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Did you know that ladybirds don’t eat leaves! They are carnivorous and eat other insects, most of which are considered pests to humans. They are often called a ‘gardener’s best friend’. If you want to see how this image was made head over to my Gumroad page and download the bundle for free. I have included a large printable file, a PC and mobile wallpaper and the original psd file so you can see how I set up my layers! https://gumroad.com/azbeen
Aw hell, it's christmas. Call me an idiot, but here you go.
http://postimage.org/image/pgw14zc6z/
just a note for the future though: you wouldn't ask a doctor to diagnose you for free, and you wouldn't ask a carpenter to fix something for free. For many artists, working for free basically means starvation (hell, i'm nearly there myself)
if you want to commission something in the future ring me up at artcrunch.net i guess :\
The amount of shit excuses and fuzzy phrasing on this thread is astounding.
The short answer to your question /u/tommyball ... Your art school was correct. Steer clear. Period. The law has not changed even remotely. As a matter of fact, if anything the interpretation of those archaic laws has repeatedly, at least in the U.S. sided almost exclusively with the copyright/ trademark holder.
SO why are you seeing so much out there? Quite frankly its from the legal school of 'They can't sue us all'. And Society 6, teefury etc. all, you better believe will sell your little arse down the river as soon as Disney etc. sends them that cease and desist letter. Any monies you made off of their characters likeness, and often their attorney fees to get you to stop using and making money off their characters/ properties.
The satire and absurdity laws are in fact there.. once you attempt to make money off of say Darth Vader, you'd better be prepared to defend your stance (which, costs money in attorney fees etc.)
Now there are RARE cases like Jerrod Maruyama where Disney saw his stuff.. loved it.. and now he does prints etc. for sale in their artists galleries..
A great post by Brad Colblow about selling and making money off of other peoples Intellectual Property..more importantly why you don't want to do it.
Drawing the Head and Hands by Andrew Loomis. He has a few books and they're all great.
Either take a class on figure drawing or just find a local meeting for it, usually a $5 entry fee for the model. Really helps with figuring out how weight is held, how the lines flow from the head to the body to the pelvis into the legs.
Just draw all the time. Draw without thinking about it so much, try not to get self conscious about each line, experiment with different kinds of drawing implements (eg. microns, brush pens, blue sketch pencils). Best of luck, drawing can be fun but maddening at times (for me anyway)
Children's books are a big time investment for an illustrator, it's not unusual for the work to take three months. That does, however, depend on how long the book is, how art-heavy you would need it to be and how involved you want the artwork. Be prepared to discuss all of that and more before an artist can give you a quote.
For where to look Behance is a good place to see a lot of different portfolios all in one spot. It's more professional than Deviantart so the ratio of solid professionals to people likely to flake is decent. If you live in an area with a lively art community though it's worth it to check out your local galleries and see if there's a local illustrator you would work with on a more personal basis.
I've posted my illustrations on both Behance and Deviantart. I prefer Behance, I haven't used Deviantart in a while. However, I'm still only drawing as a hobby, it would be good to get an opinion from someone who does illustration professionally. Behance also has a section where they advertise jobs, I believe.
I recently finished up a graphic novel for Split Lip Comics.
my portfolio currently can be found @ behance.mgoik
I can e-mail some of the pages from that graphic novel since it hasn't been published yet.
Check out <em>Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain</em>. Other than that just draw, draw draw draw, draw draw draw. Doodle, you'll notice patterns in what you're interested in creating. Look at art and take what you like from it, don't worry about not being original, you're developing your eye, ideas are easy.
Most of what I know about physics I learnt from Ed and Phil :D I love them too!
I actually made an unsolicited article about these youtube channels, check it out as well: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JMmsl_q4vD2zTi0DCD7hC3f2iShkHnlP2LFcHYLlRRc/edit?pli=1
I'm not sure about the typeface. The style and colour scheme looks great, but I think it would look amazing with more detail in the silhouettes and background.
Not sure if it's frowned upon to alter art work. But I thought I'd give the the best example of the design I think would work best with this piece. Typeface used.
I use these. Cheap, sturdy for a sketchpad, I buy 7 at a time and work through them.
