Is there something as being too good with digital painting program?

[anysia]

I was asked if I had taken a public domain image off the net (nope) and digitally manipulated it to pass it off as something I made (again nope)

I had recorded a show about the Hubble telescope. I decided to re-create one of the recorded images in TB. I had started it out with the usual acrylics, airbrushes etc etc. I used a grid to make sure everything was lined up as it was supposed to be.

After a recent update with TwistedBrush, and a new tool added, I saw a great way to improve and enhance my artwork. I ported in the original digital painting, which I knew needed more work, and using it as my source, used the new tools (the whole assortment, basic, airbrush, textured, all I felt that made it look good) and worked it adding 4 layers of colors and textures, to make it pop.

Is there such a thing as being 'too good'?

Comments

Short answer?

[the-resa.livejournal.com]

No.
There are some phenomenal digital artists over on Deviant Art who've changed my opinion of digital art.

I've always been into traditional techniques -- pencil, ink, paint - but what some of these people do with their computers is just jaw-dropping amazing.

Non-artists just need to wrap their brains around the concept of no hard copy to carry around. Like web comics vs paper comics, it'll take a while. The prejudice is still pretty high, but I think, give it 10 years and it will probably be the standard.

Re: Short answer?

[anysia.livejournal.com]

All my painting used to be done the 'old fashioned' way too, until I had a problem with the chemicals in the cleaners and some of the paints giving me nose bleeds.

The person that hinted that I had just digitally manipulated a swiped image is a photographer. And now, even though I didn't name names, he is all indignant because I happened to blog about it.

I have digitally manipulated images, public domain and my own, and flat out say so!

I just don't like being called a thief, fraud or liar. :(