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Paint Tool SAI : Affordable Art Software
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Everytime I post a Photoshop tutorial, there are loads of comments complaining, “I don’t have Photoshop! It’s too expensive!” You can get a student version of PS for a reduced price, but it’s still pretty steep if you are a poor student or don’t plan on being a professional artist. Well, I feel your [...]
Recommended Reading
Saturday, January 30th, 2010You really can’t learn everything you need to know about art or animation from internet tutorials. Here I’ve gathered a list of books that may help you in your quest for better art. These are the books in my library that I refer to again and again.
Purchasing the books from these links will support this [...]
How to Write a Character Profile by Steve Dougherty
Friday, June 13th, 2008Kirin’s Note: This tutorial is courtesy of guest contributor Steve Dougherty. A few edits have been made to this tutorial so that it fits the Drawfurry.com format.
Cute kitty girl right? Well unfortunately this is all she is right now. You’ve most likely read “How to Make a Web Comic Part 1” and you have a [...]
OpenCanvas : free software for digital art
Monday, January 7th, 2008OpenCanvas : Intro
“OpenCanvas” is digital art software by PortalGraphics. You can buy the latest version from their website, but the v1.1 beta is freeware. It’s immensely helpful if you’ve got a graphics tablet for drawing, but otherwise getting into digital art has never been cheaper!
OC v1.1 beta features:
1. Free!
2. Use layers with different modes
3. Various [...]
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Friday, April 13th, 2007Other Tutorials & Resources Online
The Loomis Project
- Scans of out-of-print art instruction books by master illustrator Andrew Loomis.
Head Tutorial
- Loomis-influenced approach to constructing human heads, by Ron Lemen. Also see hands, flesh tones 1, and portrait demo.
CA.org Peer Project
- Analysis of light, color theory and technique
On the uses of underpainting
- discussion of techniques, materials and [...]