Some of you may not have noticed i even had a spell of absence, but its come to an end...i think.

I haven't been creating and adding digital paintings frequently since about June 2008, or even earlier i think. this is just a hobby and as much as i like it and feel i have considerable talent doing it, i neglect to make enough time to make these fantastic drawings. as i realised i was no longer using the touch tablet, i agreed to give to my sister as a gift, but she reports its not working, which was quite sad.


~Chelseearth-Vader - my beautiful sister

although i did do a few traditional paintings, which are comparatively produced very quickly and effortlessly, most of the paintings i have done were as gifts, or random thoughts

and then came my first painting commissioned for a colleague at work! im posting it on dA now. here it is [link] the painting caught a lot of attention at work, bringing about a few more requests, which i will post on here eventually.

today i have a new touch tablet. a few people at work were curious as to how i use a touch tablet to create these pictures, as the only drawing program they're familiar is the very basic 'AINT', so i have taken the time to put together a tutorial (of sorts) which describes the basic method used to make the pictures...it is not a creative step by step to teach you how to do it, it just explains HOW its done, here is a link to the new post [link]

again im not sure if i was missed, but im back. hopefully i have acquired a few new skills after a bit of practice with good ol fashioned acrylic on canvas, so let me know if you notice.

cya - gav