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! The purpose of my previous lengthy introduction was to make you aware of the challenge of drawing from imagination. We can draw symbols just fine,…
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I found a nice photo of a fawn, and I wanted to check if I can replicate its delicate shading. So here it is—I painted it pretty fast, and I think I learned something about keeping things simple. Scroll down if you want to see the process! 1. Basic Colors I sketched the fawn and…
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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! I’ve always loved drawing animals, but I despised using references for a long time. I wanted to draw freely, without having to search for a…
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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! Last time we learned How to Draw Wolves. Today… we’ll be still drawing them, because dogs are actually domesticated wolves! This means you already know…
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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! 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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