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Name: Samantha Whitten
Alias: Celesse
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Location: United States
Occupation: Bum Freelance artist, contract artist for Gaia Online
Tools of the Trade: Easy Paint Tool SAI, Corel Painter 9,
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Other locations:
doodle blog - sketches, doodles and other images
deviantART - updated more frequently than anything else
strays online - our webcomic, updates every friday
gaia online - my gaia online profile
twitter - random updates on practically anything
facebook - artwork and information updates
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 If you have read through the FAQ and still have questions, please feel free to e-mail me at  If you do not get a reply in one week please send it again. Thank you.
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 If you would simply like to leave a comment, you can sign the guestbook. I do not reply here, so if you need an answer to something please e-mail instead.
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First established in July of 2000. Created in Photoshop CS3 and coded in Notepad. Hosted by Yahoo! Small Business
Past layouts:
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| 01. How long have you been drawing? What schooling have you had? |
Since I was old enough to hold a pencil, so, basically, all of my life. I've had no special schooling for artwork, I am self taught.
| 02. What tools do you use to for your work? |
Tablet: Wacom Intuos 3
Digital programs: Easy Paint Tool SAI, Corel Painter 9, Adobe Photoshop CS3
Markers: Prisma color markers, Copic markers
| 03. Do you take requests, art trades or commissions? |
I do not accept requests or art trades at any time, and I am currently unable to accept commissions.
| 04. Can I use your art for icons, avatars, character bios, tubes, layouts or other sort of graphics? |
No. Please don't. What you may use it for is your own personal desktop image or print it out to hang on your wall. Nothing else.
| 05. Will you ever offer desktop wallpapers of your art? |
Unfortunately, no. I know a lot of my art would make good wallpapers and that people want them...but it would require putting up large, high-quality images and that's just begging for it to be stolen, abused, and put on merchandise to be sold without my consent. It gets stolen enough as it is...
| 06. Will you teach me how to draw? Tell me your secrets! |
I'm afraid there are no "secrets" to drawing, only hard work and practice. And as much as I would love to help every struggling artist out there, I just simply cannot. If you really need help, search the Internet. There are plenty of tutorials out there covering everything from sketches to CGs. I have created a few tutorials myself and you can find them below.
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| Corel Painter 6 Watercolor Tutorial |
Tutorial for creating soft-shaded images with Corel Painter 6's watercolor tools. Not entirely compatible with other versions of Painter due to vast differences between them
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| Photoshop Cel Shading Tutorial |
 Tutorial on how to color an image with cel shading in Photoshop. Should be compatible with any version of Adobe Photoshop
(1.22mb zip file) |
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 A step-by-step tutorial on how to use paintchat
(473kb zip file) |
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 Tutorial on handy inking methods that can be applied in any program or with traditional media
(jpg file - 954kb) |
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 A general guide to working as a freelance artist, including how to get yourself known, good methods for taking commissions, and other helpful advice.
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