My love affair with Painter...

It's long overdue, but Painter and I are together at last. I have been putting it off for so long, due to a mixture of fear and laziness, but I believe the time has come for me to get to know this little gem of a package. Blending heaven!!

This was drawn from photo ref, but stylized obviously. I can't remember where the photo came from unfortunately.. I think it was one of those 'National Geographic Best Photos of 20-whenever" lists, but I wouldn't know how to find it again to credit the photographer. It is a gorgeous photo at any rate, there are actually a lot more children in the line in the actual photo, but I ran out of stamina. I really enjoyed attempting to capture the expressions on the faces of the little girls. I feel like that sort of thing comes so naturally to me and I find it so lovely and cathartic. This was lots of fun. And now I REALLY have to go and do some work....

A Blue Vampire.....

Played with Painter a bit tonight. This is the result of going back and forth between Photoshop and Painter. Loved the effect I was able to get in Painter with the hair. It's better on full view...

I should be working......

Perspective Girl.

Just messing around with perspective.

Snooty...

Another little doodle...

Another sexy lady sketch...

Lots and LOTS of time to draw....

Colour Play.

Plenty of time for drawing at the moment. Just wanted to mess around with colour for this one, since it's an area where I really am completely clueless. Just decided to wing it and try to get lots of different tones and hues in there. No idea if it really works, but it was kinda fun anyway...

Character Profiles

Just did a few character profiles today for fun.