well I didn't work on this in one straight session, I easily get distracted by instant messaging and surfing the net, and took a week off at some point because of a family trip, so it's hard to say. but the Ai file was created April 1, I think.
I used the mouse mostly but for really tiny curls and curves like some of the tree outlines I used my Genius Gpen 450 tablet.
thank you for the comment!