Digital Painting Practice

Original sketch of Jester

 After a long hiatus from digital art, I decided to go back and try out some new techniques after watching a few tutorials. 

With inked lines

I'm not a beginner by any means but with all of the new features in Photoshop CC & using a new Wacom tablet it was great to "start over". 

Removed inked lines

If you're just starting out in digital art or if you want to try some new techniques take a look at the resources below: 

• Photoshop Tutorial: Introduction to Digital Painting by Davpunk
• Digital Art for Beginners by Martin Perhiniak

 Art/Design © Heather O'Neal/Heather O. Studio

The Assassin

This piece was inspired by the Assassin's Creed franchise.
The subject is that of a masai male lion waiting for his target to approach is his perch. I wanted to give him the feeling that he's "heavy & weighty" yet agile enough to stay on his narrow perch. [similar to the game's main characters].

Graphite pencil is the medium to complete the subject's body & details. Although adding more depth and a bit of coloring will be done in Photoshop (in the future)

"Assassin"

Those not familiar with the franchise, these games revolve around assassins' playing significant roles throughout important moments in history, but were never noted in the history books.

Art/Design © Heather O. Studio
Assassin's Creed reference © Ubisoft