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…
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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…
How to Shade in Digital Art: a Simple Method
There are countless ways of shading digital art—it’s one of the reasons why there are so many distinctive styles, even when the artist is trying…
10 Mistakes in Shading and How to Fix Them
If you want to paint something realistic from imagination, you only have one thing to learn—shading. But it’s a more difficult and complex subject than…
What Are Blend Modes and How to Use Them in Digital Art
In many digital drawing tutorials you may be asked to “change the Blend Mode of the layer to Multiply”, or something along these lines. What…
How to Paint Fur with Ambient Light
When you paint fur, what you’re actually doing is painting the shadows between the strands of hair. These shadows appear even if the light is…
Three-Point Lighting in Digital Painting
There’s this concept in photography called “three-point lighting”, where you use three types of light to properly accentuate the form of your subject. We can…
A Colored Cat: the Making Of
During the last lighting study I learned how important it is to define the lighting early on, before adding any details. So I decided to…
How to Draw on a Tablet: Brushes for Beginners
Learn how to create and use digital brushes customized to your needs.
Shy baby Dragon: The Making Of
I’m still not confident enough in this method to create a full tutorial on it, but if you want, I can share my current process…
How to Draw Fur: Fluffy Fur + Fur Brush Set
Learn how to draw fluffy fur in Autodesk SketchBook. Free brush set included!
A Shadow Cat: The Making of
Here’s how I paint my colored cats! Keep in mind it’s not a real tutorial, I just wanted to share my current process with you.…
Digital Drawing for Beginners: Color and Materials
If you want to become a digital artist, but you don’t know where to start, this series is for you! I’ll explain to you all…