About a year ago I experimented with running an art Patreon (as opposed to my animal anatomy Patreon), but it didn’t really work out. I did create a few posts though, and I don’t want them to go to waste, so I’m going to share them now for free on this blog. Enjoy! Cappuccino Tiger…
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This year the contest wasn’t that popular—I’ve only got 9 entries, but choosing the winner was still as hard as always. Finally, I chose this piece, created by Mayke from the Netherlands: I’ve already contacted the winner, and they should receive their prizes soon—a Wacom Intuos tablet, and a license for Sketchbook Pro, courtesy of…
Read Post Digital drawing is amazing, but you can’t do it efficiently without a graphics tablet. The smallest ones are not expensive, but no cheap is cheap enough when you don’t have your own money, and your parents don’t take your passion for drawing seriously. They may not understand that this “toy” can affect all your future,…
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Some time ago someone on Reddit asked about a Sketchbook grass brush, so I shared mine. And since custom Sketchbook brushes are so hard to find (it’s an underrated app, unfortunately), I decided to post it here as well. Enjoy! How to Download and Install the Sketchbook Grass Brush Set You can download the grass…
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Digital art has many perks, one of them being able to reduce repetitive tasks. For example, instead of signing your work every time you finish one, you can just create a signature brush and re-use it indefinitely. This is especially handy if you’re using a detailed signature, or a watermark. In this quick tutorial I’ll…
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The desktop users got their Clipping Mask update months ago, and finally it has come to mobile devices as well! You can read more about this feature in general in that older post—here I’d just like to show you quickly how it looks on the iPad (it should work similarly on Android as well). Disclaimer:…
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When the inspiration strikes, you don’t want anything to stand between you and your new drawing—so that window that appears right before you create a new file may seem like nothing more than a hindrance. It may be tempting to just accept the default values and move on, but be careful—this decision has huge consequences…
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If you need a drawing of a dragon, animal, or any other creature, give me a shout! The price estimates are currently as follows: I take payments through PayPal or a SEPA bank transfer (if you’re based in the EU). I take 50% of the payment in advance. There are multiple revision stages, to make…
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We’ve had the Alpha Mask feature in Sketchbook Pro for a while, which is a counterpart of Photoshop’s Layer Masks. With the new update, we got another popular feature: the Clipping Mask. The Clipping Mask is similar to the Alpha Mask—it defines an area that other layers cannot cross. So for example, you can draw…
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People will always tell you to use a reference, but sometimes you have a photo right in front of you, and your drawing still turns out bad. You may think that you lack the manual skill, but the truth is, the manual activity of creating marks on paper accounts for just a minuscule fraction of…
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