Nice start ^^ maybe less /random/ shading, some parts are dark when they do not need to be (there is no shadow above) work a little more on the beak and feet, they look a little scruffy the back looks a little hunch-back, maybe cut that down and it's arm looks a little liney like used with the line tool, not free hand one =3 I like your idea though, evil with a rose very nice reminds me of Beauty and the Beast =p also maybe use more than two tones ^^; I didn't on my picture but I did on another and it looks good just zoom in the real image and get a light, medium and dark and a VERY dark, then like
LIGHTMEDIUMDARKVERY.DARK that.
*wonders why on earth you'd paint a faerie pet darigan*
xP I tried labbing my ex-lab rat Cerastela for Faerie/Darigan ^^ but she went Halloween, now she's just and old bruce living in neovia xP
^ that's my latest art work of my Usuki boy usul named Dhaaro, look at his arms there are darker parts where his neck-fur is and on his tail there are dark parts where his hair is (the corner one) his hat has a feather which darkens part of the hat, and his pants are dark because of his Thing =s its like a poncho but not one xP just that's an example.
don't look the Petpet in the eyes *shields* it's rubbish rofl.