Playing Around in Photoshop

Getting some practice done in Photoshop via Reddit Gets Drawn. Link to original here.

Edit: Decided to add another RGD sketch that I did today. Link to the original.

Edit 2: Okay, one more. Link to the original.

A Self Portrait

So I have been wanting to do a Photoshop self portrait in a similar style to this portrait I did of a friend's girlfriend. I've been at it for a while, but every time I start one I begin to hate it before I'm even half way done. Anyways, I finally sat down and made one that actually kind of looks like me. I'm not sure that I like it too much, but I think that's because after a while I get sick of looking at myself. I'd much rather draw cartoony pictures of myself. Anyways, you can see the final painting below. Let me know what you think.



Below are some of failures I was talking about before.



After finally finishing the realistic painting of myself I decided to color this little doodle, to make myself feel better. I actually think this one looks most like me.

Portrait

A friend of mine commissioned me to do a portrait of his girlfriend for her birthday. I had to use a bunch of photographs as reference, because I never met her, but I think it turned out pretty good. My friend who commissioned me said it looks like her.

I used this as good photoshop painting practice.

Horsey!

Rough sketch-a-doodle of the horse.


The golden horse by itself.


The finished piece. I think this took a total of about five and a half hours. It is inspired by a tapestry I saw a a Thai place near where I live.

Photoshop Painting Practice

I really hope to hate this piece one day. However, as I am still working on my Photoshop painting skills, I suppose it's not too bad.


This took about five hours in Photoshop which includes me hating the way I was shading about halfway through and starting all over again. This is a more realistic version of a character I have been working on for some time now.

Any critiques would be more than welcome.