Animal Mouth Study
The last time, when I painted a dragon with an open mouth, I had some troubles with its look. I decided to study animal mouths…
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The Ash Dragon: The Making Of
I painted this dragon for fun, but also to experiment with adding a pattern to the scales in a natural way. I ended up with…
The Ice Dragon: the Making of
Recently I had a chance to draw the un-dead Viserion from Game of Thrones for a video tutorial for Envato Tuts+. The tutorial was only…
How to Draw a Big Cat Head
I’ve been studying feline heads for a few years now with a goal to understand them completely, to be able to create new species without…
Realistic Spyro Painting Process
I’ve never played Spyro, but recently I’ve been watching my husband play the reignited edition and I started to wonder how Spyro would look if…
Bird Wings Animation: Tutorial + Template
Some time ago I started to create a simple animation of bird wings, just to remind myself how they work. I worked on it in…
Red Dragon Head: Process + Video
Recently I found this photo of earless monitor lizards, and I loved how dragon-like their scales looked, so I decided to study them. But to…
Amur Tiger Painting Process: How to Paint Thick Fur
After I painted Scar with a very quick method, I was wondering if it could be used for longer hair as well. Short answer: no.…
Dragon Head: Process
I’ve painted this dragon without any real plan, but it looks like I found a cool method for painting scales without any special ambient occlusion…
The Fastest Method of Digital Painting
This is not going to be a full fledged tutorial, but rather a quick presentation of how digital painting can be tackled for the fastest…