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How to draw woman body, Female Figure study

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How to draw woman body basic ,  Female Figure study, woman body proportion modelsheet update. Here are some figure studies I did recently and update on the female model-sheet that I did a while back in 2007 old version here " Learn how to draw woman female ". These are somewhat quick pencil sketch, most of them are 5-6 minutes with the exception of the model-sheets itself. Model-sheet itself the post are probably not the most flattering for women form, they are just for beginners and intermediate alike to study and check for accuracy and such. One of the most critical thing to keep in mind when drawing female or woman is to convey their feminine (or otherwise) through their body languages. It would be best if an artist can capture her character's very essence and convey or communicate through your lines, sketch, drawing. Like a poet describe a beauty of his lover. Visually artist can communicate with showing images of her body language, gesture, and movement...

How to draw Emma Frost X-men

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How to draw Emma Frost X-men comics girl video and step by step tutorial. Learn how to draw comics female characters #003 After I sketch Sue Storm see How to draw Fantastic 4 Susan Storm , I realize how much I like sketching women and figure and sketching alone. And I noticed on the viewers that there are more people watching drawing woman or female video tutorial than a male superhero videos. Almost double viewers in just over the weekend. Well, I guess my site is called "idrawgirls.com" so I guess it only make senses. OK, the drawing and sketching video lesson of superheroes or heroines will start rolling out more. But the newer ones will be a little more advance or more than just basic line drawing. But again, that depends on how much time I have during the time. Hopefully I can make more better drawing video. This tutorial, "Emma Frost" sketch, I have to say that it is one of my better ones...I know what direction I want to take when I start....

Digital Painting Mecha Robot modify work in process

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How to draw and paint Mecha concept art .  Digital Painting Mecha Robot modify work in process. I am trying to put the mech I paint a while back for full feature tutorial in to the scene and make it more presentable rather just a mech stand alone concept. Hey folks, it's been a little while since I updated, been busy with painting, tutorials, and life stuff. Anyhow,...this post I am putting the figure in the environmental. It usually help bringing out more of its characteristic, and the world they suppose to be in. Right now I am trying to find the way to get the water to look right. It's kind of tricky. Just a quick update. More are coming up. :) You can go here and see step by step process on the previous post; Mecha Robot concept art update . It shows from the beginning until how I get here. Also if you are interested in drawing and painting Mecha Robot, these video tutorials, Drawing Mech or Mecha Tutorial (this one show quick sketch and painting mecha, k...

How to draw realistic Manga style

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How to draw realistic Manga style .  Draw Manga character Maka from Soul Eater video tutorial and step by step process. Here is another character digital art process from Soul Eater series, Maka. Again, it's my interpretation of the character in semi-realistic style. This one I started out a bit different than then previous tutorial (Blair) How to draw Anime Character Blair from Soul Eater , I just kinda draw freely using thick line to find pose then create the silhouette instead of using line drawn in the beginning stage. Then I just use the silhouette as a main component shape to go off of to refine my color sketch. A bit about the character, Maka Albarn (マカ・アルバーン, Maka Arubān?) is Soul's meister and main female protagonist. The two make a good team, though Maka is prone to violent outbursts when Soul does something foolish. She is a dedicated student, who always scores at the top of the class, and the daughter of a Death Scythe, Spirit (now known has Death Scythe), ...

Sunrise over mountains landscape digital painting tutorial

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How to paint sunrise over mountains landscape .  Environment design digital painting process step by step and video. How to paint landscape or environmental concept step by step and video tutorial. It's been a while since I've done any landscape or environmental painting and such. Feel kinda rusty, but I will post it anyway. This one is still a work in process which means I will work on it a little more or a lot more depending on what kind of idea I can come up with. More environmental concept sketch tutorial go watch Draw and paint Environmental concept Sand Valley , Drawing and painting environmental concept Magma Fall , Draw and paint landscape mountain rock , and Environmental concept tutorial IceScape . Environmental landscape Mountain range Here are step by step digital painting tutorial Here is the the final sketch so far...I will continue to add some exciting elements and refine it some more possibly. :) Update Jan 28, 2010 Add creature into the...

