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*EDIT: THIS LIST WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED, THE NEW LIST IS HERE!Patrons get additional videos, walkthroughs, and resources each month! Check out my page for details!

Hey guys! So on quite the regular basis, I have people, watchers or random strangers, come to me asking for advice on their art. No big deal, I do present myself as a teacher of sorts (though bear in mind, I'm still learning too!), but unfortunately, I just don't have the time to go through each one and dive deep into how each of those individuals can improve or be able to set up a learning process for them.

Since the majority of the time, the questions are very similar, if not exactly the same, I'm setting up this journal for future people to reference (and to save myself the time typing up the same thing over and over, haha). I'm always making tutorial and advice posts, so keep an eye on this list!

This covers general questions like: Where do I start? How do I improve? How do I draw x? etc.

SUPPORT:If you're a fan of what I do and love my content, consider donating here on Patreon or Kofi to help me keep producing more stuff! I don't currently make a sustainable income with my art, which makes it difficult to continuously deal with expenses like art supplies, internet, food, and other bills which hinder my ability to grow and expand in ways that I want as an artist. Any support REALLY helps me out!
Can't financially support me? Check out this video for ideas on how to help for FREE! Thank you!

GENERAL:
- How to approach my tutorials
Goes over my Photoshop sparkle brush tutorial specifically, but does give important general advice about taking in my tutorials.

- 5 Mistakes Series (If nothing else, just watch these videos.)
Covers any medium, any style, all kinds of art. I also have one tailored specifically at digital artists AND Copic/alcoholic marker artists.

- Fundamentals Series
Understand the basics of line, shape, value, form, space, color, and texture. Learn to break down complicated things into much simpler and easier to draw things. Basically learn the foundations of what all art is built on.

- Composition and Value (Mini Tutorial)
Talks about the concepts behind designing composition, what it does for viewers, and also covers the importance of checking your values and setting up strong contrast with a piece.

- Triangulation/Measurement
Tips on increasing your measurement/accuracy skills. (This particular video also contains a tutorial on these lips .)
- How to draw buildings WITHOUT perspective

- Creative Commons and Public Domain
Something all artists of every level should know about.
Where I get my art references

- The Benefits and Reasons to Trace
How to trace to improve your art , and corresponding blog post .
Is tracing legal?

- Shading with Hue, Saturation, and Brightness
Works in any medium.

- How to Start and Finish Sketchbooks
Applies to any medium or method of sketchbook keeping. Blog post for readers.

- How to Erase Without Tearing/Crumpling Your Paper

- 5 Ways to Support Artists
Marketing tips for fans.

- Inverted Colors
How to create artworks with inverted colors, minor color theory explanations.

- How to Improve Fast
Discussion on my methods with examples.

- My Comic Making Process
Additional time lapse video explanation.

- Tabling at Artist Alley/Conventions
Advice and tips to prepare you for your first convention.

- Iterative Drawing

MENTAL ASPECTS/SELF CARE:
- Ways to Get Inspired and Overcome Art Block
Here is the blog post for those who prefer to read.

- Being Afraid to Draw (tackling artistic fears)
Here is the blog post for those who prefer to read.

- Fear of Going Dark With Your Art
For those of you who struggle to get stronger values with your pieces.

- Health Tips for Hands/Wrists/Etc When Drawing

- What Artists Don't Talk About
Reflecting on the impact of overwork, "industry standard", egregious challenges, etc.

- Do I Hate My Art?
Discussion on the toxicity of self hatred and the community.

TOOLS/MEDIA:
- Blending in Photoshop
Super quick and easy trick I still use to this day. Image step by step for those who'd prefer to read.

- Blending Prismacolor Pencils
Very easy trick that'll save you from burnishing and ruining your artwork.

- Walkthrough of Nightwing
A slower time lapse video where I exclusively talk about my drawing process for this art piece . It's in Photoshop, so it's more tailored for digital artists.

