Glad I can help mitzelflx! ^^
I feel you, I really do. I've met my dad's relatives in Japan early last year for the first time and man our conversations were pretty awkward haha! I could only bond with my cousins by talking about anime (mostly SnK) and Pokemon, but otherwise I kinda struggled...
Hiragana has a more rounded edges and curves while majority of katakana characters has a sharp edge/curve. For example, if you look closely「し」has a round curve while「レ」has a sharp curve at the bottom.
This is how I differentiate the two when I was small so I hope this helps! Good luck learning...
This. So true with the statement about ME!ME!ME! can i just say that daoko and teddyloid slayed with that song
While I'm aware that in the Japanese dictionary it's 'enthusiast', but only because they are using a neutral term that does not have any negative connotation stuck to it. In reality...
I switch between Paint Tool SAI and CS5 every now and then.
I haven't touched GIMP for a long time but I can try and help you. ^^ It shouldn't be too different than the ones I'm using now.
Cute! It's nice to see some variations of poses in the full body artworks. c:
Hmm I would say possibly around 120 TBT bells for full body and 65 TBT bells for head shots?
Here you go, Alby! I hope this will help you in some ways and I apologize for drawing it in a 3/4 angle. orz
If there's any questions regarding with the redline feel free to ask me!
Personally I feel that it's fine without adding the eyelashes. Though it's up to you if you want to include it in your future artwork. c:
If it's alright with you I can do a redline since I find it a little easier rather than rambling in my post haha!