The detail is hard to get in a wide photo. That's one of my strengths, detail, though it can be a little mind numbing (maybe I need that). Each leaf is a several layer process.
I see the appeal of digital medium. I taught my self photoshop and can do a pretty good job with it, but it's not the same as real paint, it never will be. I either look at it as a completely different Art or cheating. I think there is something that time and physical skill gives a piece that a computer can not. Maybe not as philosophical as Soul....but maybe that is what I mean.
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This is probably my half way mark on Cheshire Cat, maybe less.