The Best Way to Die

"A knot tightened around her midriff, and she knew blood was oozing faster than ever. The hole impaled by Ichimaru Gin’s zanpakuto, the hole that was intended for him. She laughed at herself. Her body had moved before she even understood what was happening.
And now they were here. Her dying wordlessly in his arms; and him, crying and screaming for there was nothing else he could do."

This took... a phenomenal amount of time. I actually like it a lot (except the Orihime's dress, eurgh) ^_^ but the amount of time is simply ridiculous... I don't even know exactly how long it took!

I'm trialling and testing different styles atm, so maybe that's the reason. Every tutorial I've read, every artist whose work I scrutinized through, I only have one question to ask... how the hell do you people make it look so easy?! And why doesn't it work for me at all?! >_<

Tablet and photoshop is becoming way too addictive. My butts freezing cold atm because I can't make myself go downstairs to turn the heater on. And I've got A2 modules next week... -_- Now I'm rambling, well, it's 0:40am here!!

I hope I am improving, or the past week on this would be for nothing... Constructive criticism would be so so so appreciated! I know the anatomy's odd on this one...