you can have textures and still maintain cel shading, it's simply a matter of making the shadows and shades more interesting. also cleaning up the lineart on the ground may help. But for example, you could have tufts of grass and maybe some flowers or plants of some sort sticking up out of the ground.

you also might want to note how the shadow and lighting of the grass are in relation to eachother, and the sun. Since you have the sun rather low in the sky, it would actually be considerably redder, shadows would be very deep (and going in the opposite direciton of the sun), and the hill would be darker towards the bottom of the image, rather than towards the right/top.

If you notice the shading on the face,body and the bodys shadows, go to the left side then when you look at the grass the shadow is on the right side and then the sun is behind you SO..the face should be complely shadowed and the hill should have a little highlight along the very top of it.i like the way the sun reflects on the water...AND...Welcome to the site! *pat*

its Eowyn... nice picture ; D maybe you should draw her fighting the Ringwraith next time.

I really need to fix that ugly-as-hell quote block. :)

that is awsome! I likes the expression on his? face.

Marcello - I did kick the copier last night, and hurt my foot... but no hole. And smoke can come out of a copier - I've seen it happen. (And it was the technician trying to fix it that made it happen. Our technicians are not smart... 'cept for the color copier tech. The B/W techs stink at their job.)
Rikku - I'm a girl... I just happen to like drawing myself with a serious lack of breasts. And my work shirt makes it look like that, too. -_- I'm growing out my hair after having it be short for five years, so it really does look weird.

Strangeoid.....I hate you. :P
I see you graffitied yours!

A little jealous, Fin?

I always thought your style was very cool... That thingy (I forget what they're called) is quite well done. Y'know, I never actually seen one up close.

"segway"

they're so lame lmao.

Oh! I used a mouse, by the way. That, and friends AIMing me, is why it took so long. ^_^;;;

Mouses rule, rules are here, therefore, that page must be Mousy.
Or not. Oh well, WElcome to 2draw, lovely piccy, folds are awesome ^_^

just remember, a mouse isn't an excuse, there are plenty of really good artists who only use crappy mice.

I do most of my drawings at school. Mainly because I have more free time at school than at home.

Neat. The shading is very good. I like the grass too.

looks pretty good, love the elephants. my only suggestion would be to bring the sky to the same level as everything else (maybe some clouds?)

Mandy, we're really starting to connect! But I have to.... never mind. J/k
forgot that =O

ok........4 one thing, if u guys think mandy is sandy, than u guys r crazy! sandy is one of 3 of my best friends and she wouldnt cuss herself out like she did on "Avalus" so get that fantasy outta ur mind. Mandy i'm watchin u. and 4 marcello-- r u feeling ok? no one in their rite mind wood cuss yourself out!

Maybe it's split personalities..J/K

Edit- I'm posting like 4 months outa date..How fun..

Wow Ray, really amazing, i´d like it a lot. Still you have to tell me how did you do it!!!
haha, great worrk!

the sharpen tool will give that effect if you use it enough.

Yay, Nice hair! Yes nice background.
Yes what is that thing hes holding,. I must know <_<. It looks like and i or an upside-down ! .

I believe they were once referred to as 'fountain pens,' though this ancient element isn't used much in today's electronic information age.

XD its a fountain pen...i have 2 ....

I use a mouse, but I am asking my parents for a Wacom Tablet for Christmas.. Possibly a Graphire or Intuos.
Thanks for your comments! Yah, I hope I am getting better! I drew PowerPuff girls for the first months I started doing oekaki (I was at PowerPuffOnline). I started this oekaki-business in June. But I have 'branched out' to anime & a little bit of furries. My Next Goal: Scenery! Or maybe not..

i reccomend the graphire. thats what i use.. i dont really see a need for the really expensive ones. i only have a graphire2 4x6. it was $99 at the time, and well worth it. the only diff with the "better" tablets is more pressure sensitivity, or a bigger space.. i dont even really use the pressure sensitivity.

I recommend getting a 6x8, and not a 4x5, no matter which line you get. 4x5 just isn't worth it. Now, graphire3 has 4x5 for $100, and 6x8 for $200. Whereas intuos is $300 for a 6x8. The advantage with an intuos is you'll have a much more robust tablet, (plus you can get platinum, while the graphire 3 design sucks and the colors aren't great). So it's really a question of if you're willing to spend $100 more for a more powerful tablet.
A side-by-side comparison. (I should mention I find the menu strip useless, the tilt can only be used in expensive programs like photoshop (7 and later), or painter (7 and later as well, I believe, 8 supports it). I'm working on a new applet that'll support tilt as well, though. I really like the intuos2 mouse, but I haven't used a graphire3 mouse to compare (The tablet mouse has completely replaced my optical). Since they have 6x8 in graphire as well now, that's not really a reason to go with intuos2 (one of the main reasons I went with it). Grip pen... that's probably also meaningless, it's nice, but dunno if it's worth it.