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This is my first attempt at combining Corel PainterX with illustrating in Photoshop. Painter is the best program for simulating natural brush/pen strokes of traditional media (oil, watercolor, gouache, charcoal, etc.). The three images at the bottom were reference photos used for the final illustration.
About 2/3 was created within Photoshop and the remaining 1/3 of the process in Painter.
The above image is an application picture as part of the 5-part Bible lesson series, "Meet the Author". The printed ring-bound flashcard will be 24 x 34cm.