Coloring Contest Entry

My entry for 's coloring contest.

EDIT: I messed around in gimp for a little while and was able to adjust a couple things.... I think it looks better now......

omg...... This took FOREVER!!!!!!! D: I started coloring this an entire month ago.... And I don't even want to think about how long it to color everything...... The hair alone took at least 3 hours...... and I redid the skin at one point..... I don't think it's ever taken me this long to color anything......

But all in all, I'm really REALLY really happy with how my coloring turned out..... Especially the hair..... I don't think I've ever made hair look that good.....And this was my first time adding plaid onto something........

Anyway... The background is a picture I took of the kitchen in the previous house my dad and me lived in..... I edited it a lot.... I didn't have time to draw an actual background...or I would have.....

and the texture/whateverit'scalled at the top and bottom of the picture is a very very very manipulated picture of my of the kitchen counter at my mom's house......

For the plaid I used this tutorial [link]