Nothing shakes away the winter blues (for me anyway) better than a pleasant pet portrait video set to a happy jazzy tune. I think you’ll feel the same after watching. In under four minutes you’ll see these two best buddies take shape before your eyes! This is a video of me painting in Rebelle Pro 8 a pet portrait of my dear Hudson (who passed last June) and his good buddy Frank (who is still …
A video that is sure to trigger several people I know, some CPL information and revised Gun Safety Rules
This digital painting demo was created way back in November for a Christmas pet portrait order. In this demo, I show the whole screen including the software palettes and my reference images. I use an older version of Corel Painter (from 2019). My current system is a bit slow for the latest versions. Typical of software these days, there’s a lot of feature bloat in the newer versions anyway. The final size of this portrait …
My computer just froze up while I was in the middle of painting a pet portrait. No, I didn’t have it saved. About an hour of work lost. Very frustrating. While I wait to calm down and take another run at it (this time with more frequent saving of my work), here’s a video of Irish people trying American burgers. It’s part of a series of Irish people trying different American things. The concept seems …
It may sound esoteric and overly intellectual, but pay attention, because we’re living through it right now.Comments are open! Please add yours below. About the Authortopdog TwitterTopdog is Steve Merryman, a graphic designer (retired), and illustrator. Living in the woods, Steve can often be found working on portrait commissions. In his spare time he paints, writes, shoots guns, cuts trees, hikes with his dogs, savors a beer or two, and searches for the perfect cheeseburger. …
I’ve had a couple portrait commissions going the last couple weeks. I decided to create a video of my process creating this Sherlock portrait.
