Yes. I'm so excited to be getting back into Patreon. Why I stopped for so long, who knows? Maybe the burnout I experienced scarred me!<...
2023-01-20 09:40:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Thought I'd share the occasional action shot with you guys. This is a commission I worked on a few years back for an awesome Patron.
Clearly, you don't need a full studio or an easel or e...
2016-07-26 23:17:26 +0000 UTC View Post
"Squash and stretch" is the first of twelve basic principles of animation developed by Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas. The principles can be used to achieve a greater sense...
2016-07-19 05:05:36 +0000 UTC View Post
This tutorial illustrates the few steps we can take to work out shadows in perspective. This will help us to create more convincing images in terms of creating the illusion of depth.
1) Star...
2016-07-01 05:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a visual explanation of how varying sizes of light will produce different shadows. Up to three shadow regions can be distinguished.
A point light is a single point in space. Light coming ...
2016-06-29 19:51:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a demonstration of a typical lighting setup, a single light source and ball resting on a surface.
The elements of light:
Center light
The center lig...
2016-06-27 22:50:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This tutorial explores the types of light sources and shadows that we need to concern ourselves with as artists.
Most light sources can be considered one of the following:
Light is key to making an image convincing and one of the most powerful ways to evoke mood.
Exploring a variety of lighting arrangements is a simple practice to adopt in your working process, ...
2016-06-25 09:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This tutorial focuses on the Mix slider and how these values effect the paint strokes applied to our canvas.
The Mix slider changes the ratio of Wet (the canvas paint) to Load (the res...
2016-06-23 17:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This tutorial explains photoshop's concepts of the reservoir and the pickup well. We only need to keep these concepts in mind when using the mixer brush.
The reservoir
Here are four visual descriptions of photoshop's "load" and "clean" functions when used with the Wet combination preset.
The effect is similar to traditional blending on a wet canvas.
This tutorial introduces Photoshop's mixer brush.
To fully understand this tool we should know a little bit about traditional media.
If you've played with paint as a child ...
2016-06-13 08:48:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The appendicular skeleton are the bones that are appended to the axial portion of the skeleton.
The pelvis, skapula, clavicle, the bone of the limbs, feet and hands are all parts of the append...
2016-06-12 08:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The skeleton is divided into two parts. The axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton.
The axial skeleton is the core group of bones forming the central axis of the whol...
2016-06-11 08:44:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The Apollo's Belt (or iliac furrow) is a colloquial term describing the groove that sits between the thigh and the abdomen.
In the illustration, note the pink dashed line indicates the loc...
2016-06-10 15:41:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The most notable difference between the male and female pelvis is the height and width. The female pelvis is wider and shorter (by an inch or so) than the male.
The pelvic inle...
2016-06-10 04:16:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Unlike muscle groups and bones, these simple boxes and their placements can be easily memorised. Doing so will provide you with a good starting point to begin your figure drawing and will also make it...
2016-06-08 09:28:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a simple visual showing a few basic relationships between the simplified masses of the pelvis and torso.
From profile, we can see that if simplified into cuboids, the pel...
2016-06-07 08:13:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The pelvis is a very complex shape to conceive of but we need to get to know it at a basic level if we want to understand the human form.
We will break it down into a simple shape to make it e...
2016-06-06 08:49:47 +0000 UTC View Post
These illustrations show how a simplified 3D shape represents the complexity of the rib cage fairly accurately.
When conceiving of the rib cage as a basic shape, we should focus on the...
2016-06-05 05:55:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a rough representation of the rib cage as a solid shape with visible plane changes. It's worth memorizing this fairly complex form by drawing it from as many angles as you can.
Start by...
2016-06-03 10:47:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a simple visual on the bony landmarks of the torso. We can observe these areas on most model sizes and they will provide us with good anchor points to construct our drawing.
We'll d...
2016-06-01 18:24:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a fairly basic diagram of the areas to consider when drawing the female torso, showing where these areas are placed in relation to each other.
Generally, when drawing both from life...
2016-05-31 08:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This technique of measured drawing is closely linked with another tutorial on angles found here: https:/...
2016-05-30 07:49:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a very analytical approach to drawing the figure and is more suitable for longer poses, usually starting from 90 minutes.
We can get as analytical as we like, using just a pencil or a ...
2016-05-30 00:50:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a simple approach to the female torso beginning with gesture and simple masses, leading us to a finished study.
The first steps are sketching the gesture and oval masses. These elements...
2016-05-28 10:37:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a follow up to Head in Profile: Female Variations found here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tu...
2016-05-27 06:41:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Drawing the figure in perspective can be challenging, especially when starting out, an drawing from imagination.
It is difficult to know how much larger or smaller to make areas of the body th...
2016-05-26 06:53:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a basic method of creating a guide to represent the figure in perspective. Though it looks like there are a fair amount of complex lines don't be dissuaded. Understanding a few simple st...
2016-05-25 04:55:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The proportions, angles and contours of the head and face vary so much, it's fascinating to observe from an artistic perspective.
It would be almost trivial for us to talk about the differ...
2016-05-24 05:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post