A few things I've learned while finishing my first digital art piece.
First off, don't shade on the same layer you drop your colors in. Secondly, don't get distracted too much while the chicken paint window is up too long, or else it'll seem like the drawing took longer to make than it did (granted, it still took a long time). Thirdly, make sure to remember to use smoothing for the lines or else it will end up looking like garbage.
I will make a better version of this in the future, but for now, this is okay enough for me to use. I've wanted to use bamboo as a motif in my profile for a long time. So I'm doing it now. I'll go back to being sugarbird eventually though, so please don't take that username just yet.