Digital Lady and The Tramp

I’ve mentioned this before, but it doesn’t hurt to say again: I am, by no means, a professionally trained artist.  All my paintings, sketches, drawings, digital pieces have not been taught in a university setting.  I just do what I do the only way I know how.  It’s a huge bonus if and when people like my work. 

Work. 

I can’t even call it that!  I get lost for hours in my art – it’s soooo not work.

Now, for an artist on a budget, I think my iPad has been the best investment I have made in a long time!  When I run out of supplies for my normal media (watercolors, canvases, acrylic paint, etc.), I can still sketch out ideas on my handy-dandy piece of technology. 

Buying good apps is key.  I settled for the free kind for months, but never used them.  They just didn’t work the way I wanted them to.  I tried out the apps iDraw (the only apps I use for the AWTD banners), Brushes, Sketchbook Ink, amongst others, but I seem to have been loyal to Sketchbook Pro.  So here is a quick example of what my work looks like for start to finish.  I give you Lady and the Tramp’s Portraits.