interesting take here. your intent was to recreate the classic Mystique yet you gave here the movie skin texture [which i really hate]. i like how you put this together although the skulls would have really set it off.
yep. i agree that either injecting better lighting would change the mood..but not a must. while she is hot..i think just changing her expression would achieve the desired effects.
You do really good work, excellent job with character composing a strong complex layout. Terrific work although I agree with DW that some work with the lighting could make it stronger still.