I... am dancing around like a complete idiot. After nearly 2 days of being hunched at my computer (plus this 8 hour break called 'work'), I have finally, FINALLY finished my first digital piece EVER! WEEEEE! I'm very surprised it turned out this decent. Yes, alot of things aren't exactly perfect, but I'm working on it.

Now then, the title was ganked from a Saiyuki anime episode where Konzen and Goku first meet. It's really cute, and the Merciful Goddess had one of my favorite lines for her: "Hair like the sun... what a truly perfect pick-up line!" AHAHAHA!! That's her flipping nephew she's talking about. Anyway, I did all the line art by hand using ink, then filled it in from there. I used the smudgy tool to shade everything, including the pain in the ass skin. The chains turned out amazing. I have no idea how I did that. And... I discovered a fun little brush called 'sparks' Hehe... guess who went to town with that feature?

And now the fun part: I really want to thank a few people who kicked me in the arse, offered advice and ultimately are to blame for me even sitting down in the first place to make this. Thank you a million times over to The Silver Raven for the awesome instructions, advice, friendly critiquing, and most importantly for introducing me to this program to begin with. Your patience with my questions was truly appreciated, and your art work was just the thing I needed to drop the charcoals and try this out. BlahsBlah2001, thank you very much for the encouragement, and for also pointing out it really isn't as hard as I'm making it. THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE REST OF MY HAIR! And, finally, Luthien Ikari, I owe you lots of hugs and thanks for mentioning first that I don't need to outline the damn thing on the computer. When I thought I had to, I almost cried!

Anyway, fire away, please point out any tips for future projects, give me advise, but remember this is only my FIRST ATTEMPT, so keep the negativity friendly, pleeeease?