Amethyst

So it's my sister's birthday today, and her being a February birthday made me think of her birthstone, amethyst. The fish is completely unrelated to her birthday.

I haven't painted in a while and I've really really really been dying to, so in this brief eye of the storm with my ok. About 2.5 hours in photoshop (probably woulda been less if my computer weren't so glitchy right now XP)

I know I need serious work on my values and stuff T___T
critique appreciated!

(it's supposed to be a fantastical serpent in a fish bowl on a dude's desk)

enjoy!

on another note, as awesome as erasable gel pens are, beware placing them near anything hot. I now have a blank spot in the middle of about 10 pages because something hot was set on my sketchbook. It's in the freezer now recouping. At least it's only sketches, BUT STILL >.<