How to Use Blender to Learn About Light and Shadow
If you don’t want your art to look flat, you need to shade it. But darkening certain parts is not enough—you need to know which…
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Why Artists Don’t Like AI Art
Most people are capable of producing great things in their imagination—interesting characters, terrifying creatures, breath-taking locations, and captivating scenes. But bringing these creations into reality…
How to Get the Copic Library in Sketchbook Pro 9.0
After Sketchbook was bought by a different company, it could no longer use the color swatches known as the Copic Library for legal reasons. However,…
How to Use the Brush Set Randomize Mode in Sketchbook Pro 9.0
The newest Sketchbook Pro update brought many changes to the app, but some of them are less apparent than others. For example, did you notice…
How to Use Custom Colors in Sketchbook Pro 9.0
The newest version of Sketchbook Pro comes with a completely new panel called Custom Colors. At first it may seem just like a window for…
How to Use the Color Editor in Sketchbook Pro 9.0
The newest update to Sketchbook Pro has brought some improvements to the Color Editor to make it more convenient to use. However, this has also…
How to Use a Clipping Mask in Sketchbook Pro 9.0
Yes, that’s right—the newest Sketchbook Pro update gave us the long awaited feature, the Clipping Mask/Alpha Mask! Let me quickly show you how to use…
How to Draw Fur with a Fur Brush Set
Realistic fur is very difficult to draw—that’s why digital artists often use custom brush sets for this purpose. However, while they make drawing fur easier,…
Shadowbeast: The Making Of
Gothic was the first cRPG game I’ve ever played, and since then nothing really came close to it. Its world felt truly alive, not only…
Free Tiger Body Base + Tutorial
When was working on the image below, first I prepared a “tiger base” with body features and shading, so that I could create all the…
Starry Lion: The Making Of
Here’s an artwork I created for the #drawthisinyourstyle challenge, using this amazing piece of chenandink as my inspiration. If you want to see how I…
10 Years of Artistic Progress: Before and After
In July 2011 I painted this nice heartwarming scene of a dragon mama with her baby. I was very proud of it at that time—I…
Drawing on an XP-PEN Artist Pro 16TP Tablet
Recently I’ve been commissioned to create a sponsored tutorial for XP-PEN, which you can find here. I’ve recorded the process of drawing the main illustration…
How to Turn a Drawing Into a Painting
Drawing is cheap—all you need is a pencil and some paper. That’s why most of us have more experience in drawing than painting. So even…
How to Paint Fur: Short, Medium, Long, and Thick
Last time I showed you a simple method to shade in digital art. However, while it’s easy enough to shade something that doesn’t have any…