This looks HEAVILY BORROWED from the Night in the Woods Kickstarter poster. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1307515311/night-in-the-woods/posts/655641
I'm being very nice with "heavily borrowed."
That would be awesome. If you haven't found someone yet, I'd definitely be interested! I collaborated with an Android developer last winter on a music app, LoopStack, and had a great time doing the design. [Here's my portfolio](www.alexcue.com), if you'd like to take a look.
For what it’s worth, I really enjoy being able to see the artists hand in their work.
And for color scheme stuff, as long as the colors are on different layers they can lock transparent pixels and experiment away. Since you were kind enough to share some practical advice, I’m going to do the same! Here’s a tool by Adobe where you can put in a photo with a color scheme you like and it will spit out a palette for you:
Hey This guy has a patreon going on for this same purpose; check it out: https://www.patreon.com/DEISIGN there's a few facebook groups too, this one is a good one: https://www.facebook.com/CharacterDesignReferences
Some things to think about:
Do you know how many pages the book would be? Would the illustrations be full page images with backgrounds or just figures on white space? Do you want lineart, limited color or full color? Do you have a hard deadline and if so when is it? Do you have a preferred medium? If the book is going to be part of a series do you want the same illustrator for every book? Do you want the book to be a genuine collaboration with the art and writing influencing each other or do you have a script and just need corresponding images?
These are all things an illustrator would need to know to get the ball rolling on giving you a quote. There are going to be more too, especially once you start talking details.
For places to find illustrators there are plenty here and you will probably get a bunch of interested responses. You can also check out a site like behance to see a lot of portfolios in one place.
Fair warning, children's books do take a lot of time and get pricey. But quality art is absolutely worth it to create a memorable book.
If you're able or interested in using Photoshop, definitely look up Kyle T. Webster's brushes. They're amazing.
He's also got one watercolor you can get for free: https://gumroad.com/kyletwebster
That's awesome to hear! I definitely followed the same route. Tight deadlines and expensive art supplies. It's really a fascinating process to learn ways to mimic traditional art. And I think quite ironic that I'm trying to mimic watercolors on bad paper with a very expensive machine ha. Kyle's runny inkers are the best and definitely what I used! I've bought most of his brushes. I think he's making bank! I'm attaching a link to an artist named Shiyoon Kim who also has some brushes that I use a lot for inking. You may already know about him, but if not he works at Disney and did the illustrations at the end of "Tangled" I love his brushes as well! https://gumroad.com/l/shiyoonink
If you have anything online I'd love to see some of your work!
It's nice talking to you!
I bought the brush pack off a former classmate of mine, Andy Brinkman, which you can find here! Best $5 I ever spent! He also sent me additional brayer textures upon request and has a great demo video up.
Definitely worth the investment!
just so you know, i can't see any images on the Portfolio or Doodles pages if i'm using Chrome (on a mac). Safari and Firefox work fine though, although they have a long load time for the big images which isn't displayed so there's a second or two of "...is it working?" there.
(btw, have you ever heard of Indexhibit? http://www.indexhibit.org/ ..it's a basic little CMS which is super easy to set up, and makes nice clean sites, perfect for visual artists... or even a customised Tumblr might work ok)
(oh - you have some great work, too.)
Oh man, I love watercolors and they are a beast to tame, for sure! Right now, I would recommend you start steering away from using the colors directly from the tube/tray as it's pretty noticeable and also comes across as childish and unsophisticated (primary colors, man). Start planning your color schemes and aiming for more sophisticated color compositions (use a color picker aid like kuler ) and adding some subtle cool/warm gradients into your colors so they aren't as flat. Keep it up!
Great stuff! If I had one crit to make it would be that you are often locking in to a complimentary color scheme. Lots of red/green and blue/orange stuff. I love it -but if you wanted to stretch a little go here (if you haven't already) and choose some color schemes that you normally wouldn't. I like the sculptural work too! The poly pieces are freakin adorable! Also, you can always bow at the alter of the great and powerful Matt Kohr. Even if you're not working digitally it's worth a trip.
