Kavyle

I've seen drawings on here (usually by the really experienced/good artists) that use a shape to completely fill the background, without the outline. When I try to do that, it looks like scales going across the canvas. Is there some sort of trick to that?

Qsilv

It's a matter of size. To get the smoothest run of a color, you kind of have to become aware of which pixels you want, and not let any of their neighboring pixels show.

It helps to zoom in. (Control and the + key enlarges ...I use about 4 or 5 clicks of this, usually; ctrl - reduces; ctrl 0 returns to neutral all in one step.)

Then you just place your chosen piece over and over again. Doing it well takes more time and patience than I usually have... ;>

One problem that occurs when we do this to extremes is tiny white spaces -- artifacts. It's a weakness in the Flash algorithm. We try to work around that limitation by not repeating the same shape too often without doing other parts here and there.

Kavyle

Oh, thank you! lol it's been bugging me for a while.