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Neo Japan 2202 - Phantoms by Johnson Ting. Character Designs - An Artist's Resource. Concept Design: From Pencil to Photoshop. Random Image Prompts. Understanding the Fibonacci Sequence and Golden Ratio – Fractal Enlightenment. The Fibonacci Sequence The Fibonacci sequence is possibly the most simple recurrence relation occurring in nature.

Understanding the Fibonacci Sequence and Golden Ratio – Fractal Enlightenment

It is 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89, 144… each number equals the sum of the two numbers before it, and the difference of the two numbers succeeding it. J. C. Leyendecker. Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was one of the preeminent American illustrators of the early 20th century.

J. C. Leyendecker

He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The Arrow Collar Man, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post.[1][2] Between 1896 and 1950, Leyendecker painted more than 400 magazine covers. During the Golden Age of American Illustration, for The Saturday Evening Post alone, J. C. Leyendecker produced 322 covers, as well as many advertisement illustrations for its interior pages. No other artist, until the arrival of Norman Rockwell two decades later, was so solidly identified with one publication.[3] Leyendecker "virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design Early life[edit] Joseph Christian Leyendecker ('J.

Nadav kander landscape. SKIN: a tutorial - Part 1 by navate on DeviantArt. Awesome Character Drawings: AP Studio Art. This article features an AP Studio Art Drawing project by Seokkyun Hong, completed while studying Art at Hillcrest High School, Dallas, Texas, United States, 2008.

Awesome Character Drawings: AP Studio Art

Seokkyun was awarded full marks for his Concentration component (6/6) and was featured on the official AP Collegeboard website, as a learning exemplar for others. His project is essential viewing for any high school Art student who wishes to draw imaginary, fantasy illustrations as part of a traditional Fine Art project. Every artwork in Seokkyun's AP Studio Art Concentration project demonstrates a superb understanding of composition and high level of technical skill. Colours have been selected carefully, uniting different parts of the work (for example, in the second work, the blue of the Pepsi can is repeated upon the character’s uniform, the coloured pencil in the foreground and the 'drawing' on the table). Angled lines direct vision and lead our eyes through the work, creating focal points / centres of interest. Random Image Prompts. Search Results: Items (results page 1)

Where can I find free public domain images and pictures? Today, there are dozens of great Internet web sites that offer thousands of free public domain and royalty free images.

Where can I find free public domain images and pictures?

Below is a list of some of the best available sites to find these pictures. Note: All of these sites have free images with different agreements. Art Ed- Value, Shading exercises on Pinterest. Building-strong-muscular-arms.jpg (JPEG Image, 548 × 365 pixels) Anatomy & Reference. 025. Lighting Effects Using the Color Dodge Blending Mode in Adobe Illustrator. With the help of the Color Dodge Blending Mode you can get very bright and sharp images, this is what this mode is intended for.

Lighting Effects Using the Color Dodge Blending Mode in Adobe Illustrator

I wrote a few tutorials on this topic, but I keep being asked the same question, "Why can't I get the same brightness and contrast as you do? " Today I will answer this question, we will take a look at several examples of creating these effects. How to Add Borders in Illustrator: 13 Steps. Precise Curves in Illustrator. Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter: James Gurney: 9780740797712: Amazon.com. How to Reconnect to an Existing Path in Adobe CS5 Illustrator. Creating a shape in Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5) Illustrator is done by adding more anchor points to the original segment.

How to Reconnect to an Existing Path in Adobe CS5 Illustrator

If you want to fill your shape with a color or a gradient, you need to close it, which means that you need to eventually return to the starting anchor point. Create a segment (straight or curved). We show you how in the preceding sections of this chapter. You can continue from this point, clicking and adding anchor points until you eventually close the shape. Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter: James Gurney: 9780740797712: Amazon.com. Pencilkiller.com. Page setup section How to set new layer 1200 dpi by default How to add pagination and change font setting of it How to make the lines look less pixelate on screen How to make a new story file read from left to right How to Change the panel ruler width in preferences new How to show transparanet area and change the default checker pattern from pink to other color new Panel section.

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Mario Live!Mario Live! SenshiStock's deviantART Gallery. Anatomy on #Pose-Emporium - deviantART. #Pose-Emporium deviantART Gallery. Tutorial: from paper to digital. - cosmic princess. Preparing Traditional Linearts for Digital Use! Blog Entry on MangaMagazine.net. Hey everyone!

Preparing Traditional Linearts for Digital Use! Blog Entry on MangaMagazine.net

How to Draw Better Line Art. Do you want to draw better lines?

How to Draw Better Line Art

Ever wonder how other artists’ characters look so dynamic, yet your own characters look a bit static? Drawing line art isn’t as simple as simply laying down some lines. How to Be a Pro Manga Ka: 6 Steps. Getting to Know Your Manga Studio Layer Types. How To Draw in Your Own Style! Sycra Streams with Jeff about Style n' Mileage. Digital Printing … and so much more! Headline » Season’s Greetings, a Thank You, and a Quick Look Ahead to 2014!

Digital Printing … and so much more!

Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays to all! Thanks to all of you 2013 was Ka-Blam’s best — and busiest — year to date! So many comics and books printed! This year we topped 16,000 registered users and by our best estimate we’ve produced about 2 million comics since our launch. 2014 is going to be a banner year for us also. The really, really big news will be the new Ka-Blam next year! Just a quick FYI — for the next week or so Ka-Blam will be running a skeleton crew in the offices while some of our staff taking some much deserved time off to spend with family and friends. Manga Tutorials - Learn Comic Illustration. Type Hunting. Art, design and visual ingenuity.

Figure & Gesture Drawing Practice ToolFigure. Color schemes - Adobe Kuler. iStock Photo: Royalty Free Stock Photography, Vector Art Images, Music & Video Stock Footage. DeviantART: where ART meets application! Coroflot — Design Jobs & Portfolios.