That sounds gratifying. You could always get some dinky frames from a thrift shop and frame some of the illustrations from the books that are falling apart. If you're ever curious about lost pages you could also check if someone has scanned it to the internet archive. If it's a regular habit of yours to put your scans online and you have a Pinterest/Tumblr/Flickr/blog I'd love to follow!
I believe michaels typically has it too but its not a good deal unless youve got a coupon. Typical price is 30 per pad there but its available on amazon here for much cheaper
Unfortunately, most of the videos these days are digital mediums. But if you don't already know about it, "Level Up" is a great youtube series. Its mostly digital, but you can learn a lot just by watching the different artists handle the tool. also, if you have any money at all to spend, i highly recommend purchasing the book, "Rendering in Pen and Ink" by Arthur L. Guptil. Heres a link...
http://www.amazon.com/Rendering-Pen-Ink-Techniques-Illustrators/dp/0823045293
https://www.amazon.com/Alice-Sparkle-exciting-childrens-technology/dp/B0BNV5KMD8
That's all you need to know.
A writer and an artist goes hungry, while a tech dev eats for three.
Best book on ink drawing I can think of. it will let you develop your ability then you can develop a style.
A long time ago, I drew another common raven skull. I decided to revisit with a different reference, and an update to my shading technique.
"The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids."
What a sweet and thoughtful way to process grief together and remember a beloved pet. I'd love to work on this if you're still looking for an illustrator. I am an illustrator and enjoy working on children's books. A good example of some recent work is a book called "I can be one too" by Susan Kain, here's an Amazon link if you'd like to see it. https://www.amazon.com/Can-Childs-Book-Yoga-Poses/dp/1547075759 She also hired me for a second book called "we can be one too" which you can find online as well. If you'd like to look at my portfolio and different styles I can work in, feel free to visit www.LaurenisLauren.com
I've use dip pens with one nib so i only use the 513EF pen nib.
I prefer thick lines, which is weird because when I use fountain pens, I prefer thin lines.
That's really nice! I've never actually practiced with watercolour pencils on their own. Yeah you should, I use a a palette called Himi it's quite popular amongst goauche illustrators :)
Drawn with a fountain pen thing, dipped in ink. I dunno, ive had this set for years but only just given it a go this week. You could be right about the shadowing, but i was just practicing really, so im not too bothered. This picture was based on this graffiti piece i did last year
>What did you use for inking that the water color didn’t mess with it
I use a waterproof ink, there are several. I use Platinum Carbon Ink.
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Nice work... reminded me of Secrets of a Devon Wood by Jo Brown, which I had to buy because it has some of the greatest field journal illustrations I've ever seen.
Keep it up and I just might have to buy yours one day too!
I commissioned this cover artwork. It was done by the incredible Ryuutsu. You can find her web site here: https://www.ryuutsu.com
It turned out so beautifully that I wanted to show it off (and shill my book in the process).
The Mambo Wizard: Breakfast is Served! available for purchase from Amazon now.
Just keep going and practicing until you get good. Try to do at least an hour a day, look up examples and study them. Then narrow down what you want to tell. Also, google tips and tricks for comic writing. My two comics are on Amazon Kindle
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NGQK7BH/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_M611RRN296TD3FTB6KRV
https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Andersen-Classic-Fairy-Tales/dp/0881012769 perhaps?
It was the compilation one I had as a kid.
Check out this pose: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/red-fox-running-777956281
And the other leg, in my mind, would be hiding behind the tail fluff and if I had included it, it would have made that left hind leg look WAY too long based on the angle the the fox is moving in.
And thank you for your kind words!
Hey guys! For those that wanted to purchase prints, a Patreon page is live! You can still inquire with me personally by PM and email, but if you'd like to make it easier by using the Patreon platform, you're more than welcome. Also, you can support lots of other creators! Cheers! https://www.patreon.com/boffrey?ty=h
Looks really good :) I would try to simplify it even more, here is a project that I love and you can try to go along these line, if you want to, of course: https://www.behance.net/gallery/10428765/Bicicletas
I really love the effect of this, and was thinking it was painted, but it appears to be vector art. The filters and effects used on it are really well done, and I like the rounded/cartoony edges to the leaves and branches.
