After doing the final touches of highlighting and tieing up loose ends, now is the time !
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Today’s goal was to create an actual background for my “Soldier-Girl” character to live within. I’m using Photoshop CS3 as my medium.
As with much of my work, I take the traditional hand-drawn sketch and scan it into my computer.
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I thought it would be cool to take you on a day-by-day journey of a piece that I recently created.
 This workshop will document:

How to start a seemingly big project using common downtime.
The challenges I had transitioning from pencil sketch to color.
How to use constructive criticism from fellow artists to guide your progress.
How to use principles from the real world to create environments in the fantasy ream.
How Christian visual artists don’t have to only create religious themes.

 This actually originated as a simple sketch while sitting on the couch during ‘family time”. …