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Paintingdemos.com just published an article that gives a bird's eye view of many different common life drawing techniques. Their overviews link to more in-depth explanations of each technique, so if one appeals to you, you can quickly find more information. They even mentioned this site and referenced one of our articles! Check it out at http://paintingdemos.com/life-drawing-techniques-and-methods/... 繼續閱讀 →

The super talented artist Loish just put out a very thorough tutorial on how she goes about digitally painting female faces in her particular style. She is known for a slightly cartoony style and rounded female figures with large, expressive eyes, and gorgeous command of color. I know many of you reading this blog are admirers of her work! So if you want to see Loish's process... 繼續閱讀 →

A lot of things have happened since I last posted here. When last I gave you an update, I was preparing for a second photo shoot to generate more original images for our tools -- this time, we were lining up models over 60 and under 15 to round out our collections of hands, feet and faces. Unfortunately, a few weeks before the day of the shoot, the photographer I had been working with had a family... 繼續閱讀 →

There are two extremely common concerns that are expressed to me through email, comments and forum posts, that both have their answer in better control over how much weight you place on your pencil when drawing. The first is being unable to go from under-drawing construction to completed work without seeing the "messy" under-drawing peeking from underneath. The second is being unable to produce anything... 繼續閱讀 →

It's been a long long while since we saw new full-body models for the figure study tool, but over the last week we assembled just over 50 new images for you! There's lots more, but I know some of you prefer to use the tools with the "Decent" models only filter enabled, so I won't post more previews here. Happy drawing!!  ... 繼續閱讀 →

Thank you to everyone who has been writing in about your experiences with the timer bug. I've identified two different cases that could cause similar symptoms. One has been patched -- I hope that some of you will see this problem vanish because of it. The other is still being worked, but I'm happy to say that we now at least have a solid direction to go in. Please do continue sending in your bug reports!... 繼續閱讀 →

For the last several weeks I've been receiving sporadic reports that people are encountering an occasional (or sometimes constant) bug that causes the timer to not work, and remain on a particular image forever, or until manually advanced. This issue is often (but not always) accompanied by a subsequent distortion of the image. So far, this bug has proved elusive to track down. I wanted to post some... 繼續閱讀 →

We did finish uploading the last of the images from our first shoot, which included a lovely new model. With everything said and done for photoshoot #1, our collection of hands & feet photos is 699 photos strong, and our faces collection contains 443 photos. Yowzers. For photoshoot #2, we're aiming to increase our hands/feet/faces diversity by adding elders and children to the mix. I'll... 繼續閱讀 →

Wow, what a busy day! I'm so excited to bring you the photos from this second round of shooting. We're going to rest for a few days and then get to work sorting and touching up the new set. Here's a sneak preview!! ... 繼續閱讀 →

This week we added the facial stylings of this handsome chap: As well as some great hand poses from him Amongst all the models that volunteered at that shoot, he definitely wins the award for reddest pants. So far, the hands & feet and face tools have hundreds and hundreds of photos in them. I'm loving the variety I see in my practice sessions -- it's hard for me to believe that we still... 繼續閱讀 →