This is just great. Loving to see your art again.
I remember when I saw your art in this board ages ago. To be honest, it was pretty smudgy and flat. But you have improved a lot in the past. I especially love the stronger strokes and the feeling. Seems like you are now more confident about your strokes. I like the pallette you've got there. I'm not a huge fan of the design, but the shapes are looking good: the work actually looks 3-dimensional.
The rendering is pretty 'meh' when compared to other dimensions of the picture. Looks like you've done it pretty fast - 2 hours isn't very much. Fading the black lines away and more carefully done rendering would really make that piece shine. White background is a bad idea. The character seems to be floating. You could have done a simple blueish background with only a few strokes and blend the character into it. Placing the character into some place really makes her come alive.
I haven't done much art for a while. I usually just feel too busy or have no inspiration. But this really makes me want to finish some work. It's just great to see you improving and actually doing something.
Keep it going mate!