Now you can! Best notebook for filling out 100%. Never bleeds to the next page even when blacking out an entire page with sharpie.
It's not actually mine. It's an illustration from the 19th century by a Jane Blackburn (you can see her initials on the bottom left) for a work of historical fiction called "The Lances of Lynwood". Here's the ebook on Google, and here's a book of just her illustrations. None of the other scenes are as surreal, though you still might like them.
I'm almost positive this is a copperplate etching. I actually have done two myself, but they're not as tight as this.
Thank you so much! I made this in procreate and I used the 6b pencil brush primarily, and then went in with a brush from this brush pack to add some additional shading :)
Bless you for your efforts, but if you are appointing yourself public defender of all artists who have had their work swiped off the internet, you are going to keep very busy. I've had my stuff stolen so much I can't even get excited about it anymore. A lot of people, especially overseas (copyright is a foreign idea to many Eastern cultures), just treat everything on the web as public property. It's sad, but true.
The wolf/dreamcatcher image is a pretty common theme, so there could be dozens like it. I found this one on Shutterstock: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/detailed-wolf-aztec-style-307080074
Thanks! I used Inking->Syrup, Airbrushing->Soft Brush, All Star-> Dry Brush. First two comes with Pro-create, last one is free to download here from Procreate! :) https://procreate.art/all-star
I kinda like your drawing. It reminds me a bit of the art nouveau style between 1890 and 1910 ( http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/36571/Art-Nouveau ) Especially the hair and the dress are very well drawn in my opinion. Only the background iritates me a bit. It's probably the way you applied the blue and green colour. May I ask what the assigment was you had to draw this for? :)
Hey thanks! It was probably only the second time that I messed with making a gif. The first time was just a dinky little experiment that I was screwing around with. But to answer your question, yes, I used the video and animation timeline feature in photoshop CS6 to put it together.
If you're interested, here's the entire project that you can check out. It's still kind of work in progress. I have another character that I'm working on, along with a few other things that I'm tweaking.
Hello there!
We continue to polish the characters of our mobile game Final Dungeon and today I would like to introduce Arthur - a familiar pet of the paladin girl Aina, who you probably already know (https://np.reddit.com/r/finaldungeon/comments/qwukwz/miss\_aina\_pendragon/). Each pet in our game has two states - peaceful and combat. In his peaceful state Arthur is a cute little lion with whom you want to play. But when it comes to fighting, he turns into a fearful dangerous beast. I’ll show his combat version later and now I want to ask: how do you like peaceful little Arthur from a point of view of character design and animation? Should we work on him some more?
This looks like a relaxing day. I really like the simplicity of this illustration. The colors and shadows give a really chill vibe and I love that. I noticed that this person has 2 left feet, watch out for angles and placements. If you want to make this a more realistic image, try a different shadowing and highlighting technique. Maybe this tutorial can help: https://www.jotform.com/blog/tips-and-tricks-increase-the-realism-of-your-vector-images-in-adobe-illustrator/
Thought I'd share this here as it seems appropriate at the moment.
Hope you like my work. If you're feeling generous, then you can always help me out here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iota
Greatly appreciated!
I hit a spike of inspiration going through the fifthworldpics subreddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/FifthWorldPics/top/?sort=top&t=all) If you are looking for websites perhaps some of these will do: http://www.moreofit.com/similar-to/dribbble.com/Top_10_Sites_Like_Dribbble/ Sorry for the shitty spam portal but it seemed like a quick way to list them :)
I'm hosting a community art contest to celebrate the one year anniversary of my ongoing manga, "Tamashi."
All entrants would have to do is draw a character from the manga and send it in. 3 winners will be chosen. Winners will receive prizes and a free commission. This is my first time trying something like this so I hope all things will go well.
Also, I hope this is the right subreddit for something like this. If it's not then if anyone knows a more appropriate one then please let me know.
Manga Series can be found at:
RyanMcCarthyProductions.com
Tapastic https://tapas.io/series/Tamashi
Webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/tamashi/list?title_no=126747
The jump is going to be intense at first. If you can, get a drawing screen like a Cintique or Huion to help smooth the transition, that'd be great, but any drawing tablet will be a good start. I suggest getting Kyle T. Webster's texture brush packs to experiment with. Don't be afraid to use layers in photoshop to play around on top of things you like and don't want to ruin as you accustom yourself to the tools. I listed several resources on this thread that may help.
