This is a digital self portrait done in the traditional sense ie - just me sat in front of a mirror. I have not used any photo reference, it was just me and my wacom tablet.
The painting has taken about 35hrs to complete. I chose to do a self portrait as it is one of the hardest things to paint because it has to look exactly like you, if not your friends and family will notice and find fault straight away.
I used photoshop 7 with a standard brush sometimes set on airbrush, sometimes not and i used varying brush opacity - from 2% up to 95% in order to get light or heavy coverage.
Id be interested in peoples comments, and if you have any questions ill do my best to answer them.
Thanks
David Cathro
DavidCathrow@hotmail.com