If you are going to spend good money on a painting... its probably best to get a real painter / painting , and not a digital painter.
The plan is to share this with others in the airborne community so I'll stick with digital - but thanks for the recommendation of the artist. I'll check him out
Heya Chuck,
Not that I care which way you go... Just wanted to state, that any natural media painting can and often IS digitized.
The quality of course, depends on where they get it scanned / photo'd + Printed out.
Many advertisements, book covers, video game box art, billboards...etc.. all start out in natural media form.
Some will import than digitally, and may tweak their works... such as adding special lighting effects.
The nice thing about natural media, is that it intrinsically has much higher value, as compared to a digital file / printout.
IE... if you were forced to have to sell it... you might make back most or all of your money.
The downside... is that large scale professional level works, tend to be Very pricey.
Then again... if you want a large scale digital artwork created... its going to need a Lot of detail, to be able to look decent
at such a size... and that means, a Lot more time and effort... which may make it cost the same, if not even more. Most
especially because natural media paintings can often be painted faster than digital art - due to the fact that digital art programs,
and the lackluster input devices... often are cumbersome, and clunky. What they give you in Undo, Layering, and other
benefits... they take away in flow and speed of creation... adding anywhere from 5 to 10 times the amount of man-hours
to the finished product.
Also something to consider... is that pure vector art is very different from natural media art... off which your picture is made from.
Vectors are notoriously difficult to make realistic gradients, and high realism in human form / faces. Yeah, some people can do
anything... but those same people are typically not "affordable", and only do work for large scale business commission$.
The larger the painting... the more details.. but also, the more shading graduations too. As well as color shifts, if the artists is
actually high level / good.
And finally...
That pic isnt bad... but to note... that a high level artist, given good creative freedom, could probably come up with something
far more impressive, even if its just shading and coloring differences. To possibly prevent buyers remorse... You might ask for a
few sample sketches, and quick color concept roughs, before approving a full large scale painting.
Best Regards