User blog comment:Mandiga/WINNERS! - Mandiga's Clawsmas Competition! ^^/@comment-13187859-20131223180817/@comment-13187859-20131224021651

It really did! It was a great tactic to use, to get people to be happy (or at least not sad) about not winning. Like I said, it's something for all future contest hosts to consider.

Yay, I got them all! Gold star for me!

Do you know any ways that I can do things with shading/lighting on a digital medium? Personally, I prefer using a pencil and paper (and can do shading somewhat decently using traditional art), but I have an awful scanner and my art doesn't quite translate as well onto the computer. By the way, thanks for the compliments. I didn't think that I'd be 'in the top'. ^^