Not bad, man! Love the shading :)

While this is quite nice, just because that emote is a slight dangersign in terms of emotes in general, ensure you're making sure you don't show yourself as one who is underage.

Also, even if you don't have a scanner, you can still clean things up in photoshop, it's not hard to do. I've been doing that since I was 13.

>>641
Unfortunately not everyone has photoshop!

I would recommend that you just take any program on your computer (Multiple for PC, iPhoto for Mac) and just go crazy with contrast/hue (color)/etc. sliders until you get something you're satisfied with! I can answer most basic photo-cleanup questions for you if you'd like since I've been without photoshop for YEARS. :)

But, since I liked the pic enough, thought I'd clean it up a bit for you! Good luck on your other drawings, and colorings! Try to look up some tutorials on how to take photos of your art so you can capture the colors correctly (there are quite a few on Deviantart!).

>>643
Photoshop is available on many disreputable torrent sites as well as the official site as a 30 day trial. I initially started with jasc photoshop as a free trial that never expired when I was 11 or so.

Then I moved onto GIMP, which is free and available for all systems. Your excuse holds no water with me.

Simple grayscale combined with some levels messing and some use of eraser tool can do most cleanup.

>>650
Haha, I can see your point here. But just providing another option :) (also, you should only torrent if you have your own internet connection. Torrenting/P2P is very easy to catch say, on internet provided in your dorm, and most University ITs have explicit rules against torrents/P2Ps, and they will catch you. Torrenting is NOT for everyone.).

But yeah, GIMP is at http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ if you want it! Never been a fan, but it is a great tool.

I got Jasc on ebay for pretty cheap. <3 ebay

This Medic looks a lot like how I envision him. Bland, harmless, inoffensive... until the bonesaw and the manic leer come out.

>>651
I'd suggest for people really interested in continuing and one day using photoshop to use http://www.gimpshop.com/

Because it keeps it all in one window (which can piss people off) and uses the same shortcuts as photoshop.

>>652
This amuses me as wasn't jasc bought out by corel ages ago? Whatever works for you sure, but it's best to keep somewhat up to date.

Thank you all for the help! Really kind of you :)

>>684
We're here to help!

If you want tutorials on how to use certain programs I can also find those.