OOOOOOOOOHHH!!!!!
PRESETN! (edit: i got so caught up in the moment, i spelled "present" wrong...lol)
Awe shucks, i'm honored that you made me a sprited picture!
I think it's awesome... and i'm not just saying that to be nice or nothing like that! I love the background's fade job, it's very subtle, yet it's noticable... even more, the darkness of the bottom of the wave makes it appear as if the wave is derived from the middle, in an explosion like matter... it is so pretty to see the wave like that, as if it is forcing it's way out.
The flame-tongue like crests of the wave are definitely different... to me they look almost like hands reaching out to get me... >shiver< ^_^
The shading seems more or less consistant, there is a pixel or two that i personally would have changed... but i'm not complaining! The pillow shading, at least i think that's what it's called, looks nice here. Again, the rise of the light is a neat effect that this piece gives, and the fact that it's against a blackish background makes it look all the cooler.
And the GP? You more or less got it... ^_^ ... the "P" doesn't attach from the stem to the top, it follows the "G". As for the shading, it's a layered and edgy, nevertheless, it looks great like that!
All in all, this is a very thought provoking piece! I love it!
Thankyou for making it, and of course...
Keep Spriting!
BTW, i looked at Hokusai's "The Great Wave" and got the same impression, the wave had finger like crests that were coming to grab me...
Your wave is definitely a bit more darker though... no pun intended... it has a more menacing figure to it...