Dorufukake

Hello guys,

I know I have been absent from here for over half a year. I got a very busy freelance job (I had to move ca 10 hours away) before Christmas last year and they just prolonged my contract month after month, which was very good for me (income).

But now I am back, and here is my latest finished commission!

Pointer dog, made from supersculpey polymer clay, painted with acrylics. The base is made with hot glue, rocks, silver foil, fabric etc.

About 15 cm tall. Took me about 2 weeks.

Lots of fun! Hope you enjoy it!

I’ve been asked a lot about tips for aspiring animators, so here are some ! Enjoy, I hope it will help some of you.

adjustment layers: specifically the hue/saturation slider in this case, allows you to color correct quickly

lasso tool: for sharp edges!

alpha lock: useful for painting within a pre-defined area (especially useful when painting characters)

x (hotkey) : toggle between foreground + background colors- let’s you easily blend between 2 colors

ctrl/cmd click : quickly change current active layer. Especially useful if you’re burdened with too many layers (or just very disorganized)

clipping mask: similar to alpha lock, but can add details without changing/ painting directly on the previous layer. I often use them to test out + apply gradients.

layer styles: I didn’t use any in this image, but the possibilities for layer styles endless, from simply adding a quick outline (useful for die cut demarcations when making stickers!) to creating more seemingly complex appearances. Here’s a gif of Nick Carver using layer styles (a combo of drop shadows + inner shadows) to quickly make the illusion of snow but with simple strokes.

ending on this:

This week I’ve prepared some tips for everyone who is confused with arms. I know that pronation and supination is confusing and I recommend to learn in by heart <3

I have also announcement!

The day is approaching when I will release ebook or Gumroad PDF with all my anatomy tips + additional lessons + commentary.

I still am thinking how I will publish this but it will be done. Anyone who’s interested finally will be able to get everything in one place and some more good content. I will post some dates soon so look for that in next few weeks !

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(Warning, the beginning is a bit brutal…) Here’s a time lapse showingthe process of drawing a creature in the same way I did the pokemon: sketch -> ink -> watercolour Hope you like it!

1st drawing of 2018

and its gonna be the year of colors 

A growing collection of animated Pixel Art Tutorials by Pedro Medeiros (@saint11) of Studio Miniboss (they previously worked on TowerFall and are currently working on Celeste and Skytorn)

All +40 Pixel Art Tutorials can be found on blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart (10 Pixel Art Tutorials are posted below)