I did this as an excercise for the purpose of, quite simply, practice. It's been a while since I attempted anything photo-real... It's very good to do this kind of thing because it strengthens your freehand drawing abilities, as well as developing an eye for detail.
Freehand drawn in photoshop cs2 with a wacom tablet.
time-lapsed... real time was about 3 and a half hours.
I had a hard time with this one. I was constantly trying to find satisfying composition and color depth. You might notice me changing it a billion times as you watch. The first part of it is time-lapsed. The "modificatioN" part at the end is real time.
Photoshop cs
Wacom Intuos 3
Mac OS X
Another digital painting done from scratch in photoshop using Wacom Intuos 3 tablet. Artwork is completely freehand drawn, with reference photo set off to the side for glancing at. No tracing... ;-)
Actual time to do pic was about 3 and a half hours.
This one is clearly not one of my best, I know. Perhaps my mental and physical exhaustion is coming through too much here on this piece. :-/
But nonetheless, it is another basic practice piece for me... And hopefully somewhat entertainment for you.
Photoshop CS
Wacom Intuos 2
Mac OS X
Actual time-- a few hours.
For the people that requested more dragons... Did you really think you had to twist my arm? ;-)
Photoshop CS... Wacom INtuos3... Captured with Snaps Pro X on a Mac.
This makes for great practice and discipline. The obvious conditioning comes in the fact that you cannot erase! Therefore, I submit to you that there are a lot of mistakes in the proportioniing of this little girl. I'm just not gonna point them out to you!
;-) I did my best to work them into the art.
Enjoy!
This one has been inhabiting my hard drive for a while as well. Wasn't too enthused about it... Did it around the same time as the ugly painting of the fairy. But what the hay--- here ya go.
Photoshop CS... Wacom INtuos 3...
