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ArtCast Network
Just a quick post to let all you artists out there know about an up-and-coming new website from the amazing illustrator Dani Jones — the ArtCast Network. Dani loves to share her extensive illustration technique knowledge via live streaming videocasts … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, ArtCast Network, artist, cartoon, Cartooning, Dani Jones, drawing sketching, how-to, Illustration, live, streaming, Tips, Tutorials, Ustream, video
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Tom Richmond’s ‘Drawing Hands’: An In-Depth Tutorial
Cartoonist and illustrator extraordinaire Tom Richmond has an excellent in-depth guide to drawing hands over on his blog. As per usual with Tom’s instructional articles/blog posts, he goes into far more detail and insight than one could possibly imagine he … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration
Tagged Art, artist, Cartooning, cartoonist, drawing, illustrator, Tom Richmond, Tutorials
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Cap’n Clobber
Cap’n Clobber is my robot gorilla pirate creation for this week’s Monster Monday illustration.
Posted in Cartoon Characters, Cartooning
Tagged creature, drawing, monster, Monster Monday, Photoshop, sketch, Tutorials, Wacom, walkthrough
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Video: Photoshop CS4 Spring-Loaded Keys
Another brief video in my instructional series introducing some great new features in Photoshop CS4 for artists, cartoonists, illustrators and anyone else who sketches or draws using Photoshop. This video features the excellent new Spring-Loaded Keys feature that allows you … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Art, artist, cartoon, CS4, illustrator, keyboard commands, keyboard shortcuts, Photoshop, sketch, Software, Tutorials, video
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Zen Of The Pen
Sharon Steuer’s free ”Zen Of The Pen” PDF is an excellent introduction to the inner mysteries of the vector pen tool in Adobe Illustrator. Update: Sharon has kindly asked me to remove the link to that PDF, she’s working on an updated version. … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity, Resources
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Art, Bezier, Creative Suite, free, graphic design, how-to, Illustration, illustrator, PDF, Photoshop, reference, Software, technique, Tips, Tutorials, vector, walkthrough
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20 Comic & Cartooning Photoshop Tutorials
A collection of links to twenty great comics and cartooning tutorials over at PSDtuts. Lots of tips for inking in both Photoshop and Illustrator, coloring, using Photoshop layers to your advantage, achieving halftone effects and other comic-book style looks to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, cartoon, graphics, Illustration, illustrator, Photoshop, Tutorials
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Setting Up Bleeds For Print Design In Creative Suite
Although technically these tips apply to any graphics software, this particular tutorial over at Spoon Graphics focuses on the exact steps to set up bleeds for print design in your document within Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. The method to do so in … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity, Tips
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Art, Creative Suite, CS3, illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, printing, process, Software, tip, Tutorials, walkthrough
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Monk/Friar With Beer Keg – Cartoon Mascot Illustration
I recently finished up this ‘Theology On Tap’ cartoon character mascot/logo project for a youth ministries client. The client is a youth ministries minister, and his new program is focused on bringing discussions of theological matters into more casual settings … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoon Characters, Cartooning, Illustration
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Art, cartoon, cartoon character, cartoon character design, Cartooning, drawing, freelance, how-to, humorous, Illustration, illustrator, mascot, Photoshop, Portfolio, sketch, Tutorials, vector, Wacom
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The Animator’s Survival Kit
This Animator’s Survival Kit DVD set from Oscar-winning animator Richard Willams looks like a great resource for those animators out there. Personally, I do not have the patience for animation, but it’s fascinating to me. This DVD set is a companion … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning
Tagged animation, Art, cartoon, Cartooning, drawing, DVD, Resources, Tutorials, web links
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Cartoon Art & Halftones Tutorial: From Inkjet Printer to Photocopier
A cartoon illustration & design project for a friend’s party required the resulting art to be suitable for reproduction on a photocopy machine. After some trial, error, Google search, trial, error, Google search, trial, error I discovered the magic combo … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Productivity
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, Art, bitmap, cartoon, graphics, grayscale, halftone, Illustration, illustrator, inkjet, Mac, photocopy, Photoshop, print, printing, process, Resources, technique, tip, Tutorials, vector, walkthrough
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Cartoon Character Icon Video Tutorial at FastIcon.com
Icon artist Dirceu Veiga over at FastIcon.com has a nice little video screen capture showcasing his technique of creating cartoon characters as vector art in Illustrator for his icon creations. The video isn’t really a tutorial or walkthrough, but it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Art, artist, cartoon, Cartooning, cartoonist, creature, cute, Illustration, illustrator, monster, Software, technique, Tutorials, vector
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Digital Coloring Tutorials by MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond
If you aren’t familiar with cartoonist Tom Richmond, make yourself familiar. This guy’s work is absolutely amazing. Very much in the style of Mort Drucker from MAD Magazine — only taken to the extreme. Not only is his cartooning & … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Art, caricature, cartoon, Cartooning, cartoonist, color, graphics tablet, how-to, humorous, Illustration, illustrator, Photoshop, process, Productivity, Resources, technique, tip, Tutorials, vector, Wacom, walkthrough, web links
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MAD cartoonist Tom Richmond’s Coloring Tutorial
MAD Magazine cartoonist/caricaturist Tom Richmond has an awesome tutorial on his site about his working methods for getting his line art into finished color works of art.
Posted in Art, Cartooning, Illustration
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Art, blog, cartoon, Cartooning, cartoonist, drawing, Illustration, illustrator, MAD Magazine, Photoshop, sketch, Software, tip, Tutorials
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