-goes out of the way to always draw the gems with their hair covering the sides of their faces because I’m still not sure if they have ears or not-

Hi! I had a question for you about drawing programs. I'll be getting my tablet soon in the mail, but I'm not sure what program I should use with it. Do you know any good ones? What would you recommended?

Anonymous

I use Photoshop CS5 almost exclusively. In my experience it’s been the easiest to use and understand. I also love how brushes in PS work and how easy they are to adjust and customize. Photoshop is best for digital painting imo. (There’s also a ton of resources available online, like brushes and tutorials, for you to use which is nice)

If you’re into flat colors and nice linework Adobe illustrator is really good. It’s difficult to learn up front but you can create really nice vector work with it (at this point though i rarely use it) 

There’s also a lot of free mock adobe programs to choose from though. The only one I have experience with is GIMP. It’s not exactly the same as PS but it does a good job covering the basics and it’s safe. 

A lot of artists also use Paint Tool Sai and Manga Studio. I have no experience whatsoever with Manga Studio and I’ve messed around in Sai a little but it just never really clicked for me personally. But they’re worth checking out too. 

So there’s a lot of options out there. I hope I helped a little. I am definitely biased though, PS is my comfort zone so keep that in mind. I’m not an expert in all drawing programs.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Have fun with your new tablet! 

what's your pronouns and sexuality, if it's okay to ask? ^^

Anonymous

I don’t mind. She/her and I’m asexual. 

mymelodyisme:

I tried my hand, and it didn’t do my vision justice. But anyways…
This is Padparadscha Sapphire! Her gem is her eye (so sorry about how that turned out!) her weapon is the element of fire, much like Ruby, but she mainly gets it from sunlight (like it charges her up ya know? XD)

You can modify it however you like!

I hope you like it~

!!!!! Oh my gosh! I love this! She’s so cute! And I’m so excited about the fact that you would want to design a gemsona for me you don’t even know. I love the way you gave her the pink hair fade on her bangs and eyeball gems are just the right combination of cute and creepy I love it. Also ankle boots are always A+. (also also one of my favorite shows of all time is Avatar: TheLast Airbender and I always secretly wanted to be a firebender so fire powers are awesome) 

Just wow! Thank you so much for drawing this for me! <3