Shades of gray

[Suvek]

Part of the drawing is cut off (it's supposed to be wider) but i bet you don't mind Sketch and basic shapes were done with linux version of Xara Xtreme, the rest in Inkscape. The pose and shading turned out well but i'm not so sure about the mess around her.

[Rik]

...The pose and shading turned out well but i'm not so sure about the mess around her.

Depends upon your thoughts and design idea?!

I see no mess anywhere.
I see it as a beautiful composition.

[wizard509]

I think it turned out well too. There is no doubt as to the center of interest. I can't help but wonder what the other shapes mean to you though. And in that regard it's perfect because it makes the viewer come up with his or her own ideas about it.

[gwpriester]

I like it a lot. What could you not do in Xara, though? Just curious.

[handrawn]

if using the linux xara quite a lot is missing [unfortunately]..... as for using linux itself ...

[Tabian]

I think it is a really beautiful picture. The so called mess looks great, I think maybe you had something else in mind but this is just how it came out. I like it anyway..!