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Thanks @Pixey! I love the silver bubbles you have on the water line! After much trial and error, I did end up getting an effect that I liked. I debated whether or not to post it, or to just let this post slip into obscurity. Guess I should've posted. This is what I ended up with: To be used with my other image of the claw marks:

I love the shiny marbles, Pixey, but it's the train that really appeals to my steampunk side!

For a "failed" attempt, I'd say your speed painting still turned out pretty good!

It looks like a Blues snake charmer. I like the composition and colors and how much expression is in it.

DUDE! Those are some awesome works. I love it, especially the creativity. My favorite so far is the road leading to the phone. Very cool.

You've got a wonderfully fun style. I love the creepy touch!

I like the ferns, but the floating city is AMAZING! Very nice.

I love the texture and colors you've got on the Enterprise! Good job!

It makes me want chocolate too! It looks wonderful, Lynxster!

Those are gorgeous, Seerose!

Hi all! I'm looking for someone to point me in the direction of a tutorial to make some shallow water. I've got my base image, and I'd like to have a thin layer of water around the symbol, so that the symbol is poking up through the water, but have the water be clear enough to see through it down to the stone below. I also want to put a few droplets on the symbol itself, so if anyone has suggestions for tutorials there, I'm open to them. Thanks in advance. Loni

Great works! Thanks for sharing.

Nice work! It's a great scene!

Your stained glass is wonderful, and the texture is so rich!

For some strange reason, your life on a green planet made me think of chocolate bar wrappers. Hmmm. Now I want candy. (p.s. Good job!)

Like the others said, excellent work, @LionsDragon! David Bowie is impressive, especially for a first attempt.

It's adorable @Pixey. And I must say, I am a fan of squirrels...

It looks great, @Woodsy! It'd make a wonderful cut scene for a video game. I could just see it panning out to two gunmen standing in the middle of the road.

Those are pretty, @Pixey! I love the vibrant colors!

Very nice tutorial executions! Good job, Seerose!

Nice dragon kitty! Mckenna is cute. I like the version where you extended the paws and added shading. I think it add depth. Good job!

@Beta0 - Thanks for all the helpful information. It was indeed a motion blur on MaTisha's hair. I've never been sure how to accomplish what I want with her hair. It's supposed to be silver blue where sometimes, depending on the light, it shines silver, and other times it looks all blue. I tried to do the brushed metal look, but it didn't quite come across right. And you got it right with Jebaliah. She's got a pan. I will see if I can apply the metal shading suggestions to my next project, as the character wears a lot of armor (though it isn't metal). I've seen a few of LauraHollingsworth/Lostie's tutorials while perusing Pintrest, and have pinned them to my reference boards. Your link gives me a few more. Thank you.

Very beautiful, @Pixey. I particularly like the diamond flower petals.

Thank you, @Seerose, @Woodsy, and @Beta0! @Beta0 - Thanks for the link to the tutorials! I've been trying to teach myself digital painting through the Ctrl+Paint tutorials, but I tend to get excited, jump ahead, and then lose my place in their library. I've had more focused lighting/shading efforts on other projects to get a more natural look, but I'm new to digital painting in paint.net. I've found it a bit more difficult to do the shading in paint.net because of the lack of pressure sensitivity support (unless that has changed?), so I'm trying to figure out what works best with just a mouse. I only used the dodge and burn on these last images, where I used additional colors in other attempts in other programs. Now that you bring up the lighting and shading, my eye is drawn to the harsh bevel appearance, particularly in Naomi and Jebaliah's arms. I should probably figure out a way to smooth that out. Are there any other particular places you'd recommend focusing on? I usually can't see mistakes unless someone points me in the right direction. - I definitely see the appeal of the colored line art. In this case, the choice to make it black and somewhat thicker was a conscious one. I am admittedly in love with Seamas Gallagher's Wheel of Time artwork and hope to emulate it in my own way. I'm nowhere as talented and experienced as he is, but someday I will have all my many characters in wonderful color. Even now I'm thinking I should redraw the women here in a larger scale just so I could add more detail.

I think it's coming along nicely. The part where the stone meets the right front leg distracts me a bit. The blurring doesn't provide a very good distinction between the stone and KittyDragon. Perhaps that area could be darkened and turned into a shadow, since it looks like the light is shining from the top right?