Digital painting: the rim-lit portrait, the environment, the creature

Digital painting is the tablet's own look: hard-edged brush blocking, painterly but weightless, a rim light, an atmospheric depth oil never had — concept-art's daily bread. These nine render a rim-lit portrait, an environment and a creature, each across three finishes — loose painterly brushwork, a smooth polished render, and a fast speedpaint. Ask for a dragon instead, dawn lighting, or a book-cover crop — the same three finishes carry it.

• a concept-art or game-room wall print
• a book cover or editorial illustration reference
• a poster or fine-art print
• a portfolio reference piece
• a desktop or phone wallpaper

Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?

Each render is composed as a widescreen or portrait concept panel, suited to a poster, a print or a wallpaper.

Can I get a different subject, like a dragon or a dawn setting?

Yes — the direction field takes any subject, and the same three finishes render it.

What's the difference between the three finishes?

Painterly keeps visible loose brushwork; smooth render is polished and blended; speedpaint is fast, rough and gestural.

Is this made with traditional paint?

No — it's a digital illustration in the tablet-painting register, not a photograph of physical paint.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.