December rolls along and I realize I have not saved up nearly enough money to buy my friends and families Christmas gifts. (Curse you unemployment!) Thought I’m sure my friends miss my usual economy class gifts of soaps, chocolates or movie tickets, I really hope they enjoyed my “hand-made” gifts better.

Corinne's Cartoon Closet

A flash game I made for Corinne. Play Game. (Warning, corny music)

harv_present Acrylic painting for Jerah

A personalized My Little Pony I drew for Harv. An acrylic painting for Jerah.

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I asked for acrylic paints for my birthday with the intention of learning how to paint. I love painting on the computer but I think my drawings can look processed. My Photoshop painting techniques involve burning, blurring, and dodging – nothing at all like traditional Paints. So in order to improve my digital painting I have set a goal to learn how to paint traditionally. No undo button.

This is my control piece, painted before I do my usual training process. (How to books, training videos, and online tutorials).

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From left to right – versions spanning 3 painting sessions: 

- My painting equipment (Thank you again bro for the wonderful birthday gift!)

- Ver 1. She started out nude, not very appropriate as I had intended the mermaid to child-like.

- Ver 2. Added background effects, corrected the nudity, and over did the hair. Heheh Marge Simpson hair.

- Final piece. (top) Hmm so there is an undo button. Just paint over. :)

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