Pencil
How to Draw a Horse Tutorial
This post is divided into two sections: first, the horse drawing tutorial that I have put together (immediately below); second, links out to other worthwhile tutorials on how to draw a horse. How to Draw a Horse: the Drawn in Black Tutorial Now let me…
Product Review: Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery by Christopher Sia
Today I’ll be reviewing Christopher Sia’s “Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery”, a home-study course that will teach you how to draw realistic portraits. Now let me begin by saying that I care very little for so-called “pitch sites,” the online version of OxyClean infomercials. They all…
January 27, 2011
“The Drawing Is the Most Important Part” – Interview with Matt K. Smith
In our ongoing series of artist interviews, I was able to catch up with Matt Smith, illustrator and artist in San Diego, California. Matt has some great figure drawing work displayed on his sites that form the basis for his superb illustrations, often of the…
January 26, 2011
Eduardo Recife: Interview and Drawings
Eduardo Recife seems to me that rare talents who’s work is both distinctly his own and in tune with the times. This Brazilian illustrator has an impressive list of gigs under his belt, including a cover for a New York Times article and ads for…
February 17, 2010
Drawings by Wonman Kim
Recently Wonman Kim, a 35-year-old freelance illustrator and graphic designer from Seoul, South Korea, got in touch with me and graciously agreed to answer a few questions I had for him, which I have summarized below. Growing up in Seoul, Kim is a self-taught artist…
December 7, 2009
Godmachine
Back in Black T-Shirt by Godmachine Aziz a.k.a. Godmachine is an illustrator based out of Wales, UK, with some seriously nasty skills. Growing up and working as an electrician and bricklayer as a young lad, it was skateboard graphics through which he rekindled his connection…
October 30, 2009
How to Draw Hands: 35 Tutorials, How-To’s, Step-by-Steps, Videos, Studies, Poses and Photo References
I’ve found drawing hands one of the most challenging aspects of drawing the human figure. You can get away with quite a bit when rendering the human figure, but get the hand wrong and it sticks out like a sore thumb. Once you start learning…
"Joan" by Anna Shipstone
Joan by Anna Shipstone Anna Shipstone hails from the small seaside town of Cromer, Norfolk, UK, where she lives with her pet dog and family. On her website you can find some of the truly gorgeous sample work of this pencil portraiture artist – in particular…
June 10, 2009
"The Feeb" by Mike May
The characters developed by veteran concept artist and character designer Mike May are anything but ordinary – each inhabits a unique world, suggested not so much by the environment they’re rendered in but by the dress, demeanor, and look of the characters themselves. Mike is…
June 5, 2009
Drawing #008 by Mathis Rekowski
Although Illustrator Mathis Rekowski has some wonderfully trippy drawings like the one featured here, he’s got even more illustrations seem to me at once retro and cutting edge. Certainly someone to watch out for. You can purchase the image above at Mathis’ new store,…
June 5, 2009
