This is something I will be trying out for the next week. For this Monster A Day event, that will run for seven days, I will be trying to draw a new monster every day.
This will be a drive to get some practice and making it a public event shall hopefully stop me from procrastinating. 
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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