Draw and Color Anime Soul Eater

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How to draw realistic Anime guy .  Draw and Color Anime Soul Eater. How to Draw and Color Anime Soul Eater Character Soul Digital painting Tutorial. Draw and Sketch Manga character, Soul from Soul Eater Anime Serie. Demonstration of Manga tutorial drawing Anime guy character illustration sketch. Learn from Step by step and video tutorial. This one is focusing on portrait and upper body of a male character design for Anime, video game, and Manga. Here is a bit about the character "Soul". Soul Eater (ソウル=イーター, Sōru Ītā?) is Maka's Demon Scythe partner, and the main male protagonist. He has a laid back attitude, and he tries to maintain a "cool" image, to which he often compares his current situation. He drives a motorcycle, which he and Maka use for transportation, and shares an apartment with her as well. They constantly bicker, often leading to confrontations, though they still work well together in battle. Soul comes from a family of skilled musicians...

Digital painting process character design female

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Digital painting process character design female Wuxia, Manga, Anime inspired. It's been a little while since I did a woman character drawing and painting process. In this particular character sketch. I'm trying to find the balance between realistic painterly and Manga Anime (stylize)...or basically I'm experimenting but it will still probably end up look similar to what I usually do. Sometimes I get really frustrated whether to approach realistic or stylize. It's hard to choose because I like them both. Anyway, there is no video tutorial process for this one yet cuz once in a while I like taking my time and draw or paint in my own pace without time limitation. This one is basically inspired by a classic Wuxia novel of Jin Rong or Louis Cha (查良鏞). Yeah if you didn't grow up watching Chinese Kungfu drama series on TV, you probably say "what?!!!" but if you are, you know what I'm talking about. Or you can google it. :) The character is loosel...

Avatar the movie behind the scene making

Avatar, the movie, behind the scene making the virtual world of Pandora. Just found these awesome series of Making of Avatar movie video on YouTube. Very inspiring and it should stimulate your imagination to make more art. Tons of cool concept, ideas, production and valuable information from the production ends. I though you guys are probably really like it so here they are. :) part 1 part2 part3 part 4 part 5 Hope you like them, enjoy!

Concept Art Workshop Seattle 2010

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We're throwing a big concept art workshop on Jan 23rd , 2010 featuring some awesome ArenaNet talent. Most of the artists on this thread will be there demonstrating their art process! Hope You guys can make it. Register at www.futurepoly.com to guarantee a seat. A portion of the ticket sales will be donated to www.ChildsPlayCharity.org ChildsPlay is a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in a network of over 60 hospitals worldwide. Yep, that's right. These are my colleges and mentors. If you are in the area and want to sharpen up your art skills or want to learn awesome trade to get your foot in the door of making video games. The workshop featuring the Master Artists Daniel Dociu, Jaime Jones, Kekai Kotaki, Richard Anderson, Matthew Barrett, and Horia Dociu. DON'T MISS this opportunity!!! These are the people you want to learn from. They are the best among the best. :) Check out and register: www.futurepoly.com HAP...

How to draw rogue samurai girl

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How to draw samurai woman .  Drawing and painting tutorial Rogue Samurai step by step process. Learn to Draw sketch and digital paint over a Comics style woman, female samurai or swordsman, girl female character design, sketch, illustration for manga, comics, anime free web step by step and video tutorial. This new step by step tutorial is a work over the old drawing of mine. It was a drawing tutorial I made a year ago I think. Now I am slowly picking some of the old sketch, drawing or concept that are worthy of going all the way to possibly finish stage using variety of method or style. It's a good exercise for once in a while you should pick some of your older work and upgrade it or redo it totally (if the idea was great but bad execution). But this rogue samurai sketch is alright to begin with so I am just going to paint over the sketch and take it to the finish line, hopefully. So basically I am focusing on repaint her face and tighten or clean up the rest of ...