That is intentional. Said character has heritage from the Plane of Fire (her father is an efreet).

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1...esummer5cb.jpg

I drew the lineart for that one awhile ago, I just decided to color it. ^^

Hope you guys like it. (gotta love summer)

Usually I'm not a big fan of lens flare. In fact I loathe it most of the time. I must say, it is used rather well in this one though. Not obnoxiously positioned or stealing the picture.

One thing I'd say could be improved though are the lines. They kinda raggedy, I'd suggest going along them with a hard edged eraser to smooth 'em out.
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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48...ogLineFace.jpg
what I've done so far.

That goblin dude looks cool... though the heavy outlining on his head really stands out from his clothes.

CJ, I love your art style.

That is because I lowered the opacity for the original lineart so it wouldn't get in the way of the 'inked' lineart. I'm planning on recoloring him pretty soon because the initial coloring was done to sketchy lines. For bolder inked lines the colors need to be sharper and bolder. It is mostly more wacom practice.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6147/flare0ry.jpg

This was a gift for Flarecobra. This is her phoenix form, or at least I tried to make it that way. ^^ I love warm colors.

O.O Pretty.

Oh well, if it's Flarecobra Fan Art day, here's one I made last night:
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8...esketch8ms.jpg
And here's Raiden:
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7...nsketch6ey.jpg
These are all part of my "try to combine people's actual faces with their sprites" series... :sweatdrop
I'll probably try to CG some of them at some point.

Just a random guy, just about boarding an imaginary train.
His head is a bit too large, and the anatomy and perspective seem a bit off, but it works well.

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4...gned6nv.th.png

Oh, and I hate making folds in clothing. I can do it, but I just hate it, so skin-tight all the way! ^_^;;;

This is a sketch I did a while ago. Its a parody of Transformers. "Transformers, robots in disguise". It replaces "disguise" with "your pie" because they sound similiar. My friends and I joke around and say other things like "in your eye".
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7...formers5vy.jpg
If you can't read it, the guy is going to eat pie and says "Ummm pie." then a robot bursts out of the pie, the guys says "OH GOD!" and the robot says "*beep* destroy!".