So I finally got a tablet

[Silent One 2]

As the title says, I got a bamboo tablet and started painting with it. I wanted to see what you guys thought.

And yes I like drawing girls. xD

This one took forever! I think I need to improve on skin tones.

This one took less time, but I didn't clean up the lines as much... Still need to get better at skin.

Anyways These are my first real digital paintings. Tell me what you think.

Oh and a link to my deviantart, if you want to check it out... http://silent1fd.deviantart.com/

-Silent

[Fierce Muffin 490]

Are all of them taken from actual pictures? Or just the redhead.

[Silent One 2]

I sketched the redhead with this pic as a reference(other than her dress)...

I just made up the angel.

[Princess Valhalla Hawkwind 39]

Is that Felicia Day?

[Fortissimo 2]

Don't use blacks, you slut.

Skin tones are not just a darker version of the base color. It makes it look flat and shit.

Use more purples and reds and blues.

[Silent One 2]

I'm not sure, it could be Felicia Day.

Ok i'll practice using more colors to add more value for skin and to add depth, but why shouldn't I use blacks?

[Silent One 2]

Well yes, I know you're not supposed to use black with real paints, but I thought using it in a digital painting is rather common.

It's an entirely different ball game though when you switch from a subtractive color system (which is what painting is, the primaries being cyan, magenta and yellow) to an additive one (which a computer monitor is, with the primaries being the well known RGB). In an additive system dark hues are only accomplished by removing light instead of adding pigment, so the problems a painter faces with black don't exist quite in the same way.