Aaron “legendofaaron” - Art School Journey

Hello, my name is Aaron and I have been drawing since the age of 2. After graduating from college, with a degree in art, I entered the workforce and ended up devoting less and less time to my artwork over the years and feel that my progress has not grown very much since then. I decided to take on this new journey to help me get substantially better so that I can finally pursue making art for a living. I'll be updating this post with my art progress over the weeks and months. Artwork that I've done for personal projects and for others can be viewed on my art web portfolio at https://aaronehunter.wixsite.com/portfolio

I actually completed these back in Nov, but I got very busy creating artwork for myself and others, but it's time for me to return back to my studies. I'll post some of the finished items from the first assignment below. Assignment 2 was a bit of a challenge to match everything exactly but I think I did a decent job.
I have quite a bit of experience with digital manipulation, but still learned some new things through the video!
My final assignment was fun. I wanted to convey a feeling of discovery, after reaching a destination, with this woman who had climbed up and through a mountainous area to reveal a castle sitting high above a grassy valley. I used about 5 different images, and within the image itself I employed a bunch of cloning techniques to "fix" or improve areas to look better than the originals