Melia Antiqua

Forgive the bad-quality scan. I had to make the best of what I had at the time. I'm gonna reupload with some better quality later, but I've just been waiting for SO LONG to post this.

And now, this is Melia Antiqua from XenoBlade Chronicles.(Very good game)
The reference:[link]
And this was drawn as a part of a friendly art competition proposed by my self-proclaimed competitor.
I did end up winning the competition (as decided by his wife ), and I hope you guys like it, too.

My friend's:[link] (I love st.ash, now that I know what it's for. Thanks )
As one of his biggest fans, I was kinda disappointed with his picture. But he has absolutely no clue who Melia is, so he wasn't too concerned with accuracy. I suppose I can't blame him when he doesn't even know her. Next time we have a competition, it'll have to be someone we both know, probably from Naruto.
His fanarts are amazing, so I'll definitely have to show you guys some of his other works, too.

I used for this:
h3,h4,hb,b5, and I think b3. I'm not too sure about those, but it was something like that.
I used tortillians and blending stumps for shading.
And I also used a papermate mechanical lead pencil for the darker lines. That pencil acts like charcoal, lol.

It took me probably around 7 hours maybe? I wanted to make sure I did a good job, so I took my time.

Please, any positive critique and/or feedback is more than welcome.