This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still access the content here. Enjoy! In my recent tutorial I showed you how to draw our furry friends, domestic cats. But did you know that you can use this knowledge…
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This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still access the content here. Enjoy! Wolves are beautiful, noble animals, wild and mysterious. So similar to our domestic dogs, yet unique. And even though we all can recognize a wolf…
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This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still access the content here. Enjoy! Cats are amazing animals—they’re fluffy and cute, yet they’re not really so different from their wild cousins. Having one is like having a miniature panther…
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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 Machine, and bring the images back from my backup drive. I also got access to a database of my tutorial that one my fans, @purelyconstructive, has saved on his disk….
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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 the brushes I use here. 1. Sketch As always, I started with a sketch—first a rough one, then a detailed one. I defined the pose and anatomy, as well as…
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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/
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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, I’ve created a simple fur brush, because none of mine seemed to work here. You can download it here. Just remember to use it last, when you run out of…
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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 a result, the tutorials I wrote for SketchBook Blog in the past are no longer available under the old address… or anywhere else. I have informed SketchBook team about the…
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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 closer look at real horned animals. Here’s how I did it and what I learned: 1: Sketch As always, I started with a simple sketch—not too clean, just showing the…
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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 to get a little more experience and to be less reliant on references the next time I design a creature. Here’s how I did it! 1: Line Art Nothing new…
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