GaleFenrir

Well, I would only recommend comicado to someone who uses a tablet. The main feature I like about it that a program like Photoshop or GIMP does not have is a virtual mannequin that you can place and pose on the board to use as reference. So, practically useless if you're drawing out on paper. You can PM me about more general advice on digital art, I'd rather not clutter this thread with such.

I have a small wacom tablet that I use. It's useful for the initial sketching and shading. If you have a scanner(as I know you do not have a drawing tablet), sketching on paper is also viable. The program I use is a lightweight program called Comicado that I got off Steam. It's not quite as fancy as Photoshop but it suits my needs.

@@Leafeon, ((just thought I'd mention that Counter isn't actually anymore accurate than revenge. In game terms, atleast)) "Really? That's your tactic? Not doing anything at all?" Cecil scoffed at the gym leader. "Well, then, why should I even bother with you right now? Rogue, come here." The croagunk turned to face its trainer, "croa?". "No, we're not forfeiting, don't be ridiculous. But if the leader isn't going to actively fight, then we might as well take a moment to figure something out." The croagunk bounded over toward its trainer, standing in front of him, but still in the battlefield. Cecil knelt down, and put his hand up so as to whisper conspiratorially into his pokemon's ear. "Ay! You know that poison sting move you have?" The croagunk nodded. "Well, quite frankly, it's awful. You should just forget about it, learn something new." The croagunk glanced at its trainer, clearly offended. "What? Look, when Warden knew it, it was just plain awful. Seriously, it deals so little damage and hardly ever actually poisoned the enemy. Look, I know a move that you should try learning, it could really help us in situations like this." This caught the croagunk's attention and it listened attentively. "Look, all you gotta do is..." Cecil began detailing the basics of how to pull off this technique. ((so, Cecil is now attempting to teach his Croagunk Feint attack to replace Poison Sting. I'm not sure how long that should actually take, though. Mind If it has sufficient knowledge to pull it off my next post?))

Ambrosia Ambrosia waved a hoof at Kazemde's concern, "yeah, quite unharmed. Sorry, that near collision was as much my fault." She followed his lead and did a respectful bow. She wasn't quite certain what level of formality would be expected of her from this stallion, or even what formalities he would be expecting. She didn't know much of anything about Saddle-arabia, but here she had met not one but two ponies from there. Thus, she wanted to put her best hoof forward. Ambrosia felt quite embarrassed, actually. She was actively looking for this fellow and she nearly bumped into him. Granted, the market place was relatively crowded, and Ambrosia's thoughts were wandering as much as her hooves. Still, she disliked it when the first impression she left a pony was that of a ditz. In fact, she quite disliked that term itself. Ditz. Some of the more bitter ponies she knew had called her that on more than one occasion. She raised back up, and looked over Kazemde, for the first time up close. She didn't know what to say, after all, she didn't even know why Mirage wanted to find him. She figured it would be best if she let her do the talking, for now. She turned back around to see if Mirage had caught up.

9/10 Applejack looks great as a bat pony

My current user name is an anagram for one of my OCs. That, and it's word salad-y enough to be distinct.

*clears throat* Revolutionary Girl Utena Madoka Magica Tiger & Bunny RahXephon Gurren Lagann Shinsekai Yori Fate/Zero Serial Experiments Lain Cowboy Bebop Trigun School Rumble Fullmetal Alchemist or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Scrapped Princess Golden Time(same author as Toradora, btw) Haibane Renmei Princess Tutu Steins;Gate Bamboo Blade Baccano! Kino's Journey Eureka Seven Soul Eater you should find something to your liking in there.

The mane should probably be more voluminous, it looks weird because it is very flat. Other than that, you should definitely work in a higher resolution next time and use thinner lines.

Well, there was another reason why frontier isn't nearly as popular as the first 3 seasons. It suffered the misfortune of being the season when rights and broadcasting of the series was in a state of limbo, and thus did not enjoy the same billing as the first three did. So not only did people lose interest in the series from general fatigue, fans and newcomers who otherwise would've watched it were not actually capable of following along with the confusion. Though, I agree with Discordian, frontier's theme is way better.

