The concept of 'eat' evolved out of a totally different goal as you can see in the process video. I saw a nice moment between a couple in the bathroom that sparked the inspiration for this story, yet I was not sure what reference in terms of object, animal, or food would guide the art direction, ...
2024-08-16 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Haven't you stared at a blank canvas with the intention of drawing or painting a subject, yet found this task impossible? You know that you want to paint a city, a knight, or simply an apple, yet there is no way to even start.
This is what many artists, especially beginner artists, struggle...
2024-08-13 18:59:36 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, I revisited the idea that I had let go of last week, the one I failed to deliver. Mostly because I had such a great amount of references saved already with this outfit theme from old time China, kind of romantic.
It was supposed to be a story about "pen and ink," but the composit...
2024-08-09 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
A few days ago, I was answering some of your messages, and one patron asked me for advice on how to regain the social media popularity he had lost and how to meet new artist friends. This question led me to share a few thoughts with him on how to address this issue, and I figured it would be good...
2024-08-06 18:54:15 +0000 UTC View PostMaking art is funny. I've created several ways to come up with concepts effectively, even on bad days, but during the process of this illustration, I was fairly blocked for a whole day. I'm not sure if it was the heat or simply one of those days.
Right before falling asleep, I imagined a pi...
2024-08-01 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, I see plenty of artists struggling with rigid poses, angle views in their compositions, and boring narratives, so today I want to share some tips on how to bring dynamism to your drawings! Let's dive in.
Dynamism, in this sense, means adding a bit more movement through differe...
2024-07-30 18:52:38 +0000 UTC View Post
What I find interesting about this process is how I use three key aspects of the onion concept to develop a quick story with visual cues.
The first is the fact that onions make people cry. This universal truth makes the story very understandable. I just needed a common reason for why people...
2024-07-26 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Here are some important updates for today.
Some new patrons have been asking for tips about topics I've already discussed in past articles, and many of them don't have the resources to subscribe to higher tiers. So I've decided to unloc...
2024-07-23 16:24:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
This illustration took two days to complete. I struggled quite a lot with the armor! Initially, I was looking for an excuse to paint armor and metal material. Starting from that point, I searched for a casual object that shared at least some similar characteristics. A smashed ...
2024-07-19 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! In today's post, I want to briefly explain how I paint metal, specifically armor metal. Let's dive in.
Shape
The difficult thing about metal is not precisely the lighting or colors but the shapes in which these values and colors will be positioned. For a...
2024-07-16 18:46:38 +0000 UTC View Post
So! Many people seemed to strongly resonate with my last illustration "Care," so here's a little bit of the process behind it.
I focused on creating a female carnival character with a long cape matching the moth design in the reference. Eventually, I ended up with a drawing, but it felt a b...
2024-07-12 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Here are some tips for approaching references for anatomy studies.
Body Weight
Start by asking where the body is resting its weight. Sometimes dynamic poses have the weight resting on one leg. Certain characteristics of the leg that carries this w...
2024-07-09 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
This time I chose a very simple and casual object for character design: a toothbrush. The electric toothbrush was a perfect case for an android-like character, and the white standard one is its companion. Of course, I needed to add some extra concepts, so I decided to include...
2024-07-05 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! A few days ago, someone was struggling to make the eyes the way I do it. I figured it was more a perspective thing than shape anatomy. Since I've covered eye shapes and then jumped st...
2024-07-02 18:57:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there!
Doing these kinds of studies is extremely useful for integrating new ways to capture reality. I guess it's a humbling experience, especially when you have been creating things from scratch for a while. It reminds you how important it is to keep practicing to improve!
I kept ...
2024-06-28 16:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
Back in the old days, to improve my skills, I used to pick random references, paint them, and try different techniques with colors, textures, lighting, etc. I stopped doing this, but today I wanted to give it a try with no clear meaning behind the series. I think I was looking...
2024-06-25 18:51:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Once I found four interesting references to use as a base in terms of gesture and costume design, I needed inspiration from a non-related subject (animal, food, object, etc.) during the initial phase of the drawing. I chose the octopus and pufferfish because I could envision them in the character...
2024-06-21 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The goal of today's practice is to allow you to focus on aspects of character design that might be blocked by a lack of confidence when building gesture, anatomy, or costume shape drawings from scratch. By using a reference to address the previously mentioned steps, you will not only slightly pra...
2024-06-18 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
What I think many of you will find valuable about this process is how I slowly build a narrative out of very random references and also make adjustments to the versions of the studies I use, mostly changes in illumination, colors, and compositions. This type of treatment is very useful for those ...
2024-06-14 16:00:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Learning art is tough, especially if you don't know where to start. Today, I'd like to share how I pick my references for study, depending on the skill I want to develop. Let's make it quick:
With drawing, I like to call it "shape" skill...
2024-06-12 15:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In the previous post, I shared the overall process structure of this portrait series "geckos," yet there are a few things I felt differently about personally.
For a start, I noticed how after stressing over the first character sketch, my subsequent character sketches developed quicker and f...
2024-06-07 17:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a while since I’ve done portraits only, so this time I wanted to explore some visually nice ideas. Today, I'll share with you my process behind these pieces so you can follow the steps. Let's dive in.
Step 1
A series of characters with something in common....
2024-06-05 15:17:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Before painting, I often make a list of points about what the characters are about, but the day I did this piece I woke up with a particular character type in my mind instead of a specific narrative or character motivation. This character type was a dark-skinned female with white hair, and I imag...
2024-05-31 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Building characters with compelling personalities involves understanding their motivations and how these drive their actions. Here are five tips to help you create characters that truly come to life.
1. Define Character Motivation
To craft a character with a vivid per...
2024-05-29 18:56:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Recently, I've noticed how influenced by comedy my compositions are. I like to create dark, cute, and dangerous characters, but at some point in the process, I get stuck. I feel something is missing; I just don't know what. Then, suddenly, the ideas that seem to complete the puzzle tend to be fun...
2024-05-24 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I wanted to try something different, another topic you guys suggested: 'how to paint food illustrations.' So, this time, I chose different kinds of food and recorded the process for you to check out my approach for each.
The process is very simple and similar to my structure in charac...
2024-05-21 17:07:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The first hour of this illustration was a mistake well, not a mistake really, as it helped me understand what NOT to do. The initial idea I had for a lime character was a soldier. Although visually interesting to me, this concept was insufficient as it shared little relation to the lime, besides ...
2024-05-17 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone suggested in our last poll, 'how to design a character with the intent of them being part of the same world'.
This is an interesting subject and something I've been doing for the past couple of years as part...
2024-05-15 16:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Because I was writing an article about drawing legs and feet, I thought it would make sense to create characters inspired by muscular animals, horses for instance. I chose basketball as a second layer for this concept based on the sport's popularity and the athletic look of these kinds of profess...
2024-05-10 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I see many of you asking me to share an article for 'how to draw [insert anatomy part]'. Since I've shared plenty about the upper part of the body, let's continue today with the lower part: legs and feet.
I took the liberty of recording this particular session in which I approach two proces...
2024-05-08 18:53:45 +0000 UTC View Post