Ritual Mask

This is a little exploration I did at the beginning of the week. Being more and more in touch with Vectors, I got very inspired by some of the awesome Illustration I came across on different blogs, and wanted to try it out.

Never liked Illustrator before, never took the patience to get to know the shortcuts and tools, so I think the only thing that was left to do is try it out! The whole thing took me about 6-7h to complete - since I never bought vector packs I decided to illustrate all the ornamental parts by hand.

For the first more complex Artwork I did in Illustrator I'm pretty happy with the outcome, but tell me, whta do you think about it?

// UPDATE: Well, I was still not comfortable with the colors, so I started tweaking and texturing in PS. So here's the new version which I really prefer.