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Basic Figure Drawing by Thiefoworld, journal
Basic Figure Drawing
Digital Art WeekIn this tutorial I'll show you the process of drawing people, using a base of basic shapes which can be used to draw different types of figures. The Base First, we'll create the base. For this, remember that in their most basic form, every person is composed by a head, a torso, and two legs and arms, so we're going to create a structure composed of simple shapes resembling these: Draw a circle, this will be the head. For the neck, simply draw two little lines at the bottom of the circle. For the torso, draw a rectangle beneath the neck. It doesn't need to be a perfect rectangle, in fact is best if it's slightly modified so ...
Find your way around Animation by Iduna-Haya, journal
Find your way around Animation
Digital Art WeekAnimation is a part of digital art that fascinates many people. Most of us have at least one favorite animated movie, either from our childhood, or from the time that we were adult children. There is something about seeing a still image that was born from someone's imagination, come to life. Maybe it's because of this that many people want to try animation in some form or another. However, there's a good reason why in spite of this there are so few animations on DeviantArt: Animation is a lot of work, and it's difficult. Because of this, many people end up not trying, or giving up halfway. And I think that's a shame! So, f...
Intro to Photobashing (Textures) by Gaidenlight, journal
Intro to Photobashing (Textures)
Digital Art Week Intro Photographs can be used in a variety of different ways to help speed up your painting process. Some example of these uses are: to get an initial color palette, to fuse multiple images together to create a new one, or to use a photo to add textures to forms you have already established on your canvas. Working with deadlines doesn't typically allow you time to spend 20 hours in rendering a painting to completion, especially when working on products that require near photo realistic level in details. This is just a basic guide to show you a few tools, to add some texture to forms in a quick and easy way. How to use Clip...
Creating a Character Design by MischievousRaven, journal
Creating a Character Design
Digital Art WeekHello fellow artists! In this tutorial, I'll be showing you how I create a fantasy character design from start to finish. Along the way, I'll share tips and tricks to bring life and complexity to your design, and ultimately make your character truly unique. I know that the process of creating creatures can be a daunting task for many, so I hope this little tutorial proves helpful!Please note that I utilize the Paint Tool SAI program; I almost always use the "parrot" brush, but will alter its size and density throughout the process of creating artwork. In this tutorial I'll include significant alterations with this brush...
Basic 2D animation concepts by PowerOfSin, journal
Basic 2D animation concepts
Digital Art Week Welcome to a tutorial on basic concepts of animation! This tutorial will be going over some of the basic terminology and concepts for various types of animation. In today's world, almost all animation is digital in nature, but many of these concepts apply to other types, and even some other fields, like live action movies and video games.This tutorial will not go step by step on how to create a specific animation. But if you have a tool at hand that would permit you to create one, you may be able to figure out how to make an image move on your own from the information contained here. NOTE : Example animations may not play ...
Fur and Hair: Types and How To by ArtCrumbss, journal
Fur and Hair: Types and How To
Digital Art WeekHello everyone and welcome to Digital Art Week! I'm @Ahkward, a digital and traditional artist. I'm currently a freelancer and resident artist for Wacom and Graphixly (Clip Studio). Essentially I help out at conventions by demoing the tablets and art software. :'D @efelidi invited me to talk to you guys, so here I am! Our Digital Art Week this time will focus on animals, creatures and humans! I'll be covering fur and hair done digitally, specifically in Clip Studio, but if you are savvy enough, this will all apply to other digital programs as well! Let's get started. Digital Fur: A Variety of Looks Fur is something tha...
Bringing emotion through values by SarcasmNymph, journal
Bringing emotion through values
Landscape Art WeekendEvery painting has a feeling associated with it, a central theme, an emotion, a mood. However, when it comes to landscape paintings, the mood of the painting takes center stage. In a large setting, the mood is one of the fundamental ways you can grab the attention of your audience. This could mean the lighting, color palette, composition and of course subject matter. Now subject matter is often the most influential aspect and the main thing that will determine what mood you want to set for your painting. However, it is just as important to make sure that the rest of the elements compliment that mood rather than confli...
