1. ok... im thinking bright and cheery. the image im using is sorta peppy, so... hmm. by C4D, you mean just find a pic of one? make one? sorry i need spoon-feeding... as for brushes, i have all the ones that come with GIMP, bubbles, glows, chinese dragons, lots of glitter and sparkles, and lightning, oh, and lotus brushes if i restart GIMP