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In Corel Painter 8 im currently addicted to (and really over-using >:] ) the salt tool, which sprinkles white fade dots about <33 Prettyyy~
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Takase_ki/avaloncolourclean.jpg
theres an example of use of the salt tool. In use with other techniques, it can look really effective ( :
...theres a better example:

btw, that pic was all originally orange/gold. Fiddling with the brightness and contrast can sometimes really effectively change the whole tone of the pic

Aaaand, many people colour very traditional and neat. Sometimes i just sploosh colour on the page and i think it looks ok being messy : ) Those two images above are done just messy n_n;
See look~ heres the first image without its lineart surprised http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Takase_ki/avaloncolourglass.jpg messymessymessy
Experiment and try new things~ thats how you develop your own style, and progress. <_< in my opinion, anyway..

On a side note,
Heres a link to a paintchat i visit sometimes, in case you're interested :3
http://tohopchat.homeftp.org:5873/entrance_pro.html
I find it works better in some browsers than others.

I use Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 for my art. That's about all I can say for now.

I use Paint Shop Pro(pretty much because I could get it for free) but I do want Photoshop ):

*glomp* a fellow psp-er! i thought i was the only one *sniffles* this is such a beautiful moment.

dun dun duuun~

uuuum. it may just be your browser... the link works fine for me

hmmm
http://www.paintchat.jp/~aotama/paintchat02/entrance_std.html
theres a different one that works for me too : )

rofl Yay!!