Terribly original title, I know.
I have worked on this piece on and off for about a year in total. Constantly hitting a wall and benching it for a bit till my skills improved to move past it. Over and over until finally everything clicked.
I just really liked the sketch I had, and wanted to do it justice. Spent weeks on cleaning it up and then getting the lines done, - I have always had a problem with horribly shaky lines and it took so long to make sure they were clean and smooth.
I'm just so happy I finished it, and so very happy that I like the result.