Yeah, great job Scarecrow. The really cool thing is how well the details show up when put up on the screen. When you think how tiny the DSi's screen is, those details you painted show up remarkably well.

Here is a pencil sketch of one of my dogs. I find pencil much easier to use because finding the correct shades of colour is quite difficult. This picture didn't come out too well and I have managed to improve since I did this, which goes to show that Art Academey is a superb application.

Awwwww... He (she) is so cute! Like a little Ewok Did you do that from a photograph, or just sketch from scratch?

She (Lace) is 10 years old and I took a picture especially for this sketch. I don't think I would be very good drawing her from scratch, maybe later after some more practice. I have other pets so perhaps more to follow.

yay yet another monster:
sketch|colored
_{no, i have no idea of how this went from siren to mermaid.}

Abgar - You did a good job on that one. This time I like you coloured one better. You especially did a good job on the highlights and shadows of her tail. Is that really a 'monster' ? Is she from a game?

thanks you verrrry much it is a monster in escence, but no, it isnt from any particular game, shes just a mermaid, mermaids are kind of like monsters arent they?
its funny because i started painting it backwards, you know, first the mermaid, then the background, i dont belive Leo would like to hear that.

on a side note, that dog is very cute :3

I don't think the order you do something matters. Look at your two drawings. The pencil sketch has a totally different background from your coloured sketch. It really doesn't matter that you didn't do the background first, because as your drawing develops you might totally change your mind with how you're going to finish it. Didn't you even say that she started off as a siren, then turned into a mermaid? Your drawing grew and changed as you created it. I don't think there has to be any rule that says 'do this first, do that second'. Just let your imagination take you where it wants to go.

I'm downloading it right now, so hopefully I will be able to make nice pictures soon!
EDIT:

What do you think?

Thats one nice tree! I do recomend you to do the other lessons before attempting to do a free draw, though, it worked for me

Actually, I just did the cherry to figure out how to mix paints. I just finished the last lesson, and I think I'll post some more of my paintings.

Scarecrow was right- it really DOES look different on a big screen.

I think I'm going to try making another pear. My first turned out horrible.

My dog turned out horrible... I guess I'm used to drawing on actual paper and not a tiny screen.

@110percentful You are getting along very well there, keep up the lessons they get tough. The boat scene was very difficult.

Ughh.... I HATE mini lessons. [well, actually I just hated the mini lesson for the lime.] I will try the boat scene, but don't expect too much

Here is the pencil sketch of Lace, done in paint.

Mmmmm??

Lace again, she doesn't look so spooky really.

how do i post pictures?

This looks just like the dog we got last weekend! He's a Shih Tzu.

Although this has become a mostly art academy thread, I will repost my best flipnote for you all
Wow! Art academy really works huh? Maybe Ill get it at some point...

Well, I have art academy. I haven't used it much after finishing the lessons, but I just finished a sketch of my cat. So that inspired me to, finally, upload my paintings/drawings and show them to the world/nintendolife.

I didn't feel that my apple or sunset were good enough to save (I did them in the car, they were embarrassing). So here's my tree.

After the tree, I felt like trying to make something in free mode, and the first generic thing that came to mind was a sailboat.

I think the next three (the Pear, Lime and Wave) came out pretty nice. The pear is the only one of my pictures with an initial, because I didn't remember to add one for the others .

And finally the Sketch of my Cat I just did, along with the real picture for comparison.

Can you tell which one is which?

@Scarecrow, You were the inspiration for my cat drawing. Lace looks really nice