Centaur and Dogs "Ball" Digital Painting

"Ball"

July 28, 2014

Detail of "Ball"

After two weeks of alternating frustration and success, I feel over-all pleased with this idyllic scene of man (?) and dog at play.  

This perhaps marks a turning point in my choice of medium.  My comfort and preference for digital painting and use of the Bamboo Wacom tablet has markedly improved.  I'm still struggling with texture, and am curious about my options in Photoshop.

I want to thank my niece, Kali, for her feedback on this work.  Her youthful viewpoints are unique and insightful.

Design School Homework

I'm taking several classes at a design school in LA. These are some portraits I painted in Photoshop for an assignment.

Digital Painting - Sirens

I'm going to have two paintings in a gallery show called "Femme Fatale". This is a color study I did for the solo painting I'm submitting. The painting itself will be in watercolor and guoache, whereas this unfinished color study was done in Adobe Photoshop.

I'm working on the final painting and it's really exiting, but I still haven't decided what color the sirens should be. Does anyone think some kind of purple would look better?

digital painting - Dragoon

As far as I know, dragoons are a fighting class that originated in the final fantasy series of games. Dragoons use spears, are typically fast, and have the command "jump", which allows them to leap high into the air and avoid damage.

I'm going to clean the drawing up in photoshop and color it like the last digital painting.

Digital painting progress

Steady progress on my current digital painting.

I like how the mountains turned out. I don't really like the indigo blue colored miasma behind the character, however it is good for contrast.

Suggestions are welcome.

Digital Painting: Sketch and First Step

I'm learning to digitally paint. I don't have a tablet, and I am instead using a mouse. It feels very clumsy to color like this. To be perfectly honest, I actually don't like to paint all that much, digitally or otherwise, but I feel the need to learn. Comments appreciated.

Specifically, can anyone recommend a good tutorial on painting hair in photoshop?