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 new file may seem like nothing more than a hindrance. It may be tempting to just accept the default values and move on, but be careful—this decision has huge consequences…
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If you need a drawing of a dragon, animal, or any other creature, give me a shout! The price estimates are currently as follows: If you’re interested in my dragons, specifically, I offer them in two styles: I take payments through PayPal or a SEPA bank transfer (if you’re based in the EU). I take…
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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 got another popular feature: the Clipping Mask. The Clipping Mask is similar to the Alpha Mask—it defines an area that other layers cannot cross. So for example, you can draw…
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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 out bad. You may think that you lack the manual skill, but the truth is, the manual activity of creating marks on paper accounts for just a minuscule fraction of…
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I received 24 beautiful entries this year, and as always, deciding who would win was a painful process. Luckily, this year I could choose two winners, and here they are! The first place: Alicja from Poland: The second place: Afley from Canada: I’ve already contacted the winners, and both Alicja and Afley should receive their…
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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 simple round brush, creating a set of custom brushes designed for different purposes can make your workflow more efficient. Sketchbook is my favorite art program, but it’s not very popular,…
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Digital drawing is amazing, but you can’t do it efficiently without a graphics tablet. The smallest ones are not expensive, but no cheap is cheap enough when you don’t have your own money, and your parents don’t take your passion for drawing seriously. They may not understand that this “toy” can affect all your future,…
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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 areas need to be darker to create an illusion of depth. And for this, you need to understand how light and shadow works. You can do it by observing how…
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If you ask any artist how to become as good as them, they most likely will reply: “you need to practice”. And while this is true, it’s not actually very helpful. Because… how do you practice drawing? What exactly do you need to do, what actions are you supposed to take, and in what order?…
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If you’re interested in drawing animals, sooner or later you’ll hear from more experienced artists that you need to learn animal anatomy. That this is the only way to make your animal drawings realistic, or even semi-realistic. But what does that mean? How do you even start? Do You Need to Learn Animal Anatomy? Let’s…
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