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Dive into the enchanting world of coloring your Disney character with our step-by-step guide. Download our free PDF tutorial to learn essential techniques, from choosing the right color combinations to adding dynamic highlights.
Learn these techniques to add detail and realism to your illustrated portraits with José Rosero Realistic portraiture is returned to time and again throughout art history. It may be intimidating at first but you can learn how to do it, little by little, starting with some basic concepts that will allow your drawings to become progressively more complex. José Rosero (@rosero), visual artist and teacher, is an expert in portraiture with techniques ranging from pencil to quill to Indian ink. He knows better than most how to draw all the accents of a face. In the following video tutorial, he reviews some of the most common facial features, so you can learn how to draw them from scratch:
Learn how to draw hands and fingers in an anatomically correct way with Zursoif (Miguel Bustos Gómez). Drawing hands is one of the most recurrent difficulties faced by artists. The amount of bones, joints, muscles and tissues that compose them make them a challenge when it comes to capture them on paper. Luckily the artist Zursoif (@zursoif), an anatomical illustrator, explains step by step how to draw a hand starting with the bones and ending with the muscles and skin. Get pencil and paper ready, and let's go!
Learn how to create different skin tones in watercolor with the painter and teacher Ale Casanova
Learn how to use light, and how to depict it according to the your colors in your llustration, with Pablo Velasco
Learn the technique and tricks for inking your sketch in Procreate, as well as the best brushes to do it, with Óscar Lloréns. Full of resources, Procreate allows you to give a perfect finish to your creations through the use of simple and intuitive tools. Illustrator Óscar Lloréns (@ollorens), whose work includes creations for Coca-Cola, the United Nations and Cirque du Soleil, as well as artistic pieces exhibited in Spain, Mexico, France and China, is an expert in this versatile program and teaches us the inking technique. This is a classic drawing method that consists of inking your sketch and then coloring the inside of the line. This technique is often used in classic comics and manga. Find out more below:
Want to learn how to paint realistic wildlife with watercolor? Renowned illustrator Ella Sienna takes you step-by-step through creating your own artistic masterpiece.
Marco Mazzoni shows how to use this technique to create shadows and lights in a portrait In art, chiaroscuro is the use of strong contrasts between light and shadow, creating depth and drama. Beyond giving a sense of volume, it also draws the viewer's attention to the focus of the drawing. Some artists known for its use include Goya, Vermeer, Rembrandt and Caravaggio, and it is a technique that is still widely used, not only in paintings, but also in film and photography. In this tutorial, artist and illustrator Marco Mazzoni (@marcomazzoniart) demonstrates how you can transform a simple drawing of a face using the chiaroscuro technique to add shadows. Using just a pencil and a piece of paper, the result can be a work of art in itself or serve as the basis for a more detailed and colorful composition.
Learn how to draw your very own Disney character, download the free PDF guide, and let the magic unfold on your canvas!
Unlock your creativity with these 3 simple exercises from the hand (or rather, fist) of this great illustrator.
To begin our journey, let's set ourselves at the very start! As some of you might already know, the production of illustrated books dates back to the earliest days of bookbinding. Perhaps the most important tradition of medieval art in regard to the development of picture books is the Poor Man's Bible, which sought to make illustrations of important Biblical events so that they could be understood by the illiterate. Nowadays, modern picture books often aim to aid with children's language development or understanding of the world from the author's perspective.
Learn these techniques to unlock creativity and free your hand to draw, with Weberson Santiago Creativity is a simple process that, although it sometimes requires a lot of effort to come up with good creative solutions, it can be practiced. In illustration, for example, in addition to practice, a wide repertoire of references and influences is necessary. This is how an illustrator defines his or her authorial style through lines, colors and sensations capable of attracting all eyes.
Discover tips to illustrate, step by step, Frankenstein in Procreate for Halloween 2021 with illustrator Rafael Sarmento. The creation of Frankenstein is part of the wide range of classic monsters that exist in the cultural imaginary of horror. Although Mary Shelley's creature has become an icon of popular culture, there are still some aspects about it that continue to confuse people, from mistakenly calling it by the name of its creator (Frankenstein) to illustrating it as green when, in her book, Shelley describes its skin as yellowish and translucent. Illustrator Rafael Sarmento (@rafsarmento) is fascinated by creating fantastic narratives in his illustrations. Stories contained in a single image, where details, characters and environments are the subtle narrators of mythical sagas in distant worlds and times, universes where science fiction and fantasy intermingle in such a way that we can barely differentiate the incredibly advanced technology from the pulsating magic that permeates everything. Over the last decade, he has worked with clients such as Wizards of the Coast, Riot Games, ArtStation, Universal Pictures, DeviantArt, Procreate, ImagineFX, MaxPacks, among many others. Rafael is also cover artist for Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics and sometimes creates his own music.
Have you ever envisioned the perfect greeting card, with the correct balance of playful irony, heartwarming cuteness and personal touch that will make your loved ones astonished, mesmerized, perplexed and borderline perish (from an overdose of clever cuteness) with your witty and affectionate writing and design? With Lauren Radley’s free templates, you can materialize your twistedly cute wishes this holidays, or valentines, or invented festivity of your choosing!
