what are you painting for christmas

[pai]

Xmas has to have snowman, I think.

[Pam]

Hi Pai,
you have made two works much beautiful.
especially Saint claus!

[Someonesane]

Excellent job everyone!

*wishes he was better at color theory...*

[pai]

Thank you Pam and Someonesane. I wonder if someone tell me how to do those sparkling twinkles on an image. It's so lovely for Xmas.

[Canvasian]

Just saw this one. Lots of good stuff like Enchanter's mountains, Hanzz's ornament is funny as well :lol: some nice christmas card ideas here too

Here's mine. Not really chrismas-y, but wintery at least. Meant to be a cartoon, not quite finished yet.. what tool should I use to color it you think?

[nyquist]

Something simple.

I'm not going to get to decorate for Christmas this year because I'm moving at the end of the month...so I wanted to do a bit of Christmas painting to help get in the spirit.

Very elegant design!

[nyquist]

Want to try to paint my Santa after seeing so many lovely ones. Here it is.

Very nice use of color. Reminds me a little of Jeremy Sutton's work with Painter.

[pai]

Hi nyquist, thanks for liking it. These are done in Artrage 100% on one layer. I'm so happy to hear that it's little bit like Painter (I never try it and I heard it's difficult to use). That means Artrage is an awesome program for beginner artists like me.

[heikki]

Hei.

Onpas täällä kilttejä ja mukavia lapsia ja kauniita joulukuvia.

Hauskaa ja Rauhaisaa Joulua kaikille.

tv. Joulupukki.

Sorry, i use Santa-claus-land Language.

[nyquist]

Hi nyquist, thanks for liking it. These are done in Artrage 100% on one layer. I'm so happy to hear that it's little bit like Painter (I never try it and I heard it's difficult to use). That means Artrage is an awesome program for beginner artists like me.

You do it all on one layer? Wow, that's fantastic. The quality of your work shows you are no beginner!

I work with Painter and one of the things I've noticed about the artwork of ArtRage users is that their paintings seem to have more energy. I think it must be an aspect of the simplicity and ease of use of ArtRage that lends itself to more spontaneity. It's very appealing to me and your work is a great example of that.

Perhaps part of the way to simulate natural media in software is to keep it simple (as the tools in the real world are). Granted there are trade offs, but I think the more like Photoshop that Painter becomes, the less Painterly the resulting work. I'm hoping ArtRage stays on its current course, it's a joy to work with.

To philosophize a little further, I think Painter's current strategy is to tap into the large digital photographer market (both pro and amateur), as opposed to the illustrator/painter market which is a smaller market. There's a place for each of the tools. I do wish Painter were as stable as ArtRage or Photoshop.

Regards,
John