Cel Style Shading - Part 1 - Flat Colors

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• Illustrate A Sword

  August 21, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials, Vector

  Software: Inkscape (or Illustrator)
  Level: Intermediate
  Subject: Sword

  This would be a cursory look at an approach to illustrating a sword. Remember that there are many types of swords, and hence, there are many ways you can approach its illustration.
  The Blade
  Draw a long rectangle, and then covert the object to path. (Path > Object to Path). After that, [...]

• Illustrate Grapes

  August 17, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials, Vector

  Software: Inkscape (or Adobe Illustrator)
  Level: Intermediate
  Subject: Grapes

  In this tutorial, you will look at the process of creating a vector illustration of grapes. Drawing grapes is quite easy - with all the oval shapes put together. Applying color renders on the other hand can become a bit tedious, and it helps to keep the color palette [...]

• Painting A Potion Bottle

  August 14, 2008 in Digital Painting, Tutorials

  Software: GIMP (or Adobe Photoshop)
  Level: Intermediate
  Subject: Potion Bottle

  A potion bottle may seem like quite a complex thing to paint even for a simple shaped one due to all the reflections and colorful contents. But a pretty straigthforward workflow makes it easier.
  Lineart and flats

  Make use of extensive guide lines in a separate layer to get the [...]

• Depth by Color - Landscape Painting

  August 10, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting, Tutorials

  Software: GIMP (or Adobe Photoshop)
  Level: Advanced
  Subject: Rocky Landscape

  This would be a short post detailing on the practical application of the theory of Depth by Color.
  Lineart and Flats

  As we did with the vector application of the theory, the lineart and flat color application is same as you would do for any digital painting.

  The subject too is [...]

• Wacom Graphire4 6×8 Graphic Tablet

  August 7, 2008 in Tools

  Quite some time back, I had discussed about Wacom Intuos3 - the graphic tablet I use. During the course of use of the tablet, I have been advocating my friends and those who mail me asking for my advice on graphic tablet to use Wacom products. Some have been asking about it in various comments [...]