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Bad title is bad, but oh well
Small thing I did in about half an hour. My try on soft shading, kinda, yeah...
So, I will also be using this one for my "Introduction" to in Color Theory's class [link]
So, I've got to talk a little about myself and what I wanna do with my art ^^
About myself
I've drawn a picture of a Raichu, 'cause that is what I mostly draw (fanart). I have a cartoony style, which I would like to keep, but also develop it more. I get much of my inspiration from Disney and Pokemon. I've started working Digitally not too long ago and have yet to find a way of coloring that I like so I've been experimenting a lot. I really like how *purplekecleon colors and how she uses colors. She's one of my biggest inspirations ^^ I also like how =Feyrah colors, especially this piece [link]
I want to learn color theory because I usually use colors that are too saturated when working with large pieces or just too bland (like in this one), and I want to find an equilibrium between the two. Also, matching colors that go well together and stuff, 'cause I sometimes put some colors which are just too different and don't really blend with the rest. I think that has to do with Hues and stuff which I don't really comprehend completely
Raichu (c) GameFreak
Art (c) Me ~Espeon4ever
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Great colors, they look so terribly soft ^^ And I looove the texture of the grass..
Besides, it is plain adorable
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I'm glad you followed the instructions of talking about you, most people did not so I had to wander their galleries and guess where their art is at, what the like, etc. Also, I am so glad you provided links to others art - I think that will help me help you. When I looked through *purplekecleon's gallery, I look more at her simpler pieces to make what I'm saying easier to understand. 
Since you say that your colors are wither too saturated or too bland like this one, which I think is bland in the way that almost all your colors are pastels. I think using more earth tones at a not too saturated level would help. (Earth tones tend to have and undertone of brown, their compliment color, or something else.) I think that if you see a color that you like, try to use it in your own piece so you can practice.
As for =Feyrah's colors, I can't see the piece you like as the link seems to be broken, but she also uses a lot of natural colors but also incorporates some really saturated and bright colors. What I believe makes her saturated colors work so well is that she does use earth tones and the saturated colors come from the lighting, thus producing interesting highlights and overlaps the earth tones to bring the two together such as in this piece: [link]
Great first piece for the class and I also like how you have it fade into the deviant page color too, that's an interesting idea. I say try mostly to work on earth tones such as an example, you have lime green for some grass you might want to have used brown greens and blue greens instead and maybe even darker greens to move away from the pastel look - this is just the grass and it can be applied to the whole drawing.
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Thankyou so much for the feedback!
Like you said, what I especially love about her is her use of different colors and how she still manages to keep them in harmony with the rest of the picture. She also has a tutorial ([link] ) where she quickly explains color. Some things I got and found quite useful, but some of it I didn't get and I think they were important. Like in one part were she talks about warm and cool colors and how to make a cool (for example) green into a warmer green... That I didn't really got. But it was a pretty interesting read nonetheless
I don't really get what you said with "Earth tones tend to have and undertone of brown, their compliment color, or something else" What's an undertone? And how do I make a color have it? I'm sorry.. English isn't my first language :/
Here's again the [link] to Feyrah's piece, hope it works. Anyways, it's the big night scene of two raccoons in her front page in case you can't see it xP And I think you linked the wrong thing in Feyrah's example?
I'll be sure to keep everything you said in mind
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You're welcome
I agree that she does use colors really well and thanks for the link - I love looking at tutorials. People have a different view on things and when you're learning, you have to find your own.
The green into a warmer green is what I am trying to tell everyone on the next assignment (which I replied to this too late since you already submitted it 
What I mean about "Earth tones tend to have and undertone of brown, their compliment color, or something else" is that, for example, lets say you have a red object but it's more of a duller or not as bright red and so I'll put a layer of brown first (undertone because its underneath, though it can go on top as well, whichever way you prefer) and then the red. Thus, the red is more of a brown red. If you add reds compliment, green, you can get all different kinds of reds that are mainly duller and sometimes gray. Does that make sense? (And it's not even an English term everyone knows, it's like an English art term)
Ah! That link is the one I tried to link to you. I can see it
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Oh thank you so much! I'll definitely keep that in mind and will try to use more earth tones in my pictures
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oh sweet baby jeezuz that's adorable! <3 XD
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It's so adorable! I love the colors, they give the picture a certain....softness, so to speak. The style oddly enough reminds me of Winnie the Pooh...could just be me though.
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Aww thankyou so much! I did try to go for that "softness," so I'm glad it turned out ok, though I think it's a little too much x3
Now that you say so, it does remind me of Winnie the Pooh too.. Hmm that might just have given me an idea for my next piece
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I really hope you meant to say sweet there xD
lawl and thanks for the 
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Aww thankyou so much!! <3
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