Posing Figures in 3D Part I - Humanoid Figures by weyrwoman-lessa, journal
Posing Figures in 3D Part I - Humanoid Figures
Digital Art WeekHi,
it’s Lessa again, this time smartassing about one of my favourite hobbies – 3D rendering.A good render relies on the same things as a traditional or digital painting: good lighting, good textures and a convincing subject. One of the most important factors for a convincing subject is a convincing pose. And unfortunately, that’s difficult to do. But fortunately, it’s just a matter of knowledge about bones, muscles and a little physics (or a little experimentation).Boo! Did I scare you off already? No? I’m impressed. Then, Brave Adventurers, follow me. I won’t talk about a specific software or a specific model but give hin...
How to avoid common mistakes while drawing horses by Astralseed, journal
How to avoid common mistakes while drawing horses
Digital Art WeekHi everyone,
Today I'll be writing about how to avoid common mistakes while drawing horses.
If you're not used to drawing horses, or you haven't studied their anatomy extensively, you're likely to make one or more of these common mistakes. Let's learn how to avoid them so that your horse doesn't end up an eccentric mess like this guy below. (gif by @thetadonaldson) References This kind of applies to anything you intend to draw and not just horses, but I can't stress this enough so I felt the need to include this here.
When I talk about using references, I mean work from photos or real life. Please don't use other art...
A Guide to Timed Studies by Riemea, journal
A Guide to Timed Studies
Digital Art WeekIn this guide I'd like to introduce you to timed studies, including a guide on how to effectively do timed practise studies, as well as some do's and don'ts. What is a timed study? A timed study is exactly what the name suggests: a painting study done during a set time. That time limit can be anything from a few seconds to an hour or two, depending on what it is you want to practise. "Study" can mean: 1) from a reference image and/or 2) preparatory drawing for a "full" piece (to practise a certain element of the future artwork or as a way to experiment before beginning the "real" artwork). Usually reference images are invol...
Project Educate - Architecture Overview by kinipelahh, journal
Project Educate - Architecture Overview
This week :devkaz-d: and myself are bringing you an overview of the Photography Galleries on deviantART. This won't replace the full weeks planned by the specific community volunteers for specific galleries - but instead it will help to give you a mini introduction into what's out there. Architecture :bigthumb278145331: Sub-Categories :bulletpurple: Bridges & Suspended Structures:thumb278744407: Photographs of bridges and other suspended architectural structures. :bulletpurple: Exterior:thumb283473028: Photographs depicting the exterior of a building or any finished architectural construction. :bulletpurple: Interior:thumb277967940: Pho...
All Snapped Up .10 ~ Bloddroppe by 3wyl, journal
All Snapped Up .10 ~ Bloddroppe
~ An interview of a talented artist in our General Photography Community :bigthumb272776064: :bigthumb320852035: Tell us a bit about yourself, :devBloddroppe:! How did you get into photography and why? I've been interested in art since young age. I used to draw a lot during high school, especially realistic portraits. But after a time I felt that I wanted to experiment with other medias. I photographed a lot of nature with a point and shoot camera at first but I felt that I would like to try working with models instead. So I asked my best friend to model for me in a great field of flowers. I think it was my first shoot with a model so it w...
Project Educate Photography Schedule by Kaz-D, journal
Project Educate Photography Schedule
Welcome to the General Photography Project Educate week! Since there are so many sub-galleries of Photography here on deviantART, we're not going to be able to cover every single one this week. And since there are various specific CVs for those galleries, they will hopefully (and have in the past) taken care of that! So this week is more about covering a few basic bits and pieces, and giving a bit of education on topics that people have recently been asking about. So without further ado, here's what you can expect this week: :star: Monday 13th May :star:
Introductory Article and Photography CVs
Photography Games Article from :dev3wyl: on b...
People + Portraits Exposed 24# by Kaz-D, journal
People + Portraits Exposed 24#
Emotive... :bigthumb359798026: By :devpure-insomnia: Self Portraits... :bigthumb363648564: By :devmialepson: Classic... :bigthumb359945638: By :devporcelaincora: Expressive... :bigthumb360336211: By :devjaimeibarra: Infants & Children... :bigthumb365520670: By :devdaizy-m: Weddings... :bigthumb360515033: By :devmitazu08: Spontaneous... :bigthumb363202212: By :devvampire-zombie:
Fix that Miscat! ~Fashion Photography V.Commercial by Kaz-D, journal
Fix that Miscat! ~Fashion Photography V.Commercial
There often seems to be some confusion over whether your Fashion Photography belongs in Photography -> People & Portraits -> Fashion Portraits or Photography -> Commercial Photography -> Fashion. Unlike other galleries that we are slowly defining and educating on through this series of articles, the difference between these two is quite clear cut and there are certain aspects of your Photography that will dictate where it should go. Have a read through the article and hopefully that will clear up some things if you were previously confused! What are Fashion Portraits? Photography -> People & Portraits -> Fashion Portraits :bigthum...
