critiques pls :D

haven't drawn in about two weeks so over the three day holiday, I decided to try out digital painting :D

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1. sketch
2. kinda just the base colors + testing out which brush to use to make a good painting tool
3. begin to flesh the face out (I blended in the blush and used a crimson red to blend into the irises so that they look pinker but still hold a the deep brown lineart color. eyebrows were colored in brown and the ends were blended to create a softer look)
4. literally everything else lol, got so carried away that I forgot to save different stages but for background, I used a red and dark blue lineart for the hair to contrast and blurred the whites in for shine. the hair was a STRUGGLE ;; (the shine on the lips/nose/eyes was made by creating a small circle of pure white and using the photoshop "oils round" brush to swipe it up)
5. FIXEF THE NEC
6. edited
7. thumbnail

please critique!! i want to see what you guys think about this new art style. is it better than my other or are there certain factors you like/dislike?