I know this would be more impressive if it was actually stained glass, but I designed this new header for my LJ, to look like stained glass, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The different textures look better when the image is larger, and there are a few things I'm still tempted to change (like redoing the angles of the texture in the leaves, so that the gradient evokes veining)....but overall, it came out better than it felt like it was going to, when I was still trying to figure out how to do my own face in stained glass. So, this isn't so much crafty as it is artsy, I guess, but I usually only post my jewelry and jewelry design here, and felt like posting something different. I think it counts, even though it's a purely digital image -- done with a basic photoshop program (the only art program on my computer), and a normal mouse.

How many other people in this community are reluctant to post their digitally-created artwork, because it doesn't feel crafty enough, even compared with traditional drawing/painting/etc.? I'd be curious to see what people have done that they haven't been showing off -- both those with more professional digital artistry tools, like ArtPads, and those without.
EDIT ~ What I'm partially hoping for here, is discussion. I see a lot of posts from people who worry that their offering doesn't "count" as crafty enough, either because of medium, or because of skill level. It seems like the more 2D the project is, the more of this worry there is, but I see it across the board. Well, it's just a drawing. Well, it's just a painting. Well, I knitted it, but it's just another straight stitch scarf. I made these earrings, but it was just gluing a hook onto something. It's creative and I made it, but it's more about home organization than arts. Etc. etc. etc. So, what do you think of as "craft"...what are the parameters? We don't have a lot of definition in the community profile, but there are opinions enough within the community. And if, for example, you don't see digital art as a craft, do you still see traditional drawing and painting as crafts? What is, for you, the difference? The artist is just holding a different tool, or are they?

How many other people in this community are reluctant to post their digitally-created artwork, because it doesn't feel crafty enough, even compared with traditional drawing/painting/etc.? I'd be curious to see what people have done that they haven't been showing off -- both those with more professional digital artistry tools, like ArtPads, and those without.
EDIT ~ What I'm partially hoping for here, is discussion. I see a lot of posts from people who worry that their offering doesn't "count" as crafty enough, either because of medium, or because of skill level. It seems like the more 2D the project is, the more of this worry there is, but I see it across the board. Well, it's just a drawing. Well, it's just a painting. Well, I knitted it, but it's just another straight stitch scarf. I made these earrings, but it was just gluing a hook onto something. It's creative and I made it, but it's more about home organization than arts. Etc. etc. etc. So, what do you think of as "craft"...what are the parameters? We don't have a lot of definition in the community profile, but there are opinions enough within the community. And if, for example, you don't see digital art as a craft, do you still see traditional drawing and painting as crafts? What is, for you, the difference? The artist is just holding a different tool, or are they?