SteveAllred

These are photos that I've applied several Photoshop actions and filters to, this creates a “rough” painting. Then I go back over and spend several hours painting with an Intuos tablet in Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint. Usually this whole process takes between 5 to 20+ hours, depending on image complexity. I experiment with these Photoshop actions: https://graphicriver.net/user/eugene-design And these: https://graphicriver.net/user/sevenstyles Part of why I like doing these is the fun of trying new techniques and combining different effects. Yes, I wish I painted these from scratch. Yes, It would take more time and skill. More importantly though, it would be much more energy than I've been able to muster for many years now. I've had an incredibly challenging life unfortunately. I . . . can go into that a little bit below in case people are wanting a more in-depth look about why I create these. But all the most important info is above. So Forgive the in-depth look into

Welcome to all my new watchers!  Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to look at my work! So I’ve been working really hard to get a bunch of older pieces finished and up on here.  To just kind of “get things ready” for my latest masterpiece “The Power to Dream.” I have a bunch of older pieces that I’m still working on to get ready to post on here.  But all the pieces are “still needing work.”  So the pace of my posting things on here should slow down a little, (no more posting 7 things at once, which hopefully wasn’t too annoying.) Thank you all so much for taking the time to stop by, I hope yo

To all 3 of my watchers, I'm going to be posting a bunch of my older stuff, just to kind of get some back end support for the new stuff I'll be posting soon.  So be patient a little longer, as the next few submissions won't be the best.  But my new stuff is amazing I assure you. Also forgive the multiple uploads of some of my pieces, I'm still figuring some stuff out. Also I'm getting tired of seeing my watermark when I'm checking stuff.  So I'm re-uploading the pieces watermark free. Once I get everything set up I'm going to get a bunch of emails out there, and start getting more active in the community.  Hopefully this will get some more