In this scene, not found in the story though inspired by it, Element just had a wonderful bunny dinner. No he isn't covered in chocolate or anything, that is his furs natural color! I love how Element came out in this (especially the color of her undies. Hehejehehehe!), though Alex deserves all the credit.
http://www.gimp.org/ - This is GIMP. It has basically all of the same functionality as photoshop; with 0% of the price. (Free)
Try this: Create a new layer for colors, and set the layer "mode" to "Multiply." This'll allow colors from that layer to blend down into the lower one. Dark lines will only be slightly darker. No more white speckles from using the bucket tool in MS Paint.
"Colored" http://www.gimp.org/ - This is GIMP. It has basically all of the same functionality as ph