Nah, man, Slash! from Tamers was way better than Brave Heart, though Brave Heart was good in its own way. Then again, I absolutely adore Tamers, so I must admit I am biased.

The show was always better than Pokemon's. Cause it actually focused on adventure, and character conflict and development. Both shows had an awful, awful knack for puns, though. You can blame 4kids and Saban for that.

@@Leafeon, "Damn... none of this is working! I'll try a different move, I guess..." "Counter!" The croagunk responded to the qwilfish's pin missile assault, its arm glowing as it reached out to smack where it felt the pins coming from. "Counter probably won't do all that much... it only deals double the damage taken, and considering pin missile does so little... I just want to land a hit at this point, though."

@@Leafeon, "Gah! You are a really annoying Gym Leader, you know that? What are you even hoping to accomplish?" Cecil said, losing his cool and letting his frustration show. The qwilfish was incredibly tiny now, "if only Rogue could hit it... at this point, its so small, that a single good smack could probably send it flying. Like a gnat. Just, I want to crush it like the annoying gnat it is." "Rogue, just go for broke! Keep swinging at it, put your entire body into it! Just smack it with a vengeance!" Finally, the croagunk could agree with her trainer. All she wanted was to smack an enemy, and this entire gym battle has been nothing but a prolonged mud-slinging match. "Croa! Croa! Croa!" The pokemon said, wildly flinging its body and limbs to smack the qwilfish, using its(at this point) much larger body to try and overwhelm the pokemon.

@@Leafeon, Cecil's eyes widened when he saw the qwilfish lower its altitude. "A-ha!" "Rogue! Attack the ground again with Revenge!" The croagunk nodded, "-gunk!", and lifted up its arms to slam the ground again. This time, however, the croagunk was incredibly annoyed by the pin missiles of the qwilfish, though they were not much more than a nuisance. She slammed the ground with a greater impact than last time, her revenge at full strength from the annoyance of the pin missiles. The greater impact meant even more mud flung into the air, as well as some chunks of the floor.

@@Leafeon, A smirk appeared on Cecil's face as he saw the qwilfish use bubble on the ground, "a-ha! Exactly as I had planned!" He exclaimed with bravado. He put his hand up to his chest, "these are, in-fact, ideal conditions for my Rogue. Y'see she grew up in a swampy habitat, she loves the mud!" He said. Of course, the croagunk didn't actually grow up in a swamp, and Cecil knew that. In fact, Cecil wasn't even sure if croagunks inhabited swamps. He just kinda figured they did. But, it was true that the croagunk was quite enjoying the mud, especially with the extra moisture provided by the qwilfish's bubble. However, it definitely didn't provide solid footing, and the pokemon slipped onto its stomach. Rather than attempting to pick itself up, the croagunk was content to slide around on its belly, using its limbs to propel and maneuver itself. "well... this isn't really accomplishing much. How am I supposed to hit that bloody thing? None of my pokemon have attacks with a large area of effect, or any moves that are guaranteed to hit... I guess I'll just have to wreck things and hope the enemy gets caught in the collateral damage." "Now, slam the ground with revenge!" The croagunk perked up its head, and was currently positioned beneath the qwilfish. It was going to question why it shouldn't just aim for the enemy, but it was in a good mood and simply did as it was suggested. The croagunk raised its arms, and pounded the ground with all its might. The impact sent mud and chunks of the floor through the air.

7/10 I'm not really a fan of spongebob, but boy does Patrick look dapper in that outfit.

