@Obscure Dream:

well you can really put it anywhere on the left or right xD depending on where your "sun" is in your picture. and yeah xD that's right.

You're welcome and how I color is soft cell-shading =3 cell shading is just not blending colors together and making them smoother/softer 8O Kind of like trying make it more realistic. The more tones you use in a picture makes it more realistic and is more harder to do xD

yes they are 8D ~

@Michiyo Shimizu:

Ahh~ I see what you mean now! :U I put the shading on the right side of her face because that was when I thought I should put the light source on the left side, not from the right. My mistake! @@; Hehe.

Thanks for the tutorial and color palette~! They help a lot. xB
Ah, so is that technique called soft-cell shading? x3; *dork* I usually use it with pics that are more so in my drawing style.

Long comments are fun, eh?

@Obscure Dream:

You're welcome =3

Ah, I see. Yes, you need a light tone but I noticed that your shadow was out of place since it was supposed to go on the right of the nose, not the left since your other shadow is on her right side of her face. Hm, cell shading, eh?

http://kaze-hime.deviantart.com/art/TUTORIAL-How-to-Soft-CG-22487391 You can stop at step four since that's all cell shading is. If you want to continue on to the soft-cell shading, that's okay too =P Skin tone palette? Well, since I soft-cell shade, I have various skin colors.. lol But er, here ~

http://celprojects.deviantart.com/art/Skin-Tone-List-23032337 This is a very basic list! Glad I found it xD There are more on DA and I hope this palette is useful to you ^_^

It's okay if you typed that long (likes long comments 8D) ^_^

@Michiyo Shimizu:

Lol thank you!
Once again you provide me with some good crit. ;P

I wanted it to be the simple three different tones (base, shade, and light) to make the cell-shaded look, but with skin I always have the issue of finding the right shading color without the skin looking dirty or just plain weird. I've tried the multiply setting on the brushes with various opacity settings, but it always ends up looking strange.

What's funny is that with a more realistic coloring style with more shading tones, I do fine with the skin. I'm terrible at cell-shading! D:

If you know of any skin shading templates, I'll gladly take one. ;D Or a tutorial on finding the right shading color. Either way'd be a huge help!

Whoa, how'd I end up typing this much? XD

@Erstin314:

Glad you like it!
You're welcome~ xD I had fun drawing it.

Hm, not bad lol I think you need a few more shadows for the skin ne =3 The color is good but it's a little too flat 8O Nice job though with the rest of the body! Why didn't you add skin tones to the skin? =P If you ever need help on skin coloring, I'll be happy to give you some tutorials ^.^

Yay! It looks awesome Obscure Dream!!

I like her pose and the background too!

Thank you!