Photoshop CS 2 (I think!) It was back in 2009 on my old computer which is sadly no longer with us. These days I'm using Elements which is almost as fully featured as Photoshop at a fraction of the price.
I think this took around a week irrc, but I was working to a deadline set by my client. Don't worry about spending too much time on one piece of work if it's for your portfolio. When I first started I often spent months on one image!
Custom brushes can be a big time saver. I used them to create the magic effects in this image in just a few clicks.
I would like to thank you for this picture. I have been trying to conceptualize an outfit for me to make for my character. Your art has given me a vision of what I want and is serving as inspiration for me to lose enough weight to look decent in the outfit.
So, thank you! I hope that you don't mind that I am using your art in this way.
This is impossibly beautiful. However, if I were her, I'd pin my ears back before going into battle. They're just begging to be lopped off. The ears are my favorite...except on orcs. Orcs shouldn't be allowed to have something so beautiful.
Custom brushes can be a big time saver. I used them to create the magic effects in this image in just a few clicks.
So, thank you! I hope that you don't mind that I am using your art in this way.