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I love to involve peole in my paintings. Most artists who use people in their art need models. Unless you do specialize in portrait painting, than you do not have to pay for the models, in fact you get paid for using them. Some well known artist like Norman Rockwell he had his whole neighborhood posing for him whenever or whereever ...

I love to draw and paint people. My favorite illustrator of all time Norman Rockwell, loved people in all his works. I am quiite far from his talent, but my goal is to be as good as I can be. My approach to improve my people drawing and painting, by following the advice of all accomplished artist. "practice". My favorite watercolor ...

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 ...

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 ...

[photo:116808]One great tool that Adobe Illustrator offered to us is the Blend Tool. It is a tool to blend two objects with different shapes or color properties. It looks like a transformation from a shape to another. It is very fun to use and actually quite powerful and flexible too. To establish a blend is very easy. Just create two shapes ...

h4. *Fixing Your Drawing* When you have finished laying down your drawing, you can now go back and fix any small mistakes you may have made. *Using the Brush Tool,* Highlight the stroke that you want to fix. Now, simply “redraw” a brush stroke over it. Notice that the stroke that you highlighted changes. I find this tip useful for fixing ...

Simple Steps to Make a Brush from Illustrator Artwork[photo:116727]Did you know you can create your own custom brushes in Adobe Illustrator from any artwork object? This makes it easy to scatter copies of an object across an area, or to apply artistic effects without modifying the original object.How To Create and Use a Brush[photo:116730]1. Open or create any object in Adobe ...

*Getting Started* Create a new document in Illustrator. Place your sketch by going to File–>Place. In the resulting window, find your sketch file, check the box that says “Template,” then click Okay. Your sketch will be placed at the center of your document at 50% transparency on a locked layer. *Creating Your Panels* 1. Select the Rectangle tool. Draw a rectangle ...

While drawing on the computer, I do not stray outside of Photoshop very often. But this time around, I decided to take advantage of Adobe Illustrator to create this cute little black and white spot illustration. See more info about this video on the DaniDraws.com website. I start by modifying the brush tool settings. To do this, simply double-click on the ...

This is a small line and color job done on the computer. I first created my drawing using Adobe Illustrator, then copied it into Photoshop to put some basic paint onto it. For more information about this process, see my previous posts here: http://danidraws.com/2006/12/13/video-notes-bake-sale-brush-tool/ http://danidraws.com/2007/01/08/creating-line-drawings-in-adobe-illustrator/

Read Part I of "Inking in Adobe Illustrator":http://artbistro.monster.com/training/articles/374-inking-in-adobe-illustrator-part-one The Pencil and the Brush There will be two main tools that you will be using to ink your drawing: the pencil tool and the brush tool. For more geometric shapes, you might also dabble with the pen and shape tools, but it will mostly be the pencil and brush if you are ...

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 ...