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October 29, 2012 By Thomo

Wood Sculpting/Carving With Various Chainsaws- Impressive

This video tutorial features a selection of American wood carvers as they each display their skills to a crowd over a 2 hour period. �Chainsaws, and various other heavy duty tools are used by each carver to aid them in creating their own finish subject.

There are bears, small woodland creatures and even a cowboy on a horse, quite incredible when you consider it is all freehand with no templates and the machinery they use isn’t the lightest on the market. Its incredible to see how they produce different textures just by angling the chainsaw and applying it slightly different. Definitely seek guidance before you have a go at chainsaw wood sculpting!

October 13, 2012 By Thomo

Diego Russi: How To Draw A ‘Koi Fish’ Tattoo

In this video tattoo artist Diego Russi shows you how to draw from scratch a Japanese ‘Koi Carp’. These designs have proved very popular in the last decade so understanding how they are created is very important should you be attempting to ink someone up. So watch this vid and have a go, either through a direct imitation or just take aspects of it and create your own ‘Koi’.

September 25, 2012 By Thomo

Drawing A ‘Koi Fish’

A young lad has been commissioned to draw a ‘Koi Fish’ for his friend to have as a tattoo. The artist clearly has an eye for it because the finished design is very professional looking. He uses pencil to capture the initial essence of the design and then when he is happy it is then time for the pen to come in over the top. A worthy video to watch if ‘Koi’ is what you intend on drawing.

September 24, 2012 By Thomo

Time Lapsed Video Of Dark Knight Joker In Airbrush

This young artist takes on the task of airbrushing the face of Heath Ledger as the ‘Joker’ direct to a t-shirt. The video is time lapsed as you can imagine this would take some time, but it is easy to see how the artist layers and builds the face up throughout. With an impressive skills set this video is a must watch. Airbrushing in itself is difficult enough to master but to apply that skill to textiles is even better. So check out the technique and freehand abilities of this clear airbrush pro!

September 18, 2012 By scottym

Casshern Sins Pencil Drawing

A nice little pencil drawing from the 2008 TV series �Casshern Sins�, a well loved piece amongst Anime fans. This simplistic freehand drawing shows real talent in the field of Anime art and takes the viewer through the creation, from the controlled outline to the final shading, making good use of the tones available with a pencil medium. The bold outlines set the solid foundation to later create the depth and detail which can be seen in the final product. Making great use of the space, the artist has captured a fun snapshot which will hopefully inspire any budding Anime artist to pick up a pad and pencil.

September 13, 2012 By Thomo

Sh�tar� Kaneda Free Hand Pen Drawing

This video demonstrates the creative capabilities of the simplistic medium of a black felt pen. Using free hand, the artist has drawn�Sh�tar� Kaneda,��from the��cult classic Akira,�in a care free and expressive manner, yet capturing enough detail to finalise a well crafted piece. Despite what could be conceived as a limiting tool, the use of shading with the pen has been achieved to complete��an entertaining piece.

September 7, 2012 By Thomo

Shoo Rayner: How To Draw In Pen And Ink – Illustration Technique

Professional illustrator Shoo Rayner gives us an insight into his world of drawing the characters which feature in his well loved children’s adventure books.

In this particular tutorial he takes on one of his characters named Axel Storm�from the book ‘Seawolf’ and shows us the final stages of the process before it is ready to be sent off to the publishers ready to print.

Onto a sheet of drawing paper Rayner has roughly sketched out in pencil the defining features and correct body proportions of his character and it is at this point where he reaches for a low opacity sheet of paper to place over the top of this pencil drawing. He now needs to in essence trace his pencil sketch but as we’ve seen it is only a rough drawing so this is where a sense of freehand and elaboration comes in as he now has to add finer features which compromise the characteristics of his cartoon creation Axel Storm. He uses a light box as an aid which in return allows him to see the outline of the pencil sketch more prominently making it easier for him to form his finished character in his micron pen.

Hopefully this video offers a little insight into what it takes to become a cartoon illustrator so have your ideas ready and take them to the paper.