Nov 20
2009
Here’s another how to draw video for the visually-minded. Two much shorter videos this time with much of the redundant parts edited out so that you can really quickly get to the good stuff. This was a really experimental tutorial with a bunch of new techniques thrown in. I don’t usually draw this kind of stuff, but I had some visual images for different scenes. I hope you find these videos helpful in some way!
May 20
2009
Hi everyone. Sorry I’ve been gone so long. The evil finals are finally gone, so I’m back, hopefully for good. I hit a little burnout last week, but now I think I’m finally ready to go.
The tutorial I have today I came up with spontaneously while working on a picture of a tribal character I’m working on. He’s from the prehistory Phillipines, an area that I’ve never heard of a story being written about. Such a fascinating area.
That picture up there shows Snake Island in the Philippines. The completely naturally formed landbridge connecting two islands is shaped like a snake. Click the thumbnail to see how beautiful and clear the water looks. Anyway, I can’t get myself to draw the main protagonist as I see him in my mind.
Anyway, as I was working on trying to draw him a few nights ago, I realized that a lot of people draw the majority of their characters the same way. They’re always standing forward or to the side with their legs straight or slightly bend. But in real life there is a whole range of positions and motions that an individual can do. So I decided that my newest tutorial would be on how to draw a character sitting. Click to read more …
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Digital art is art created using a computer. Back when I was around 7 or so, I remember first learning how to draw using Microsoft Paint. The free program takes forever to draw anything and is extremely limited with its features. In contrast, programs like Photoshop CS4 can create nearly perfect lines, blend together pixels realistically, fade several images together and distort an image in thousands of different ways. However, programs like Photoshop CS4 come at a price that almost reaches four digits. You can also use less expensive programs like Corel Paint and Photoshop Elements, which are just as useful but lack many of the nice features found in Photoshop CS4. But luckily, some really nice programmers have taken it upon themselves to create free versions of the expensive Photoshop programs. Both these programs I used for years before I finally broke down and bought Photoshop. Also, these programs are 100% spyware free (as long as you download them from the links I provide).
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Mar 12
2009
Adobe Photoshop
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Mar 10
2009
Arms can be some of the most pain-in-the butt parts that you can ever learn how to draw. The way the arm flexes, twists, stretches and raises can really drive an artist crazy. There are so many ways that an arm can position itself that I’d be insane to try to cover all arm positions in one tutorial. So in this drawing tutorial, I’m hitting arms that are mostly straight and downwards. Whew, here goes. Click to read more …
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Mar 8
2009
Elderly men do not dominate manga and cartoons, but you can sometimes still find them playing a few important roles. These characters are given extra lines on the face to emphasize wrinkling and the sagging of a face. The elderly face usually has some features that are drawn out more than you would with a younger face. It seems like the older a character is, the more realistic the features are drawn, while the younger the face, the more details you omit. For instance, some young children do not even have mouths drawn. The elderly face can be really complex and the extra angles can end up requiring some really innovative shading. For this drawing tutorial, a more simplistic face is going to be drawn.
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Mar 3
2009
Ears can be wildly complicated to draw, since the ear is a bunch of folds that seem kinda asymmetrical. Luckily, you don’t have to always draw every aspect of the ear when you’re doing cartoon drawing. However, if you want to learn how to draw people realistically, you’ll have your work cut out for you. Hopefully this drawing tutorial will help.
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Feb 17
2009
I’m back 
Where was I? Working, school and being lazy. I’m sorry! I know, it’s been awhile. Marisol and I were trying to get an apartment but we ended up working so hard that everything started to suffer. From now on I’m going to stick with contributing to our tutorial art gallery.
