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Drawing Tutorial by Jolly Jack

The video above is the part2 out of 3 - I've seen Drawing tutorials many of them - some are just plain "speed painting" with no explanations whatsoever - but I recommend these 3 videos by Jolly Jack because he gives a lot of good information and advices during the process - very helpful.

I'll try to highlight a few interesting points :

1.  Before starting you should already have a rough idea of what you want to draw
2. When drawing start with the head - set where the character is looking and build the body according to that pose.
3. Concentrate on the figure's flow, make the pose looks right
4. Use a very thin brush (1) for the rough sketch
5. keep the layer 0 for the white background an use layer 1 for the sketch
6. After the basic outline is done on layer 1, get a larger brush and add details starting with the eyes
7. You should work at least in 300dpi
8. When the rough is done on layer1, it's time to add a new layer for the final line-work
9. add 2 layers (one will be used as a buffer and made invisible)
10. set the layer1 with the rough to 15% opacity and retrace it on layer 3 (line-work)
11. use a slightly larger brush (3.1) for the finished lines
12. After the line-work is done, duplicate the layer and merge them - to add contrast
13. Now it's color time, add a new layer (4)
14. If possible have a palette for each characters you have - otherwise load a previous artwork
15. Layer 4 is used for the flat colors, use the lasso tool on layer 3 then return to layer 4 and fill the selection
16. After the flat color is done add a new layer (5) for shadow, using black with 40% opacity
17. Then add the light (new layer (6)) with white and 10% opacity

Interesting to notice that the whole process (starting from scratch with a blank document) to the final artwork seems to have taken only about 1 hour - Impressive!

What is "BlogThis!" (a great bookmarklet)

Today I'll share a little secret on how I write my blog.

In the past I used to bookmark links I wanted to post about using delicious.com and then came back later and start posting about it... the main problem was that usually when I had some spare time to write a post I completely forgot many links and or couldn't find them back in my delicious account (which tend to be a mess) and when I finally found or remembered it the "hot news" wasn't hot anymore ...

Now, Thanks to a bookmarklet found on the "blogger help" I can basically bookmark link directly to a blogger draft, and therefor the first step of hot-linking to a "hot news" or a typing a few word on the spot is done. And that ... really makes my blogging experience a lot more efficient.

What is BlogThis! ?

ComicSpace.com Rest In Peace

What is it lately, this unexplainable need to change everything that works ?
What about this idiom "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ?

Is it like Digg v4 all over again ?

Same scenario here, users were misinformed about upcoming changes, users have lost pages, data, etc ... and worse users will have to invest 4-5 hours to get used to the new interface (based on Wordpress, Comicpress) which isn't very intuitive...

IMWAN • View topic - ComicSpace.com Rest In Peace

Found a new one!

Remember the post about "The key is being blonde and having a mission"

Lucky me today I found another one Justine Ezarik... she's blonde but I'm still not sure about her mission ?!

See for yourself iJustine (ijustine) on Twitter:

"I am the internet! Apple fan, Youtuber, technology lover and avid twitter! Be my friend!"

Maybe she just want to be friend with everybody - sounds cool

Photo credit : Justine Ezarik at the 2010 Streamy Awards. From TheBuiBrothers.com

deviantART muro

Not the first attempt at offering a drawing platform using Flash - deviantART muro is the new kid on the block and it may actually be a good bet from DeviantArt - because of their strong community of talented artists.

check for yourself :
http://fav.me/d2vx5sb
http://fav.me/d2ypkch
http://fav.me/d2ykx35

A nice tutorial is available

Maybe the fact that some brushes or advanced features have to be purchased is a bit disapointing.

Similar attempts already mentioned in this blog includes :
http://blogmymix.blogspot.com/2009/09/odosketch.html
or the defunct (!?) http://sketchory.com/

Supergirl Tutorial by Juan Martinez Pinilla

If you're an aspirant designer (or simply a Supergirl fan) and want to get some nice tips on the coloring process, have a look at this Tutorial above, it's really impressive (kudos to Juan Martinez Pinilla for this! it's always a great benefits to see how the professional artists are doing their masterpieces).

See the finished painting on Juan's deviantart page.

By the way, Supergirl was played by Helen Slater, back in the days (1984) ...