that still compliments the eyes but isnt so darkish. ok i'm going to quit here while i'm behind.

She has an expression of quiet confidence, I think. I like the boldness of the dark background.

SWOOSH
AND THAT'S THE GAME

true. but no swooshing please. ;) i still would prefer a more opaque version of that green.

Yeah, I think aside from her eyes, the dark bg really makes her lighter colored hair really pop out (not to mention skin tone as well). Nice contrasts will always make things pop.

Thanks. ^.^ And thank you ALL for your comments and critiques. You've helped me pull this together.

lol sorry we were kinda playing tug-o-war with you Pseudo (in what the bg should be).