thank you, c-quel, i'm going to try that!

and rm., that tut looks awesome, but i don't speak spanish at all....

nevermind, i google-translated it, and while the translation is raw to say the least, i managed to get some pointers out of it. thanks!

thanks! i'm not necessarily looking for photorealism, because i understand that is not the nature of vectors, but the only feather tutorial i've seen EVERYWHERE is that one with the green oval that's got a few notches out of it, and i really just... don't feel i can use that. i like that first feath...

ok so this is the first image i've made, and i thought i was doing an ok job, until i saw all of you guys and your work, and i realized that i am very, VERY far behind. but, nonetheless, i've already started. http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7716/screenshotlx.th.png and this is going on the front ...