Browsing through recent submissions, and your piece caught my eye!
I love the complex shading. The borders of the page are interesting yet simple.
Giving the apple color makes me think of the Girl in the Red Dress from Schindlers List. Knowing it's in reach, and that the Beast here can't eat it, spells out the whole story.
Your (Wolf?) looks absolutely sinister, almost demonic. Very scary.
Overall on this submission? It gives off a nitty-gritty storybook illustration feel to it, like something straight out of a dark fairytale. It looks unique in style, though it feels vaguely familiar, like looking at the art style from an old childrens book you'd find hiding in an attic storage chest.
Nice work! Your art teacher would be happy to see this!

gorgeous <3
agree with everything the above person said, and my favorite part of the whole piece is that fading out belly.
however, some more contrast would be nice. And that apple being placed in the middle, right above the creature, makes it feel very cramped and centered. I would suggest either moving the apple up a lot, or moving it over as well.

Yeah, I wasn't sure if I should up the contrast or keep it where it is. I'll probably put up a few more of these (as one image though ahaha) and see which works best.
Thank you so much for the input!

Beautifully done! I like the feel it gives. :3