Thanks for all the replies guys, really warms my heart
Thing is, I want to be efficient! There are SO many things I want to stitch and I enjoy doing things faster and faster, being better and better. Stitching is not "fun" as in heart racing euphoria but I enjoy the feeling of gradually "unraveling" something. Oh, and colors, I love colors <3 I can't stitch as a sole activity (stupid ADHD brain) so I always do it while watching TV. I memorize the pattern (pieces of it) in my head so that I don't have to keep watching and double-check the pattern all the time which does save some time.
I noticed that some people seem to have a technique where they stitch in "columns" regardless of color. Wouldn't this make floss hanging on the backside tangle a lot? I always start with the "countour" color and then go on to another color and end with white. I always end with white, not because it easily discolors if touched alot but because it makes me eyes bleed and gives me double vision, trying to differentiate between what's been stitched and what's cloth xD
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EDIT: Thanks for the input Richard. I took a bit of a lazy road in her hair, doing backstitches with the light green =( (please don't hit me!)
Regarding the outline, I followed the pattern best I could (the original sprite had this purple outline while the pants who were actually purple all in all had a darker shade of purple as outline. I was thinking if I should go for a black outline regardless but when I zoomed the picture and recolored it in photoshop, it made it look horrible. Can't say I like the purple outlining that much (the orange on her arms is supposed to be gloves, not skin btw) but hey, what to do
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
It's not like I can frame it anyway since I did a poor judgment when placing her on the cloth which turned her out way too close to the right edge of the cloth.
By the way, what does "ct" stand for and how do I know what cloth I use? I only know it was the one with the "smallest squares" they had available, which is what I wanted.