April 27 – I totally broke this site last night and I’m getting it fixed now! Sorry
After a lot of trial and error I have finally figured out something that will fix the prompt refresh problem, and also lead to a faster website and better experience. I'm converting all of the prompt libraries, wish me luck! Sorry for the inconvenience! I’ll get the...
What is Inktober?
Open those sketchbooks and dust off the pens! Inktober is here, which is an initiative to spend some some quality time sketching and inking drawings and illustrations. An artist named Jake Parker started doing this back in '09 and it has really caught on. He started...
Learn Digital Art: Five YouTube Channels You Must Watch
Youtube can be a great place to learn. It is entertaining, informative, and free! In my last post, I talked about learning from watching videos and the best places to do so. Now in this post I'm pointing out some of the best YouTube channels that I would recommend!...
Watching Videos to Improve Your Art
Do you know the basics of drawing and digital art, but feel stuck at your current skill level? Do you admire the talent of your favorite artists and wonder how you could ever become as good as them? Do you want desperately to improve but don’t even know where to start?
Here is some great news: In this…
Backgrounds Make You Better
It seems that most people in the various online art communities tend to focus on drawing characters. That is pretty understandable, since characters tend to be a more interesting subject for viewers than say, landscapes or inanimate objects. I think we tend to be more...
The Best Online Art Communities
Art communities can fill you with inspiration, motivation, and make learning and creating artwork really fun! As like any hobby, the value of surrounding yourself with circles of like-minded individuals can have an overwhelming positive effect, especially if you...
The start of my 5,000 hours challenge. My idols, skill lvl, and sweet bar graph included.
This is my first post in this category, so I thought I would give a little introduction. I desperately want to improve my artwork. I want to rival the artists whom I look up to, with the ultimate goal of completely illustrating my own webcomic (and making it look...
“I DRAW COMICS sketchbook and reference guide” – Some progress of mine using it!
I purchased this excellent reference guide a while ago, but tucked it away on my bookshelf and never did anything with it! I popped it open the other day and was reading through it and man, I wish I would have done so when I first purchased it. It is packed with a lot...
The #1 most important tip to getting better at drawing
Practice, Practice, Practice. You have all probably heard the phrase "practice makes perfect" a hundred times before, but how many people actually take it to heart? I see and hear so many comments and excuses about NOT being able to draw certain things, it is...
Ctrlpaint.com, an incredible resource for digital artists
Can you imagine how overwhelmed new users of digital programs must feel when trying to learn from the internet? There is such a vast ocean of information, tutorials and videos covering hundreds of different topics, it can be difficult to know where to start! (Google...
Daily Digital #075
The "Daily Digital" is an assortment of digital art collected daily from across the internet and compiled neatly in one place. Subscribe to our mailing list or check back every weekday to keep up with the latest work and stay inspired. Visit the archive for a list of...
Daily Digital #074
The "Daily Digital" is an assortment of digital art collected daily from across the internet and compiled neatly in one place. Subscribe to our mailing list or check back every weekday to keep up with the latest work and stay inspired. Visit the archive for a list of...
Daily Digital #073
The "Daily Digital" is an assortment of digital art collected daily from across the internet and compiled neatly in one place. Subscribe to our mailing list or check back every weekday to keep up with the latest work and stay inspired. Visit the archive for a list of...
Daily Digital #072
The "Daily Digital" is an assortment of digital art collected daily from across the internet and compiled neatly in one place. Subscribe to our mailing list or check back every weekday to keep up with the latest work and stay inspired. Visit the archive for a list of...
Daily Digital #071
The "Daily Digital" is an assortment of digital art collected daily from across the internet and compiled neatly in one place. Subscribe to our mailing list or check back every weekday to keep up with the latest work and stay inspired. Visit the archive for a list of...