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A painting for my mom, who hiked on the Milford track in New Zealand recently. This was a mother's day gift to her, because she loved the trip so much and I thought I'd give her a memory of it that she can hang. (Her photos weren't all that great haha)

I did reference a photograph for the environment since I've never been, located here: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/795526 The hiking gear is referenced from life, and my mother was from my head. I tried to use elements you'd find in NZ, the blue flowers, the Kea bird, and all the plants were researched in botanical and bird books she has and/or referenced from the photo directly.

The details are available here for closer inspection: http://mynti.deviantart.com/art/The-Great-Hike-Details-83988171

80+ hours + PSCS3 + Wacom Intuos 3 6x8" tablet

C & C is welcome!]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:01 +0000 http://mynti.cgsociety.org/gallery/587581

This is an 86 hour digital painting based on this photograph: http://morguefile.com/archive/?display=132344&

Done in Painter X and PSCS3 with a Wacom intuos 3

Trying for a more realistic skin texture... the first attempt is in my sketchbook thread: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=200&t=407826&page=5&pp=15

An updated walkthrough is coming shortly.. This was a tough painting to get through... but I learned a great deal doing it. Comments and crits welcome ]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:46:10 +0000 http://mynti.cgsociety.org/gallery/486340

Painting based on a doodle I did when I was tired.

Photoshop CS2 + Tablet]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:11:44 +0000 http://mynti.cgsociety.org/gallery/488180

Commissioned piece for a client who wanted her stepdaughter drawn as a fairy for a birthday gift. I had a few references for her face; but otherwise drawn from my head. I also used a caustic generator for some of the water caustics.

Here is Kara talking to Wisscha the Fish, and gathering information to help her on her next quest.

Painter and Photoshop + Wacom Intuos 3]]> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:29:15 +0000 http://mynti.cgsociety.org/gallery/486336

Stats:
-Referenced This Stock: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38005735/
-Looked at various photographs of tree bark to get an idea before I painted that part
-Rest was done from my head.

I created one brush for this project, for the tree bark, based on a splotchy watercolor painting I did in high school.
Rest was handpainted with a round hardedge brush, varying opacities and pixel sizes. Mostly 1px, 100%.

This is the full size of the painting - Fairy, mushroom, grass, flower, leaves, vines, the little mushroom monster, and most of the tree is painted as pixel art. This was originally created for a css template, with just the fairy, but after the template was finished, I figured I'd give the li'l gal a background.

Wacom Tablet + PS CS2
Approximately 63 hours.]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:56:53 +0000