Lil: Random luffles are great. Makes me feel happier! :)

and yeah, its been rare to see you online nowadays compared to when I saw you online everyday for the event ^^ Hope we can have chats more often when you are free!

@ Lili well I love your luffs!

But guys I have to go for now so talk to you all later. :D

Ivvy:
heh well i might do a freebie post page x3

Pancake:
like the vid? XD

Oooh the video was hilarious! the guy is a natural stand up comedian. and it helps explain Queen's Day! :)

I thought my country had a lot of public holidays but it seems that the Dutch have more ^^''

Wow third page. >.> I should not have been away for so long. >.< Seems like I missed some interesting things while I was asleep and busy. >.<

I am okay, just fell asleep earlier when my hubby was playing warcraft and just woke up... had to revive my thread from page three. >.< lol Other than that I have been taking care of real life stuff. >.< Ready to work on my gold quota for the day and some dolls. >.< How have you been today?

Ahh yeah head pieces can be a pain to get right.. at least they have been tricky for me.

Yeah a big block of color on the head could make it look odd. >.< But I am sure you will find a way to make it work for you. :D

I need to work on my shading as well.. but I know you will get it down, you are already good. :)

>.< Yeah I have been practicing as much as I can. I have been having fun with it to tell the truth. :D

Yeah I make myself take a break if I get stuck or frustrated so I don't destroy the parts of it I am happy with. :) I am working on a simple cute one right now just to work on my red and black shading.

>.< Yeah she is a blond with green eyes with a red top and stockings to her knees, with black shoes and skirt. That is what I have so far.. I may add a hair clip and maybe something for her arms since she hase a tank type of sleeve for her top... I am not sure what though. I am happy with how her hair turned out though.

*edit*

Here she is >.< What do you think?
The hearts were a pain to do... but I got them right after a bit. >.<
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...1307/candy.png

Hey Ivvy dear :)

News in my thread...

But on your pixel doll, what material are you aiming for on the skirt? You need to work a little more on the depth and shape of your outlines. If you like i can try to do a drawover to explain what i mean in whatever program linux has for editing--i think GIMP. lol.

Hey long time no chat with. :) I missed you... And I used GIMP to do it.. I am still getting the hang of the pixle thing.. what you see is what I have done.. so maybe a week at it in all so far.. the skirt is supposed to be a cotton like material so soft and everyday kind of thing. >.< I have gotten a little better since I started, but like I said I just started trying to do it. >.< lol I don't mind a do over.. maybe I can learn from you. Your pixles are always awesome. >.<

yeah i hate not having a pc, it's been quite a pain..and will continue to be really :(

Best thing i can recommend for you is to look into dithering, it helps a lot...and just hunt down any pixel art tutorials you can :) drawover coming up!

EDIT Okay here's a basic idea of what i mean. when you draw the outline try to imagine more how the clothes contour over the shapes--they're skin tight, but that's still not TIGHT on the skin, as you can see on the skirt. Hope this helps :)
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2585/drawover.png

Hellllooooooo~there.
XD

two things i wanted to add..the shoes aren't the shape of the feet, they never are. they're easiest to draw as bubbles around your feet with flat bottoms. And notice how the bottom of the skirt is curved upward? thats more of a personal preference thing, but on a doll with legs as long as those it adds to the visual apeal and draws your eye up instead of focusing totally on the legs.