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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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generally, dark colors streak far more noticeably than lighter ones, so when i color darker areas, i try to do a "double" layer of ink...hard to explain D: but as i'm coloring i just spend twice as long laying color down in those spots, if that makes any sense. of course, this does make the color darker, so it might be best to start out slightly lighter and do 2-3 layers of color to get the shade you want. (and be aware of any extra bleeding this will cause on the paper; color just short of the lines and/or put a sheet of scrap paper under your work if necessary, some papers bleed more than others)
don't wait for the ink to dry and then go back over it, that'll just make everything blotchy...stick to coloring small areas at a time. this includes shading, if you're going for a blended look and not cel shaded. fully color and shade one body part at a time, or one chunk of hair, etc.
if you WANT cel shading though, make sure each area of ink is dry before adding shadows :]