Also, just searching under r/illustration, r/art and r/concept art for "new to digital paint" will yield some results.
I made the 3d model in Magicavoxel and I added the colors and lights in Photoshop. And i have studied for a long time the fine art of "pizza"
Magicavoxel is a free software and very enjoyable to use, if you want to take a look ;)
https://www.pexels.com/photo/art-attractive-beautiful-beauty-458381/ Used this image to draw from. This is a great source for free photos, with links to donate to original creators if want or are able :)
I'd be interested as to help Check my portfolio here: Portfolio and if interested drop me a line at either or Thanks!
Great - they're here:
They vary in style. A Tissue is very different to say, Chest (or Prince or Dreamless) and different to Prawns.
Thanks for reading :)
One of the illustrations from Block! Jigsaw - Block puzzle and Art Games. Now available worldwide for download on Google Play and coming soon on iOS.
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My all time favorite pen (it's not a brush pen) the tip has this great flexibility to go from thin to thick of you press down on it:
Kuretake Fude Brush Pen Extra Fine https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015APMOGM/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_QWFPN5H1V0RHCZ3ZVG0Y?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
The future that never was - KITTY KITTY by Quentin Raffoux & Aliénor Rossi
Join sassy space cat Lee and his Desert Eagle-toting, soda-swigging human partner, Ali, in a future that never was. Board the dynamic duo’s ship, the mythical Kitty, as they bounty-hunt their way through a solar system where the Soviets got to the Moon first; where space is a lawless void; where cats talk and pizza comes in a can. It’s an alternate history as only the 80s could have built it—so lock and load and shout Cowabunga! because it’s crime-fightin’ time!
Artist: Théo Saragas
Very nice! Brings back memories of the Redwall books. Maybe you'll continue in it's tradition? I love talking animal books.
Brian Jacques Redwall Series Set (Book 1-20): Redwall; Mossflower; Mattimeo; Mariel of Redwall; Salamandastron; Martin the Warrior; Bellmaker; Outcast of Redwall; Pearls of Lutra; Long Patrol; Marlfox; Legend of Luke; Lord Brocktree; Taggerung; Triss https://www.amazon.com/dp/0077381122/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_K3pHFbEK7RP6B
If he is into making creatures and animal anatomy you could get him Science of Creature Design by Terryl Whitlatch. Really amazing book, has helped me create characters plenty of times, and it is selling for 30$ on amazon right now.
Do you know what she has or already commonly uses?
A nice watercolor set could be good. Winsor Newton has a lot of different sets you could choose from to fit your price range. I do a lot of watercolor in my illustrations and while there are higher end brands out there, I still love W&N watercolors, especially for the money.
If you want something else to go with that, a dip pen or a fountain pen and some Platinum Carbon Black ink would be perfect. That ink is totally waterproof once it's dry so she can watercolor over it if she wants.
Ahh thanks a lot man, appreciate it! Perhaps this shows the difference a little better? https://i.imgur.com/J6FUlZi.jpg I have always just used this or something similar until it breaks https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wacom-Bamboo-Splash-Tablet-CTL471/dp/B0089VGPII
Drawing the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm and pretty much anything by Andrew Loomis would be a good place to start if you're interested in drawing people. Those books break the face/figure down to shapes and proportions so you don't have to rely on reference.
You must learn to crawl and walk before you can fly.
Take a life drawing class, or the equivalent in books and use of online resources.
I recommend Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain as a starting point.
Good human references in your local mall, bus station and some youtube channels.
Of course, that just handles the human component of illustration, comics in particular aren't just one discipline as they often must incorporate architecture and landscape, so learn all those, too.
Hey,
My greatest advice is to read a lot of books on art. I strongly recommend you: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by by Betty Edwards and Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R. Norling.
Drawing is the bread an butter of illustration.
