Duck Painted in Digital Oil

Earlier this month, my stylus pen was broken, and I couldn't use it anymore. It slowed my workflow and I had to order a new one. I waited for the package for 3 weeks, but finally it arrived and the first thing I did is taking for a test drive. Here's the result :)

If you like the painting, you can find it on my Redbubble shop. Here's an example of the piece on a tote bag. 

Click on the image to order

Painting of a Gray Cat

It's been a while since I painted a cat portrait. Well... the time has come :)
I tried to keep this one more painterly than usual, and I really like the calm yellow/turquoise background.
I used Kyle Webster oil brushes for this portrait.

Gray Cat

You can get this painting on many products on my Redbubble Shop, here's the painting on a pillow - wouldn't like to cuddle with it? :)

Cat on a Pillow (click to order)

Loose Digital Watercolor Dog Portrait

As you all know, I am a pet portrait artist,  and from time to time I like to create my pet portraits in a different style and methods. This time I turned again to this wonderful software Rebelle, and painted a cute black and white dog in a loose way, using their wonderful watercolor simulation.

Here is the end result.

Here is this cute creature on a tote bag - I really like it 😍, you can get this lovely painting on other products as well on my Redbubble Shop.

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Here Comes the Rooster II

Here's a painting that I completed 2 weeks ago, I really like it - it developed during the painting process and I used 3 different painting softwares just to get the desired result. An impressive orange rooster, that will wake everybody up :) The whole atmosphere in this painting is in retro style, one can really see the old faded canvas material.

By the way - the softwares that I used for this painting are - Rebelle 2 by Escape Motions | Corel Painter by Corel | Photoshop by Adobe.


Here is our guy :)

Orange Rooster - Retro Style

If you like this painting you can purchase it on my Online Shop.

Here is the painting on a tote bag, but you can get on so many other products.

Rooster Tote Bag - purchase here

The King of the Blues - Farewell

I am a big fan of B.B. King, since I was 10 years old. My father used to listen to his music, and to tell me how great he is. I guess I just grew up and understood just what he meant. I really thought the he would live forever, because he was an icon for over 60 years, and icons never die…

The minute that I heard about his death, I decided to paint a portrait, to pay my tribute and to say thank you for all those great years.

Here is the portrait, it was rather quick, but I still like it very much.

And here is one of my favorite songs, I really like this version (with Eric Clapton).

I Need an Easy Friend

Hi there,

Once in a while when I have time, I paint something that is completely different from my usual stuff.
This time I planned to paint portraits of musicians and artists that I admire. So far... I just have Kurt Cobain under my sleeve,  but I'm sure some other talented people will join soon :)

Here is my digital painting of Kurt, it is quite unusual, I wanted to keep it somewhat live, grungy and organic.

If you like this piece, you can get it on my Digital Art shop.

For all of you who love Nirvana, here is one of my favorite songs :

Waiting in Vain - Digital Painting

Hi there!

Recently I purchased the new Sketchbook pro 7, it's a painting/sketching software, very intuitive and powerful. I doodled some stuff during the week, and then decided to do a digital painting with it.

I planned to paint a scene from a theater play, that I saw in an old photo. I wanted to create a bitter sweet romantic atmosphere, and yet minimalistic.

I called the painting - Waiting in Vain

If you like this painting, you can find the print on my Redbubble Store



I have a lot of beautiful exciting stuff waiting for you! Stay tuned, and have a great day :)

Showcase of my Dog Art

I've created a short video with my Dog Art, just a small portfolio. I am not a video editor expert or a marketing wiz, but I think it turned out to be pretty nice :)

Take a look

If you happen to have a pet or want to make a pet owner happy, feel free to contact me. From my experience I know that you can't go wrong with a stunning pet portrait :)

Digitally Painted Alley Cat

Hi there,

Last week I wanted to draw something quickly, since I'm a pet portrait artist, I paint mostly dogs. This time I wanted to sketch a cat. Quickly and loosely. I finished the sketched and started to paint it freely. One thing lead to another and I found myself looking at a dirty, tough alley cat, lying in a dark street. I kept the sketchy lines in order to keep a rough and urban ambiance.

I really liked the result and decided to share it with you.

If you like this Piece you can purchase it on my Redbubble Shop

Until next time! Have a wonderful day :)

Digital Art - The Hummingbird

Hi there !

Many of us need to complete a task, finish an assignment, or just to be creative. Sometimes we just can't get it right. Our mind wanders to other places, and the muse been gone away. We know we NEED to do something, or to get it done, but the more we try, it looks more and more difficult. In these cases, sometimes it's better to relax, and to leave the assignment for a while. Go for a walk, drink a glass of wine and listen to music or just go to sleep. When your mind is relaxed - the muse/solution will come to visit.

It happened to me the other day, I felt like I have to create something, but I had no idea what to do. I was so frustrated and tired, so I decided to take a nap. While I was sleeping, I visioned a tattoo styled hummingbird, with red flames all over. I was so excited! Woke up immediately and decided to create it right away.