Learn step by step how to redraw, refine and polish the vignettes that will shape your comic, with Charles Glaubitz Nowadays, virtually all comic book artists have to know how to work both analogically, with pencil and paper, and digitally, taking advantage of the drawing tools offered by programs such as Manga Studio or, more recently, the iPad software Procreate. Procreate allows us to import our sketches and work on them with a wide range of brushes that we can customize to our liking. Mastering it is an essential skill for any good self-respecting comic artist, and the good thing is that its simple interface makes things a lot easier. In the following video tutorial, comic creator and multidisciplinary artist Charles Glaubitz (@mrglaubitz) shows us step by step the process to import a sketch on paper to Procreate and start working with it, to get a fully digitized comic. Discover it below:
Dive into our step-by-step guide and learn how to draw your very own adorable Chibi character. Download your free PDF now and let the artistic journey begin! Hey there, art lovers! Are you ready to embark on an exciting adventure into the enchanting world of Chibi characters? Well, you're in for a treat! We've crafted a delightful tutorial that will guide you through the steps of creating your very own Chibi character. Whether you wield a digital pen or cherish the traditional pencil and paper, this tutorial caters to all creative souls. Get ready to dive in!
A selection of posters that highlight different rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, published on December 10, 72 years ago The right to life, private property, and the use of your mother tongue. The right to work, education, digital inclusion, and housing. The right to fair and equitable treatment by the State, to a better distribution of income, to be able to consume and participate in the economy, to enjoy social security. The 30 articles –plus a preamble– that make up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a historic civilizing landmark published by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, contain some of the basic principles that have guided –or should guide– human and social relations since the Enlightenment. Since these rights are often not respected, each year the celebration of International Human Rights Day, instituted in 1950, has a markedly vindictive character. And, for some time now, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has begun to propose official themes each year. This 2020, for example, the slogan is Recover Better - Stand up for Human Rights.
Master the technical rules of perspective drawing to represent spaces with these exercises and play with movement
Discover these free websites offering a range of portrait reference photos and take your illustrations to the next level Studying the shapes, lighting, proportions, and details of real-life models is one of the best ways to practice your drawing skills. We can also rely on photographs, which is often a more convenient way of working with different subjects. This is especially the case when it comes to portrait drawing. If you find good photo references, you’ll have a continuous stream of inspiration that allows you to practice drawing faces with a range of unusual features. We have compiled this list of the best reference photo websites for sourcing different faces so you can become a portrait artist. LIFE Photo Archive If you would like to focus on drawing notable faces from history, this archive created by LIFE magazine (and developed together with Google) offers up millions of photographs. It contains material from key moments in politics and entertainment, all of which have been shot using incredible lighting and interesting angles. This collection is limited to non-commercial use.
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Learn an easy technique to vectorize a sketch with Adobe Illustrator's pen and fill brush tools
Unleash your artistic skills with our step-by-step tutorial on drawing a captivating man's portrait. Download our PDF for expert guidance and start your creative journey today!
Are you bored of always drawing with the same techniques? Try these 8 different drawing styles that will take your art to the next level.
Learn with Sergio Bleda how to draw objects with different textures and materials: glass, wood, clay and metal When inking for comics or illustration in general, it is important to have enough precision to create textures that simulate different materials. This is the only way to achieve illustrations rich in detail, which thanks to their thoroughness will allow us to build a much more realistic and tangible world, and will help the colorist to understand much better what we have tried to achieve. Below, Sergio Bleda (@sergibleda), cartoonist and illustrator, shows you his tricks to learn how to create four different textures using India ink. All you need is a brush and a nib to get started.
Learn what a vector file is, discover the most common formats and why it's better to work with these file types Before we dive into categorizing the different vector file formats and discovering when it is more appropriate to use one over another, let’s clarify what a vector file is and why, on some occasions, it is better to work with these file types. Vector files are used for example in Vector illustration, that is a type of graph that represents images or shapes through mathematical formulas.
Unveil the secrets of crafting a captivating woman's portrait with our simple steps. Dive into an immersive drawing experience — download our PDF now and let the creative journey begin!
Learn step by step this key technique to apply lights, shadows and textures with watercolor, with Berta Llonch Berta Llonch is a plastic artist and illustrator specialized in watercolor, a technique that she has understood 100%: far from wanting to master it, she gives herself over to the unexpected and uses the water stain sometimes without control to her advantage. She paints her works vertically and upside down, focusing on basic shapes and proportions, and she employs alternative techniques, such as using sponges to spread paint on paper. Discover the keys to the technique in this tutorial.
In this step-by-step tutorial we will focus, for once, on the simple beauty of the sparrow, since this charming member of the "Passeridae" family, is so common, that it is often overlooked. Follow a few guidelines, and learn how to bring a sparrow back to life...! Although maybe that's going too far... You don't need to know alchemy to follow this tutorial!
Learn the keys to drawing characters in Procreate through basic shapes, with Jimena S. Sarquiz Although there is a lot of creativity and imagination behind artistic creations, it is also true that creative people have been developing formulas to facilitate their production process. In illustration, the basic figures – circles, squares, triangles, among many others – play a very important role in determining the bases of a character, of a scene. Illustrator Jimena S. Sarquiz, creator of the monitosbonitos project (@monitosbonitos), has children's editorial illustration projects for clients such as Editorial Norma, Edebé, Santillana, Macmillan Education, Cambridge University Press or Editorial Televisa. She teaches us simple proportion tips, as well as how to transform basic shapes into characters for your creations. Discover more in the video:
Learn the Fist technique to draw animals with basic shapes from scratch The good thing about drawing is that it gives us infinite possibilities: we can follow all the rules, or break them to let ourselves be carried away by our intuition and imagination. Regardless of whether we have a better or worse style, the important thing about drawing is that it allows us to express ourselves to have a good time of fun. In the following video tutorial, illustrator and educator Puño (@puño) invites us to put aside shame to learn how to create animals with simple geometric shapes, just with a marker and a sheet of paper or cardboard. Based on his advice, we can begin to realize that drawing is within everyone's reach. Discover them below:
