I agree with you as well, some good fanartists who have potential end up putting themselves into it...Myself included, I make hypotheticals of myself If I was in a specific anime or world....I do make a few good things, however I don't have a deviant art account, or one of those scanners, so I can't really share my artwork..I don't think I'm that good, but I get applauded for 1 out of 10....sometimes... I've seen yours kiyza, your pretty good.

Really? #^^# Thanks! ^^; My art's been getting a lot better lately, but I've lost my camera, so I have no way to upload anything I've done at the moment. -_-

Either way, fanart is a great way of expressing your love for a series. If you're not bad at art, a great way to improve it is to look at the technique of others and try to involve it in your own style, while still keeping that style intact. In the end, though, it's a matter of having fun as far as I'm concerned.

Aren't scanners and such really cheap nowadays?
Hell 99% of the phones out there has a camera even :P

Yeah, they are. It's just that I don't have any money to spend. Voulenteer work doesn't pay money, you know? And I need a camera that can record an image relatively easily and in decent quality. I've tried using the one on my DSi, but it's really not that great. Either way, I've found the thing now, and I just need a friend to color a few of the images in.

try using Gimp, its good for those kind of stuff.
and i too regard myself somewhat good with using a pencil, but i only seem to know how to draw knights or archers >.<

Meh, sorry I forgot :(