First very attempt at digital painting!

[Alison]

Ooh I can't contain my excitement!
I have always been fascinated by digital paintings and have always wanted to do them myself.
So here it is my very first attempt at digital painting. I painted it last night.
I am so happy with the result!

Here's the original (sooc apart from the crop) ...



... and my painting

[Old Timer]

Beautifully done Ali. I love the original but your digital painting enhancements are terrific. I absolutely love her hair.

[brmill26]

Looks fantastic to me. Maybe just a little too much effect on her left eye; on my monitor it looks like she has a lot of makeup on that one eye. Other than that, wow, the colors are awesome, especially the hair!

[Alison]

I can see what you mean but that eye is in shadow which is probably why it looks so much darker than the other.

[JTcooper]

Alison, those hair look fantastic. I love how they come out like that, wonder if you can share some imfor on what program do you used for this and was that easy to used.

[racedraper]

Alison, those hair look fantastic. I love how they come out like that, wonder if you can share some imfor on what program do you used for this and was that easy to used.

please do You did a great job. made the lovely girl look even lovelier . esp the hair.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Alison]

Thank you all. Yeah I LOVE the hair too!
I used corel painter. It's not easy to do without a wacom tablet and a visual tutorial. Lot's of people sell dvd's to show you how.

[shroticg]

i loved the painting more than the original. u have included so many flowers and the baby's posture attracts our attention
dear, u did this in photoshop, wonderful. but few years ago it was a practice to shoot tribal women pictures than paiint by hand on originals. those later sold to big companies for calendars/office hangings etc. and thousand s of small copies sold from book shops. wud like to see more, if u don't mind. thanks.

[JTcooper]

hey thanks for the imfor Alison, I had down load a trial version for the corel but seem like they want me to commit to the program after the trail time expire. does this seem to be the norm for you guy, just want to know and feel how they works.

[Alison]

I don't think you have to commit to buy it. But when your trial is up that's it. The end.
That's when you will have to decide whether you are willing to buy it.