- Photoshop Tutorials
Mostly tailored towards PS specifically, but some other programs may have similar tools.
-Includes: colorizing greyscale, easy/quick sparkle effect, adjusting scanned drawings, metal, blending, lineart with a mouse, and more.
-Quick and easy Christmas lights

- Copic Marker Tutorials
Quite a few of the concepts and things I cover can /easily/ be applied to any medium, so don't feel that these are 100% restricted to alcoholic markers.
-Includes: fire, metal, skin, lighting angles, how to use alcohol, tips/tricks, and more.
- 30 minute video tutorial covering landscapes and limited colors

- Spray Paint Basics
Super beginner friendly, very approachable. The focus is 'space' but you could definitely expand upon what this tutorial covers.
- List of additional tips and advice covering this medium.

- Plein Air
List of tips and advice covering the basics of plein air and what you'll need to start.

- Washi Tape
Complete breakdown of how I've made my Washi Tape art pieces with tips and advice for each.
-Walkthrough of these three artworks : 1 , 2 , 3
-Walkthrough of Washi Dad
-Walkthrough of these three artworks : 1 , 2 , 3
-Walkthrough of Fruit Salad
-Walkthrough of Shiny Pumpkins
-Walkthrough of Cape Flip

-Watercolor
- Video walkthrough , 31 minutes of various tips, advice, etc., on how I painted this artwork , and how to paint in general.
- Skies and clouds
- Water
-Perfect/Easy gradients with a hake brush. [video]
-How to avoid buckling [video]
-20 minute video tutorial for portrait painting: X33N
- Walkthrough and VOD for Ladybug
- Walkthrough of this galaxy painting: link
- Learn from my mistakes with this painting: link

HUMAN FIGURE/PEOPLE:
-General/Uncategorized:
-Shading the face with different lighting angles (concepts apply to any medium)
- 25 minute video tutorial covering the basics of drawing a face in profile.
-Tips on graphite portraiture for realism
-Portrait walkthrough from start to finish of Splash [Tutorial] and corresponding blog post
-Portrait walkthrough from start to finish of Light (Drawing) .
-Portrait walkthrough from start to finish of The Unknown (Drawing) .
- 25 minute video walkthrough from start to finish of Picard (Drawing) .
- 30 minute timed portrait drawing tips: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

- Figure Drawing Tutorial
For those of you who want to improve at anatomy and drawing people. Talks about what figure drawing is, why it's worthwhile, and the general basics of drawing the human figure (though can apply to animals as well).

-HAND TUTORIALS:
-How to get better at hands (and honestly anything else)
- Walkthrough of this hand . (Digital realism)
- Walkthrough of this hand . (Copics realism)

-How to break "same face syndrome" or make your characters look unique
Unique face shapes (how to break "same face syndrome") and supplemental mini tutorial on likeness

-Eye Tutorials:
-Painting digitally . (Final image ) I used Photoshop but other digital programs can work just fine.
- Sketching process (from above video) Also includes time lapse recording of Flower Boy .

-Lip/Mouths Tutorials:
-Video recording with voice over and walkthrough of Lips [Study] .
-Walkthrough of digitally painting of this drawing .
- Video recording with voice over of Lips [Study] 2 . (Alt: walkthrough version )

-Expressions:
- 30 minute video tutorial covering the basics of facial expression.

-HAIR TUTORIALS:
-Chibi/anime styled hair or image step walkthrough here: Tutorial: Chibi/Anime Hair
-Semi-realistic/stylized hair mini tutorial from this piece: Fuu
- One with Copic markers from this piece: G: Kurai
- Semi-realistic curly hair from this piece: Flower Kisses (Drawing)

-Clothing Folds:
Several posts with tips on how to approach fabric/clothing folds.

NON-HUMAN RELATED:
-Background/Scenery/Landscapes:
While they're aimed at specific mediums, some concepts can be applied to other mediums.
-Painting a galaxy from this piece: To the Sky
-Painting grass from this piece: Magical Forest
-Painting a snow scene from this piece: In Winter
-Incorporating photos into your art from this piece: Winter Boi

PRODUCT REVIEWS:
Not really tutorials, but if ya'll wanna know my opinion on certain tools or supplies, you might find this helpful.

- Sakura Gelly Roll vs Uniball Signo (White Gel Pens)

- Studio Series Alcoholic Markers (Copic Marker Alt)

- Chalkola Chalk Markers

- YUPO Paper and Follow Up

- Krylon Workable Fixatif

- Canson Marker Paper and corresponding blog post

- Arteza Sketchbooks and Colored Pencils and corresponding blog post

- Artist's Loft Colored Pencils

- Spectrum Noir Alcohol Based Markers

- Crayola Blending Markers

- Artist's Loft Watercolor Pencils

-Canson vs Strathmore - Paper comparison for watercolor artists

EXTRA STUFF:
To see every video tutorial I've made, you can find the playlist here . Feel free to browse and pick and choose whichever applies to your needs. (If you don't find what you want, feel free to suggest it to me.)

