That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
James M. Barrie

The painting posted here, loosely illustrating the story of Cain and Abel, represents the more painterly style I’ve been working in lately. I don’t vouch for the Biblical accuracy of the story, that wasn’t my concern with this particular piece. Instead my aim was to show emotion, the moment when the slayer having committed murder while in the throes of a jealous frenzy comes to his senses and realizes what he has done.

The art was created almost exclusively in Painter, (and after my recent ordeal with Adobe tech support, which may wind up as another post, I wish I could abandon Photoshop altogether), using a lot of the oil brush variants, starting from a blank page. That is, I took this one directly from an idea rough, all the way to finish, on my computer as opposed to importing a drawing of some kind to use as a framework. I used a very direct, gut level approach. No constant mashing of pixels with the Blender brushes, no catalog of selections to contain the strokes. Grab a brush, make a mark, move on.