Shiva Portrait

OMG, this took forever!
First off, this was originally a thigh up picture, but I cropped it down because I only have a week to do the rest of my art for the convention, and couldn't spend any longer on this piece. Also I would like to make a closeup print anyways, since I put soo much time and detail into her face, hair, and ice, which would be lost if I zoomed out enough for a fullbody.

This is Shiva, a final fantasy summon that I believe has been in almost every final fantasy game to date (except apparently FFXII ^.^;. I think she has a beautiful design, and I soooo wanted to try her in realism even though apparently 'realism doesn't sell at anime conventions' XD

I am fairly happy with this right now. We will see how I feel about it in a few days

I will be finishing up the fullbody for CNAnime in September. That way I wont have to rush it