Shiny Ninetales

At school I suddenly had the urge to draw a Pokemon and ninetales was my choise this time. (wow, no legendary!)
I also started drawing this cuz I wanted to try/practice a new way of drawing/colouring. I think it looks more dynamic this way.

I made this ninetales a shiny one, cuz I tought the fire would stand out better when ninetales is purple. If it was a normal ninetales then it would be a very orange picture... not very interesting.

I'm not completely happy with how the flamethrower attack looks, but it's not to bad. I should practice a bit on drawing fire sometime.

I'dd like to know your opinions on the pic and the new style I tried.