So THIS. I learned a few lessons with this one:
THUMBNAILS. Make sure you have a plan for what you are going to do with an image, or else you'll end up working on it for a long time and it not go anywhere.
LIGHTING. It's okay not not have everything visible and lit. Use lighting as a focal point.
DETAILS. Quit focusing on tiny details! This probably sounds strange, but it's probably the main reason why I kept getting stuck. Lay out the entire piece with the lighting BEFORE adding tiny details, if at all!
A huge thanks to and also TienChiArt and ArtMagix on DA for helping me out with critiques on this. It also made me realize that I needed to finish up this piece, so I could just start a new one lol.
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Oh that is quite lovely!