Ridley is about to swoop down and take the Metroid baby (yes I forgot the tail. I didn't want to put more time into it)
This is one of my earliest, and still one of my favorite pieces! Back when I was first learning digital art, I was using a cheap wacom tablet with Krita (still love that program, but haven't used it recently) and I spent an entire week of free time to get this right.

A. Manic was the signature for my old username