Here's a little gift for all the comments and favs. It's a making of "Cherry Blossom Girl" / Tutorial for digital (portrait) painting (in Photoshop). Maybe you find it helpful!
Contents: - Brush settings - Creating basic face shapes - Painting realistic hair - painting skin - color settings for skin - and more...
not really...a mouse doesnt give you the flexibility of pen pressure like the tablet. its like pressing down with a colour pencil really hard and colouring it all the way through like that.