Wow. It's awesome what a Piratecat cross-link does for a thread. Thanks for all the comments. I'm so lucky to participate in a community like this.
(contact): Yeah, I live in Oakland, CA. Most of these were painted in Photoshop after doing a sketch in pencil. The portraits were all painted at 1200x1800. As for the palette, it's pretty intuitive (read: random).
Siala: I don't think I've met anybody on these boards, but who knows? I agree some of these story hours would make interesting novelizations, graphic or otherwise. I also like to imagine them as radio plays.
btw. If you haven't already, check out
(contact)'s stuff. The watercolors are fantastically moody.
Siala's thread is, of course, required reading.
Now I better do some drawing, eh? I'll take a stab at a how-to when I get a sec. Thanks again; it means a lot.