Better Days

( Better Days ~ The Goo Goo Dolls )

Made this pic for 's contest, and as my debut pic of 2010. Hope you all enjoy the 'interesting' style I tried to go for, and hope it came out good. I enjoy it, but what works for me might not be to the likings of all you viewers.

Edit for Additional Details: I tried to go for a 'sketch' effect with the picture, used a normal pic that I do, then applied layers and layers of filtering, blurring, and color blending to make it appear as a sketch. Took a couple liberties with the 'X' character model and design, but I think it adds a bit more flare to the picture as a whole. To get the cape flowing, I used an adjustment tool to bend the cape, which came on it's own separate layer, to stretch it out and then used a Warp filter to distort the edges, making it look like it's flowing.