very cool X3

Interesting. Not what I had in mind, but still good. A few things are off, such as him having two more fingers than he should, and the head sticking out a bit too much behind the ears, but then I didn't really provide good enough reference for those things. Sorry! You still did an admirable job despite those things. Thank you.

Gonna be quite the exercise shading those scratches.

Shouldn't be that bad... At least it's not a traditional sketch or that would be difficult.

It wouldn't be more difficult so much as it wouldn't look as good, what with the grains of the paper getting in the way.

Though colouring digital stuff can be tough too, since the lines tend to be thinner.