Color Theory for Digital Artists: Part 2
Last time we talked about all the components of colors—Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Chroma, and Value—and how they’re handled in digital drawings apps. Today we’re going…
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Color Theory for Digital Artists: Part 1
Digital artists have it easy—they get all the colors of the rainbow, and they can make them slightly brighter or slightly more saturated just by…
Tiger Friends: the Making-Of
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…
Cappuccino Tiger: the Making-Of
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…
A Grass Brush for Sketchbook
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…
How to Create a Signature Brush in Sketchbook
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…
How to Use a Clipping Mask in Sketchbook for Mobile (iPad & Android)
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…
What DPI, Size, and Resolution are Best for Digital Art?
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…
How to Use a Clipping Mask in Sketchbook Pro 9.1
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…
How to Draw What You See
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…
How to Create Custom Brushes in Sketchbook
In digital art, your brush is the main tool for bringing your vision to reality. And while in theory you can draw anything with a…
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…
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…