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I’ve got permission to re-upload my SketchBook tutorials on this blog! I no longer have them, but I’m going to retrieve the text through Wayback…

Viper Cat: the Making of

What do you get when you cross a viper with a cat? Let’s see! If you want to try my method yourself, you can find…

How to Quickly Draw, Color, and Shade in SketchBook

I’ve created a tutorial for the new SketchBook Blog, with a video and a brush pack! You can find it here: https://blogs.autodesk.com/sketchbookpro/sketching-big-cats/

Simple Fur Brush

I found a cool photo of a very fluffy reindeer, and I used it as a study of long, nicely colored fur. By the way,…

What Happened to My SketchBook Tutorials?

As you might have noticed, the site http://www.sketchbook.com/blog now redirects to https://blogs.autodesk.com/sketchbookpro/ . This is because SketchBook Blog has moved to a different platform. As…

Horns Study

Dragons often have horns, just like meany real animals. So if I want to paint realistic dragon horns, the best way is to take a…

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…

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…