Princess in castle with happy birds - WIP stages

A flock of happy birds are playing with a yellow dressed princess in her castle.
This digital illustration was created during mid May 2021 and the picture above demonstrates three stages of the creation of it. In the first panel can be seen the drawing. This was done using Sketchbook pro software running on a tablet with the image being 1200px along the longest edge. The second panel now shows the same drawing painted, with basic colours and tonal qualities indicated using basic brushes. After this stage the file is exported to a desktop W10 computer running the same software. The artwork is enlarged up to 6000px on the longest edge and then it is re-painted in a more refined manor  so that a high quality, printable illustration can be reproduced, with the final panel showing the finished princess illustration. It can be seen in better detail on this link. 

Princess in castle with happy birds - digital illustration

In this fairy-tale like illustration, a princess wearing a long yellow dress is seen happily interacting with friendly white birds through a window open in a castle corridor.
Painted in May 2021 using 'Auto Sketchbook Pro' software, initially on a tablet and then exported to a W10 desktop computer. The finished result can be seen via this external link. 

 closeup working progress 20

 A small snippet of a princess illustration...

Princess releasing bird

Princess releasing Bird

This was painted in photoshop around early February 2010, but I was never that happy with it. I left it a few weeks and added flowers and more tonal work to help bring it out a bit more, as I felt is was too flat, despite the prospective. It does look better now. Ironically I was expecting the figure (in perspective) to be the most difficult element here but it was not after all.

from the website...
This illustration depicts a princess releasing a white dove to freedom in the grounds of her home. The angle is looking down at the action to show the release of the bird, leaving the girl behind on the ground.

Painted in 2011. 
 

Princesses in forest settings

Princesses in forest settings

Princess lost in the forest with cherubs looking on
Princess and the frog

'Lost princess' was painted in december 2008 in photoshop. It was quite a detailed image at the end of the day which is lost on the small version placed here on the blog. The trees and the horse both took some time to do!
'Princess and the frog' was painted slightly later in march 2009, and is based on the fairy tale of the same name.

fairy story type thing!

fairy story type thing!

Water bucket maid

Princess and Prince and friends

Princess and prince and friends was painted in photoshop in may 2010, with water bucket maid painted a month earlier in april. I tried to avoid a direct copy of 'seven dwarfs', by having six!