first try

Soooo...
This is my first day back on dA since i've finished up this school year. I was overloaded with homework and studying plus all of my dance practice. But that's why i've been ignoring dA recently.

I was able to try my hand at Photoshop though! (finally!!)
This is my second (my first was CRAP!) attempt at coloring/draw-tracing on the program.
I used a scanned image of the picture i thought would be easiest to color for my first try. So i tried Brodi, my drawing that i did last summer at Mark Crilley's class.

I struggled the most with outlining the original sketch :/
It makes me want a tablet even MORE!!!
I was definatly NOT trying to make a masterpiece here, or really any sort of complete portrait or anything. This was basically just a trial-by-error type thing...

I'd loveLOVE to hear any kind of tips or feedback!
Tanks! ^^