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Sketchbookideas. Tutorials! Drawspace.com - Learn to draw - StumbleUpon. How To Draw. "How to Draw" is a collection of tutorials that will teach you everything from perspective basics to shading chrome.

How To Draw

Never picked up a pencil before? Fear not! From simple line drawings to modern art and easy animations, we've got you covered. All projects come from Instructables.com and contain pictures for each step so you can start your masterpiece today! Instructables is the most popular project-sharing community on the Internet. 99 Graphic Design Resources.

Below is a list of 99+ graphic design resources, in English and (and a few other languages), that all designers must know about.

99 Graphic Design Resources

It is sorted by category (click to go to category): For more resources you can check out the 101 Places To Get Design Inspiration. How to Think of What to Draw - wikiHow - StumbleUpon. Edit Article Edited by Dvortygirl, Laptop123, Nicole Willson, Random and 41 others Have you been inspired to draw, including getting inspiration from famous artists, or are just doing it for fun?

How to Think of What to Draw - wikiHow - StumbleUpon

Drawing can often be fun, but sometimes it can be hard to think of ideas for what to draw. Well, don't worry about that -- there are many, many different ideas - just read this article to find out what they are. Ad Steps 1Doodle. 21Look back through old sketchbooks for ideas. Tips Don't be afraid to try something new or make something up as you go. Warnings While there's nothing wrong with drawing from a photograph to practice, keep in mind that you may not be able to publish the result if you don't hold the copyright or have permission. The best 30 photo manipulation tutorials for Photoshop. The Most Wanted Design Tutorials in Photoshop. Drawing Projects. Though Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) now dominates the vast majority of animated movies being made, there is still something very appealing about a hand drawn image.

Drawing Projects

Drawing by hand takes a great degree of skill and technique. There are so many mediums that can be utilized when drawing by hand, yet many people are only familiar with pencil art. One of the more popular alternatives to pencil is pen ink. Ink can be utilized to portray very realistic images onto a piece of paper. When utilizing a technique known as shading, the artist can simulate the way a 3 dimensional object manipulates light. Another great medium for drawing is colored pencils.

Draw Dragons, Werewolves and Unicorns from the World of Harry Potter. Stan Prokopenkos Blog. Update 09-26-2012 – Above is a video version of this tutorial.

Stan Prokopenkos Blog

For more video tutorials visit Proko.com and subscribe to the newsletter In this tutorial I will go over the structure of the nose and give detailed information about the bridge, ball, and nostrils of the nose. At the end, I will show a step by step of a nose drawing. The Major Planes When drawing the nose, I’ll usually start by indicating the 4 major planes – top, 2 sides, and bottom. Anatomical Information I think the anatomical shapes in the nose are really interesting. The Minor Planes It’s important to memorize the subtle plane changes in all the different part of the nose.

Minor Planes of the Bridge The Glabella is shaped like a keystone. Minor Planes of the Ball The ball of the nose isn’t perfectly round, but has very distinct plane changes. Minor planes of the Nostrils The nostrils, also called wings, curl under themselves similar to the septum. Drawing the Nose 4. Made a video version of this tutorial. How To Draw A Wave. I remember all throughout my years in school getting super bored during a class and then dozing off only to think about perfect peeling right handers or nicely shaped a-frames.

How To Draw A Wave

I’d snap out of it and draw some rendition of it on a notebook. I’m not the most artistic person so the sketch would never look as good as I pictured it. Figure &Gesture Drawing Tool - StumbleUpon. Laurie McCannas complete list of Photoshop tutorials - StumbleUpon. Drawing Lessons - How to Draw the Portrait - Drawing Figure - Drawing Still... - StumbleUpon. 350+ Free Textures - Web Design Blog - DesignM.ag - StumbleUpon. 17 scratched and scraped textures grab bag 40 random free textures 14 free high res slate textures Aqueous Sun Texture Pack Volume 1 (50) Aqueous Sun Texture Pack Volume 2 (50) Aqueous Sun Presents Rust v.01 (28) Beautiful Textures On Black Backgrounds (22)

350+ Free Textures - Web Design Blog - DesignM.ag - StumbleUpon

Lackadaisy Expressions - StumbleUpon. Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this.

Lackadaisy Expressions - StumbleUpon

Club Of The Waves - StumbleUpon. This art tutorial, kindly donated by surfing comic strip illustrator and surf artist Bob Penuelas covers how to draw a wave the Wilbur Kookmeyer way!

Club Of The Waves - StumbleUpon

If you're like me, then you've probably spent a lot of time in high school class daydreaming and doodling a thousand perfect cartoon waves in your notebook. It's safe to say that ninety percent of us surfers have a habit of scribbling perfect waves whenever a pencil is in our hands. Hopefully the following pointers will help you change your throw-away wave doodles into actual compelling artwork that you want to keep forever.