Oh my word thank you! That means so much that you think I'm good! :) There's no way to really master the art without a long long time of practice. I've been skinning for almost a year now, I first started out on the skindex, You can tell it takes a long time to be relatively good at skinning, here's my skindex, if you want to see some of my first skins: http://www.minecraftskins.com/1719183/GirlyFox/ 

But here are some blogs that will help you!
http://www.planetminecraft.com/blog/cutemurphys-shading-tutorial// 
http://www.planetminecraft.com/blog/tutorial-palettes-and-hue-shifting/
http://www.planetminecraft.com/blog/fennecfoxs-full-body-skinning-tutorial---a-pictorial/
http://www.planetminecraft.com/blog/the-skinning-illusion/
http://www.planetminecraft.com/blog/a-big-tutorial-on-skinning-transparent-pencil-shading-skinning-steps-tips-and-tricks-and-more/

it wasn't meant to be purple hair, it was meant to be copper, but I decided to add purple at the darkest color to give it some color and excitement. But thank you for the critiscm. :) I noticed in the picture you edited the eyes too, and I prefered them to be green. :)

K-K-K-KAWAIII, comment! Thank you.