I'm on the right track, Baby!

I was born this Way!

Nawww, I am really happy with the outcome on this one, as I only used gradient shading which is my favorite of all techniques. I often try to follow tutorials and "copy" the shading styles of others because they looks so awesome but turn out to looks awfully wrong with my drawings -- maybe also because I loose patience rather quick ^^;

Anyway, there was an inspiration for this piece nonetheless. Was browsing devresadoptables'@DA gallery and came across this one: http://resadoptables.deviantart.com/art/ADOPTABLES20-CLOSED-353671158

I liked the idea of a bigger BG pic and the rounded border. Seen it before, forgot about it but this deviation totally inspired me to do my own one and here it is c;

Artwork © Acaris

Inspiration by resadoptables@DA

Bokeh BG found via Google ("Bokeh")