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[personal profile] alias_sqbr2012-01-04 03:29 pm

Nice basic perspective tutorial

Hello!

[personal profile] astridv has two very basic perspective tutorials, starting with Drawing with perspective, part 1 and intends to do more.

Under the cut: A very lazy photo of my dodgy attempt at her exercises, just to show that you don't need to be wedded to straight lines and accurate measurement to gain something from her posts, and also to introduce myself to the group :)
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ratcreature: RatCreature as a sloth (sloth)

link to digital art tutorials

I just found that the SF & Fantasy digital art magazine ImagineFX offers free PDFs of quite a number of tutorial articles on their site. I don't paint digitally much, but some of these seem quite interesting.
ratcreature: RatCreature as a sloth (sloth)

link to video tutorials on inking

I found this via the Lines and Colors blog: It's two Youtube videos (both in multiple parts) of Stephen Bisette (comic artist of Swamp Thing) teaching his inking techniques in a lecture at the Center for Cartoon Studies, and I thought it fascinating to see:

First video: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9

Second video: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9
ratcreature: RatCreature as Steampunk character (steampunk)

link to a steampunk tutorial

Many have probably already seen this tutorial, but I found it really useful to help me understand steam engine parts better and with making steampunk machine drawings look somewhat plausible:
How to Draw Steampunk Machines by Crabfu