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Nov 27, 2011
Learn to Draw Using the Digital Medium and Activate the Profitable Artist in You!
You're here because you want to learn to draw and paint. To achieve those goals, the drawing tutorials here will help you grow your artistic abilities. The twist? You will learn it all through the affordable digital medium!
Nov 26, 2011
Find the Right Drawing Programs that is Right for You to Succeed in Drawing Digitally!
Finding the right drawing programs is essential for your success as an artist. There is a lot out there where knowing the majority of 2d drawing software will help you determine which is right for you and increase your desirability as an artist!
Nov 26, 2011
Creating GIMP Patterns and Textures: Empowering You and Your Projects!
Why bother looking for GIMP patterns and GIMP textures when you can empower yourself to make your own? After all, the time saved searching for patterns can be spent making sure it meets the criteria of your own projects!
Nov 21, 2011
Invest in an Artist Mannequin to Create Poses You Can Draw and Learn From!
Sometimes, it can be hard to think of a good pose. An artist mannequin is an invaluable tool that you can use immediately to create the pose you want! Find out what other good resources are out there to help you with poses!
Nov 20, 2011
Rule of Thirds in Photography: Apply this Concept to Your Art and Cure Compositional Woes Forever!
Looking at your empty canvas, how will you capture your art? That's where the rule of thirds in photography will help! Learn all about the horizontal, vertical, and symmetrical photography rule of thirds as a general guideline to benefit you in creating dynamic compositions!
Nov 19, 2011
Stuck Looking for Drawing Ideas? Here is Some Great Advice to Fuel that Artistic Fire!
Once in a while you stare down at an empty canvas hoping drawing ideas will pop up in your mind. You are tapping your pencil and you feel like a beginner drawing up blanks every time! Don't worry, here are some suggestions as you are not alone!
Oct 28, 2011
Improve Productivity: Learn to Sketch Through Thumbnails to Note Ideas and Save Time!
So why do we learn to sketch thumbnails? It's because thumbnails are perhaps one of the most fundamental and powerful sketch drawing skills needed to save time, effort, and increase proeductivity when you are working on a project!
Oct 27, 2011
Demystify the Definition of Resolution and Learn The Best Way to Set Up an Ideal Digital Drawing Canvas!
The definition of resolution can vary when you talking about screen resolution or printer resolution. This guide will help you define resolution better so you can set up a canvas for painting and drawing successfully!
Oct 27, 2011
Drawing for Beginners: Be a Successful Artist by Mastering These Core Drawing Concepts!
This lesson, in drawing for beginners, is an overview of key concepts that will enable you to create professional and convincing drawings! In detail, we will target the concept of sketching, perspective, values, and color.
Oct 26, 2011
Inspirational Things to Draw: How to Build Your Own Drawing Library so You Don't Run Out of Ideas!
Are you looking for things to draw? To be a successful artist, start to build up some good online and offline resources so you can reference ideas for drawing anytime!
Oct 26, 2011
Productive Drawing Exercises: Learn How to Control Your Pencil Successfully With These Drawing Tips!
Here are some helpful drawing exercises to start you off! That is, it is imperative that you have a good grasp of basic drawing skills to be a successful artist as these drawing tips are very useful regardless of medium!
Oct 25, 2011
Free Drawing Lessons and Drawing Instructions to Build a Strong Drawing Foundation for Life!
When starting off, these free drawing lessons will get you on the right track as you will learn about core drawing basics that all artists need to know.
Oct 24, 2011
Get the Best Artist Supply Materials from Online Art Supply Stores and Learn Painting Techniques Now!
Between online art supply stores and local artist supply stores, which would suit you best? Either choice is fine if you can obtain artist supply materials needed at a fair price to learn to draw and create a profitable side business out of it!
Oct 21, 2011
Corel Painter Tutorial
This simple Corel Painter tutorial will give a quick overview of this amazing drawing software and the general process needed to create a digital painting. Learn it and start succeeding with whatever you want to draw.
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Oct 20, 2011
Corel Paintshop Pro
Corel Paintshop Pro is a great software as it not only is able to edit photos, but the tools are capable of creating amazing illustrations. This is perfect for the digital artist looking for an affordable Photoshop alternative.
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Oct 18, 2011
Photoshop Tutorials for Beginners
This section will focus on photoshop tutorials for beginners as well as advanced tools that will help you with the concept of non destructive editing.
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Oct 18, 2011
Drawing with Photoshop
As this site is focused on you becoming a profitable digital illustrator, you will look at a few common raster tools for the purpose of drawing with Photoshop in this lesson.
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Oct 17, 2011
PSP Brushes
The Paint Shop Pro brush tools are more than capapble of doing illustrations. Learn all about the PSP brushes available and the settings available needed for digital painting if you have this program.
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Oct 12, 2011
Photoshop Gradients
Photoshop gradients are extremely powerful coloring tools. This tutorial will get you to understand and apply this tool to your paintings to save time while creating astonishing pieces of work.
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Oct 12, 2011
Cloud Types
This section will teach you many ways of painting different cloud types by giving a thorough walkthrough of the common types of clouds found in the atmosphere.
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