Here is a Value study i did. Basically, i took two images and photo manipulated them together horrible, then painted it completely value.

If you don't know what painting by value means, it's painting with light in a sense. You focus on painting out the dark and light colors to define the shape and refine it until you get the image you want.
I'm sure there are better explanations online of it, but you get the idea.

Anywho, this took about 40 minutes and was fun after i added the lion head.
It was a good exercise for me because i have trouble with value, so it came out rather well.

I appreciate any CnC. But there is a 99% change i won't change anything in this picture, but instead take whatever cnc i get and apply it to my next painting.


Used gimp 2.8, wacom bamboo capture tablet, and a dell optical mouse.