Jephyr Art (Artist Jeff Curtis) - 'Love Bugs!'

I'm sharing several variations on my new digital painting 'Love Bugs' — as well as a
look (at the end of this post) at the ancient 'sketch' that I polished into today's final piece.

Please consider scrolling down if you would like to see all six iterations — Jephyr!

'Love Bugs!'

Digital Painting — November 2022

Began as a simple 'sketch' in a real world sketchbook LONG ago.

There was something about that crude concept that I
always liked and have attempted to paint and polish up at least once
before — and at long last, feel like I was able to bring it to life.

Hope you enjoy this one too — and it gives you a smile / warms your heart!

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The same image as above with a sunset sky:

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Variation with just the ornamentation lattice and no background behind it:

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Same as the last with the sunset sky:

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Just the characters in a heart:

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Same again but with the sunset sky:

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Finally, the 'horrors' : ) of the original concept from an
ancient sketchbook - created back in the stone age when I was transitioning
from musician to artist. I used pastel Pencils over an original sketch:

Thanks for looking in!

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The above digital paintings were created using a Wacom Tablet Interface
and Krita— awesome, FREE! computer painting software