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Hello fellow artist and drawers!

It's been a while since I have added anything to my gallery for you all to enjoy. Well, I'm working on an entry! But because of my long time inactivity to the gallery I have decided to try digital coloring instead of coloring by color pencils. Everything was moving along just fine until it was time to color. I tried using Microsoft PhotoDraw v1, which has a very odd and very bad way of coloring anything, and Paint, makes everything pixelly and ugly and just plain bad.

My question to you is this:
Is there a program or service that colors efficient without changing the image too much?

Note: I intend not to spend a ton of money on a program, but if hear good opinions on a expensive program, then I may consider to buying it... or whatever.

Also, please show me examples on what the program can do.

install gimp! Its free and a pretty good program with animation and such also if you save it a jpg it wont get pixly and ugly.

http://www.gimp.com

Thanks, wolfhound, but I don't want to download anything that is unnecessary, so, before I do download it, if I pick it, I want to wait for more and what everyone’s' opinions are.

ok, but to give you some examles everything with a backrough here http://baltosource.timduru.org/balto.ph ... g=211&st=0 was done on gimp ^^

That looks nice, wolfhound, but I still stand with what I said.

Thanks again.

Yah I know also thanks I just wanted to give you a few examples ^^

i draw didgital art alot look through my gellerie and see (please)
http://baltosource.timduru.org/balto-ac ... deb-0.html

Thanks for the examples but they don't do me any good unless you tell me what program you used.

i use paint and gimp

Ah, so more examples of Gimp. As you read above, I won't use paint.

I use a few programs that work nicely. I combine them to make what I do. I cant afford PhotoShop at the moment, so these are what I use.

Paint.NET

Gimp

PhotoFilter

Paint.NET is kinda like paint, but much better. I generally use that to color, and I havent quite used Gimp yet, but I am messing with it. Here is an example of what I did with Paint.NET...

Felice - Done with paint.NET

--MH

That example... It's done in only paint.net or, like you said, use all three that you mentioned.

THAT particular picture is only done with paint. ^^ If you like.. I can get you examples from the others, too. ^^'

--MH

Well, I am asking that you put examples for the programs that you mention.

I know I'm breaking the rules by double posting but I need some more examples on different programs.

Please post the program you use and an example on what it can do.