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  • Watercolor Tutorial: color palettes in botanical illustration
    Teacher Illustration

    Watercolor Tutorial: color palettes in botanical illustration

    Botanical illustration techniques to create and apply color palettes to different types of illustrations with Ana Victoria Calderon When creating color palettes with watercolor, one of the best options is to be inspired by nature itself. If we start from images taken from botanical photographs, we will find color palettes that perhaps we would not use on our own initiative in our illustrations. In this way, we can practice with different colors and discover new chromatic combinations. Ana Victoria Calderon (@anavictoriana) teaches us how to extract the color palette from a floral photograph and replicate it using those same colors. Do you want to learn how to use the colors of nature? Pick a photo and let's get to it.

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  • 5 Free Drawing Lessons for a Limited Time
    Illustration

    5 Free Drawing Lessons for a Limited Time

    Elevate your drawing skills with free access to 5 lessons for a limited time. Dive into the world of art and unleash your creativity! We’re ending this month with a bang. Starting today, you can access five free drawing lessons that promise to ignite your artistic journey like never before! Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting out, these lessons are designed to spark your creativity and help you master the craft of drawing. So, get ready to sharpen your pencils, clear your canvases, and embark on an adventure filled with lines, shapes, and endless possibilities! These lessons will only be available for a limited time, starting from 00:00 CET on April 30th, 2024, and open for enrollment for just 15 days! Remember, to access these free lessons, you need to be registered at Domestika. So, if you’re not already part of our creative community, now’s the perfect time to join!

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  • How to Draw a Lion (+Free Download!)
    Illustration

    How to Draw a Lion (+Free Download!)

    Unleash your creativity with our free PDF guide on How to Draw a Lion. Master the art of illustration and bring the king of the jungle to life on paper today! Ah, the art of drawing. It's like a dance between your imagination and the paper, isn't it? And what better subject to dance with than the majestic lion? With its regal mane and piercing gaze, the lion embodies strength, grace, and a touch of mystery. So, dear reader, if you're ready to embark on a wild artistic journey, grab your pencil and let's dive into the savannah of creativity! Illustration, drawing, and art transcend mere skills. They embody the essence of our souls, reflecting our deepest thoughts and dreams. Today, we're excited to share a delightful surprise: a complimentary PDF guide on How to Draw a Lion. Yes, you heard it right! A majestic lion, eagerly awaiting your touch to spring to life on the canvas.

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  • Pinterest tutorial: the keys to succeed as a brand
    Teacher Marketing

    Pinterest tutorial: the keys to succeed as a brand

    Know the reasons why Pinterest is so important for your brand and learn how to read the success of your pins with Pinterest Analytics Natalia Escaño (@nataliaescano) is a designer and illustrator and is also one of the biggest Pinterest influencersin Spain, with more than one million followers on this platform, experience that has led her to work with brands such as L'Oréal Paris, Disney, True Religion and Daniel Wellington, among many others. As a great connoisseur and professional of this platform, not only at user level but also at business level, she has the keys to know how to stand out with a brand and reach the public through Pinterest. Below she explains the 5 reasons why you should trust your brand to Pinterest.

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  • Free Download: Photo Shoot Setup Checklist for Food Photography
    Teacher Photography

    Free Download: Photo Shoot Setup Checklist for Food Photography

    If you are a food photographer in the making this checklist will come in handy! And if you are a regular photographer, it might be helpful as well... When you find "Review the list of dishes to learn if there is any particularly time-sensitive" written in the PDF replace the word "dishes" with "models" and you'll be all set!

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  • A.I. times. Between impersonation and cohabitation
    Teacher Writing

    A.I. times. Between impersonation and cohabitation

    Despite the fact that I consider myself a fan of science fiction and seriously believe that it holds the keys to immunize us against the most undesirable projections of the future; and also despite the fact that, as Woody Allen said, inspired in turn by a phrase of Albert Einstein, "I care a lot about the future because it is the place where I intend to spend the rest of my life," I do not have a crystal ball to look into tomorrow and understand from this intricate present the impacts that Artificial Intelligence will have on the future: "I care a lot about the future because it is the place where I intend to spend the rest of my life", I do not have a crystal ball to peer into tomorrow and understand from this intricate present the impacts that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have on humanity, society, culture, trades, daily life, life, the universe and everything else (paraphrasing Douglas Adams).

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  • Illustration tutorial: how to draw wrinkles on clothes
    Teacher Illustration

    Illustration tutorial: how to draw wrinkles on clothes

    4 keys to give detail to your illustrations and drawings through wrinkles in clothes, with illustrator José Luis Ágreda Knowing how to draw wrinkles is one of the first challenges of any illustrator: if we place them incorrectly, without taking into account a series of rules that provide realism and coherence, anyone who sees our drawings will unconsciously notice that something is wrong.

