Bending the Water Dragon

This is what I do instead of school work....

But I did need a break from website mockups sooo.... here's Katara doing what she does best.
It turned out alot better than what I pictured in my head (which doesn't happen often)
And as a bonus, its in the painty style I'm trying to pick up. I decided that I work better with line art, so its a combination (I think it turned out pretty good don't you think?).

OMG the dragon almost killed me X_X It started off simple but I just got so anal about the detail that I kept going. Mind you...I'd do it again, it was fun

In fact, this picture is now part 1/4 of a series

Edit
Okay, so I'm going to enter this beauty in a competition since its gotten so much great feedback. So I have fixed it up and balanced out the picture.
The dragon was a little lopsided and part of its water crest got cut off....but its all fixed now

pic [c] *PeridotKitty