Angels and honesty

Today I produced a new digital painting of an Angel. It took me about roughly three hours to complete. I know I should be working on them for longer, but I can always go back to them at a later stage. As with my last digital piece, I scanned in a drawing I had done in pencil and then proceded to colour and manipulate the image in Photoshop.

The original sketch was created as a tattoo design for a friend. I looked at it earlier and felt that it was fine subject matter for a Digital Painting.The above pic has most of the colour in place, but not many highlights or a background had yet been added.

This is the 'Completed' Piece. Im still figuring out whether or not the 'Haze' adds to the angelic-ness of the piece or detracts from the piece in general. I will most likely try a few more effects on this piece in the near future...

Closeup...

I decided to post a closeup of the 'Queen of Peace' digital image. Its been my desktop background for the last couple of days and I noticed that a closeup really allows one to appreciate the detail on her face.

Step in the Right direction.

...for those of you who dont know...during the last Month or so I have begun using digital media to produce images/ illustrations.

I have always been blown away by digital Video game character art, comics etc. and had always wondered how they did it and how I could achieve that level in my own work.

Well I am finally uncovering the mystery and feel like Im taking a step in the right direction.

The image I have produced is entitled

'Queen of Peace'. It depicts a young girl whom is dressed in '

Gothic Lolita'-esc attire and is making a 'Peace- sign' gesture.

The image began its life as a sketch, which was scanned into Photoshop and thereafter digitally manipulated. I personally find it the easiest and most satisfying way to go about it.

I worked at 300 DPI on an A3 canvas as I thought it made the most sense in terms of good print quality. I mostly used the brush tool on a low opacitity, building up form layer by layer.

This is 'Queen of Peace' (below) as of this moment. It took me roughly two and half hours to reach this point.

Dreams of honesty and art

My greatest passion in life is art. Ive been drawing for as long as I have known. Life has lead me down many different paths, but my art has always been there with me.

I have decided that this is the year that I make my dream come true.

That dream is to be an Illustrator.