Haha, that outfit would never work in real life. I think I managed to kill my artblock with this picture and some sketching. ;DD YES. I kinda cheated with the bg, cause I put the photo underneath it and traced some lines over it to get the perspective right... >;D Painting of it was entirely un-cheaty though... Water=haaarrddd. Umm anyway, gaia contest pic.

Bg reffed from *AilinStock
Time spent: I'm thinking 7-8 hours, didnt keep track though.
Sketched on paper, coloured in PS7