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This is the first picture I have gotten on the net? So how does it look?

Firstly, hair is darkest at the roots, not lightest.

Secondly, the face is off center. The positioning of the eyes and nose are scary, but even if we just consider that to be stylistic, the whole face is still shifted to the right (the character's left) because you have the eye on the left positioned so far away from the edge of the head.

Third, I do not understand how the body works there. I can barely tell what it is. You need more definition there.

Good line work though, and the shading is going quite well, though it would benefit from some more contrast.

Here's a little trick I (and several other artists) do to draw faces. First, draw an oval--a little narrower towards the bottom where the chin tapers off. Quickly draw a line down the center of the oval (more like light wisp of your pencil, rather than a line made with pressure since you want to be able to erase it later on without much fuss), and cross it with another quick line across the center (width wise). Now there should be an oval with a [very] light cross inside of it. I've went ahead to draw a sample, so that you can understand the process better ^_^:
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1589/head1se4.jpg

Next, draw in the nose somewhere on the center line (preferably towards the center of the area underneath the horizontal line and the chin area). Then draw in the eyes--following the line so they don't go floating off into space. Taper the narrow part of the oval to make the chin and shape the face.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8428/head2tm6.jpg


You can begin to add the hair now--as well as the neck ^_^.
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4299/head3nw0.jpg

I hope this helps you! I know some people HATE this method--but I swear by it ^_^.

Thank you for the advice and I'll try to remeber it!