Juno Says: Howdy, BrakX! OHH~~ The little sorcerers are so cute. XD Let's see... looks like Setsuna beat me to the stuff, she's already hit on the major points :D Hmm... If you really want to get into CG art, Paint Shop Pro is good, but there are 2 programs you should aim to get: 1) Adobe Photoshop (5.0 is more than enough. 6.0 is HUGE, so it loads REALLY slow, but of course, it's got some cool settings that 5.0 doesn't. :D) 2) Painter (aka Metacreations Painter, or Fractal Painter.) This program is what many artists are using, since it's supposed to simulate the look of real media, like paint, color pencils, etc. Anyway, on to your pic :D The linework is strong, and that's good, though some parts are slightly rough.. but that's okay. :D However, like Setsuna mentioned, it's a bit thick. That's TOTALLY okay too, though, because it looks like you did that on purpose (it's just that many of us are used to drawing thinner lines, with varying widths.) It's totally up to you, though. Setsuna also has a point about the gray stuff on the top of the girl sorcerer's head and broom.. make sure to get rid of that stuff when working with layers, because it makes the foreground and background clash. I love the way you did the background... the monotone shadows and highlihts give the overall piece a very moody, rich look. What else can I say but AWESOME work? XD I hope to see some more of your art in the future~! Hope we helped!

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Setsuna Says: Aa! This is so cute! I really like the bright colors that you've chosen for this image - it gives a more light hearted feeling suitable for the 'lil sorcerors' theme. *I would suggest that you clean up the gray lines around the figure on the left - there are some really noticeable lines around the top of the broom, and her hair. *Pixellation on the images, both in the figures as well as the background tree is also apparent. I would also suggest that you try drawing your figures larger so that it's not so wobbly in the lines. You can always shrink the drawings to fit later, but expanding the images always results in a fuzzy line like you have here. An added plus of drawing larger is that you can end up with a thinner, less distracting contour line (that is, if you don't change the size of the brush). Good job, and good luck!

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