Okay. So, I want to do more in real media. I suck at it, and the only way to get better is practice. (Lanakila, I am still working on your commission, sweetie, I just want it to look good.)

My biggest question is, for those of you that I admire (and envy)...when you -scan- your finished work, how... do you do it? Whenever I scan in pencil works or even markers, they look grainy. I have to go back in photoshop and try and blur it, or just suck it up and post it, looking like I did the piece with crayons. Am I not blending properly? I can't imagine there's so many settings on a scanner that it's the cause of the problem... especially since I have a rather nice commonly used Canon.

Help!!!