Head to Toe

As much fun as it is to play with my tablet, it's good to get back to working on its big brother, my laptop.  (Somehow, I've given up on my desktop computer as it's gotten lugubrious and slow, not to mention how it gets a sadistic kick out of turning itself on and off at random!).

This image was made from a photo I took in late winter of a statue in Vancouver, zooming in for a close-up of her face.  The photo itself is quite washed out, giving me lots of opportunity to apply various textures and blending modes in Photoshop to create something original...not painting, not photography, but digital art.

At the bottom of the same statue, we see one foot of the angel and one boot of the soldier she is carrying off. Windows of a neighbouring building witness their ascension.

Here are the two original photos.

And this gives you an idea of the full statue,

Winged Victory by Coeur de Lion MacCarthy.

Yet another version of this intriguing and emotionally moving statue,

an artwork I made a few years ago. 

I suspect I will make a few more digital art pieces 

based on this sculpture.

Can you blame me?