Project Educate: Photography Roundup by Kaz-D, journal
Project Educate: Photography Roundup
Thank you for joining us on a week of General Photography Education! Below is a roundup of all the articles written across the past seven days - a great mix of bits and pieces so hopefully there's something for everybody.
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Urban Exploration by Kaz-D, journal
Urban Exploration
Urban Exploration is the examination, and often documentation, of normally un-seen or off limits places. It's becoming an increasingly popular 'hobby' and for some, something much more serious. This week we're looking at a specific Photographer and his chosen subject - linked directly in with Urban Exploration.
Wayne Levin's work recently caught my eye at a Photography Exhibition - you may already have read about it if you caught the latest edition of Photography Fortnightly. As well as being an awesome and very unique idea, constructed creatively and tastefully - it reminded me of Urban Exploration. Levin explores beneath the sea, another...
PE: Deviant Street Books-Inspirational links by StamatisGR, journal
PE: Deviant Street Books-Inspirational links
First it was film, darkroom, paper. Then it became pixels, software, screen. And for some paper too.
A big thanks to those who decided to let us enjoy their pictures in paper and get the feel of the real thing.
It needs time, devotion and trust to set a street photo book of your own. Let's see who did it!:devsimonsawsunlight:
HAPHAZARD ANTHROPOLOGY - By Simon Becker from 46,74 €
HAPHAZARD ANTHROPOLOGY in short - By Simon Becker from 30,64 € I finally got around to putting together a new book. And because it turned out kind of big and rather expensive, I thought I'd add a smaller, reduced "pocket" version (64 frames instead of ~100 i...
Project Educate - Darkroom Overview by kinipelahh, journal
Project Educate - Darkroom Overview
This week ^ Kaz-D and myself are bringing you an overview of the Photography Galleries on deviantART. This won't replace the full weeks planned by the specific community volunteers for specific galleries - but instead it will help to give you a mini introduction into what's out there. Darkroom Photographs manipulated in a film darkroom or digitally enhanced with the use of computer software to emulate traditional darkroom techniques. :bigthumb118214114: Sub-Categories Traditional Scans of traditional film prints and negatives that have been produced using traditional darkroom techniques. :bulletpurple: Alternative Process
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PE: Street Photography Week by StamatisGR, journal
PE: Street Photography Week
Street Photography* Week 23rd - 29th, April Welcome to Street Photography Week
It is a great pleasure and honor for me to be your host.
:devstamatisgr: OVERVIEW (Themes will turn to links as the articles are posted):bulletblack: Monday, April 23
Street Photography: The origins - Defining "Street" :bulletblack: Tuesday, April 24
Street Photography for dummies - A brief guide for beginners :bulletblack: Wednesday, April 25
Street Photography for experts :bulletblack: Thursday, April 26
52 Street tips from the Masters :bulletblack: Friday, April 27
- dA Street shooters share their tips - - Friday night Street Specials v4.4 :bulletblac...
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Whats in a Name? Contest Winners + Group Revival by moonbeam13, journal
Whats in a Name? Contest Winners + Group Revival
Hello everyone!
Before we talk about the future, let’s take care of something long overdue. Back in December, our group hosted the What’s in a Name? art challenge, asking you to create something inspired by your username. The contest closed, but the results were never officially announced.
So, let’s set things right!
🎉 Contest Winners
From the entries, we’ve selected 4 random draw winners and 1 overall winner:
🌟 Random Draw Winners (500 points + Hype badge)
@UszatyArbuz
@WDWParksGal
@teddybearcholla
@Pixlhaufen
🏆 Overall Winner
@Pixlhaufen (500 points + Diamond badge)
Congratulations to all of you, and thank you for your creativity and patience with this very delayed announcement!
🌱 Group Revival
With that wrapped up, let’s talk about what’s next: the group is officially under reconstruction and redevelopment!
I’m working behind the scenes to refresh our look, reorganize things, and plan some new challenges and features. Think of this as a soft reset
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when will the results for whats in a name contest be posted? lol im curious 
i started making ai artwork and since there are so many techniques and styles in art i just want to share these links with everyone for making your ai artwork
i hope to help everyone a little with these links
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