I was a bit sick of prepping in Photoshop and making shiny, bright pictures, and seeing other people's shiny, bright pictures (which are nonetheless good and much better than any I do), so I thought I'd do a Gloomy Watercolour Look picture in Painter.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20569157/ - An anime-style (though slightly more realistic) girl, no theme in particular.
And because deviantart is playing tricks with me, presumably for not signing in for 27 weeks:

Yoichi Hiruma from Eyeshield 21.
(I'm sure I submitted this!!! however, I shall keep trying... apologies for the holdup on the loading)