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

Be the person your dog thinks you are - Cute Shirt

Here is a cute shirt that I created using the legendary quote : "Be the person your dog thinks you are"

Words to live by :)


 I added a cute colorful illustration and put all this good stuff on a shirt, check it out :

Perfect for all the dog lovers out there :)

You can purchase this cute apparel on my Digital Art shop (there are other products with this illustration as well).

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.

Painted Dog Calendar 2013

Just wanted to share with you!

I've published a super cool and vibrant 2013 calendar of my digital painted dog portraits. If you like dogs and want to smile the whole year,  you should take a look at it :)

Digital Dog Portraits is Online!

Hi there,

Haven't been here for a while... I know, as I told you I've been working on my new site DigitalDogPortraits.com and finally it is working and active :) I know that I'll have to do some tweaks along the way, but at least it is complete!

For those who were waiting for a new digital art, I'm glad to present my latest creation. Directly from my new site : Baster the puppy.

Baster was created using a new technique that I use - Digital Finger Paint. It's a bit more complex than Vector Art but the final result is warmer and looks more like painting. 

If you want to see more dog portraits just visit me at DigitalDogPortraits.com :)

Have a great day!

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 - 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.

Digital Art - Black Dog (my first illustrator creation)

Hi !

As a photoshop user, I am used to do some retouching to my photos, as well as creating digital art. Just learned by myself how to use it, and improved over time. Lately I've been creating more and more digital art, and I wanted to try a more flexible tool, that would help me to improve my art. I checked out Adobe Illustrator, and to my surprise, you can download the official version and use the full and latest release for 30 days. Now, I was so excited and wanted to work with it right away, but... I realized that I have to learn a lot of new features and elements. Luckily my photoshop experience helped a little bit, but yet... there was a lot to learn, I felt like a beginner, it was like learning a new language, oh well...

Been searching youtube and found this series of tutorials for beginners that are helpful and funny, if you are doing your first steps on illustrator, you should check it out... Jream Tutorials

My first attempt to create something in illustrator, was rather good for a first try. Take a look at my previous post and find the black dog. I decided to vectorize it! just for fun.

Take a look :

I was happy with the result so I decided to print it on a shirt :)

Take a look :

I like this shirt! it looks like a dog with a lion complex :)

That's it for today, I'll keep you posted with my new creations very soon.
As always you are welcome to visit my online store or my portfolio on "The Untapped Source".

Have a wonderful day !

Digital Art - The Dog Under The Blanket

Hi!

As promised I will post now the last line art of the Pit Bull series, and the 3 stages (photo, line art, colored line art).

This one is really cute actually. The dog has is own blanket, and he likes to stick his nose there. He looks very shy and gloomy at the same time.

Here is the photo :

The basic lines :

The colored Line Art :

This one looks much much better after the painting!

If you checked out the previous posts, you could see that the dog's expression was changing at each shot. Those expressions look human to us, and that fact makes the photos/line art extremely more appealing.

While I was looking at this portrait, I had an idea for a card/postcard, take a look :

I Miss You Card

Is this card cute or what? :)

Well I hope you enjoyed the last piece of the Pit Bull Line Art series! 

Have a wonderful day!

Digital Art - The Smiling Pit Bull

Hi!

As promised I'm posting another line art of my beloved dog.
On the last post I showed you the importance of catching the essence of the image. The previous portrait was about the sadness in the dog's eyes, this portrait will reflect happiness and a little bit of naughtiness.
This time I'm going to make it short, I'll post again only the three stages, and let you enjoy the process.


The photo :

The line art :

The line art painted :

Cute and crazy !

Smiling Pit Bull Shirt

Look how adorable it looks on a shirt :)  For real Pit Bull lovers !

Well that's it for now! short and sweet :)

'Till the next time.