A week ago I decided to draw a Valentines Day Card for my wife inspired by our dog Scamp.
I did an initial sketch using Neopaint (no tracing of photographs here) and then moved it to Xara and used the Pen, Straight Line and Shape tools to get the pen-and-ink effect. I used the Text tool as well , of course, and although I don't use the effects a lot the Shadow tool came in handy.
In the end I didn't get a complete likeness - but I was happy with the final result.
Here's the card:
And here's what Scamp looks like in real life:
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