Experementing with photoshop and traditional

This was my first attempt at using photoshop in my live project illustrations. The original scan wasn't quite perfect hense the red tints in places. After searching for a LONG time trying to work out how to multiply the image I started colouring it in. The colours are deffinatly not very accurate but I wasn't worrying too much about this right now as I was just using this as a practice piece.
I can now see what Matt was talking about when he told me my work doesn't look finished, this helps. I like how you can still see my drawing underneath the colour because I didn't want my work to turn fully computerised.

This works quite well I think. I like the contrast of the colour added with the sharpness of the graphite pencil.

Here I am experementing with the texture of the fur. I am not so keen on this because I have lost the texture produced by the graphite pencils. There is too much photoshop and it brings the image down.

 

I like this one. I am deffinatly getting better.I wanted to put location with the wildcat to distinguish easier from a tabby cat. I wanted to do this in my traditional style because I think it looks good mixed with the computerised elements of the cat. There is a lot more work to be done however I think I am starting to get depth in the wildcat now.I need to get more accurate wit my drawing though, mainly proportions.