It is looking very good.
There's nothing wrong with using tuts as a beginner , from time to time is till use tuts.
hehe it's quite near to what is done in the rose tut but not exactly... the only thing that i copied from the rose tut were the 2 twist distortions... the rest has been changed by me ;P maybe when i have collected some more experience i'll write a tut 'bout that *gg*
greetz
FreakStyle