I think this is very beautiful. It's very soft, yet detailed and expressive. I really don't know what to say as far as what improvments might be needed, because as soon as I start to type something I look at the picture again and say "No, that's fine, any different and it would change the feel/look of the piece." Perhaps a little more contrast in value on the face, but that's more me fishing for something because I'm honestly having trouble finding anything.

I applaud you for doing commisions and I can completely relate with you on never fully being satisfied with a piece. There are precious few pieces that I sat back and said, "Yeah, this is DONE!" and even those I ended up wanting to come back to and add more details. Most of mine I have a hard time making peace with and usually burn myself out because I try to hard and keep on adding stuff when most of my friends say it was done days ago.

I just wanted to let you know that I love seeing your art work and am always shocked to see no one else commenting on them. Hopefully that will change as it really does deserve more recognition.