Spotted.Newt wrote:How do I make my art look nice and smooth? When I look at stuff other people have colored, the markings look smooth, but mine look rather pixilated.
There isn't a right or wrong way for this, and there are lots of things you can try out. I'd recommend fiddling with the tool settings a little more. For example, for the pencil tool:

See how different the brushes seem? You can play around with the opacity, color, try working with different tools, etc. and see what works for you ^^
In the above images, this is the only thing I changed:

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