Design Center - Atelier vidéo. 3D Total - The cg artists home page - 2D and 3D graphics resource site // Tutorials. Step 1: Line art I've always been fascinated by realism, and because of this it is really important to me that the base line-art sketch has got proper proportions.
I usually use the old trick by putting a grid on top of a reference photo I've shot, and then I copy the same grid onto a blank canvas and start drawing grid by grid from what I see on the reference photo. I make sure to keep the grid on a separate layer so that I easily can remove the grid at a later stage, and also keep the drawing on a separate layer underneath the grid. Painting Tutorial - Basics by ~Klyph on deviantART. Farlow Studios. 70+ Mind-Blowing Digital Painting Tutorials.