This was my first attempt at a full scale digital painting.  Using my Wacom Intuos3, which had been gathering dust for about 3 months.

Thought I would take few tutorials and actually teach myself something before my next piece. Found some great ones over at ImagineFX – my thanks to Marta Dahlig and John Kearney for some of the best advice. Done in Photoshop CS4 using a stock photo for reference. I was finally able to get away from [Read more]

Yep.  I got one.  Was a Christmas gift from my mom.  I had been using the Intous3 for a while – but when I saw the 4 and all of its sleek, badass good looks – I had to have one.  That was a problem – I couldn’t afford one.  So I blasted it on every visible wishlist on every shopping site and sent emails [Read more]

Yes. Maddie, defiant. That explains my 5 year old daughter to tee. This was my second finished painting done in Photoshop. I used a few reference photos, sketched and scanned. I wanted everything in the picture to identify with my daughter – from her defiant expression to her bare feet in the grass. The love of outdoors, [Read more]