Holiday Cardinal Card finished

Finished the Holiday Cardinal card tonight. Please check it out full-sized in my gallery: Holiday Cardinal Card.

I really tried to go for that natural media look on this. Here’s some detail shots so you can see how well the conte brush in Photoshop CS3 mimics real media. I also played a lot with textures to try and get a watercolor look:

Lastly, here is how it looks on a card in my Zazzle store. Check it out:

Holiday Cardinal Greeting Card by karyn_lewis
Design personalized note cards at zazzle.com

Check out the finished image in my portfolio…