Digital Art Trending on Tumblr - check out #litdigitalart

A few weeks ago I started using Instagram and Tumblr - two MORE social media sites to update every day. Tumblr keeps in contact with you by providing positive feedback via email about a lot of things. They also let you know what happens to be trending. Yesterday digital art was on the list so I naturally had to take a look since I have been religiously updating my LITDigitalArt presence. Every day I add the link to this blog, add ten photos of whatever is going on around the DC area, post a pet portrait, and add a five second "movie" of a digital artwork in process from sketch to finished product. Then I always add a food item, flowers, a real pooch, and something pleasant from somebody else's blog. I'm starting to get followers and likes. So I was happy to see my "movie" on the thread from yesterday, even if it was just getting captured because I just put it there. Tumblr is very visually appealing and great for this hobby of mine. Who knows what might happen next? Just check #litdigitalart and see what pops up. Who would have ever thought a # would have so much meaning. 

Digital Art Commissions From Canada

People in Canada are a lot like us - they love their kids, dogs, and cats. I just received my first 2015 commission for a digital art hand painted custom portrait of a bull dog puppy. That makes the sixth request from Canada that I have had since I opened my Esty shop in August 2012. It's really exciting to be able to provide personal art for people all over the world - including Australia and Puerto Rico - and all over the US. It's all done using my iPad and sending the final product as an email attachment. When the order is "shipped" a map shows the beginning and end destinations. Most of the orders are gifts for loved ones, and the Christmas holiday is a particularly busy time. Many of the requests are memorial pet portraits. It's usually the wife requesting a special portrait for a husband, but this one was a husband requesting a special portrait for his wife for her birthday. One cat portrait was a sister for a sister; a child for a mother; another dog portrait was a daughter for her father who didn't have any photos of his pooches. There was a lot of manipulation and imagination getting those two dogs in to one scene. In the end I'm really touched that someone actually makes the request, and then displays it for viewing. And because it is a digital image, it can be used over and over in traditional mats and frames, but also in unconventional ways like coffee mugs, pillows, smart phone cases, etc. The iPad has made a huge difference in my life for many reasons. This whole process is perhaps one of the most meaningful.