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Exploration Often Shows You the Way - 'Eat' Video and File

The concept of 'eat' evolved out of a totally different goal as you can see in the process video. I saw a nice moment between a couple in the bathroom that sparked the inspiration for this story, y...

Creating From Imagination - A Reminder!

Haven't you stared at a blank canvas with the intention of drawing or painting a subject, yet found this task impossible? You know that you want to paint a city, a knight, or simply an apple, yet t...

Authentic Ideas Matter More Than Art Skills? - ‘Miss’ Video + File

This week, I revisited the idea that I had let go of last week, the one I failed to deliver. Mostly because I had such a great amount of references saved already with this outfit theme from old tim...

What to Do When Losing Social Media Popularity - How to Meet New Art Friends

A few days ago, I was answering some of your messages, and one patron asked me for advice on how to regain the social media popularity he had lost and how to meet new artist friends. This question ...

Smol Video and File: Planning for Creative Blocks in Deadlines

Making art is funny. I've created several ways to come up with concepts effectively, even on bad days, but during the process of this illustration, I was fairly blocked for a whole day. I'm not sur...

More Tips on Bringing Life to Your Art! - Dynamic Drawing

Hey everyone, I see plenty of artists struggling with rigid poses, angle views in their compositions, and boring narratives, so today I want to share some tips on how to bring dynamism to your draw...

Sad Process: Onions and Concept Development (Video & File)

What I find interesting about this process is how I use three key aspects of the onion concept to develop a quick story with visual cues.

The first is the fact that onions make people cry. Th...

Updates!: Unlocking Past Content, Dramatic Gesture and Boosting Motivation

Hey everyone! Here are some important updates for today.

Patreon Content

Some new patrons have been asking for tips about topics I've already discussed in past articl...

'Bending' Process Video - How I Struggled to Paint This!

Hey everyone,

This illustration took two days to complete. I struggled quite a lot with the armor! Initially, I was looking for an excuse to paint armor and metal material. Starting from that...

Tips on How to Paint Metal - Let's Make an Armor!

Hey everyone! In today's post, I want to briefly explain how I paint metal, specifically armor metal. Let's dive in.

Shape

The difficult thing about metal is not precis...

Care Process Video: Creating Concepts and Stories!

So! Many people seemed to strongly resonate with my last illustration "Care," so here's a little bit of the process behind it.

I focused on creating a female carnival character with a long ca...

Tips for Studying Full-Body References - Anatomy!

Hey everyone! Here are some tips for approaching references for anatomy studies.

Body Weight

Start by asking where the body is resting its weight. Sometimes dyna...

Toothbrushes, Fairies, and Dentists - Unlocking Creativity

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This time I chose a very simple and casual object for character design: a toothbrush. The electric toothbrush was a perfect case for an android-like character, and the white st...

Simple Tip for Facial Expressions with Perspective (Eyes)

Hey everyone! A few days ago, someone was struggling to make the eyes the way I do it. I figured it was more a perspective thing than shape anatomy. Since I've covered 2024-07-02 18:57:43 +0000 UTC View Post

'Tongue' Studies - Process Video and File! 👅

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Doing these kinds of studies is extremely useful for integrating new ways to capture reality. I guess it's a humbling experience, especially when you have been creating things from ...

Step-by-Step Process of My Art!

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Back in the old days, to improve my skills, I used to pick random references, paint them, and try different techniques with colors, textures, lighting, etc. I stopped doing this...

Pufferfish as Inspiration - Check the Process & File!

Once I found four interesting references to use as a base in terms of gesture and costume design, I needed inspiration from a non-related subject (animal, food, object, etc.) during the initial pha...

How I Practice Character Design Using References

The goal of today's practice is to allow you to focus on aspects of character design that might be blocked by a lack of confidence when building gesture, anatomy, or costume shape drawings from scr...

Carrot Soup Process! - Creating Original Stories Out Of References (Video & File)

What I think many of you will find valuable about this process is how I slowly build a narrative out of very random references and also make adjustments to the versions of the studies I use, mostly...

How I Pick References for Study!

Learning art is tough, especially if you don't know where to start. Today, I'd like to share how I pick my references for study, depending on the skill I want to develop. Let's make it quick:

Geckos Series Process + File! 🦎 The Value Of Rare Characters

In the previous post, I shared the overall process structure of this portrait series "geckos," yet there are a few things I felt differently about personally.

For a start, I noticed how after...

Learn How I Paint Portraits in Two Simple Steps!

It's been a while since I’ve done portraits only, so this time I wanted to explore some visually nice ideas. Today, I'll share with you my process behind these pieces so you can follow the steps....

Shhh Process & File - This Is Why I Add the Reference in My Illustrations

Before painting, I often make a list of points about what the characters are about, but the day I did this piece I woke up with a particular character type in my mind instead of a specific narrativ...

Tips for Creating Characters with Personality!

Building characters with compelling personalities involves understanding their motivations and how these drive their actions. Here are five tips to help you create characters that truly come to lif...

This Is What All My Illustrations Share - Rotten Apple! Process Video + PSD File

Recently, I've noticed how influenced by comedy my compositions are. I like to create dark, cute, and dangerous characters, but at some point in the process, I get stuck. I feel something is missin...

Food Illustrations! - Process Video + Challenge

Today I wanted to try something different, another topic you guys suggested: 'how to paint food illustrations.' So, this time, I chose different kinds of food and recorded the process for you to ch...

SOUR LIME! - Process Video + PSD File

The first hour of this illustration was a mistake well, not a mistake really, as it helped me understand what NOT to do. The initial idea I had for a lime character was a soldier. Although visually...

Your Characters Do Not Look From The Same Universe? Here Are 3 Simple Tips

Someone suggested in our last poll, 'how to design a character with the intent of them being part of the same world'.

RUN DEMON RUN! - Process Video + PSD File

Because I was writing an article about drawing legs and feet, I thought it would make sense to create characters inspired by muscular animals, horses for instance. I chose basketball as a second la...

Anatomy Tips! - HOW TO DRAW LEGS (Process Video of Legs and SEXY FEETS Included)

I see many of you asking me to share an article for 'how to draw [insert anatomy part]'. Since I've shared plenty about the upper part of the body, let's continue today with the lower part: legs an...