Fair enough, but i'd probably forget AA atm and just focus on learning to smooth out your lines and get your angles crisp. Because that does way more towards making your art look smooth then AA does. It really just adds that level of polish to the work that really elevates it.

Thanks for the feedback! I definitely get what you mean, and seeing the difference of the edited part versus original does help. I think this was also a bit too large of a piece, and I should practice the mentioned issues on smaller stuff.

The biggest issue for me is that your lines are very rough. Did a quick edit on part of the hair to smooth out the outline and fix some of the AA. Didn't pay much attention to most of the colouring, i could sit editing this for hours. XD

As previously said you really need to watch your banding. Banding doesn't make stuff blend, just chunky. Same with the back lighting on the horns, needs a more dudicious application. Make sure your light source is consistant.

Thanks! Yeah, I tried to add some, like on the brown tones. Thanks for the suggestion!

Yeah, rather than looking blurry I felt like I just made things look thicker and jaggier in my case though haha. I feel like I struggle in choosing the "AA color".

In the piece you linked I think breaking up the lineart as a form of AA is really interesting but I feel I don't have enough experience/confidence yet (Need to work on palettes and values) for that technique. But I'll continue to look at guides and other peoples pieces to learn.

Thank you!

This piece looks fine and already has elements of AA in some places. Just be careful with banding to the left of the pink stripes on the dress' skirt. Perhaps take away a pixel or two(depending on length) at the end of each shade line.

The main purpose of AA is to smooth out jagged lines that look out of place. However, too much will thicken the line and can blur the area. It's hard to put in words and I don't want to wall post.

I'm not the best at AA myself, but I have a picture that contains different AA. The Golden Rule Be sure to check the guides too.

Sweet! :)