Sketch-a-lot

Here is a quick tip for those of you, who submit their designs and artwork to websites like threadless.com and infectious.com to enter the contest where the winner gets some extra dough or gets his/hers designs printed on t-shirts, decals, laptops and mobile phone skins.

This is also a great way of, hopefully, getting a slight [...]

I have just done this sketch getting to work this morning. I then quickly scanned it at low res. to check for errors. I really recommend scanning your sketches at early stages. The ability to flip your image sideways, zoom out so it becomes a mere 20X30px thumbnail is a great way of spotting issues [...]

I have signed up today to MAX3D Polish 2d and 3d art forum in order to improve the quality of my art by submitting the pieces to some frank and “merciless” critique/feedback from people who are serious about this stuff.
If there is anything I could advise an aspiring artist this is it: Go and look [...]

Ok, here’s a sneaky preview of the work so far. At the weekend (the latest) I will share my takes on using the pen tool in photoshop for inking. I have spend so much time using this baby that I actually consider my self quite a mastah by now. NOT.
Still, some things you realize once [...]

 
 
I have been through a few youtube videos and other tutorials elsewhere to find out how to create those really crisp and clean outlines when drawing or tracing sketches in Photoshop. I am using a Wacom Intuos 3, with a sheet of paper pasted on top to make the pen feel more natural (it works great, by the way) [...]

I just pimped my 20″ iMac with an additional RAM  (2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 for less than £21!). Now It’s 3  GIG’s and it has been one of the best computer related investments in my carrier next to wacom tablet. It has cut the time of opening and saving high res, multilayered files in photoshop by [...]

Here’s a tip – do not unscrew anything, just grab it (use your teeth or tweezers) and pull it right out of the pen. Then, put the new one straight in. I just changed it for the first time and thought I’d share.