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Reprinted from:  http://www.bdcrowell.com/2013/01/one-year-in-what-ive-learned_26.html On Illustrating In my last post, I talked about what I’d learned in my first year of writing for publication.  I learned a lot in that first year.  I’ve also learned a few things along the way in regards to illustrating.  It’s been an exciting time, and I’d like to share my top 6 tips for aspiring artists.  I hope they help. Digital art is freaking awesome!  As long as you have the right tools, that is.  Have you ever tried to draw with a mouse?  That’s an exercise in frustration.  With a good drawing tablet, it’s subli

Reprint from http://www.bdcrowell.com/2012/08/wacom-artrage-part-2.html In part 1, I talked about my Wacom tablet and ArtRage and the first drawing I created from that.  It was like an overview.  In this part, I’ll break down how I created the drawing.  Consider this the tutorial, for those people interested in that sort of thing.  It’s not an exhaustive tutorial, though, because I’m doing this from memory several weeks after completing the drawing, so I can’t say that I used this and that exact setting.   Disclaimer:  I used this as a learning exercise.  There are some issues with the drawing, I know, particularly in

Reprint from http://www.bdcrowell.com/2012/05/wacom-artrage.html Hello Web Denizens, If I seem a little punchy this morning, it’s because my insomnia returned with a vengeance.  I’ll try to remain coherent. I only slept about an hour tonight, so I’m pretty tired.  Too tired to work on the novel I have in progress (I know because I tried; it wasn’t pretty), but I did manage to finish a drawing I’d been working on, off and on, overnight.  I’d been meaning to write a post about my Wacom tablet and ArtRage, so this seemed like a good time.  Here’s the finished drawing: I think I’ll break this in