I also have an entire playlist   on me critiquing other peoples' artworks as well as a redline folder here on Deviantart. You can see what things I point out and it might help you apply that to your own artworks.

As an aside, I also have two articles written about marketing and freelancing/commissioning for artists.

If all this isn't enough for you, I have more on my website! I cover realistic portraits, sketching processes, etc. It will eventually include various tips with specific tools like watercolor, Copics, Photoshop, and more! Definitely check it out if you haven't already.

And of course, one last bit of advice: ART TAKES TIME. There is no quick way to mastery. There are no magic tricks. There is no secret. No matter how much I could teach you, NOTHING will change unless you put in the hard work. As the saying goes, it takes 10,000 hours to master something. So instead of fighting it, hating the process, just enjoy this time and have fun with it.

If you're feeling down and need some inspiration, I recommend checking out my improvement meme (for those who want a quick overview) or my sketchbook playlist    (for those who want to see the whole story). I started out drawing crooked stick figures like everyone else. You'll get there.
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Commissions | YouTube | Twitter | Twitch | Support Me

---
*EDIT: THIS LIST WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED, THE NEW LIST IS HERE!Patrons get additional videos, walkthroughs, and resources each month! Check out my page for details!

Hey guys! So on quite the regular basis, I have people, watchers or random strangers, come to me asking for advice on their art. No big deal, I do present myself as a teacher of sorts (though bear in mind, I'm still learning too!), but unfortunately, I just don't have the time to go through each one and dive deep into how each of those individuals can improve or be able to set up a learning process for them.

Since the majority of the time, the questions are very similar, if not exactly the same, I'm setting up this journal for future people to reference (and to save myself the time typing up the same thing over and over, haha). I'm always making tutorial and advice posts, so keep an eye on this list!

This covers general questions like: Where do I start? How do I improve? How do I draw x? etc.

SUPPORT:If you're a fan of what I do and love my content, consider donating here on Patreon or Kofi to help me keep producing more stuff! I don't currently make a sustainable income with my art, which makes it difficult to continuously deal with expenses like art supplies, internet, food, and other bills which hinder my ability to grow and expand in ways that I want as an artist. Any support REALLY helps me out!
Can't financially support me? Check out this video for ideas on how to help for FREE! Thank you!

GENERAL:
- How to approach my tutorials
Goes over my Photoshop sparkle brush tutorial specifically, but does give important general advice about taking in my tutorials.

- 5 Mistakes Series (If nothing else, just watch these videos.)
Covers any medium, any style, all kinds of art. I also have one tailored specifically at digital artists AND Copic/alcoholic marker artists.

- Fundamentals Series
Understand the basics of line, shape, value, form, space, color, and texture. Learn to break down complicated things into much simpler and easier to draw things. Basically learn the foundations of what all art is built on.

- Composition and Value (Mini Tutorial)
Talks about the concepts behind designing composition, what it does for viewers, and also covers the importance of checking your values and setting up strong contrast with a piece.

- Triangulation/Measurement
Tips on increasing your measurement/accuracy skills. (This particular video also contains a tutorial on these lips .)
- How to draw buildings WITHOUT perspective

- Creative Commons and Public Domain
Something all artists of every level should know about.
Where I get my art references

- The Benefits and Reasons to Trace
How to trace to improve your art , and corresponding blog post .
Is tracing legal?

- Shading with Hue, Saturation, and Brightness
Works in any medium.

- How to Start and Finish Sketchbooks
Applies to any medium or method of sketchbook keeping. Blog post for readers.

- How to Erase Without Tearing/Crumpling Your Paper

- 5 Ways to Support Artists
Marketing tips for fans.

- Inverted Colors
How to create artworks with inverted colors, minor color theory explanations.

- How to Improve Fast
Discussion on my methods with examples.

- My Comic Making Process
Additional time lapse video explanation.

- Tabling at Artist Alley/Conventions
Advice and tips to prepare you for your first convention.

