An interrupted lunch

This is a picture took AGES o_o. It's the first art I've ever done with GIMP... so it took longer then it should XD Plus the many crashes I had... and the amounts of times I redid things... it took forever. I enjoyed doing it though XD

I PHAIL at hands, grass and bushes XD Any tutorials would be much appreciated.

I really like this piece personally... I'm not too good at anime/manga style drawing so this is pretty good for me XD

Constructive critisism is accepted... but please don't be too hard on me XD Comments are welcome ^^

If you want to use this, please inform me first.
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This is a scene from my fanfiction "How Tokyo Mew Mew Should Have Ended" which is still ongoing... and is KxI XD

Here's the extract describing the scene my art depicts:

"...Ichigo swiftly sat down on the bench and placed her lunch down beside her. The cat-girl then moved her fingers to the clasp on her florescent pink lunchbox and, with a large click, opened it.

The former mew studied the content of her lunchbox, a smile forming upon her face. Her mum had packed her tuna sandwiches, an apple and a small bar of chocolate.

Ichigo instantly picked out the plastic bag containing her sandwiches and undid the bag leisurely, taking out one of the triangle shaped sandwiches. She licked her lips in a cat-like way and took a massive bite out of the sandwich. A look of bliss instantly crossed her face.

The cat DNA that lay hidden within the cat-girl from her Mew Mew days often presented itself in small side effects such as a black furry tail suddenly appearing in times of embarrassment. However, Ichigo had found that the extra DNA hadn’t only given physical side effects, but it had affected her personality. Even now Ichigo found that she always landed on her feet, and Ichigo had never lost the obsessive love of fish she had accumulated in her superhero days.

Ichigo sighed, lying back against a tree that the bench had been placed beside, happiness upon her face. This truly was perfection. Everything seemed right in the world today and Ichigo’s initial feeling of wanting to think about important matters drifted away. Nothing mattered today. Nothing at all. Well… apart from the tuna sandwich she was holding.

Ichigo sat and ate the half of the sandwich for a few minutes, listening to the sound of the wind in her ears and enjoying the heat. She was totally relaxed that everything was entirely blanked out. In fact, it was only when a sudden rustling noise above her sounded that she became aware of her surroundings again.

Ichigo jumped back into reality and stared up at the leafy branches that spread from the tree trunk she was leaning against in alarm. The cat-girl stared up, her eyes wide and searching for the cause of the sound. Not even the wind could have made such a loud rustle. Something had to be up there.

Ichigo stared for a minute or so and then, after everything had been silent for a while, she let her body relax. It was probably just a squirrel or something, she told herself.

Ichigo sighed again, reaching into her lunchbox for the second half of the tuna sandwich to take her mind off things. She grasped the sandwich in her hand, feeling her heart begin to pound a little more quickly. She didn’t know why but she didn’t feel relaxed anymore. She felt like something was watching her… something nasty.

Ichigo shook her head to get rid of the thought, and moved to take a bite out of the sandwich…

“That looks tasty.” Said a voice, very near her right ear. Ichigo froze, her sandwich centimetres from her lips. A chilling feeling came into her heart as she felt hot breath hit her cheek.

She didn’t even have to look to know who it was. She knew already. She knew and she wished that the being wasn’t here.

“It’s not as tasty looking as you though!” Came the continuing reply from the person behind her..."

[link] is where my fanfiction is at, if you're curious XD 14 chapters and still going. This scene is in chapter 7