I apologize for the big white space at the bottom, I didn't invest much effort into this. BUT!!!! I got to use burn and doge, my favorite shading tools!
I think this is pretty good for a second try, what about you? Any advice or friendly critique?
Thanks BlueCynder! Well, I am accustomed to Photoshop, which is like the mega-version of Oekaki, with about a million more features, annnnd I have a Wacom Tablet, so I at least sort of knew what I was doing!