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Hello and welcome to ArtBistro! ArtBistro is a vibrant community of artists and designers that want to share their work and help each other get ahead. Think of it as half professional networking and half portfolio sharing. We have a very active group of users from the seasoned professional to the pre-college student. Mentoring and career building is a good part ...

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First ask yourself: do you like to take digital photos? I know it might sound like a stupid question, but it is the proper question to analyze. To break it down further do you have the patience, time and attitude to make a successful stock photography portfolio. To clarify the term stock photography sites, they are places where people can buy ...

*Faster* As an illustrator, the faster you can produce images, the better off you’ll be. It means you can fit more jobs into your schedule, which is more money in your pocket. It will also help you hit your deadlines more easily, which is absolutely necessary in this business. If you find you have trouble with this, here’s a few time-saving ...

Not every painting is destined to be a masterpiece, but some paintings are doomed to failure right from the start because of one relatively simple mistake. Here's a list of five easy ways to ruin a painting... 1. Lack of Tonal Difference Color can be very seductive, pulling you in as you paint. A slash of yellow here, a dab of ...

One Grumpy Dude This is one grumpy dude. He was created in Adobe Illustrator with the brush tool. I don’t use the program a lot, but when it comes to “inking” my drawings, I find it very useful. Here’s an in-depth look into the making of this cute little grandpa guy including: * How to place a sketch into a new ...

Japan is a country that has very rich and unique styles of design and culture that balance between usability and aesthetic, modern and traditional. I really like the traditional Japanese styles of designs, patterns, and colors which have been implemented into modern life lifestyles. Web design is no exception. Recently, I came across this great blog with an article about some ...

DIY or Professional? You can photograph your work yourself or have it done by a professional. This can be a difficult decision. Both are expensive, but if you enjoy photography and are planning to photograph your own work for a long time, investing in equipment will cost less than hiring a photographer every time you need to photograph your work. On ...

I remember that I first saw the dotted tunnel in one picture posted in fubiz.net which spared my idea on creating this tutorial. The graphic effect is kind of cool so I decided to try replicate the look and found out that it’s simple to do. The main tools used for this tutorial are the Pen Tool, Transform Tool and Blend ...

Tips on Preserving Mixed Paint     This article is just a simple look at some of my tools... How you use your tools that are available, can make quite a difference in your finished product. I have been painting (in oils) for many years now and have learned a lot the hard way. Hopefully some of the tips that I plan ...

When learning to draw, observing your subject accurately can be a challenge, because we are in the habit of making 'mental notes' about objects. There's too much information for our eyes to be able to take in and process everything, so our mind registers only the essentials. When drawing something familiar, it is harder, not easier, as your mind gets lazy. ...

How to Take Pictues of Your Work Things were harder in the film only days, and professional photographers used copy stands to do make slides of your work.  The good news is that if all else fails--or is impossible for you--you can use an inexpensive, hand-held, digital camera, shoot with a flash, at a framed and glazed  image and, with almost ...

It was the first semester of my sophomore year. I had just done the most dynamic design sketch ever done of a butter dish with lid, from an ant's perspective. While I thought it was cool, my instructor couldn't tell if it was a butter dish, or some kind of modernist housing block. He then did something like the below demo ...

Introduction[photo:117129]I have been drawing just about all my life, ever since I could hold a pencil. For some reason it never occurred to me to utilize the walls as a work area, an oversight for which I’m sure my parents were extremely thankful. Because I work on my commissioned jobs at all sort of odd hours I usually work from photographs ...

*How Do I Create a Portfolio?* Go to Portfolios. Click on Go to My Portfolios. Click on Create New Gallery. Name the Album in the space provided. Select a category. Check public or private. Fill in description. Click Continue NOTE: By selecting descriptive titles for your portfolio, you make it easier for someone to find your images when they search the ...

For professionals who depend on the sale of artwork for their livelihood, framing costs have to be kept low, without compromising quality. While professional frame shops are an option for occasional jobs, for most artists having every piece framed professionally is just not economically feasible. Utrecht offers many presentation solutions that keep costs reasonable without compromising professional results. h4. Ready-made Frames ...

Upon entering Omspace, Kenny Ren's weblog, I immediately was attracted to the huge and interesting 3D graph header. Then, I wondered how to create the 3D Cylinder graph in Illustrator. It is quite simple to achieve and I had plenty of fun in the process. To do this tutorial, Adobe Illustrator CS or above is a must, because we need to ...

This is an ongoing work in progress. I use it when photographing new models. It has made my "first" shoots with aspiring models a much more comfortable experience for ALL involved… feel free to use and/or add to it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every model should have an arsenal of at least 10 poses that they can do well and have the confidence of ...

When I Googled "favourite color" I came up with 1,930,000 hits. The favourite color is apparently a favourite subject. Trouble is: there's no such thing as a favourite color. At least not in the form of a pot of paint or a color swatch. First: it is impossible for the human eye to consistently identify a specific color. In other words: ...

Before taking an image into photoshop and clicking “desaturate”… try this: Go to your channel mixer (Under ‘Image” in adjustments) Start with 55% red 25% green 15% yellow (I keep constant at 0% but that’s me) THEN hit monochrome… you may have to “tweak” those percentages a bit to fit your image but it’s a good starting point. Now once you’re ...