Ok, good! I was really nervous posting because a lot of people get angry >n>
Yeah. Like I said, I think it's just an illusion of the elbow being so far forwards and the fact that I missed the DA link (that's what I get for skimming lol) and didn't have the rest of the arm to look at. You did hit the nail on the head with the effortlessness, though. The entire picture looks very relaxed and she's very poised and graceful.
Lolol Yeah, ref pics are life savers. I actually went to your DA page and found the actual picture, and I had been imagining something completely different going on with her lower body.
This is what I had, for some reason, in my head. So, more so then falling over, she'd be, like, breaking her back, BUT SHE'S NOT SO THAT'S GOOD. I still feel like there's something a bit off, but idk. I'm probably just overly scrutinizing things, now.
And about the cropping thing, yeah... sorry ^^'