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..., Dreams and Beauty

Gift art for of her beautiful character Calysra aka Cy'ra.
And also my first digital piece ever.

Unlike what I thought, digital paiting is actually fun.
I had never really felt like doing an actual digital piece, even after I got my tablet, which simply wasn't used.
I guess I should thank for the day I was bored to death and decided to start sketching around with it.

And Cy'ra just popped in! As I completed the sketch, it became Cy'ra's. I had been wanting to draw her again for Kate for quite a while, seems like she decided to take action.

Now this is the important part, PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU'RE GOING TO CRITIQUE!
First of all, critics on the anatomy aren't really necessary, I've already noticed many flaws myself and it isn't the kind of critic I'm looking for on this one.

My biggest mistake here, I would say, is that this is the actual image size. My lack of experience and not being used to draw digitally led me to completely forget to work on a much larger canvas.
This left me with little to none space for a more detailed work. I had to use 1 px brush many times and it was a huge pain. After this one, I'm sure I won't forget it next time!
It also made it more difficult to use various tones for each section of color, so smoothing down some parts of the piece was impossible for me(see muzzle for example...)

I followed Kate's advice and made the snow darker than I originally had [link] . The snow was also a huge pain to make and I definitely am not very pleased with how it looks. I had no clue of how to paint the part where Cy'ra feet sink on the snow too. Wandered from layer to layer trying to figure out how to do it XD

And finally, I had huge difficulties making the part where the tail and beard connect to the body, so it looks a bit weird. I think it was mostly because of the small size of the picture.

I really appreciate some feedback and good constructive critic on this one. I've made up my mind and want to give digital art a chance, although I'll be going traditional one mostly, simply because I like it better and some other reasons that are hard to explain.

This is a very simple image, I didn't want to get too much on my plate right on my first try, but I can say that I'm very proud of it. I never thought it would look like this. It's not a masterpiece, but it already has a special place in my heart

Hope you like it Kate! And I hope you have some good advice for me now that it's finished!

Cy'ra is © to
Image is © to me.

October 2009
Corel Painting Essentials 3 and tablet.

Description
..., Dreams and Beauty

Gift art for of her beautiful character Calysra aka Cy'ra.
And also my first digital piece ever.

Unlike what I thought, digital paiting is actually fun.
I had never really felt like doing an actual digital piece, even after I got my tablet, which simply wasn't used.
I guess I should thank for the day I was bored to death and decided to start sketching around with it.

And Cy'ra just popped in! As I completed the sketch, it became Cy'ra's. I had been wanting to draw her again for Kate for quite a while, seems like she decided to take action.

Now this is the important part, PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU'RE GOING TO CRITIQUE!
First of all, critics on the anatomy aren't really necessary, I've already noticed many flaws myself and it isn't the kind of critic I'm looking for on this one.

My biggest mistake here, I would say, is that this is the actual image size. My lack of experience and not being used to draw digitally led me to completely forget to work on a much larger canvas.
This left me with little to none space for a more detailed work. I had to use 1 px brush many times and it was a huge pain. After this one, I'm sure I won't forget it next time!
It also made it more difficult to use various tones for each section of color, so smoothing down some parts of the piece was impossible for me(see muzzle for example...)

I followed Kate's advice and made the snow darker than I originally had [link] . The snow was also a huge pain to make and I definitely am not very pleased with how it looks. I had no clue of how to paint the part where Cy'ra feet sink on the snow too. Wandered from layer to layer trying to figure out how to do it XD

And finally, I had huge difficulties making the part where the tail and beard connect to the body, so it looks a bit weird. I think it was mostly because of the small size of the picture.

I really appreciate some feedback and good constructive critic on this one. I've made up my mind and want to give digital art a chance, although I'll be going traditional one mostly, simply because I like it better and some other reasons that are hard to explain.

This is a very simple image, I didn't want to get too much on my plate right on my first try, but I can say that I'm very proud of it. I never thought it would look like this. It's not a masterpiece, but it already has a special place in my heart

Hope you like it Kate! And I hope you have some good advice for me now that it's finished!

Cy'ra is © to
Image is © to me.

October 2009
Corel Painting Essentials 3 and tablet.