help with photoshop

[Trigger00]

i just started expirementing with photoshop today and figured i would try and color a vary basic lineart of mine(shown below)
i hav managed to separate the lines into their own layer and i know about locking transparencies and what not. I hav gotten down the basic colors and need help continuing on to the next level ( keep in mind that i am using photoshop 7.0 and just a mouse)http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/335596/ryuink.jpg

[Johannes]

Hi there, welcome to Photoshop:D
It seems Ur working a bit unnecessary complicated
check this out:
http://www.laguna.net/~timawa/tips.htm
and maybe theese:
http://www.polykarbon.com./
http://www.figma.com/secretsofart.shtm
http://well-of-souls.com/gallery/tutorials.htm

Good Luck :D

[Trigger00]

hmmm not much more than i already know that well of souls place had alot of usefull info though TY for the links

[cateaic]

There is a cool book I highly recomend if you really want to get into digital painting. The book is called digital character design and painting by Don Seegmiller. It even has stuff on character design process. Most of the digital painting is done in "Painter" but I found that using photoshop and painter combined has helped. Amazon has it at a decent price. Good Luck!