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This is a picture I started back at the beginning of summer, and I'm just starting to finish it now sweatdrop . My problem is that I've run out of idea's, I just don't know what to do next. And I also really want this picture to turn out good, so I need to find as many mistakes as early as possible.


What is really screwing me up is that I only drew the outline of the body, and the face by hand. I was going to draw the whole thing out by hand first, but I ran out of ideas and just threw the picture aside. Then a couple of days ago I was bored and decided to practice shading the skin on the outline sweatdrop . It was going to be my first photoshoped picture that isn't coloured using cell shading, and I wanted to be sure I could do it. But since I put effort into it, I decided that I was going to actually use it. 3nodding

Now nothing I try works. I try to start on another part of the picture only to fail. Then I try doing another part and I fail at that too gonk . I just need a little help brain storming, to get the creative juices flowing (mostly for the clothes and hair), so I can continue. I have done some brain storming with a couple of friends, but it's always good to get more opinions 3nodding . What I have already done is just an idea, I'm willing to change what I already have to make it work.(except the body neutral ) And I would be grateful if you could point out the areas that I need to fix up. ( I know the hands suck by the way) And it would be extremely helpful if you could be descriptive about what looks wrong.

Also, I know the colours are really light but they need to be that way for the background which will be this:
except bigger obviously. Sorry about the water mark, I just felt the urge to water mark something xd

And finally any tips on shading/colouring in photoshop would be really awesome!! I just started to get into it so if you could give me tips for an easier or more efficient way to do things that would be greatly appreciated <(*o*)> (I start out with the darker colours, and then I go over top it with the lighter colours. Is there a better way for me to do it? Starting out with lighter colours seems to take longer for me, and doesn't turn out as good sweatdrop .)
But keep in mind I don't own a tablet, so the techniques have to work with a mouse. sweatdrop

Yeah the top really is funny, it was just an idea that I sort of had in my head. I couldn't get it to look like it does in my head. But luckily I've come up with a new top since posting this. I'll update it once I actually get around to making it. 3nodding

I see what you mean with the hand. It definately looks too big eek But with the arm, do you mean too long? or too thick? To me the arm seems around the proper length, but it does look too thick, so I'll fix that. If it seems to long it may look proper once I shrink the hand
Thank you for your input!