B-E-A-Utiful. I give props here.

Aww, thank you! That means so much to me!

Heck, you have a much better grip on backgrounds than I. I am just paying my respects to a good artist, hm?

From what I see, you've got a pretty good grip on them, too. I mainly learned from watching speed paints on Youtube; it's amazing what one can learn from them. The rest is just me fooling around with different brushes, trying to get a feel for how they work. ...Oh, and also trying to get my brain to cooperate, which it never likes to do. I had a lot of issues with this piece, honestly. x.x I actually broke down at one point, shortly after starting, because it felt like nothing was working. My mate wouldn't let me give up, and I ended up pushing through until something finally seemed to click, and it got done. Art never seems to come easy to me anymore. :/