This one was really fun to do.  I started fiddling around wit eye candy.  Now there is much easier tools to use to get the same effects. This picture is Tracie, and I stole the pose and background idea from danger girl. I needed a quality reference to practice vectoring (that faded shading) and I think it turned out pretty good.  I used Paint shop Pro 6.0 for this one. Oh, I penciled and inked it in black and white first.