11-22-2023, 05:19 AM
Thanks! Yes, everything I posted was digital. The colored portraits were painted in Rebelle, which is my current favorite digital painting software for that realistic natural media look. I have tested and compared all the notable desktop and mobile digital drawing/painting software on the market and Rebelle is by far my favorite one, although for certain types of brushwork Photoshop still can't be beat--until Rebelle catches up in that area, which I think they soon will, especially with the upcoming version 7 (which I was invited to beta test recently, and have been working with them on the improvement of their brush engine since version 5). And hopefully they'll release a mobile version for iPad Pro soon, because I'm just not a fan of mobile art apps in general, with the exception of Artstudio Pro, but that basically has a similar brush engine as Photoshop so it can't do what Rebelle can do.
Funny thing is, I used to be all traditional analog and hated digital, back when I first encountered digital back in the mid to late 90s. I hated how clunky it felt to use a Wacom tablet (first generation) compared to real drawing and painting tools, and how sterile the digital brushes behaved and looked. But then Spooge (Craig Mullins) showed us how even the most basic hard-edged round brush can be used to paint compelling digital paintings that had the vibe of traditional painting, if you knew how to use it right. Then as digital art software evolved and became more advanced and the brush engines became capable to replicating the nuances of natural media, I started to favor digital for its flexibility and power and stopped using traditional analog altogether.
Funny thing is, I used to be all traditional analog and hated digital, back when I first encountered digital back in the mid to late 90s. I hated how clunky it felt to use a Wacom tablet (first generation) compared to real drawing and painting tools, and how sterile the digital brushes behaved and looked. But then Spooge (Craig Mullins) showed us how even the most basic hard-edged round brush can be used to paint compelling digital paintings that had the vibe of traditional painting, if you knew how to use it right. Then as digital art software evolved and became more advanced and the brush engines became capable to replicating the nuances of natural media, I started to favor digital for its flexibility and power and stopped using traditional analog altogether.