Too shy...

This is for a contest entry. so I'm trying to get out of the habit of using references to completely copy a picture. This is my first attempt... I did use references for both characters, but mainly for the hair and eyes. The rest I kinda did on my own (with a tad bit of help from the pics) I'm kinda pleased with this. Still not convinced it's my best work, but I think I'm slowly but surely improving. And I've started my task of drawing Yu-Gi-Oh! characters. I will probably attempt to draw Tristan soon. 'Cause I love him.

Btw, my apologies if the resolution of the pic sucks... I have a scanner, but the notebook that I'm using is way too big for it, so I have to settle for trying to take a good pic of it with my phone. 'Tis my only way of putting my drawings on dA (if it's not done on regular sized paper).