A Passing Dog - Digital Painting

Hi!

I hope all is well for you as we wind down another year and that you are going to have a great Christmas and holiday season!

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Recently—I found a very cool photo of a jackal—and was inspired to do a quick digital painting / study of it.

As I worked—I tried out a BUNCH of brushes that came with the software I was using.

I was having trouble getting the the jackal's fur to look right, though—and wondered if I could find any good FREE brushes that I could download to make the job easier.

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Then after searching around a bit for those—I happened upon some excellent tutorials showing how to create your own brushes.

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After some experimenting with those ideas—I made several custom brushes that I began trying out.

One was definitely a "home run"—and IMO allowed me to quickly create more realistic looking fur that was better looking than I'd been making with other brushes I had already.

It's kinda the equivalent of using ratty old brushes in the "real world"—with their bristles sticking this way and that.

I'm sure I'll use these new brushes a LOT—and will now create many more—and in time will get better at using them too.

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Anywho—here's a look at my brand spankin' new Jackal Digital Painting / Photo Study.

As you may notice—I ended up taking some liberties with my painting—and my "jackal" began to look more like a domestic dog—with more of a rounded head and a longer snout.

Click the image to see a larger view.

"A Passing Dog" - Copyright 2018 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved

^ ^ ^  BTW—As I painted—this went through my mind more than once:

Proverbs 26:17

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Thanks for stopping by!

See you again soon!

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See other Jephyr! digital paintings—as well as links to other artwork at jephyr.com.