I literally just sketched over a stock photo for this - I can really only take credit for the excess hair/ears/tail. I taught myself how to draw by tracing over art I found online because it helped me to understand where things were placed in conjunction to other things on the body. I like using stock photos to do stress-free sketches like this to play around with things that I might not be able to accomplish on my own.

Plus, this girl looks so much like my character, Phoenix, I felt I had to.

Phoenix © Alaina Rose
Stock photo by faestock @ DeviantART