Very nice. Did you do this in photoshop? And how do you shade, it's wonderful looking.

Corel Painter X

I took a basic red base, used variations of red and blended them together, and for lighter tones, used yellowish tints to the red, slapped a new layer and added purple for darker shadow (set at multiply 46% i believe)

BG was just different greenish grays i splattered around.

O_O OMGED I LOVE IT... I like the shadeing on this one.