Tag: character design

• Creating a Fictional Map: Lareini Island

  Starting off the new year right by creating worlds! Blackbrand Seas has a new map with updated locations. I’ve found it difficult to come up with new names of places…

  

• Sketching though June

  Hi all! Earlier this month I really started taking sketching seriously again. I’ve kept sketchbooks in the past, but I never really saw the book as it’s own art form.…

  

• Tips for Daily Drawing: Embracing Creative Flow – Break The Static #16

  Hey all! This week in the sketchbook we have (as promised last week) a simple watercolor painting. I made this as a mothers day card, which was somewhat challenging given…

  

• Exploring Watercolor Art Inspired by The Elder Scrolls – Break The Static #15

  Hey all! This week I thought I’d share a watercolor gallery created in the last year or so. Most of these are inspired from The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, but some…

  

• Sketchbook Inspirations: Toned Paper Drawings – Break the Static #14

  Hey all! This week in the sketchbook archives I have some toned paper pieces for you. Drawing paper comes in all sorts of colors, this toned paper is kinda tan.…

  

• Overcoming Artistic Blocks with Fun Sketchbook Exercises – Break The Static #13

  Hey guys! This week in the sketchbook archives I’m looking at some creature design. A fun exercise that I’ve found is to start with the skeleton of something known, in…

  

• Exploring Zombie Art: From Sketch to Color – Break The Static #10

  Hey guys! So this week in the sketchbook I’m trying to piggyback off of last weeks post about figure drawing and portraiture. I don’t know why I landed on the…

  

• Mastering Figure Drawing with the Loomis Method – Break The Static #9

  This week in my sketchbook I am really working on the human figure, poses specifically. Recently I stumbled upon this book at our local library and I’m really surprised with…

  

• Break The Static #8 – Why Thumbnails Matter in Your Art Process

  This week in my sketchbook I’ve been working on thumbnails before I jump into a larger project. Only recently I learned the value in this exercise. I used to feel…

  

• Break The Static #7 – The Power of Doodles!

  This week in the sketchbook I have some mechanized sketches that I found to be a very profound exercise for character design and concept art thumbnails. This is kind of…