Phoenix of the plague

I made this in 2006 february, job training at my old senior grade. I was suppose to teach kids to use GIMP which was allso the first time i heard of the program.
This was a little test i made, just to assure i know what im doing. Allso to show some kids that it IS possible to make something with it.
Later on this was suppose to be in my schoolproject, "D&D Bloodheir" as a monster named above, but i've allready told what happened to rest of the project..

I think GIMP was pretty good for a freeware - thought it had its problems (or the school's server).
I'd still rather slit my wrists with a mousepad than download it and remember how all the kids whined how stupid and complicated the system was.... or did they just lack the basic skills... in a modern age like this..?