the dog-thing happens to be my 'sona, thank you. XD i use photoshop CS5, MS paint, paint tool SAI, corel painter and a bunch of other crap XD the hair? i took the darkest shade of the colour i was using to draw and then got a rather thick brush and stroked it in, then went over it with a thinner brush and a lighter colour until i got to the original hair colour i was intending. 8D