Hope this helps :)
You should check out these free Andrew Loomis instructional drawing books: http://illustrationage.com/2013/04/02/free-andrew-loomis-art-instruction-downloads/
Fun with a Pencil, Figure Drawing For All It's Worth, and Succesful Drawing would all help you immensely.
it looks like you're doing ok, definitely improving.
one thing to think about in figures is the structure underneath the skin, and how the bones and muscles influence the outward layer. the classic text is Bridgeman's Anatomy. i also like anything by Andrew Loomis - Creative Illustration is his exhaustive work, but Fun with a Pencil, How to Draw Heads and Hands might be helpful. (my references are pretty traditional/oldschool)
There's a really cool book that features comics about some interesting Missed Connection ads found on Craigslist.
Always thought that was a clever idea. Keep up the good work! :)
This one. They're lots of fun
She illustrated all of the pieces herself, which took a couple of weeks. We had a great initial launch with a pre-sale campaign and now we sell a dozen or so per week via Amazon and her website.
It's called Astrology of Joy
I picked up this A3 size LED lightpad for $86 - it's amazing. Fully dimmable, very easy to use. I'd advise buying the A/C adapter version:
This is the one I got and it works great for tracing my sketches onto watercolor paper.
I like it because it is really thin, easy and quick to use, and doesn't take up a lot of space. You power it by plugging it into USB so you just need to make sure you have a computer or charger relatively nearby. They have it in different sizes. Hope that helps.
Also I just noticed that the different sizes have a little different configurations, it looks like the A4 has to be plugged into a wall for example so if you get a larger one it may vary a little from what I described.
Glad I can help!
As I said I use them all the time and so far they have preformed AWESOME. By the way, you might also want to consider getting this water brush. I use it with the markers to distribute the color and create the watercolor effect. It is super handy, easy to work with and most of all mess free. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AX31TZO/ref=s9_simh_gw_p229_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=02ND5D0E52CZSYVNY7Q8&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop
This set of paints is pretty cool as well. It is portable and very convenient. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OVG40E/ref=s9_simh_gw_p229_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=02ND5D0E52CZSYVNY7Q8&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop
I carry the markers, the water brush and the paints with me everywhere. All of them are certainly good investment.
Cheers!
Hi there!
I am not sure if this is something yo are looking for, but I use watercolor markers which are AMAZING! The colors are vibrant and are fantastic to work with. "Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen" is the name and they are available on Amazon. See link below. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZB51C/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687602&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0074HJL0W&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0QEQ1700FFENXM8VN9P1
I hope this helps.
Cheers!
It depends on the style you're aiming for. When I teach any intro-level drawing classes, I always recommend the following kit:
- Toned paper
- Cheap drawing pad (medium-tooth is best)
- Some pencils for sketching (I prefer the Staedtler Mars set of various weights, so you can get a feel for what works best for which stage or style)
- Charcoal sticks (both hard and soft)
- White charcoal pencil or Chinese crayon
- Charcoal powder
- A powder brush
- A kneaded eraser
- a dozen or so cheap pink erasers (to be cut up into useful little erasers of custom shapes)
This kit gives you a wide range of tools to make anything from soft, glowy images to fine, hard-lined ones. I also STRONGLY recommend you start sketching from life with a pen or crow quill (and read Rendering in pen and Ink ) to help you make good decisions and keep things loose while living with any mistakes.
None whatsoever. I'd recommend getting a scratch-guard for the screen (or taping the thinnest piece of acetate you can find over the surface like I did years ago), and getting a desk-mounted Ergotron to help manipulate the quite-heavy Cintiq around.
One thing: the most recent models are HD, whereas the older models (like the one you're looking at) are standard-def DVI @ 1600x1200 resolution. If HD display quality is important to you, maybe think twice?
Hey there. I think the shading could be simplified in its shapes, and also direction. Right now you have the highlights indicating the light is coming from all sorts of places: underneath her (arms) Front right (chest and legs), upper right (face and hair). Make sure you know exactly where your light source is and how it will hit her body.
The shadows also don't seem to make sense- they aren't conforming to the body shape and they don't reach the edge or wrap her form, so they just read as floating shapes.
It's a good start but I think you may want to take it back a step and really plot out/block out where everything is going to be in shadow and light. Also, this book is the best http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427037249&sr=8-1&keywords=color+and+light