I make speedpaints every one to three days based on National Geographic's 'Photo of the Day' that day.
So not really original, just shape and colour practice.
For the photo and information:
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/kaffiy...
Th music is from the soundtrack for the game Final Fantasy XII, "Rabanastre Downtown" and "Salikawood".
And last, the tools:
Adobe Photoshop CS2 (using a simple round brush), a Wacom Intuos3 A4 wide tablet and Camtasia.
It is important to practice every time you can. Nothing wrong to do that with National Geographic's Photo references. As long as you don't sell them as your creative ownership. :-)
Keep it up!
mo2artworks 3 years ago