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  • Davinci Tutorial: Color Grading for Beginners in 8 min
    Teacher Film & Video

    Davinci Tutorial: Color Grading for Beginners in 8 min

    Learn how to color-coordinate your projects and adjust their colors with Sonia Abellán's primary grading technique. Color grading is one of the most important jobs in the production process of an audiovisual project. It allows us to explore the expressive possibilities of color to provoke sensations in the viewer. In this tutorial, colorist Sonia Abellán Avilés (@soniabellan) gives us a series of tips to start a digital color grading process and adjust primary colors and lighting using DaVinci Resolve.

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  • Diving into the World of Writing: Strategies and Secrets of the Craft
    Teacher Writing

    Diving into the World of Writing: Strategies and Secrets of the Craft

    Hello everyone! I'm María José Castaño and today I want to immerse us in the fascinating world of writing with a master class from one of the great masters: Ernest Hemingway. Have you ever heard about his iceberg theory and how it transformed the way we understand storytelling? Well, get ready for an exciting journey through the hidden depths of literature. In my Domestika course, "Reading for writing," we explore lessons from great authors to improve our writing skills. And among these lessons, Hemingway's iceberg theory ranks high.

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  • 51 Books About Design To Celebrate World Book Day
    Teacher Design

    51 Books About Design To Celebrate World Book Day

    Discover 51 must-read design books this World Book Day to inspire creativity and innovation. So you are a designer and you also like to read? What a rare coincidence... Let's celebrate World Book Day together, then! Well, let's celebrate together by reading separately to ourselves... 51 books is a lot, but don't worry they come in themed subgroups... Click on the red links to open the blog posts and access the full book lists. 6 Essential Design History Books

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  • Ceramics Tutorial: Painting Your Final Piece
    Teacher Craft

    Ceramics Tutorial: Painting Your Final Piece

    Learn how to design and paint directly onto your ceramic pieces, with Chichinabo A useful way of making sure you design fits your ceramic pieces is to design directly onto the piece. It is ideal for use on 3D pieces as it gives a very real vision of the finish our work will have and allows us to design to scale straight onto complicated pieces. Patricia, creator of the brand CHICHINABO INC (@chichinabo_inc) teaches us step by step how to design onto our ceramic pieces and how to transfer that design to paper to be able to digitize it later. Watch the tutorial here:

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  • Troubleshooting Common Cold Saponification Complications
    Teacher Craft

    Troubleshooting Common Cold Saponification Complications

    Hello everyone! We are Mariana and Jose Miguel from Mar Amoli, and today we are excited to share with you some valuable insights directly from our "Introduction to Artisanal Soapmaking" course. Soap making is a wonderful art but, like any craft process, it can present its challenges, especially when working with the cold saponification technique.

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  • 5 Books to Get Into Classic Literature
    Teacher Writing

    5 Books to Get Into Classic Literature

    Explore masterpieces with our guide to 5 must-read classic books. Reading can be hard, period! And if you remove place holder words like "period" it can be even harder... But classic novels can open up your world of understanding! Here are 5 "light" examples for amateur readers (No, Faulkner isn't invited to the party this time... And I doubt he was ever invited to one!): 1. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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  • Free Download: Guide to define the personality of your brand in 5 steps
    Teacher Marketing

    Free Download: Guide to define the personality of your brand in 5 steps

    The personality of a brand is fundamental since it is the soul and essence that distinguishes it and makes it unique. Defining the personality before starting to design will make your document have coherence with your visual identity. Here is a step-by-step guide with five keys to define personality effectively:

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  • Embroidery Tutorial: Basic Techniques for Beginners
    Teacher Craft

    Embroidery Tutorial: Basic Techniques for Beginners

    Learn how to use a hoop, thread, and needle to begin embroidering, with Kseniia Guseva Embroidery can make everything from your empty wall to the hole in your sneakers that bit more beautiful. While it may seem intimidating at first, learning the basic steps of this ancient craft will open up a world of upcycling and patchwork possibilities. Kseniia Guseva (@faimyxstitch) has been embroidering every day since 2016, creating stitchwork cityscapes—an interest shaped by the architecture of her hometown St Petersburg—as well as feeding her other passion: upcycling. Here she shares a few basic embroidery steps to help you get started, from how to set up your hoop to the various ways you thread the needle, that will help you start your embroidery journey right. Learn more in the video below:

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  • How to Upload a Video in Youtube
    Web & App Design

    How to Upload a Video in Youtube

    Are you ready to share your creativity with the world? One of the best ways to do that is by uploading your videos to YouTube. Whether you're a filmmaker, educator, or just someone with a story to tell, YouTube offers a platform to reach a global audience and connect with people who share your interests.

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  • Boost Your Online Business: Growth Hacking Secrets Revealed!
    Teacher Marketing

    Boost Your Online Business: Growth Hacking Secrets Revealed!

    Hello! I'm Luca Barboni, an expert in growth hacking and digital marketing, with a career spanning from founding the only Growth consulting firm in Italy, 247X, to be a partner with growthhackers.com, to organizing the largest European conference on the subject. My path of over 10 years of experience has always been characterized by constant learning on the field, international collaborations, and practical application working side by side with solopreneurs, startups, small, and large companies. I'm here to share with you the same practical method used by Silicon Valley startups - to grow your online business.

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