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Before

Original Photo of "Calvin", 1.3 Mpix (Olympus D360L, existing light, no flash)

After

This is the final "Calvin" painting. Done in Photoshop and Painter with a Wacom tablet, using the above photo as a reference. I created a custom set of brushes, and chose a much higher, 6 megapixel resolution in which to paint. Note the use of the cloned background, which I blurred to bring out the subtle textures of the brushwork in the foreground.