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• Painting Glowing Objects – Effects

  December 18, 2008 in Digital Painting, Tutorials

  Software: GIMP or Photoshop
  Level: Advanced
  Subject: Glowing Objects – Effects

  Earlier, we saw how to paint glowing objects by taking lightning as an example. That technique can be used for other things like sparkles, energy beams and flames – not just for lightning.
  In this article, we will discuss how to further integrate these glowing objects with the [...]

• Phoenix – Painting

  December 14, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting

  After drawing the Phoenix, I just felt like doing a digital painting from it.

  The digital painting is done using GIMP and Wacom Intuos3.
  See a larger view, and print,  see Phoenix – Painting at devaintART.
  For those interested, I had take a couple of intermediate screenshots. Head over to CGPainting.com thread to read through it – Phoenix [...]

• Draw Phoenix

  December 11, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials

  Level: Intermediate
  Subject: Phoenix

  This is a brief walkthrough on drawing a Phoenix. I will give the download links for XCF and PSD at the end.
  Basic Structure

  Though Phoenix is a mythical creature, it still pays to study a bit of bird anatomy and work on other birds like peacock. Examine the above concept – though it is [...]

• Mecha Dragon – Comic Style

  December 7, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials

  Software: GIMP (or Adobe Photoshop)
  Level: Advanced
  Subject: Mecha Dragon – Comic Style

  Dragon Workshop: Chinese Dragon | Medieval Dragon | More…
  This would be a walkthrough on doinig a comic style illustration and coloring of one of my favourite subjet, dragon. Mecha Dragon or armored dragon to be specific.
  Brainstorming And Sketching

  I do some brainstorming, directly into GIMP. I [...]

• Constraints and Creativity

  December 4, 2008 in Tools

  There is thing thought that being creative is to be without bounds; without constraints.
  I have learned, dabbling with visual art that constraints can actually be a good tool towards bringing out your creativity.
  To illustrate, consider a blank canvas, or a white paper. You want to draw anything that fancies your mind. I used to get [...]

• Painting Glowing Objects – Lightning

  November 30, 2008 in Digital Painting, Tutorials

  Software: GIMP or Adobe Photoshop
  Level: Intermediate
  Subject: Glowing Objects – Lightning

  This tutorial is a short one, but would be explaining an intermediate level of digital painting technique. It is a walkthrough of painting a lightning against a moderately dark plain sky. Once you understand the technique, you should be able to apply the same technique for [...]

• Mumbai Firemen

  November 27, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting

  Dedicated to the lives lost, those of the civilians and the public service personnel like policemen, firemen and armed forces of India, in the Mumbai attacks of 26 November.
  An A4 size painting at 300 dpi in portrait layout, done using GIMP and Wacom Intuos3. Check out the deviantART entry – Mumbai Firemen – for a [...]

• Illustrate A Peacock

  November 23, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials, Vector

  Software: Inkscape (or Adobe Illustrator)
  Level: Advanced
  Subject: Peacock

  Peacock Workshop [Hide/Show]

  Standing Peacock
  Dancing Peacock
  Painting Peacock
  Vector Peacock

  When one speaks of Peacock, it is usually with reference to the male of the two species in Pavo familiy, Pavo cristatus (Indian) and Pavo muticus (Green). They are best known for the male’s extravagant tail feathers. The female of the species are [...]

• Self Portrait

  November 20, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting

  When an artist represents himself or herself in their medium, either as a painting, illustration or sculpture, it is called as Self Portrait.
  It can be quite daunting and for those of us who are modest, it may see feel narcissistic. But trust me – I just tried it out. It is a challenging task yet [...]

• Illustrate a Genie Lamp

  November 16, 2008 in Tutorials, Vector

  Software: Inkscape (or Adobe Illustrator)
  Level: Intermediate
  Subject: Genie Lamp

  By the end of this tutorial, you would be able to create a vector artwork of a Genie Lamp. You should be familiar with the tools of Inkscape or any of the other vector editor you use (like Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw).
  Base Shape

  Use the ellipse drawing tool [...]