I have fought with Photoshop. I mean tooth and nail, fisticuffs, the whole nine yards. We've had a relationship marked by impatience and a lack of cooperation. Mostly, I've just been so discouraged by my few feeble attempts at digital painting that I've simply avoided Photoshop altogether, using it only for touch-ups to scanned work. I think it makes the program feel rather underappreciated.
While tutorials, random experiements, and other advice seem to leave my skills as worthless as before, a SUDDEN inspiration hit me the other night..... What if I simply took a layering technique taught in a materials class (this was.... 2 years ago?) from college, and applied it directly to Photoshop, mimicking the opacity and stroke of each physical media? Using an existing line drawing (the original appears on my official site), I gave it a whirl.
I have little experience painting without a model, so there are, naturally a few issues. HOWEVER, I would like to label this work "Success," because it marks a breakthrough for me in my digital art abilities. Comments are quite welcome for this piece, since the whole idea is to learn from it. Many thanks and check back soon for Round 2!
