Cody and the Dark Mark

Here is an alternate form of this picture, made for my fanfiction. It's a picture I have been wanting to make but haven't been able to do well enough until this moment.

Snape pulls back the sleeve of his robe to show Fudge the Dark Mark, trying to convince him that Voldemort's back. Cody is in equal parts surprised, creeped out, and interested.

I was very pleased with this picture; the shading turned out well, Snape's arm looks right, and Cody's expression is good...though it took me forever to get his mouth right. I hate coloring sketches sometimes. :sigh:

Anyway, here's the picture sans Cody: [link]

Edit: I used some of Akai and Angel's suggestions (comments on the other version) and tried to give the mark a bit more of a raised/burned/scarred appearance...just subtle. I also realized that Snape said the Mark wasn't as Dark as it was a few minutes ago, so I made it lighter. I like this version better. Thanks, ladies!