Gayoon High Cut Photoshoot: March 2011

Art Contest ROUND 1 PowerPuff Gladiator at ArtistsArena.org

In the past, I've always entered to compete in various forums. I won some and lost many, but it actually did make me a better artist. It is true. Every time I entered the contest, I am always pushing myself to the next level. There are a lot of time I fall on to second, third, or forth. I am always looking forward to the next round so that I can again stand among giants. I always get

Kekai Kotaki, Master Artist interview

This week interview, is probably by far everyone favorite. The ultimate artist of our time I could say. This week Kekai Kotaki is kind enough to give us his precious time for a short interview with idrawgirls.com He was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii, moved to Seattle Washington in 2000 to go to school and pursue a career in art. Currently he is Concept Art Lead at ArenaNet

Drawing Dynamic pose for figures sketches

Drawing Dynamic pose for figures sketches. Here are several sketches I drew today. They are all done traditionally since I've drawing with pencil a lot more recently. Each takes about 15-20 minutes to draw, just some quick sketches and study for fun. I basically just focusing on lines and dynamic foreshortening for each pose. Foreshortening action pose are by far, in my opinion, the hardest

Facebook launched "Questions" feature

Facebook released a new version of its Questions feature on Thursday, the result of nearly a year of beta testing.
I tried it out since it launched a few days back. I hope to get a lot of feedback from you guys. So now you can have more control of what the next video tutorial will be by voting.

You can now go vote on what I should draw on my next video on Facebook.Below are the poll questions

Camila Alves Vacation

Camila Alves Vacation at Brazil.

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter digital painting tutorial

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter digital painting video tutorial and step by step images. Here is another speed painting inspired by a Diablo 3 Demon hunter video demo I saw a couple weeks ago. What attracts me to the character is that the dark mysterious vibe. It looks very cool so I feel like I have to do my speed painting version of the Demon Hunter.

Here is a description of a Demon Hunter

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez can no longer deny a romantic relationship after their PDA session on the beach. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have sort of gone public with their romantic relationship. After spotted coming hand-in-hand to the Vanity Fair Oscar after-party on Sunday, the couple further showed off their affection to each other outside Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, California.

Bieber has already bid adieu to the private fun life for some time now and it appears Selena Gomez too have to do that. Recently the alleged couple planned to go on a movie date at the Burbank movie theatre and the paparazzi was there too. In spite of going in incognito into the theatre on Thursday, when they came out watching the R-rated Natalie Portman flick No Strings Attached the photographers were there to make a film out of the young singers.

Laurel Austin, Master Artist interview

Laurel Austin, Master Artist interview.

I always browse internet to look for great inspirational art work. One day I browse around and I saw this beautiful illustration. It has super duper pretty Griffins and Orges who are trying to steal Griffins' egg. The expression of every single characters are dead-on and priceless. The way the artist executed this piece is masterful. I just love

Col-Erase pencil is awesome. How did I forget about it?

Col-Erase or short for the erasable colored pencil, is great for animation, colored layouts, and design — it makes it so easy to erase a color or a whole color scheme. As far as I know it has more than 24 color now. There are Vermilion, Brown, Terra Cotta, Tuscan Red, Blue, Carmine Red, Green, Yellow, Black, Purple, Light Blue, Light Green, White, Flesh, Pink, Violet, Light Gray, Indigo Blue

Blogger revamp in 2011 and I am very happy.

Blogger’s been in need of a revamp for a long, long time. It is an 11-year-old blog publishing service acquired by Google in 2003, just now Google begin teasing a complete revamp of its blogging platform. Blogger is one of the world’s top 10 biggest websites, far larger than WordPress.com, Tumblr or Posterous.
When I wrote my first post, I have no idea what the hell blog was. That was back in

Dragon Age 2 Digital painting video tutorial and step by step

Dragon Age 2 Digital painting tutorial and step by step images. This is another painting study from cinematic screenshots from Dragon Age 2. I wan stunned by how great and realistic the lighting in the cinematic is. One of the best cinematic I've seen nowadays. It is the bright day light in Dragon Age 2 cinematic that attract me the most. I have not painted in that kind of setting much.

