My Neighbor Totoro

Thankyou very much! I LOVE the catbus...its an awesome character. The feet DO look funky... I spent alot of time erasing and re-drawing them but alas, I was beaten. Feet are definatly hard to draw!

By the way, I like the new smiley feature in the critiques!

yay I'm glad you like the smilies

Thank you so much! You are so right. Every once in awhile I will color something with markers. then I remember WHY it is I never use them in the first place when I use the flesh colored one for the skin. Oh, it comes out horrible! So, this is why I tend to stick with CPs. One day when I invest in some higher quality (maybe prismacolor) markers will I try the marker thing again. Maybe I'll start trying what you do and use markers for everything but the flesh.

That's a good idea. I'd love to be a trend-setter. *winks* Copic markers are the BEST, but they are so dang expensive. I can't remember the name of the set I have. They're the next to the most expensive copics, but not popular enough for me to remember the name of them. Heh, heh. But, the color flows from them so beautifully. I love them.

Copics! Thats what it was. I was trying to remember what they were called. One day I'm going to get me some of those! Then I can toss out my evil cheepie ones Muhahaha

Hey, sometimes the cheapies work just as good. If not better. The flesh on all of my pics is colored with Crayola colored pencils. I haven't found any other brand yet that has any decent flesh colors besides crayola.

Prismacolor pencils work great for me...they are softer and much easier to blend than crayola pencils...you have to find them at the right price though, because full retail price is just not do-able : | try e-bay!

I was talking about my markers rather then my pencils though...I still keep all my crayola pencils and all my other pencils because I do use them if I can't find the right color. Heck I'll probably end up keeping my old markers as well, alot of the colors are nice, just NOT the flesh color (yikes)

I hear that about the flesh-colored markers. I tried coloring with one out of my $ 25 set that I'm using now, and it sucked! It totally screwed up my picture! All that work I did, right down the drain. *sighs* I love the way you use the colors in your pencils. You do a great job with the color schemes. I'll have to look into finding my own set of Prismacolors. They are vibrant. I love vibrant colors. Thanks for the tip.

Thank you! Yes, it did take me awhile though I don't rememeber exactly how long.

I use prismacolor pencils (it totally makes a difference)...and you are right, they are expensive if you don't buy them from the right place. I would suggest going on ebay and brousing around there. I bought a set of 72 brand new, never opened prismacolor pencils off of ebay for 18 bucks + 7 in shipping! I know you are in the UK, but you still might find a good deal. So just go to ebay and check it out and wait for the right oppourtunity, its worth it!

Well let me tell you, its a GREAT movie...its very cute! Thank you for your comments.

Awww...thank you so much Stealth Nerd!! I just try to draw as often as I can and do my best to improve (I only started drawing again about a couple months ago after not drawing for like a year because I was so busy with school and other stuff...ugh ) You are incredibly talented as well...I love all of your drawings

Thank you, that's really sweet!
That's awesome that you just started drawing again; you've obviously retained the skills/talent!

Thank you Atlantis!! You definatly would love the movie...its very cute

If I'll get the chance I will.

Thanks Black Rose!

you bet

Talk soon

Thank you so much! I used prismacolored pencils and they blend a lot better than regular colored pencils, so it makes everything smoother. The only thing I drew is the forground though, the background is a picture of clouds I got out of a home and gardens magazine. thanks again!

sorry for taking so long to re-reply... Been away. As you were saying, the blending of the Prismacolor pencils definitely shows well! Aren't those the ones that come in a black box, and cost an arm and a leg? I swear I've seen 'em somewhere... Oh well. As for the clouds, they fit the mood perfectly. You have a true nack for art, and please keep focusing on it. You have potential for it to take you a long way.