... ??? I think I know what you're talking about?
I color a base layer and then lock transparency and color on top of that?
Otherwise I just color wherever and then use an eraser to clean the lines.

for painting, I've only succeeded using watercolor. I tried acrylics, and it was very.. uh.. bad. :D I tried painting a fish scene. It was ... blue, with green wiggles for seaweed, and a big orange fish blob. Lol...;;; I think I shredded it.

The most memorable thing that made me want to throw things was a big bottle of ramune. Brown and green... ;n;

/edit
I inverstergerted!
It was an event shop I was looking at, sorry. ;u;"""
/editedit
oh, they were for runes, but it was a fundraiser. I see! @u@'

Kind of like that.. Locking transparency, you're just working on the same layer, but at least you don't have to fix the stuff outside of it owo

I want to try acrylics, but I heard it's extremely messy.

rofl xD. I think the artist that did that one is no longer part of staff.

How do I use a clipped layer then? @3@'

It was very messy. my grandmother bought me a set however, so I felt obliged to use them at least once. I think I'll try again soon... *shudders*

That's.. a relief.....
There are other items that are good, but not.. what I would publish. There are a lot of items like that, actually. ;_;

/edit
In case you were wondering, I just uploaded some of my traditional stuff..
http://imgur.com/a/OjgHy#0

Hey there, everyone. o3o

I am the manry-est of men!

*lurks behind Nikko before tackling* Hi Nikko!

Where's your special purple coloured skirt from, Tiva?

@Arikana: That is a Lord of Karmic Intervention -nodnod-

*chews on the hangout*

I wish Kami was still a pixelist here. ;A; **hugs my old dusty frostbites**
Also I like Merr's dragon! o3o

*hugs my Kami items as well* Reyo needs to get a Frostbite... had one before... gave it to Nikko as a birthday gift after his hiatus when he was trying to get stuff back.

What all did Kami pixel?

Kami pixeled things for Trisphee, that she did.

*tilts head* I ment like what items.

Hmm... don't think I'm at liberty to say.

lol ReyRey xD. I'm okay with it. I just don't like it when people say what my other usernames are (or works I've done under those accounts).