Wiener Dog Painting - Digital Oils

I love painting in digital oils, and try to make it feel as close as possible to the real thing. In my recent painting - "A Wiener Dog" I tried to paint it as freely as I could. The end result was really surprising, at first glance you won't see any difference.

Here is the painting :

The painting looks great on various products on my online shop, such as tote bag, tshirts and more.

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Watercolor Painting of a Curious Labrador

Here's a digital watercolor painting of a curious Labrador, I usually like to doodle the dogs and wash them with watercolor, just for fun. This time it's a more 'legit' painting, I really like the end result, and already put it on my Redbubble Shop for sale.

Curious Watercolor Lab

You can get this portrait on many wonderful products - Get it here.
Here's the painting on some T shirts

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Painting of a White Cute Fluffy Poodle

Here is a painting that I started last year, and kind of left it in a work in progress mode. Two days ago I finished another dog portrait and decided to complete the old painting that I started a year ago. I used my beloved ArtRage software and started to oil paint the half baked portrait. I kinda like the end result - It's loose and has lot of character and fluffiness :)

White Fluffy Creature

If you like the portrait and want to purchase on various cool products, feel free to visit my Redbubble shop.

On a Tote Bag

Dog Art (not only) For Dog Lovers

Hi there,

Lately I've checked out my Dog Art portfolio, and I've noticed that I have enough portraits that could be enjoyed by art lovers and specific breed fans. I created a portfolio in Fine Art America, and now, you could actually purchase prints of my portfolio (in more-than-descent price).

If you LOVE dogs and want to decorate the walls with some eye catching, urban and contemporary art you should visit my portfolio there

If you want to commission your very own portrait (of your dog, cat or alligator ;)) please contact me here or check out DigitalDogPortraits.com for more details.

This collection is ever growing one, so check it out once in a while, and most of all, enjoy the art!

A Day in the Life of a Pet Artist - Sketch

Hi there,

Last week I wanted to sketch something special, something different. I just sat in front of the table, and started to draw without thinking. I was sketching myself, in a point of view position - means I was sketching myself sketching. This unusual angle was very appealing and interesting, and I got a lot of nice comments on this draw.

In the little sketch that I was sketching, I decided to draw a portrait of a dog, as a symbol of my occupation - a pet portrait artist.

Take a look at the sketch and tell me what you think :)

By the way - if you want to see the actual dogs that I'm painting take a look at DigitalDogPortraits.com - Custom Pet Art.

Get Your Own Customized Dog Art Portrait + Review

Hi there!

This post is dedicated for all the dog lovers!

Last month I sent a Digital Dog Portrait to a review blog. The owner has a beautiful Labrador mix, Brielle, and I've digitally painted the dog. Last week she got the portrait, and she wrote a review.

Click and read the review and enter the giveaway contest. You might win a customized dog portrait of your own dog - a $180 Value! (US residents only).

A Sketch of Lisa the Unfortunate Pit Bull

Few days ago I first heard about Lisa, a beautiful and sensitive Pit Bull, who was adopted by a cold-hearted family. Today we know that this family is a series Put Bull adopter. I guess they look like a decent and caring folks, but after the adoption is complete, suddenly the dogs disappear - some of them "die" or "being lost" but the truth is, that they sell the Pit Bulls to some criminals who arrange dog fights. It makes me mad, especially when good and loving dogs are being treated, and raised like ruthless killers, without compassion and love. I personally know some super sweet and people loving Pit Bulls, and just the thought of them being in situation like that gives me the creeps.

My thought was this -  by sketching a portrait of Lisa, the issue will get more personal and maybe will touch some hearts and will make a little difference.

Digital Art - Retro Style Poodle

Hi there!

Lately I've been busy building a new site.
I've decided to combine two passions of mine, digital art and dog portraits. In this site DigitalDogPortraits.com (still under construction), I will create customized portraits of dogs/pets. Dogs' owners will be able to send me their pets' photos and I will create a digital portrait of their beloved pet and will print it for them on canvas.
The styles of the portraits will be Vector Art, Line Art and the famous Pop Art Warhol style.
I'm really excited and can't wait to finish the preparations and start working!

Take a look at a sample retro style Poodle's portrait that I've made recently and will be featured on the site :)

Well... that's it for today! Got to work on my site :)

See you soon!

Line Art - St. Bernard

Hi again :)

To complete the current dog art series, I decided to draw a St. Bernard. This majestic dog was always starring as a rescue dog on TV shows, films or cartoons. To be honest, until 3 years ago I have never seen this kind of breed in person. Luckily I was travelling in snowy Bariloche, Argentina and came across several fancy St. Bernards. They had the traditional outfit (wine keg) and were ready to be photographed by tourists.
Here is one of them :

He was big and looked tired, but his presence was indeed very royal!

These great dogs deserve a line art portrait, so I created one. 

Take a look : 

A little gloomy and tired, no? That was my intention, to capture various emotions in those portraits.

Here are my recent dog art creations on shirts : 

St. Bernard Shirt

Happy Black & White Dog

Smiling Boxer Shirt

Cool, isn't it? :)

Thank you for visiting, see you next time!

Want to see more of my art? You are welcome to visit my Online Store or my Facebook page.

 

Line Art - Happy Dog Portrait

Hi there,

Last post I showed you a Line Art of a Boxer dog. I like to capture dogs' expressions and poses, so I decided to draw some more.
This time I've created a portrait of a mixed breed dog, a happy and energetic creature. I wanted to do this sketch with the good old Photoshop CS2, to do something simple and basic.
Take a look :

To be honest I like to created Line Art images using photoshop. I tend to think that the images are warmer, and look more "human". The fact that I use only lines as a first sketch, and have to paint between the lines, makes the difference. I try to do very clean work, but every now and then, I can miss a pixel, you can't really see it immediately, but you can feel it - and that makes it (in my opinion) more special and warm. This kind of images are never perfect, and I like them more this way. I prefer hand painting the image, than using an immediate color fill (like in illustrator). 

Here is an example of how I fill the colors :

A little primitive, and analog... I know :) In illustrator the process is quicker and easier, I can switch colors immediately and change the lines in seconds... Using photoshop well... it's not :) And If I find an error I have to repaint the whole part, or to rebuild the area. Sometimes it takes a while, sometimes it's frustrating, but as I said before... I think that "feel" is much much better!

Next post we'll see another dog art using photoshop.

Thank you for visiting!

If you'd like to see more of my art, please check out my Online Store or my Facebook page

Line Art - Boxer Dog Portrait

Hi there!

Few months ago I posted some dog portraits, mainly my Pit Bull, created using line art.
Lately I had the urge to start drawing other breeds of dog using line art again. Dogs are perfect models, like to pose, and almost always look great in photos.
For me its a real pleasure to create dog art, I like to capture their mood and their character in the picture.
I decided to draw a Boxer (a friend of my dog). The Boxer is really impressive and athletic breed and its face is very special (some love it, some hate it).

Take a look at this smiling face :

This picture was created using adobe illustrator, next dog art will be created using adobe photoshop, and I'll will talk about the difference (at least for me) between the two programs. 

Thank you for visiting !

Have a lovely day :)

Want to see more of my art? Visit my Online Store, or my Facebook page.

Photography - Pit Bull / Churchill

Hi there,

Last week I went to see a graffiti exposition at the old Jaffa port. I took my camera with me and I'm gonna show you some photos from it next week. Anyway, when I came back I saw my dog chewing an eatable cigar, and he looked so funny. I immediately pulled the camera and took a picture of him.
I did a little bit of post production, to give it a retro and edgy feel.

Take a look :

Doesn't he look like Churchill? :)