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12 Online Illustration Courses to Master Your Technique in 12 Months
Discover hand-drawn and digital illustration courses to boost your creative development, whether beginner or advanced
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Teacher IllustrationFree Watercolor Exercises to Practice Brush Control
This downloadable PDF features four mazes for practicing your brushstroke and improving your watercolor technique
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How to Draw Faces and Expressions: 9 Free Tutorials
Learn essential drawing techniques to create unique, complex, and richly detailed characters
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3 Tips to Animate Your Illustrations
Start learning how to turn your illustrations into animations with these three essential tips for beginners, with Yukai Du
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Teacher IllustrationFree Template to Create Manga Facial Expressions
Bring your characters to life using the vivid, emotive expressions characteristic of the manga drawing style
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Teacher IllustrationDrawing Tutorial: 3 Different Ways to Start a Portrait
Join illustrator and sketchbook artist Gabriela Niko as she gives you three simple ways to start drawing a portrait
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What Is a Visual Diary and How Can It Unlock Creativity?
Learn about this powerful yet personal tool to explore your ideas in a safe space
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246 Free Vintage Illustration Packs to Download
From fashion to flora and fauna, get inspired by thousands of free-to-use images from Heritage Type's online library
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Teacher IllustrationGet a Free Illustrated Tiger Wallpaper for Chinese New Year
Decorate your phone screen for the Year of the Tiger with a pastel-hued water tiger background by Catherine Pearson
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5 Children’s Illustration Competitions to Promote Your Story
Expand your work’s reach by entering these international contests for children’s books
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Teacher IllustrationDrawing Tutorial: Exercises to Boost Your Creativity
Learn three fun and easy drawing exercises to improve your creative thinking, from visual thinking agency Scriberia
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Teacher IllustrationRecipes for Success: The Rituals of 10 Iconic Creatives
From Maya Angelou to Frida Kahlo, discover the creative habits, practices, and good-luck superstitions of iconic artists
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6 Inspiring Floral Artists You Must Follow on Instagram
Follow these inspiring floral designers on Instagram for ideas on shape, texture, and color in your own creations
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Teacher IllustrationFree Download: 30 Photoshop Brushes for Children’s Illustration
Add this incredible selection of digital brushes to your toolkit to get started in children's illustration
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15 Great Drawing Apps For the iPad
Packed with digital pens, brushes, all kinds of colors, create digital masterpieces with these illustration apps
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12 Online Courses to Learn How to Overcome Creative Block
Maximize your creativity in the new year with these courses to unlock and hone your skills
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Teacher IllustrationFree Human Anatomy Guide for Drawing Lively Characters
To create compelling and relatable drawings, learn the rules of anatomy so you can break them!
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Discover Hundreds of Free Japanese Fireworks Illustrations
Japan's Yokohama Library is sharing an inspiring free online catalog of vintage illustrated advertisements
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Teacher IllustrationFree Examples and Exercises to Practice Hatching Techniques
Add depth and dynamism to your portrait sketches by experimenting with the "hatching" technique
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3 Illustration Exercises to Unleash Your Imagination
Boost your creativity with these exercises for drawing illustrated cartoons
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Teacher IllustrationFree Download: Quick Tips on How to Draw Anything
Download these tips from Scriberia to overcome fear and draw anything from animals to abstract ideas
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5 Inspirational Examples for Bullet Journaling
Discover the artists who turn the act of organizing your life into aesthetic bliss!
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Understanding Fan Art: The Controversial Art Created by Fans
Discover the meaning of fan art and get inspired by works from some of the community's outstanding creators
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Teacher IllustrationFrom Hulk to Watchmen: 5 Fascinating Superhero Comic Facts
Discover more about Marvel and DC’s heroes and heroines
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Teacher IllustrationManga Tutorial: How to Draw Princess Mononoke
Join professional manga artist Natalia Batista as she shows you step-by-step how to draw manga character Princess Mononoke
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Teacher IllustrationFree Download: 5 Procreate Brushes for Children’s Illustration
Discover these textured digital brushes and paint your way to a magical picture book for children
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Meditative Coloring: 50 Free Mandala Designs for Coloring In
Draw, design, and color in your own mandalas with this free app and website
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Teacher IllustrationFree Reference Images to Design Your Own Character
Character designer Dan Kelby shares free reference images to design your own unique character
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Teacher IllustrationProcreate Tutorial: How to Design a Festive Greeting Card
Learn the steps to design a festive greeting card on Procreate with illustrator Lauren Radley
