Revamped version of [link] for the Kick your own @ss contest. I really enjoyed redoing this. It's nice to see that you're not really just treading water and am actually improving. Even if it's just a little.
I'll post the actually entry in a bit.

Edit-
Got the entry up-> [link]

Garnet and ff9 are (c) Sqeenix
Art is (c) Me

9 hours
pencil sketch
elements 5.0
bamboo tablet
texture from Cgtexures.com