12. This is a great tool when making items...it is the shade progression of the palettes used here on mene made by Xuvrette:

13. These palettes are used more and more these days...this isn't as fancy as palette progression as the one Xuvvie made, but I use this all the time:

14. One tip I like to think about is to get the shape correct before adding the shading! It's hard to erase your shading each time you change the shape!
15. I call these the Phoenix Jubilee Palettes:
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16. This is called "bright purple" and has been used in a couple items:

17. This is called "Petrol"...it's a darker teal:

18. This is called "Mina Pink"....it came about during Valentine's Day 2013 because I was trying to make items in pink and hated all the pink palettes. So I created my own pink palette and dubbed it "Mina Pink" and the name just kind of stuck: