Which is totally cheating, but they look nice.
This pic's special 'cause it's my first 'finished' image drawn with a tablet from start to finish.. which I still need a lot of work with. (first goal? circles that don't look like someone gnawed on them.)

WOO no background!
.. one of these days I'll learn to shade. Maybe.
(colors are based off of the 'Ikki' from Monster Galaxy)