The One to His Heart

This is the digitalization/coloring of a drawing from [link] You can view the original here: [link]

This was my first attempt at Photoshop painting (and painting in general since I was a child). I started making this picture in August, 2008, and it was mostly finished by that Christmas, but as I got better and better at using PS, I found more and more things I wanted to correct, so it never got uploaded. Yesterday night, as I was browsing through my PS files and I stumbled upon this *again*, I decided that enough was enough, I'll correct whatever I can by this afternoon, then I'll post the results. So here it is.

Before you start criticizing Wonka's face, that is mostly the original I did in summer, 2008 - without a tablet. Hair, too, *and* it's not a manip. I decided to leave it mostly alone for this reason, because now even I don't know how the hack I managed it...

The only texture used is for the coat but the light lines are hand painted.

And... I still don't like Charlie... I was going for realistic with this picture, and Charlie is anything but in the original. I changed a few things, but I mostly left him alone.

Download for the full size, it might be good for P&L!

If you notice strange smudges around the edges, it's because the last version that I edited now was saved with reduced number of layers - an error I swear (loudly) I won't. Make. Ever. Again.

Many thanks to Idol Hands! I hope you'll like this!