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Category: Visual Library

Analog and digital face and portrait studies

Analog and digital face and portrait studies

Posted on May 5, 2019May 12, 2019

Hello everyone, A short update with head and portrait studies I did these past days, both digital and analog. I’m writing some notes next to them so I can remember certain shapes or lines more quickly. I’m also planning to Read more

Posted in Studies, Visual Library, Weekly Challenges 2 Comments
Get better at drawing and building your Visual Library

Get better at drawing and building your Visual Library

Posted on April 23, 2019June 6, 2019

Years ago, when I started building my Visual Library for the first time, I just copied reference after reference after reference. That was a good start at that time, but recently I discovered that I had to switch to a Read more

Posted in Visual Library 1 Comment
Featured in ImagineFX and sketches

Featured in ImagineFX and sketches

Posted on February 26, 2019February 28, 2019

Hello everyone, I’m happy to announce that I’m featured in this months ImagineFX (issue 172 April 2019)! Because of that, they asked me to create a workshop for the magazine which I recently finished. It will appear in two months Read more

Posted in Vehicle Design, Visual Library 6 Comments
How I study and build my Visual Library

How I study and build my Visual Library

Posted on October 25, 2018

It has been quite for some time now, but that didn’t mean I was doing nothing! Recently, for about a month now, I focussed on my drawing skills again. Not only to get more confident drawing with pen and pencil Read more

Posted in How I work, Perspective, Visual Library, Weekly Challenges Leave a comment
Lock your screen to build your reference library!

Lock your screen to build your reference library!

Posted on July 1, 2018

Spotlight Lock screen What I really like about Windows 10 is the option to show spotlights when locking your computer. It’s a new feature that the developers added in Windows 10, next to the option of having an image or Read more

Posted in Visual Library 1 Comment
Octane render and Weekly Challenges on Facebook

Octane render and Weekly Challenges on Facebook

Posted on June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Hello everyone! This week I explored Otoy’s Octane Render more and built my Visual Library with my Weekly Challenges Group on Facebook.   Octane Render In the search to incorporate 3d more in my workflow, I started looking for other Read more

Posted in 3D, Visual Library, Weekly Challenges Leave a comment
Improve your digital painting skills with photo-studies

Improve your digital painting skills with photo-studies

Posted on January 30, 2018February 14, 2020

In a previous article I mentioned the importance of visual library and how we can build it. I stressed the importance of studying and actual understanding your references, rather than simply copying the reference one on one. But if you’re Read more

Posted in Digital Painting Techniques, Fundamentals, Values, Visual Library 6 Comments
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