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A Singular Creation Art Community • Tutorial: Painting Realistic Eyes. We would like to ing you this feature tutorial by Linda Bergkvist, renowned in the digital arts community for her gorgeous portrayal of characters. In this tutorial, Linda shows us step by step how she paints realistic eyes. About Linda Bergkvist Linda Bergkvist is a renowned digital artist who currently lives in Sweden. Linda Bergkvist's website can be found at www.furiae.com. My Handbound Books - Bookbinding Blog. Learn the Basics of Photoshop: The Complete Guide. My Drawspace. Amateur Illustrator : Art & Illustration Community...

DoodleBug - oodles of doodles. How to Create a Professional Magazine Layout. A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Otto Coster was first published on August 4th 2010. Have you ever wondered how professional designers strike the perfect balance between text and image? Using InDesign's powerful type tools, you will learn techniques to help you set and arrange a magazine layout. Step 1 Setting up the Document We'll be using a standard A4 size document for this tutorial. Step 2 Creating a Grid To set up the page grid, go to the "A-master spread" and choose Layout > Create Guides. Why? Step 3 Placing a Background When creating a magazine layout, you'll want to keep a good balance between the white space, images and text. Go to page 2–3 and place your photograph in the bleed space so that the entire spread is covered.

Step 4 Creating Body Text Step 5 Setting up a Baseline Grid To make our text look good we need to set up a baseline grid. Step 6 Changing the Basic Paragraph Style. Anarchy Art Journals. Paintedheartstudio. Make a silicone mold from common household materials in your kitchen in 1 hour. GPP Street Team. Don't you agree that receiving comments from your crusade posts really makes the effort worthwhile? We have a great team of players who share their interpretations of the challenge but then spend alot of time tracking the other crusaders to leave kind words of encouragement. It's nice to know there is a community of fellow artists who are trying out the same things you are which makes their comments an even more important part of the process.

It's the next best thing to gathering around a table and working together. I love hearing that many friendships have been formed through this platform. That only happens when we reach out with our words. There are several crusaders who are vigilant and constant with their support. There are some who comment even when they don't participate. In the comment section below, nominate a crusader who you think deserves the title Best Commenter.

In a week a will print up the nominations and votes, and we will have another random drawing, a Top Hat Pick.