ok back to the progress..aand now i colored green for the grass and brown for the ground,erk..






and blue for the people celebrating Hari Raya..







Now,the main element,which is me.eheh.in the middle enjoying the celebration during the day and night.Since im a bit pale,i colored myself a yellowish-brown-like-beige,hermm..all this,still using the Live Paint Bucket tool,so everything seems so easy.just click click click and the colors are there.(make a collection of paths first then click with the Live Paint Bucket tool to the paths that you want the area to be colored...







same goes for the "duit raya".colored green,symbolizes moneeeey...






Im orange in the morning and purple at night;)







added some details(shadow) on the scarf using the pen tool...






and now,added some light effect for the sparklers by using the flare tool.see picture below...







As for the date,i used graphic style;image effect; drop shadow soft,colored purple,and yellow soft effect for "SEPTEMBER". I estimated the date of Hari Raya which probably will falls on the 20th.








The title of the celebration, 'Hari Raya Aidilfitri', Font(Myriad Pro), size(82), color(orange)...