I feel the left part of the aura needs some kind of work because that "green" part of it didnt blend 100%.
But despite that it pretty much ended up being what you wanted to be I suppose?
Sup,found this image on the web: Year of the Dragon Fish by lanegarrison on deviantART And it pretty much inspired me.
So here's a (really) quick sig i made during free time :3
The concept was to add some kind of "aura" around the subject (i had to render it off )
And yeah,it has a fuufload of effects going on,as usual i've only used gimp with default setup and a few brushes(5)
CnC is really appreciated ^.^
It's too messy for my taste, or not messy enough.