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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Most people are capable of producing great things in their imagination—interesting characters, terrifying creatures, breath-taking locations, and captivating scenes. But bringing these creations into reality always required skill, skill required practice, and practice required time and effort. Most people can’t afford that, so they had to accept the fact that they will never see the…
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There were 18 beautiful entries this year, and as always the choosing process was pretty painful for me, but after long consideration I managed to pick the winner: The winner of this year’s edition is Sonia from Poland, and this is her submission: I’ve chosen Huion H580X as the prize—it’s a nice medium size tablet,…
Read Post 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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After Sketchbook was bought by a different company, it could no longer use the color swatches known as the Copic Library for legal reasons. However, now that the newest update allows us to create our own Color Palettes, it’s possible to bring them back! How to Get the Copic Library Back in Sketchbook Pro Step…
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The newest Sketchbook Pro update brought many changes to the app, but some of them are less apparent than others. For example, did you notice this new icon next to each of the brush sets? What does it do? This is the Brush Set Randomize mode, and if you turn it on and start drawing,…
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The newest version of Sketchbook Pro comes with a completely new panel called Custom Colors. At first it may seem just like a window for color swatches—but it’s far more than that! How to Use the Color Sets in Sketchbook Pro The Custom Colors window has two tabs: Palettes and Images. The Palettes tab (1)…
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The newest update to Sketchbook Pro has brought some improvements to the Color Editor to make it more convenient to use. However, this has also made the Color Editor panel look more complicated at first glance, so here’s a quick guide on how to use it. Current and Previous Colors Let’s start from the top….
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