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  1. How to Create a Detailed Beer Label in Affinity Designer

    How to Create a Detailed Beer Label in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    We are going to create this fun canine cowboy character using Affinity Designer. As we'll only be employing vector shapes and effects, this illustration can...

  2. How to Start a Drawing: 5 Methods for Beginners

    How to Start a Drawing: 5 Methods for Beginners

    Tutorial • Beginner

    You know what you want to draw, but how do you start? How do you create that first, most important line? There are many methods, and many beginners...

  3. How to Design a Tattoo With a Game of Thrones Theme

    How to Design a Tattoo With a Game of Thrones Theme

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial I'll show you how to plan the composition of your own tattoo design, and how to color it using only black and white with an accent of color.

  4. So You Want to Be Represented by an Agency or Agent?

    So You Want to Be Represented by an Agency or Agent?

    Tutorial • Beginner

    How does an artist come to be represented? What does their representation do? What’s it like working with an artist’s agent or agency? I interviewed several...

  5. 10 Top Tips for Fashion Illustration

    10 Top Tips for Fashion Illustration

    Tutorial • Beginner

    From clothes to accessories, fashion illustrations have a long history as a visual reference for a designer’s concepts or current fashion trends. What makes...

  6. How to Design a Retro Poster in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Design a Retro Poster in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Use Illustrator's basic shape and drawing tools to create easy, retro-style vector illustrations.

  7. How to Use Image Trace to Create a Surreal Portrait in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Use Image Trace to Create a Surreal Portrait in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to use Illustrator's Image Trace (in legacy versions it's known as Live Trace) to create a quick and surreal...

  8. How to Draw

    How to Draw

    Tutorial • Beginner

    There's no simple answer to this simple question: how to draw? I have written many articles and tutorials tackling various aspects of this complex skill....

  9. International Artist Feature: South Africa

    International Artist Feature: South Africa

    Tutorial • Beginner

    For this article in the international artist series, we turn to South Africa, featuring five illustrators and designers who create fantastic work, from...

  10. How to Create a Sleeping Cat on a Pile of Books and Indoor Plants in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Sleeping Cat on a Pile of Books and Indoor Plants in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Learn how to create a pile of books and a cat using basic shapes and make a custom brush from scratch to draw different plants.

  11. So You Want to Be a Fashion Illustrator?

    So You Want to Be a Fashion Illustrator?

    Tutorial • Beginner

    From sewing patterns to advertising to editorial work and beyond, fashion illustration has a long history in the illustration world. What about fashion...

  12. How to Digitally Paint Faces With Incredible Likeness

    How to Digitally Paint Faces With Incredible Likeness

    Tutorial • Advanced

    Learn how to digitally paint faces in Adobe Photoshop with digital artist Melody Nieves. Achieve great likeness and learn how to make your paintings look...

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