Thank you both for the feedback. The idea of big-small contrast should really help the design. I will experiment with making her hair bigger then try her skirt. I can try tweaking the pallet in the full drawing to help with additionally with the contrast. As, for the face I was making more of just a neutral position but she did turn out sad. (Don't really know, could've been the music I was listening to?) Regardless I will take your feedback into consideration for my next
update. Thank you again for your input!

No art update. I'm out of town so I cannot work on my design until the 30th, but I'm taking notes.
Anyway I just wanted to wish everyone happy holidays!
Everyone is so supportive to each other here and I am enjoying my experience with this community so far.

Finally, back from vacation so now I can actually work on my design. Anyway, Thank you all for your feedback! I will post later today when I make the needed changes.
I'll work on her big-small contrast, tweak the colors until they are pleasant and then ill ask for feedback once more until which I will begin the final turn around.

Thanks for the feedback everyone!
@frankenstejin Your advice about big -small contrast helped a considerable amount. I went with the flower on her head to be larger originally but i preferred the more mage like approach of the bigger dress.
@mr_dessin I took your advice to consideration and I made her face more proportional to that of a human and softened the nose considerably. However, I may change the crown but I have not found a good enough way to do so. She is also not really sad anymore she just has her face in a neutral position.
@racnos thanks for the feedback. I will try to add some more asymmetry down but so far I have been unable to add any quite just yet.
Thanks again for the advice her lower half is not all that detailed so far as I mentioned earlier is still need to implement a few more design changes and do not wish to spend most of my time on a rough draft that may not be in the final paper. Anyway, any feedback is most appreciated and thanks again to everyone for being so helpful and supportive.

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here are two different ideas for the lay out. I will be experimenting more with the angles and background but let me know what you think and provide any feedback you think would be helpful.

1: I really like the idea of a cathedral made of nature like trees, flowers, vines, etc. i was going to put armor and weapons to show it has been attacked in the pass but was protected.

2: I though of doing a lower angle with someone looking at her through a bush. I like the idea and the angle but i may end up changing the foreground and background similar to that of image 1.

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Thank you for any feedback and I hope you like it so far!

Sorry for the gap in between updates, I had to prepare for my school semester coming up and I have not had the time to work on it but here is what i have so far.

Okay here is a rough of the final design. I may changes a few things and possible a few more ideas for the final picture. I am very much open to suggestion about where to head with this picture.Anyway, for this rough I combined the lighting and layout of 2 with the background theme of 1 being a cathedral.
please let me know what you like or don't like and, if possible, some suggestions on how to improve the direction or the design of the piece.

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@mdashow Thank you for the feedback! Im glad you like what i have so far but I will defiantly take your advice about the cropping into consideration. This almost like the final rough before writing the final paper so I should be able to incorporate any feedback into the final design.

Ok so i have not updated in a while due to work and school, but after much experimentation i think i finally have a pose and focus i like for the final artwork. From here on out i shall be working on the final character turn around and will be starting the final so any feedback will be greatly appreciated. (Yes i know she is not fully drawn but this was mainly for the pose)

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I hope you like what I have so far, and thank you in advance for any feedback.

Thank you for your feedback!. I was just mainly drawing this for the pose but in my current version i am just working on throwing ideas around before is start the final. I like the design thus far but even in my roughs i feels as though the design could be much stronger. I have a week off from work next week and i plan to work on her as much as possible during that time.