Not bad, that feels more like an American Comic Style, than Anime, it's a nicer style, IMO. Would like to see how it handles a proper background of buildings & cars...All in all, a 8/10, a lack of background lets it down...
planning to do the hookah background later (see above), I taught myself the technique for a different project (a Pokemon artwork for my 6 year old nephew). but once that's done, i'm planning to come back to this.
I took inspiration from a comic book workflow I found online, removed the halftone texture, and tried to give the shading a bit more depth to get more of anime style (it's done simply by stacking threshold layers). I clearly have a long way to go, but I appreciate your feedback!
No matter how hard I try, the only way to get really clean lines is to trace them myself. I can draw fine but I'm not very skilled with a drawing pad, so just the model took me a while. A rich looking background will take me a looooong time, but i'll get aroud to it.