This one is for a contest on Gaiaonline.com.
The character is Lady Naita Siri (© Naita on Gaia) a girl living in the King James I reign. So I had to do her in a jacobean - elizabethan dress, and I had to try it ! Héhé, it was a nice thing to vector, I had a real fun !

Closeups : http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/44598971/

Hope you'll like it !

Thanks to :
Causticstock on DA : For his wonderful Library stock ! http://www.deviantart.com/deviation...me+-in%3Ascraps
Elandria on DA : I used only the pose as ref, but I want to credit her stock too. http://www.deviantart.com/deviation...me+-in%3Ascraps

Did on Illustrator CS2 in about 30 hours on and off. I didn't really count but it tooks me a lot of time.