While I was drawing the sketch and experimenting with colors and tones, I've found out that I am going to do a little twist. The hummingbird will stay, but the colors and the atmosphere will be completely different. The hummingbird wanted to have it on its own terms, and made me paint it with vibrant psychedelic colors, in a green and tropical background.

I loved the result, and now I am thinking of making a whole series of tropical birds.


That's it for now :)

As always you are welcome to visit my online store and my portfolio at "The Untapped Source". Feel free to browse around, purchase something or just to enjoy the art.

Have a wonderful day!

Digital Art - The Sad Pit Bull

Hi There!

This time I want to show you my latest work, using line art. Line art is a fun kind of technique - if you want to transform a photo to a line art, you need to figure which lines are best defining your image, and to draw them. I won't give here a tutorial, but if you like to see one, go to melissaevans.com (the tutorial section).

As I told you in previous posts, even if you are not a professional, or don't have the best equipment, the most important thing in photography or digital art, to my opinion, is the composition. I don't consider myself as a professional in the line art field, but, I knew I could pull it off with a good composed photo.
so... I decided to make a line art picture of my dog. I have several shots of him in various situations, and I chose an emotional one. In this shot he looks very sad and sorry, you can really feel the emotion there!
take a look :

I pointed all the important lines, and drew them on the canvas, especially I tried to seize the emotion of the original photo - The secret is in the eyes, and the eyebrows. If you can deliver the emotion, you have done 80 percent of the work.
Take a look at the line art :

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It was pretty good, with some basic lines I could deliver the emotion and the original photo's essence. I thought to myself, how can I improve it? should I paint the picture? I never done that - painting a line art, and I was curious how it's going to turn out.
Take a look :

I was really amazed, it was pretty easy, and now the dog looks more alive, the picture is much more vibrant and appealing! I was so happy that I decided to make some more line arts of this beautiful Pit Bull, and I'm going to publish them in future posts.

Hope you enjoyed the art!

If you like to see or purchase my art you are welcome to visit me on my online store or to check out my portfolio on "The Untapped Source" art gallery.


Have a wonderful day :)

Digital Art - Making of a Vector Art Portrait (Video)

Hi there!

This post will be dedicated to Vector Art.
For those of you who have never heard about it, I can describe it as a technique of creating a picture or an image using different geometrical shapes (lines, polygons and other). The advantage of this method is the ability of enlarging the image, without damaging the image's quality, unlike other methods.
If you want to learn a little bit more you are welcome to visit my Vector Art lens

This method is easy to learn, but it takes time to practice, and... if you want to use it properly, you need to spend a lot of time in front of the computer. As we can see on the video, I've spent more or less 7.5 hours making the image, so... you have to be dedicated to your project!

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Photography/Digital Art - The Importance of Composition

Hi there!

This post is dedicated to the importance of composition, in photography and in art.
Now's days we have many applications and software that help us improve our photos - to enhance the color, to retouch the pic, to make it retro/vintage style and more... We can even find a camera that can take a perfectly focused picture, so we don't have to master all the photography techniques - the technology will help us with most of them.

All of these apps and gadgets ARE helpful, but they cannot transform a boring picture to a more interesting one. If you don't have a good composition, you could make the picture prettier, but it still going to look boring, nobody will give it a second glance. The other way around is different, if you have a good composition, most chances are that people will tolerate (to some point) a poor focus, light or noise.

Let's look at these photos:

Good light and color, poor composition

Poor light and color, good composition

Which picture is better? Most of us will find the second picture more interesting. The composition is much more appealing (the movement and the position of the bar), even though that the light is poor. On the other hand we can't do magic with the first picture, it has a better light and a stronger color, but that is it! Take a look at the second picture after a little bit of lighting, crop and contrast...

Good composition, light and color

I had the same situation, the other day. I was walking in a rural area, looking for an interesting place to take some pictures. Suddenly, two cyclists popped up in front of me... my camera was off, and I tried to capture them as quick as I could. The picture was blurry and the light wasn't perfect, but the composition... it was awesome! The minute I saw the picture, I knew that it has a great potential.

Let's look at the evolution of that pic.

The original - interesting composition, far from perfect focus, light and contrast

Improved light and contrast, better but still imperfect focus

The post processed result was better, but still I thought that this composition needs a better presentation.
So I decided to think out of the box, and to change the photo to a digitized impressionist paint... I had to experiment some filters and to adjust some variables, but the final result was exactly as I imagined - bright colors, noticeable brush strokes and a well presented nature.

Digital impressionist paint

The cyclists and the green background also gave me an idea for a logo - created with vector art.

So, (I'm sure that you already know) in my opinion a good composition is a major (maybe the most important) part of photography and art. You can play with the filters, light and the focus, they are the side dishes... the composition (as shown) is the main course.

That's it for now!  Thank you for visiting my blog, I hope you enjoyed it :)

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