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Here is my latest charcoal portrait. It is of my friend Aaron from Canada. It is based on a photograph by Tessa Beebe. I had to do it on watercolor paper, so it's not blended perfectly. Please critique. [IMG]http://i14.tinypic.com/3z0klkw.jpg[/IMG]

i'd color it for you if you'd like. do they have to be any certain color?

My school has internet filters, and blocks myspace. It also blocks some backdoor sites. Does anyone know a way to bypass this? [color=red][size=1]Instead of closing the thread, I merged it with this thread. However, post quality is still an issue here, and though it's straight to the point, it couldn't hurt to give more than 2 lines of detail. ~Phenom~[/color][/size]

thanks, that really motivates me actually. the last thing you said, true angel, is very true, and i never even thought about that.

I know that social skills aren't something you're given at birth, but I really have a problem socially I think. I like to talk to people, and never have a problem with conversations when I'm talking to friends, but I have a problem with starting conversations or going up to new people, and this sucks because there are many people I'd love to talk to but just feel too shy/akward to talk to them. Does anyone have any advice to help me out?

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[COLOR=Black][COLOR=Blue][SIZE=1]Okay, so I have a friend who is nineteen years old, and she still lives at home; it's the only place she has to live while she's in college. However, her parents still treat her like she's a little kid. She can't talk on her own phone past nine p.m., she can't go places when she wants, and who knows what else. Because of how much her parents (who adopted her btw) have sheltered her, she doesn't know what an adult should. She doesn't know how to do things on her own, basically, such as work an ATM machine or even kiss. When I ask her why she follows all of these rules when she's nineteen years old, she says because she's living under her parents' roof and must follow their rules. Her parents have even threatened to send her away across the country to some "place" because she doesn't know how to function well in society. I think it's obvious that her parents have an issue with sheltering her. I wish there was some kind of advice I could give her to help her in this situation. Does anyone have any advice I could give my friend?[/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1]Okay, I'm only seventeen years old, and I have my own car and want to get insurance on it. However, everywhere I look costs around 250 dollars a month. Does anyone know of any insurance agencies that are really cheap, or any ways to lower insurance significantly?[/SIZE]

go ahead and decide, im not going to have time to make them.

Thanks everyone, I think I've found the answers I was looking for. I will continue to experiment and try tutorials to become better. I appreciate the help. ;)

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I have a question regarding graphic design: How do I create banners with complex backgrounds like the ones below: I'd appreciate any help. NOTE: these banners were created by Keyblade Wielder : ) [IMG]http://i9.tinypic.com/2i7b5np.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i5.tinypic.com/4dq33bp.png[/IMG]

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you should try hosting your image at [url]www.tinypic.com[/url] or [url]www.imageshack.us[/url]

yeah, ill try to redo it later today.

here they are, hope theyll work: [IMG]http://i19.tinypic.com/3yewx9z.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i18.tinypic.com/30uydl5.jpg[/IMG]

i just think that the picture provided doesnt show enough of his face or anything, it seems to be too much of his hair, but thats just my opinion.

this doesnt have your name on it, but its all i have time to do: [IMG]http://i7.tinypic.com/484buv5.jpg[/IMG]

here you are: [IMG]http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/a2ea532537.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/1fc0c90a4c.jpg[/IMG]

Herey you go: [IMG]http://i9.tinypic.com/29p22x0.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i5.tinypic.com/4dyy4uc.jpg[/IMG]

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i hope these'll work: [IMG]http://i7.tinypic.com/4h0uw5e.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i18.tinypic.com/2e0pips.jpg[/IMG]

I hope this works. [IMG]http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9503/trueangelavatarys3.jpg[/IMG]

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