Ok. Here are some links to videos by Stephen Silver
WARNING//Disclaimer. Stephen Silver is an artist who has been in the Animation industry for sometime. I'm only putting the disclaimer up, because he does use some salty language from time to time,
Read more…I would like tips and mentor help on this subject.
My present organization is: (Manga Studio)
1. draw a reference in a digital drawing tool.
2. add a layer and blue the layer I just worked on.
3. do it over and over
4. when I'm getting nowhere, add
Dear friends,I recently had a graphic novel published and I am beginning to line up a book tour which includes signings, discussions and classes using the book. Have any of you done a book tour? If so, how did you go about lining up the schedule? wha
Read more…From this sketch by Kevin Nowlan.Here's a link to a demo that I made as I painted this.http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r241/billyjimbo/Nowlan%20Superman/Superman%20painting%20demo/?action=view¤t=57f0cf28.pbr
Read more…Notice that these two silohuettes are exactly the same, but with some curves placed over them, they become directional. One goes forward, and one goes back.
The Sky's the limit with Photoshop and a tablet pad, but whenever I see an advanced photoshop tutorial (usually for compositing), alphas crop up all over the place! Can anyone give me a few filler points on them as to why and how they are used?(Speci
OK, this starts out fairly basic, but hang in there, it stacks up quickly...GRAPHIC IDENTITYEach object has its own recipe for how it reacts to light. I'm going to use a ball to make this point:
Who here can show me the secrets to Alex Ross painting style? I'm finally trying to analyze his artwork in Kingdom Come (I'm way behind on the GN reading list-in fact I don't even want to make one now), and it doesn't really like he did any thinking
Read more…3 tips for artists and designers that you can watch today and use tomorrow to grow your creative success:
Read more…The probelem with digital painting is that I can't figure out what brush to use for my project...I think I found a common Photoshop brush I think I've seen in some of the professional's sketch blogs...I think that's why Corel and a whole lot of paint
Read more…Hey, if you guys want critiques of your drawings, post a pic here in the thread, and the others (that's right, I'm blindly committing the other people to help out) can help by doing draw-overs.If you're having trouble getting a drawing right, just po
Read more…This is a stickey subject - I have been an unofficial (and sometimes unwilling, sometimes unwittingly) mentor in various aspects of the Journey - but I am most often feeling I'm the one needing mentoring, discipleship, and accountability...what kind
Read more…So here's a good educational topic: how to you assign or organize your tasks to get them done? For example what types of software do you move through (Illustrator to Corel Paint to Indesign etc...) or how do you figure out what tools to use in a comp
Read more…Not wanting to hijack anything here, but I was thinking that folks might be more willing to submit their drawings for some advice if we could have some fun with it - like a subject of the week/month. For example, maybe the subject would be "The Armor
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