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Fantasy Cross Stitch - Nene Thomas
From the Artisit Nene Thomas - For the first 10 years or so of my career I painted exclusively in
watercolor, with a touch of acrylic on some pieces. In 2004 I became
enamored with digital art, and the more I began to like it, the more
dissatisfied I became with my own paintings. So, I set aside my
watercolors, bought a digital art tablet, Corel Painter 7 and Adobe
Photoshop CS and began experimenting. It was a lot more difficult to
learn than I assumed it would be, especially because I do not have a lot
of experience with computers, so I spent countless hours surfing the
internet looking for any and all digital art tutorials that I could
find. My first digital paintings were actually hybrid works, where I
mixed watercolor elements with digital ones, but eventually I became
comfortable enough working with the digital art programs that I
completed the transition to fully digital works.