Idalia - Cheers

So here's my latest pin-up, a long time in the making (13 years, actually). This is a very good friend of mine from high school, who I was in the process of making my very first pinup when my mom picked up and moved 50 miles away, taking my brother and I with her. I lost contact with this girl for many years, but never stopped thinking about her. Thanks to Facebook, we came back into contact and she was just as beautiful and vibrant as she was so many years ago. I've literally been working on this for MONTHS, on and off, to get it just right, and I'm sure there'll be a couple more edits before I'm satisfied. Ah well.

Again, 100% Illustrator CS4 and my now indispensable Wacom intuos3, several months and many painstaking new approaches to my art. Comments and crits are greatly appreciated.