CONCEPT ART

How to draw mechs design sketchbook

How to draw Mechs? Draw the skeleton first!

Drawing mechs is fascinating for many designers.
I am a fan of Transformers, Gundam, Star Wars... but drawing the mechs was crazy hard! How to draw mechs "How to draw mechs?" Asked Josh (one ...
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Toy Designer Dwayne Vance’s Journey

I had the great honor to chat with Dwayne Vance!
Together we discover the behind-the-scenes of being a toy designer! I am a super fan of Dwayne's work,
especially because of a sentimental attachment to ...
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How to draw a female character cover

How to Create Girl Tribal Character Design Sketches

Give your art projects a boost of creativity by blending historical designs with modern visions.
Follow this sketching video to draw a girl from an Asian tribe and see the results! How to Create Girl ...
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How to draw like a concept artist

How to Draw Like a Professional Concept Artist

Unleash your creative abilities as an industrial designer with this concept artist tutorial!
Boost drawing skills and discover new ways of designing with tips to push limits and increase memory bank. How to draw like ...
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Sketching Tips with Harley Quinn! (Photoshop)

Subject: Harley Quinn
Software: Photoshop CC

Brush size: 4
Canvas : A4 with 300dpi resolution
WACOM CINTIQ 13HD
Hello Beautiful day ! I'm posting here a video sketch of Harley Quinn, Joker's girlfriend :).
I used my Wacom graphic tablet to ...
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How to make big progress with Sketching Challenge ?

Hello ! It's Chou-Tac, It's 11am here in France. And before going to gym, I wanted to announce that this week: I am starting a 7 meters of "Sneaker Sketching Challenge" !  Yes ! it is about ...
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Drawing with ARTBOOKS CHALLENGE #1 / Inkwork by Darren Quach

As a Product Designer, I find plenty of inspiration in Sci-fi movies such as Star wars and Concept art sketches. * You can discover Edward Eyth interview who created plenty of sketches and innovation for Back ...
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The incredibles character design research from pixar

How to make your Character design attractive and interesting?

Vivek Rai was sending me by email a pretty cool picture from a school task he had about creating characters. He asked me some tips about: How to generate ideas to create Character design? The ...
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Create A Winning Portfolio For Art Center College Of Design

Take the lead with your portfolio application to Art Center College of Design.
Learn the advice and winning tips from David Salow in this interview! Create A Winning Portfolio For Art Center College Of Design ...
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How to Become a Concept Artist|Edward Eythfor Marvel – Spielberg – Disney – Back to the Future II

  Discover how to become a Concept artist
like Edward Eyth who worked on projects for Disney and Marvel!    Learn his trade secrets and create incredible concepts.   I am especially amazed because he ...
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How to draw a super hero sketching tutorial

How to draw a Super-Hero (Photoshop)

Hey today is a sketch of a Super-hero made with Photoshop. Actually I did that video just for myself and for fun. But I though I could add some Tips to share with you through ...
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Concept Art| Collaboration with my friend Adrien Wira

My friend Adrien Wira and I tried something new, a Collaboration. It’s something I never though about till Adrien suggested the idea. We know each other for a while. We was classmate at Creapole-ESDI, in ...
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How to get a symmetrical sketch in perspective? Use the “Middle line”

For a "symmetrical sketch": The middle line is essential to any designer. Mother nature made most of the things on earth and outer space symmetrical.
Humans naturally create objects mostly symmetrical as well. You may ...
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18 meters of sketches in 7 Days >> Roll of Paper Challenge

7-days Roll of paper challenge I started without knowing the lenght of the roll. But I needed to set up a time limit to the challenge. I took 7 days, fair enough. The challenge is ...
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Roll of paper challenge – Day 2 – How to regain motivation at drawing ?

Second day of the Roll of paper challenge. My mood is not there. I sit and carry on drawing on the roll of paper. About 1.50meter later, I am not much happy with the ...
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Roll of paper challenge: 7 days to fill the roll of sketches | Concept art

To improve we need to regularly get out of our comfort zone. It’s something that we don’t do naturally. Relax, in sketching we can only improve. Even a little, it’s still a step forward. So ...
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How to improve your Concept Art by studying mechanical pieces

How to improve my concept art? I would like to create more “credible” concept art engines. For that, I thought about studying mechanical pieces. It would help me to have a better understanding of the ...
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Get inspired from human or animals to draw concept art

A great trick to make concept art engine more fascinating, is to give them a “soul”. How ? By giving them hands, eyes, head, skeleton, anything related to human or animals, your engine won’t be ...
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Use a pop of colour to direct your audience eyes

Concept art, product design, car design, fashion design… all use this trick. It's essential when you present your initial sketches to your colleagues, friends or eventually clients to promote your best ideas (Such preliminary research ...
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What is a “Happy accident”?

When I sit on my desk and I start sketching, my fingers are quite stiff. The first sketches are often clumsy and it can be frustrating. However, after a bit of warm up, the lines ...
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Sketch with reference pictures is not cheating (concept art)

To get results faster, use reference pictures as much as you want. Sometime, your pride may stop you, somehow telling you that you are “cheating”. It’s a mistake. Tell yourself that you sketch in order ...
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Draw thumbnails skipping the details|TIP72

Drafting the content for the sketching video tutorial, I took a break and sketched some Concept art thumbnails. It was fun! I would recommend drawing your thumbnails without taking much care of details. Ignore or ...
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How to Get Inspired and Improve Your Drawing Fast with Concept Art

Thank you Adrien W. for telling me about Darren Quach. He’s an amazing concept artist. I found his Instagram account: dqsketches and his work really inspired me. I remember at school, with some classmates we ...
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How to draw a creature using a light marker

Villy da’Locca saw the TIP OF THE DAY on the blog Facebook Page, and he decided to apply that TIP, NOW. That’s the best way to learn efficiently how to draw. You memorise and make ...
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Enhance Your Drawings With This Easy Trick to Create Creatures Instantly


Chou-Tac ChungArachnid Creature, 2014 TIP 20 Make an impressive creature in a second Insert a small human silhouette as a scaling measure. Few pen strokes will do.
The creature will appear giant ...
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Exploring Nature – A Secret Source of Inspiration for Your Artwork

I am fascinated by the tool “Vertical Symmetry” of Sketchbook Pro.
You draw a half, and the software trace the second half automatically in real time. Wondering what to draw today, I had in ...
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Sketch on a digital tablet with keyboard shortcut

Being not satisfied with the previous “Sketch 5 | Concept diving mask”, I decided to sketch a new version of it. Sketching on a graphic tablet is not only about learning how to use the ...
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DRY YOUR MARKER

Today I've just get a set of 30 twin markers. The brand is TOUCHLIIT.
My friend gave me a warm recommendation of them. Let's try them! The sketches are done with the thick tip ...
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