Valerie and Violet WIP 1

After coloring Bikini Desiree by Innocenttazlet - Color, I drew up the lineart for this, and now I'm doing some digital coloring practice with it.

I'm not quite finished with it yet, but I'm just about halfway done.

Also, I like how I did the shading on Violet's skintone so far:
Burn > Dodge > Gaussian Blur > white (or light gray) for the parts to shine up > Gaussian Blur, then repeat.

Dodge and Burn aren't too bad... if you know how to use them right... but it doesn't work for every color I use. For that, I have to pick a darker color and a lighter color to use for shadows and highlights, respectively.

Violet's hair is okay, but I really want it to make it look as good as I made her skin look.

I need to finish up shading on her, and then I can work on Valerie

The reason I'm posting this up like this, is because, if I'm going to up my game, so to speak, I need to do more digital stuff, and I need to work on general anatomy and posing, among other things.

Plus, if I want to really get Valerie out, she needs to look better (and sexier) than she usually does... and that might include a darker skintone, similar to what's seen in My Topless Valentine!

So, what do you think of it so far?