well, here's another mouse drawn character i made the sad thing is that i think im stuck with this kind of style... hopefully i can improve it overtime and i didnt add shadow effects yet, spent too much time to deal with it now
I think it's Crono with a different outfit and he's sad because his headband is missing... I don't know... I really don't get it...
If you don't have a tablet and are thus reduced to working with a mouse; look up some tutorials on photoshop's or illustrator's pen tool. It seem's sorta daunting at first, but once you get used to using the anchor points I'm sure you'll find it much faster that trying to use the paintbrush via a mouse. This guy gets a lotta praise so here's an anime specific vid he's done. Personly I find the host to be irritating and slow, but you might enjoy. http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/manga