Still screwing around with her in Krita desperately trying to justify my purchase trying to find my own way of approaching drawing her instead of just trying to emulate what zae did on her ref in a slightly different pose. Maybe getting somewhere? I made the mistake of introducing a bunch of new stuff I'd never drawn before to this, like the open mouth and round eyes, and so I spent more time trying to get them looking passable than fixing up my workflow.
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The only thing I'd point out is the tongue would go all the way to the back of the mouth. It connects to the rest of the mouth farther back then is visible when open.