I made another comic strip! This time it's about the importance of continuing to practice the exercises from lessons 1 and 2 regularly, and the idea that you're never *done* practicing y...
2016-06-18 17:46:53 +0000 UTC View Post
I recorded an illustration I painted recently - it was an unplanned thing, so it involves a lot of floundering to sort out compositional challenges and establish narrative. I also included a fair bit of commentary on my thoughts and a few tricks of the trade that I use frequently.
2016-06-11 01:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post
You can find the dump of 30 demos I've done as part of different students' homework critiques right here:
http://imgur.com/gallery/udZZ8
I posted this largely because free critiques are closed through June (reop...
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2016-05-31 23:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
So, as a thinly veiled marketing attempt, I decided that once in a while I'd like to create short, instructional comic strips about the simpler, but more common issues I see plaguing beginne...
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2016-03-31 06:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Unfortunately Patreon's post system won't allow me to include links with in-page targets. You'll have to scroll all the way down to the "Rotated Boxes" section, or you can copy this url into your browser:
https://www.patreon.com/nathanaardvark?ty=h
Came across this a while back - Nathan Aardvark's Patreon page has got a lot of great (free) daily tutorials/tips that you should definitely check out. Things ran...
2016-03-18 20:59:06 +0000 UTC View Post
http://drawabox.com/lesson/1/lesson/es
Finally got around to formatting and posting the Spanish translation of lesson 1. If it generates interest and traffic, I'll look into getting more translated, and perhaps int...
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2016-03-01 07:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I only had six critiques to do tonight, and now it's 11PM and I've only done two. Why? Because I got distracted and ended up going from doing a demo to writing up this thing on how to approach drawing texture - something a lot of you have been asking about.
Now, mind you it's called the "T...
2016-02-04 03:25:27 +0000 UTC View Post
http://drawabox.com/article/construction
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2016-01-31 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
http://drawabox.com/article/ink
I talk a little (actually, a lot) about specifically why I promote doing my lessons in ink, specifically with fineliners/felt tip pens, instead of pencil or digital media.
2016-01-05 23:43:56 +0000 UTC View Post
http://drawabox.com/article/motivation
My views on motivation, and why the very concept is something that distracts a lot of artists - new and old alike - from sharpening their skills.
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