A request from a friend to draw one of her avis

Im really impressed with this one. I spent more than an hour on it, maybe two. I used a bunch of colors and blended them together to get that 3D effect. Im normally terrible at blending, especially for painting or with colored pencils. What do I have to say about that? I LOVE THAT SMUDGE TOOL!<3
I wish there was some sort of 'smudge' or 'blend' tool to use in real life, my traditional drawings would probably look 10x better with it..

Anyways, enjoy~