Anyway, here’s another art drawing tutorial on nothing specific in particular. This tutorial focuses on drawing face art, rather than body art, giving explanations on how to draw out each part. I added advanced sections, even though they’re not really that much more advanced. They’re really just extra things you can look out for when you’re trying to go the extra mile with your art lessons. Click to read more …
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Alex and I, I think, feel very lucky today. Yesterday, there was an apartment fire at the place we were going to live at. Unfortunately, someone lost their life–very tragic! God needed an angel by his side and unfortunately… however, the fire occurred at the apartments that Alex and I were originally going to live at! If we were there, we’d be dead or homeless right now. I’d say we are lucky. May God bless this girl’s family and I hope her family remembers recover from their injuries.
I’m suppose to be studying for a Linguistics quiz right now, but I’m very far behind on things. I have six articles I need to write for Demand Studios, two blogs for Divine Carol/Country Living, help Alex with some of his blogs (if he would ever sign online and let me know where he needs help at) and I need to come up with a ten page paper for my other job. Yes, for my tutoring job, we need to write papers to be reviewed. We also need community service. What is that? That place is ticking me off something horrible and I’m terribly close to quitting. If it wasn’t for the fact that I like working with the International students, I would leave. But, I guess I should be grateful for the fact that I have a job, that I’m not amongst the unemployed. But everything is looking desperate anymore. C’est la vie. However, yesterday, Alex and I developed a plan that would fix the economy for awhile… now if we could run for joint presidency…
On Valentine’s Day, the best possible thing happened. *Jumps around excitedly.* Pitchers and catchers reported for spring training! YES! The baseball season is right around the corner (Go Yankees! Go Cubs!)! Woohoo! And today is the Daytona 500
As mentioned, yesterday was Valentine’s Day. Alex and I went out to breakfast, went to the mall, took a long walk, had smoothies, went for dessert, went to Borders, and watched a movie called Towelhead (if you haven’t seen this movie
So what kind of tutorial shall we do today? I’m not exactly sure what I have to offer today. Since I haven’t had time to draw in awhile, I’m going to have to use a tutorial I did over the summer for another website. Let me see… how about how to draw elf ears? I promised an ear tutorial a long time ago, so I guess this counts. Click to read more …
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Feb 13
2009
It’s me again, what a surprise, huh? Now I am officially convinced that I am the last writer left on this website. Alex promised me the other day that he would be participating more, but that has yet to happen. But then again, I am not surprised by that, nor am I not surprised by Tala’s absence. As I sit here typing this, I see tumbleweeds bouncing across the workplace desert. I can call out to Alex and Tala, but I get is a lonesome echo-echo-echo-echo, which somehow reminded me that I need to print my Borders coupon. I get free coffee, yay! life is better when there is free coffee, that is a lesson I learned very early on in life. So kids, enjoy your coffee!
I’m sitting at work today, bored as hell. Why? No sessions (THANK YOU LORD!). This is good, since I can now write a post. When I signed on the computer today, I saw a lovely email from someone who ordered something from me on Ebay. Her item didn’t arrive yet and I shipped it over a week ago. Her solution? Send her another DVD. Pardon? I was only selling one to begin with, so how can I send another if I only had one? Once the item is shipped, it is out of my hands and I cannot predict what happens from that point on. I am an innocent victim to a horrendous mail crime, I tell ya!
On Monday and Tuesday, I watched the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, and I gotta say, I was happy that the Sussex Spaniel won Best in Show. Being a spaniel person–my 16 year old Cocker Spaniel passed away almost three years ago–I am happy to see when the those floppy eared, soulful-eyed, and sweet puppies win something. Stump was a cute dog and an old man–70 years old in dog years– and he kicked all the young dogs’ butts! How do you like that? Never underestimate the power of the elderly.
In honor of the dog show, I’m going to show you to create dog fur. I probably should show you how to draw the dog first, but this is me and I like to do things backwards. Fur is an easy thing to draw because all it is is a bunch of lines that are packed together, much like hair. Hair was fun to draw, right folks? I hope so. So shall we begin with drawing the fur? Let’s go! Click to read more …
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