Matt Dixon, Master artist interview

Interview with master artist Matt Dixon.

Matt Dixon long association with the games industry began in 1988. He has worked on various titles for almost every major gaming platform since then. He was employed by one of the UK's largest independent games developers for more than a decade, initially as a production artist, then as an art lead. During that time he involved with numerous high

Mongol soldier quick paint over step by step

Mongol soldier quick paint over step by step. Here is another re-paint of one of my older sketch from 2007, how to draw manga comic Mongol warrior. I sketch it really quick in photoshop way back then. It took me less then 20 minutes and I thought it has a potential to be flesh out a bit more. I finally get some time to get around to paint over the Mongol soldier. In similar fashion to a few

Digital Painting workshop 8 weeks course online

ONLINE MASTERCLASS | Digital Painting

This is an eight-week online class meeting once a week. Each session will alternate between eight master instructors and feature a unique lecture and painting demonstration. At the end of each lecture, the instructor will announce an assignment that pertains to their demo that week. Students can post their assignments in our forums, receive critiques,

5 ways to avoid smearing when you draw.

5 ways to avoid smearing when drawing. No matter how good of an artist you are, accidental smear and smudge will happen when you are drawing with graphite pencil or chacoal. It is hard to avoid, all we could do is to be careful and keep the accidental smearing to the minimum. The more experience you are, the more you will learn how to deal with it. I just got a few e-mails asking me this

How to draw Manga, Guts from Berserk

How to draw Manga Guts from Berserk. More is info is coming in couple of days. How to draw Manga, Guts from Berserk. Drawing and sketching anime technique for manga, cartoon and comics. Learn to draw with tips from a professional concept artist and illustrator

For me the easiest way to draw everything is, first, to make it simple. I always try to break it down into simple geometry shapes.

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Sucker Punch movie screenshot digital painting process demo

Sucker Punch movie digital painting process speedie. I am waiting for my Sucker Punch concept art book. It still has not yet arrive, hopefully some time today. So I just watched the trailer again and study the cinematic shots (paused it). Some of the great artists I know often study movie screenshots, apart from painting and drawing from life. Drawing and painting from still life is very

How to draw barbarian warrior character digital art tutorial

How to draw barbarian warrior digital art tutorial. As I mentioned earlier this year that I will try to sketch daily if I can. I try to make it happen everyday and spend more time drawing and painting all kind of things. Sometime I have to do some back end stuff of this art tutorial website or blog more often than I would like to. But to make a better experience for many to come

Amazing Robot that looks like human

Amazing Robot that looks like human. It's true. If you ever watch Blade Runner, Alien, AI and Terminator, the vision is coming true. These are real human look alike androids. A little creepy but amazing. It’s actually called a Geminoid, which is a lifelike robot created to look exactly like its master. Geminoids are controlled by a computer system that replicates movements. The video shows

How to draw Manga, Soifon from Bleach

How to draw Manga Soifon from Bleach. Manga drawing video and step by step tutorial. Soifon is one of the my favorite characters from Bleach Manga or Anime.

Suì-Fēng is a relatively short and petite woman with gray eyes and black hair. Her hair is worn short with two long braids bound in white cloth each ending in a large golden ring. 110 years ago, Suì-Fēng's hair was shoulder-length

Digital painting tutorial Dead Space 2 inspired

Digital painting tutorial Dead Space 2, here is a digital painting video and step by step tutorial inspired by playing Dead Space 2. I was playing in for a while and I love it. Though it is very spooky and creepy. A lot of interesting scary creatures or humanoids called "necromorphs." I really like the main armor designs, there are many cool armors in this game.
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