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What does a typical day look like for you? All days start with tea but for the rest that depends, sometimes I get the opportunity to paint, either, pet and wildlife portraits, my abstract oil paintings or illustration work, for most the day - which is a wonderful day. However, I would say most days involve meetings about current or upcoming projects, social media management as well as a sea of emails that I seem to sail on. How does Painter help you in the development and creation of your artwork? I solely use Painter to paint my pet and wildlife portraits, I take my own wildlife photography to use as reference to paint my portraits from. For me I believe Painter is the best software that bridges the gap between traditional art and digital art, making it more accessible for traditional artists to make the crossover into the world of digital art. I have always drawn and sketched and continue to create traditional art as I didn’t get my first - and still lasting - Wacom tablet until I was 18 years old. Only then the doors opened to the world of Painter and digital art and I’ve been exploring it ever since. What’s your favorite Painter tool/feature? Why? I have dabbled in many of the great painter tools but my favorite would be the oil brush. Mimicking that of oil paint, I find this most satisfying to work with. Plus, I believe it gives me the most traditional look and feel even though it’s digital, the way it can mix and how that has developed over the years is brilliant.