Nightbird

HEY NIGHTBIRD!! I havn't talked to you in SUCH a long time!! NICE PICS!!

The Musical is Up!!!!

Madeline would be nice...my nickname is Mads

Sorry I couldn't respond sooner, but I was having some problems with my server... Your request of "Cyborg and Sarah" from Teen Titans sounds most intriguing! I'll see what I can do for you...

I'll definatly do that...you're gonna be in it too.

Hey thanks! I look forward to seeing how you do in the contest! Good luck! ^_^

-Christy xoxo ^_^

Hi! It's me again. Earlier, you asked me for some advise on coloring, namely, how to prevent smearing and other catastrophies.
First and formost, be sure to use a coloring utensil that works for you. Some artists prefer colored pencils. This is good for people who perfer lighter, softer coloring and who have vast attention to detail. An obvious drawback is that lightly applied colored pencil does not show up well when scanned to the computer. To prevent smearing, be sure to use high quality products. If you don't have an art store near by, use Crayolas. They color smoothly and usually don't scratch when you press hard. They also apply rich color. The king of colored pencils is Prang. It's always good to have a few of those. Oh, and I heard that Primsacolor was a good brand, but I never personally used them. Now, once you picked out the best colored pencils for you, it's good to follow these rules of thumb: use the right paper, apply color gently while blending as you go (you can always come back and color harder later), and touch the paper as little as possible. When choosing paper, you should always consider the thickness, durability, and texture of the paper. Typing paper is good for practice sketches (although I wouldn't advocate the wasting of computer paper), but it wrinkles easily. Art paper is durable, but it has a soft texture that gets battered with oils from the finger tips, and when erasing. Of course, when erasing on art paper, ALWAYS and ONLY use a kneeded eraser. It goes without saying to color gently. Then, there's watercolor paper. This paper is extremely thick, and a bit rough. Although, I would only recomend it for watercolor... OH! I almost forgot, you can buy manga paper commercially (although I forget how...). This has a smooth, somewhat glossy surface, and has built in rulers on the sides. Uh... to be honest, I just use generic sketch book paper. Anywho, the reason why you want to touch the paper as LITTLE as possible is because oils and sweat from your hands will shmudge the color and weaken the paper. To prevent this, wash your hands before drawing, and rest your spare hand on a towel. Actually, I have a friend who rigged herself up some drawing gloves. They are basically a pair of those little kid strectly cloth gloves that she cut the finger tips off. Uh... some other things that cause smearing is those little color particles that rub off your pencil when you press to hard. Either blend it in or BLOW them off the paper. NEVER attempt to wipe them off, for this will cause unwanted color streaks. This, of course can be salvaged somewhat by gentle erasing and coloring over the area. Now, to composate for really terrible smearing, use the computer. I wouldn't reccomend using MSPaint, but you don't neccessarily need to purchase the expensive Adobe Photoshop. I use a program called Photo Explosion Deluxe. It's not as advanced as Photoshop, but it does have enough bells and whistles for an artist to make nice pictures.

Uh... this is all I can think of right now. I hope this was helpful!

Nope and you're very welcome