Digital Painting and some nostalgia

I actually saw hints of my sister's face (as a child) while painting with Photoshop, so I decided this child was going to look like her, and tried to make this face resemble her as much as I could (out of memory).

In any case, today has been rather productive, as I've gotten myself through more lighting, skin toning and digital painting studies :))))

Progress waits for no-one

Been doing a little shading- and color-studies. If I ever want to go into concept art, now is the time to start shaping up. I didn't really use all the lighting concepts I've recently learned, but going one step at a time will keep the progress going more smoothly :)

I've been feeling quite down actually as I've not been drawing or painting seriously for too long. I've sortof turned into a washed up half-assed artist wannabe X/
And to add some chocolate cream to the pudding, I'm also home sick because I've been messing with the wrong type of medicine. Lactose-intolerant people, beware the medicines that are made of pure lactose, because the result ain't pretty lol!