@cimone: thanks for your input and now that I look at ti the arm is a bit off... I guess that's what I get for skipping a few steps in making proportions... all well I might fix that later. As for the skirt yeah, I kinda knew the folds wer off but I was just to tired to try and make them work at the time. I guess you can call me a lazy artist.
I redid the folds in the skirt and added some shading as well as a background. I wish I could CG it but my old software won't load on my new computer so I have to by a new one. anyway here is what I've done to it so far...
the shading looks a lot better in real life so the shading does look a bit off. I'm no guru at drawing birds so yes I now the bird is messed up. anyways besides my handy caps what do you think?