Morning Massage, SpyCy

After several exhausting days, and a few fights, Spyro and Cynder take a day to rest and relax. After several hours of sleep Cynder decides to ease Spyro's sore back, but no doubt only to stop him complaining.
This is a scene from chapter 19 of my fanfiction, one which I've been wanting to draw ever since I wrote the chapter. I'm glad to finally have sat down and gotten it drawn, and I'm very proud of how it ended up.

I wanted to draw Cynder as being black, rather than purple. It made her a bit hard to shade and highlight, but I'm pleased with the result. The glossy sheen on some of her scales is something I took from black bird feathers, it was difficult to capture the beautiful effect, but I think it was well worth it.
For once I'm happy with my background. It is meant to be quite boring, but I did want to try and give it a bleak sort of beauty.

Overall I found this drawing much faster and easier to work on than any of the others I've done. I think I'm finally getting okay at this whole art thing. Yay!

Please do leave a comment, as well as suggestions of what to draw next!
I have a few ideas going around, but ideas are always welcome.

I hope I haven't missed anything... I'm still not quite sure what to write in these bits.
Thanks for reading this.

-4Dragons