Hand-drawn and hand-painted elements really make designs pop and stand out from the rest.
Here is a painting I created for the primary use of being a main element in this fundraising poster (left, below):
First I painted the painting. Then scanned it in and cleaned up the image. Next I started the design of the poster. I isolated the main image using a layer mask, and continued to build up the rest of the poster design (above, right). The result is this fun, colorful poster that will hopefully stand out and attract support for this great cause.