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Monthly Archives: January 2016

Creating a Drawing From Scratch Part 2 – The Horizon Line

January 28, 2016 in ART

ART – Creating a Drawing From Scratch Part 2 – The Horizon Line

Drawing from scratch part 2Basic use of a Horizon Line can be tricky for beginners.  You may not know exactly what it’s meant to do and how it can be helpful.

They bring to mind notions of tedious, unexpressive, mechanical drawing.  But when you use a Horizon Line well, it’s not like that at all.  It’s simply a very helpful guide.

Continuing the series of videos I made for a Patreon patron who asked me for help, below you’ll find part 2. This one is about using a Horizon Line.

If you’ve missed the previous part to this video, you can watch it by clicking the links below:

  • Part 1

I hope you find this video helpful:

Links Mentioned in the Video

Draw Fu Perspective Secrets – The 5 Basic Principles You Should Know.

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Creating a Drawing From Scratch Part 1 – The Idea

January 21, 2016 in ART

ART – Creating a Drawing From Scratch Part 1 – The Idea

Drawing from scratch part 1Making any drawing work, when you’ve never really seriously tried to do it, can be tough. There’s so many things to juggle and so many questions you don’t know the answer to.

Where should you put the ground plane? Why don’t your drawing elements look right on the page.  Those it matter at first?

What about perspective? When does that come into play? At the beginning? At the end?

One of my patrons over at Patreon had many of these questions.  She submitted a photo of a drawing she drew and asked me if I could help her answer some questions she had.

I did.

I made a video that answered some questions but brought up other questions.  I had made a video that was too short.  The reason I had done so was because I’ve gotten a critique about how long,  rambling, and redundant I could get in my videos.

I over compensated and made my next video too short and not informative enough.

I then tried it again, with some helpful suggestions from my patrons.  One of the may things they suggested was simply to break up the information into one topic videos. That way they don’t go on for so long.

Below is part 1 of 4 of what became my draw over video which is all about creating a drawing from scratch. I hope  you get something out of it:

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How to Ink Using Manga Studio

January 14, 2016 in ART

ART – How to Ink Using Manga Studio

Screen shot 2015-12-24 at 9.42.00 AMI love Manga Studio. It’s my favorite drawing program.   I like it more than Photoshop.  If I didn’t have to use Photoshop and only use Manga Studio, I’d be fine with that.

The only thing that Photoshop has that Manga Studio doesn’t (and I wish it did) is the ability to create animated gifs.

One of the more annoying things to do in Photoshop is ink a drawing.  You just don’t quite get the right effect the way you want it using Photoshop.  However, inking is Manga Studio is a dream.

I love inking on paper. It’s my favorite part of some drawings. A close second is inking in Manga Studio.  I made a video showing you why I like inking in Manga Studio.

This video is also for anyone new to Manga Studio so they can see what the program is capable of. And if you don’t own the program, why it’s worth owning.

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(SPOILERS) Star War Force Awakens Review, Thoughts, Speculations

January 7, 2016 in MOVIES

MOVIES – (SPOILERS) Star War Force Awakens Review, Thoughts, Speculations

(SPOILERS) Star War Force Awakens Review, Thoughts, SpeculationsLast week I posted a video comparing The Force Awakens to Star Wars: A New Hope. This week I give you my review of the movie.

Before you watch the video, know that I like the movie.  However my experience watching the movie, wasn’t what I wanted.

I explain myself in the video.

My review contains SPOILERS, if you haven’t seen the movie yet and want to, don’t watch my video until after you’ve seen the movie:

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Jules Rivera’s Website

Max Landis thoughts on The Force Awakens:

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