If you have photoshop, you can just put in some quick airbrush strokes or gradients to make your work look less plain. Don't go overboard with it. You don't want the background to distract the viewer from the main drawing.
Thank you so much for the advice. I do have the photoshop on my computer (thank God!). I will try to teach myself how to use it effectively this weekend maybe. There are just some things I can't do. lol
Photoshop has soooo many features to it that it can be really hard to find your way around. I hope you don't get too discouraged. There are a bunch of free online tutorials out there.
Good. I will definately probably need to look at the tutorials, because I'm so computer-dumb. I know how to do the basics and that's about it. Thank you so much for all of your help all the time. I'd be so lost right now if it wasn't for your help.