Maplestory - Lilin

I bet you didn't expect another submission from me so soon, bwahaha. This is something I enjoyed painting so much, well besides the hand. I've been told so many times that my paintings lack emotion, so I really tried this time ;__; I find it hard to display emotions without making the face look flawless and pretty and not awkward. I guess I still need alot of practise there, as of course in general haha. I hope I did okay and I hope you guys all like it. I'm super insecure about this as always when it's time to submit, i feel like I'm missing something and not seeing some obvious mistakes. Especially about the hand, painting/drawing hands is just so hard.

As you can see she is wearing lilins ring I hope it doesn't take away the focus on her face. The background was pretty much a speedpaint, I really hate doing backgrounds because I'm obsessed with details and perfection so it was very hard to leave the background this way, haha.

Program: Photoshop CS4 / Tablet: Bamboo Fun
Based on the npc lilin in the game Maplestory, official artwork seen here [link]
Time: Around 4 weeks.