Sweet job Chatte ^^
I like the eyes. I'm guessing this whole piece took you about 3-4 hours right? xD
Thank you, dear! The eyes are the easiest part for me, dammit! I always used to apply this effect on pictures but from another category.
As for how look it took me, well, given the lineart it took me from what I can recall, about..10 hours? To me it's really hard to color when the lines are thin... but well, this is how the majority does the lineart so, I guess it's a hard one here, haha.
I wanted to try another style as well, something related to smudge brush but CS6 has a new pack of brushes and I can barely set one correctly, dunno what's wrong. I have seen many tutorials and such but it was hard to do with because of the problem with the brushes, but thanks God Miiami showed me an easier way, at least for me, haha.
Nice ,sakura chan looks awesome
thanks!