My Digital Painting Comparison to the Original

Drawn 100% from scratch. No tracing.
Model: Egle Silinyte 
Time Taken: 3 Hours 
Age: 17
Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5.1
Brushes: 1
Original photograph: Me ( )
Process With Screenshots:  luminyamoon.deviantart.com/art…

I'm improving with my portrait time, the last one I digitally painted took 4 and a half hours!