Very cool! Hooray for lined paper doodles

Haha thank you! Somehow my favorite doodles always seem to happen on lined paper... I guess I need to branch out on my material ;p

Looks great, especially the digigrade legs. ^ ^ Anywho, as for branching out to different materials, namely paper... I find using Bristol sketch paper the best to use. That said, I'm assuming you'll be coloring your art at some point, correct? If so, what medium would you choose...

Thank you, and for the recommendation as well! I'm hoping to bring everything digital at some point, as it will be a little easier for me to mess with designs and colors on there.
But even so, that would be a whole new world to me. My doodles all begin on paper, so I wouldn't be surprised that if I were to move on to colors I might explore oil paints first.

No problem, and might I suggest, Acrylic Paints? There cheaper then oils, and far easier to use in my opinion. I personally use them to color my art, which you'll see in a few days once I show my progress regarding my first furry related art piece, which will also be my fursona. The sketch is in my gallery.

Beyond that, your choice of medium is obviously your choice. No matter what direction you choose, I'm positive any current or future art piece will look fantastic.

Not a bad idea either. My experience with art is rather limited. The oil paints I have were mainly used for canvas art, so it might make sense to move to a cheaper alternative once I start up with coloring sketches again (If I dont end up going the tablet/photoshop route). I tried doing some colored pencil art the other day, but I just can't get the colors to turn out how I'd like!

Again, thanks for the advice :) It's nice to have contact with someone more experienced in the art world

Colored pencils are actually a good place to start. However, in my own personal experience... back in the days when I used them before switching over to acrylic paints, I found using a smooth based Bristol Paper, with a nice thickness, alongside Prisom Colored Pencils, are best. I say this because Prisom colored pencils are king when it comes to blending, especially added in on top with Bristol Smooth paper.

You can gain a lot of experience with colored pencils, especially in the blending and shading department. Regardless of what you choose to go with, medium wise, I think you'll benefit from doing things in a traditional medium... for the time being that is. That's just me and my two cents however. Obviously the decision is yours alone to make.

That aside... I wouldn't exactly call me an experienced artist. Flattering as it may be, I'm still rather new... and don't have much to show for it. For all you know, I might seek advice from you once you get the ball rolling with your artwork.

Haha I look forward to it, we'll have to see :) It might be a good idea to practice around with what I have first, you're right. I think one of my fears of continuing with paper/pencil art is that I simply can't get it from paper to the screen without ruining the quality or colors. Maybe my scanner is just crap, but pictures usually dont do it justice either. Take this as an example: http://i.imgur.com/vaa2JPX.jpg?1. The scanned version would show even less of the color, but the picture left out quite a bit of the shading and detail I put in (that, and you can hardly tell there's orange and pink in there). Would you have any tips there?

I had very much the same issue with my artwork. Especially, artwork done with colored pencils. That said, I'm rather poor in regards to owning a computer, or scanner... thus, I use my cell phone for everything. Nevertheless, I found using a program that allows you to correct or enhance an image very valuable and helpful. Most of these programs can be found on your everyday computer and cellphone... the only thing that needs to be figured out is which one best works for you.

That said, if your going to avoid scanners, I'd suggest making sure your artwork is done on crisp white paper, and the photo taken of the picture is taken in the right amount of lighting. I'll give you an example of what I mean once I post my first update regarding my painting. Which will be done 100% with a cell phones camera... photo wise.