Ambrosia "Hmm? Well... yeah, I mean, why wouldn't I help? Isn't it normal for ponies to help each other?" Ambrosia cheerfully said in response to Mirage's question, a smile on her face. "Mirage... that's a nice name." She was quite enjoying the attention, she had to admit to herself, and she puffed out her chest and walked with her head up. As they were walking towards the market place, a stray thought passed through her mind. "Huh, I wonder why Mirage is looking for this fella. Are they connected somehow? Hrmm..." she pondered for a bit. "well, I guess it doesn't really matter... hrmm, unless... nah." Ambrosia looked over Mirage, who she noticed had been doing the same to her. Ambrosia had a smile on her face, and her eyelids were slightly lowered in satisfaction. Ambrosia never really thought she was all that much to look at. Certainly not ugly, or homely, but she didn't particularly feel exceptional. It's partly why she always wore her shawl, she thought it made her stand out more. Yet, here was an exotic beauty casting coy looks at her. As they neared the market, Ambrosia thought to take a higher vantage to see their target. She fluttered her wings once more, and took off vertically. He was pretty much exactly where she saw him earlier, and from the glittering in the stall she figured it to sell gems or other such accessories. She landed back down, and cantered through the crowd to the stallion, confident that Mirage was following behind.

@@Vaporeon,@, @@Umbreon, Abigail looked between the three other people with her on the roof, the two trainers saying that they would be going to Ecruteak. Abigail Looked down, uncertain of what to do. Her eyes drifted to her belt, where she saw Isabella's heal ball. She unclipped it and held it in her hand. "What should I do? Wouldn't I be getting in over my head, dealing with this kind of stuff? Didn't I promise her not to follow her to Sinnoh to avoid this kind of thing? I..." Abigail's mind wandered, half in contemplation of what to do in the moment, and half in thoughts of back home. She eventually clipped the heal ball back to her belt, and perked up her head. "Umm, mind if I tag-along to Ecruteak?" she asked the other two trainers, but her eyes settled on Cila, "oh, we haven't actually properly been introduced, yet. My name is Abigail, nice to meet you!" She gave a friendly smile.

@@Leafeon, "Really starting to wish I had taught Rogue a move like feint attack..." Cecil thought, his eye twitching in annoyance and frustration. Cecil briefly considered switching out pokemon again out of impatience, but quickly ruled that out. Cecil clenched his fist, "alright, Rogue! Just cover this place in mud! Mud, everywhere, don't even worry about hitting that pest! Just do it!" "Croa?" The croagunk turned to her trainer, a quizzical look on its face, "that's right! Just fling it anywhere!" A sly smirk appeared on the croagunk's face, and Cecil's eye's widened in horror. The croagunk flung mud towards its trainer, though he kept his wits about him enough to block it from hitting his face with his arms. "Okay, preferably at least in the general direction of the enemy..." the flustered trainer clarified. The croagunk turned back towards the enemy, and started flinging mud with wild abandon. "I'll need to change here soon..." Cecil said, looking at the mud on his sleeves. But, he looked back towards the battlefield, examining the situation, "hopefully... even if Rogue can't hit it, the sheer coverage of mud on the floor will prove valuable."

@@Umbreon,@@Vaporeon, @, "You say that as if though this isn't a big deal!" Abigail said to the trainer she still hadn't properly met. "I mean..." Abigail seemed remorseful about her comment, as her eyes drifted down and her muscles relaxed. "I just mean, those guys shouldn't be taken lightly..." "What am I even talking about? I don't know anything, this girl must have more experience then me. I mean, what is Ho-Oh? And I think I may have heard about Team Magma and Aqua, but not much... just that they were some eco-terrorists or something." Abigail's head perked up, "that guy said they had something big planned, a big storm. We don't know their plan, so we have to assume the worst, right?"

Wait, I just thought of another example! Tohya and Yukito from Card Captor Sakura. Through the entire first two seasons it is implied that they are very very close friends, and are shown to deny the advances of any girl that worked up the nerve to ask either one of them out. But, in the third season, they are given further development both as individual characters and as a couple and it is so precious. For a specific scene, I would definitely have to say the one where Tohya sacrifices something very special to him in order to save Yuki's life. I won't go into further detail, since I don't wanna spoil it.