Finished version of   milesway's commission.

When I first offered this slot, I requested that it had to be a scene with background for me to work with, because I wanted to polish my background work.

This scene was perfect for that. I learnt a LOT of things through this pic, from a different shading method, to making ferns and some brush techniques with SAI.

It also took an insane amount of time and effort, and it made me realize all over again that I'm utterly unable to synthesize. I need to work more on that -badly!- and I hope in future pictures I can achieve a background I can be truly happy with, which doesn't take me decades to finish.

That being said, I don't think I can be happier right now =)

Cheers ^^