From Humble Beginnings

Hello all, so I have this drawing tablet right, that I kind of forgot about and never really used. As an aspiring professional 3D artist, having decent traditional and digital art experience is very important. So I decided to try and learn to paint with my tablet.

First Painting (Spent 2 Hours):

I wanted to paint a cloud scene, but got bored and decided to add a fire dragon, BAM! (Yeah at this point I am just messing with brushes)

Second Painting (Spent 1 Hour):

Maybe I'm into fire tonight or something, so I decided to try painting a fire Poke'mon, Ponyta! I am still messing around with the brushes, but I am getting more used to drawing naturally using the tablet. (I used the classic old school Poke'dex Ponyta for reference)

Third Painting (Spent 1-2 Hours):

While reading a tutorial by a deviant artist named "Vesner", I found a link where he put together a compilation of photoshop brushes. I am not quite sure how to make a custom brush yet for photoshop, but apparently many people have designed different ones for specific purposes. There was a whole bunch of cloud brushes in there too. Here's the link --> [Cool Brushes].

Fourth Painting (Spent 2 Hours)

I was recently watching Van Helsing and they had this really cool shot in the movie when he is walking through the fog almost completely silhouetted. I thought that I would pause the movie and attempt a quick free hand painting of him.