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What is Inktober?

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...

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Learn Digital Art: Five YouTube Channels You Must Watch

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!...

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Watching Videos to Improve Your Art

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…

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Backgrounds Make You Better

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...

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The Best Online Art Communities

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...

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Ctrlpaint.com, an incredible resource for digital artists

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...

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