- Iterative Drawing

MENTAL ASPECTS/SELF CARE:
- Ways to Get Inspired and Overcome Art Block
Here is the blog post for those who prefer to read.

- Being Afraid to Draw (tackling artistic fears)
Here is the blog post for those who prefer to read.

- Fear of Going Dark With Your Art
For those of you who struggle to get stronger values with your pieces.

- Health Tips for Hands/Wrists/Etc When Drawing

- What Artists Don't Talk About
Reflecting on the impact of overwork, "industry standard", egregious challenges, etc.

- Do I Hate My Art?
Discussion on the toxicity of self hatred and the community.

TOOLS/MEDIA:
- Blending in Photoshop
Super quick and easy trick I still use to this day. Image step by step for those who'd prefer to read.

- Blending Prismacolor Pencils
Very easy trick that'll save you from burnishing and ruining your artwork.

- Walkthrough of Nightwing
A slower time lapse video where I exclusively talk about my drawing process for this art piece . It's in Photoshop, so it's more tailored for digital artists.

- Photoshop Tutorials
Mostly tailored towards PS specifically, but some other programs may have similar tools.
-Includes: colorizing greyscale, easy/quick sparkle effect, adjusting scanned drawings, metal, blending, lineart with a mouse, and more.
-Quick and easy Christmas lights

- Copic Marker Tutorials
Quite a few of the concepts and things I cover can /easily/ be applied to any medium, so don't feel that these are 100% restricted to alcoholic markers.
-Includes: fire, metal, skin, lighting angles, how to use alcohol, tips/tricks, and more.
- 30 minute video tutorial covering landscapes and limited colors

- Spray Paint Basics
Super beginner friendly, very approachable. The focus is 'space' but you could definitely expand upon what this tutorial covers.
- List of additional tips and advice covering this medium.

- Plein Air
List of tips and advice covering the basics of plein air and what you'll need to start.

- Washi Tape
Complete breakdown of how I've made my Washi Tape art pieces with tips and advice for each.
-Walkthrough of these three artworks : 1 , 2 , 3
-Walkthrough of Washi Dad
-Walkthrough of these three artworks : 1 , 2 , 3
-Walkthrough of Fruit Salad
-Walkthrough of Shiny Pumpkins
-Walkthrough of Cape Flip

-Watercolor
- Video walkthrough , 31 minutes of various tips, advice, etc., on how I painted this artwork , and how to paint in general.
- Skies and clouds
- Water
-Perfect/Easy gradients with a hake brush. [video]
-How to avoid buckling [video]
-20 minute video tutorial for portrait painting: X33N
- Walkthrough and VOD for Ladybug
- Walkthrough of this galaxy painting: link
- Learn from my mistakes with this painting: link

HUMAN FIGURE/PEOPLE:
-General/Uncategorized:
-Shading the face with different lighting angles (concepts apply to any medium)
- 25 minute video tutorial covering the basics of drawing a face in profile.
-Tips on graphite portraiture for realism
-Portrait walkthrough from start to finish of Splash [Tutorial] and corresponding blog post
-Portrait walkthrough from start to finish of Light (Drawing) .
-Portrait walkthrough from start to finish of The Unknown (Drawing) .
- 25 minute video walkthrough from start to finish of Picard (Drawing) .
- 30 minute timed portrait drawing tips: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

- Figure Drawing Tutorial
For those of you who want to improve at anatomy and drawing people. Talks about what figure drawing is, why it's worthwhile, and the general basics of drawing the human figure (though can apply to animals as well).

-HAND TUTORIALS:
-How to get better at hands (and honestly anything else)
- Walkthrough of this hand . (Digital realism)
- Walkthrough of this hand . (Copics realism)

-How to break "same face syndrome" or make your characters look unique
Unique face shapes (how to break "same face syndrome") and supplemental mini tutorial on likeness

-Eye Tutorials:
-Painting digitally . (Final image ) I used Photoshop but other digital programs can work just fine.
- Sketching process (from above video) Also includes time lapse recording of Flower Boy .

-Lip/Mouths Tutorials:
-Video recording with voice over and walkthrough of Lips [Study] .
-Walkthrough of digitally painting of this drawing .
- Video recording with voice over of Lips [Study] 2 . (Alt: walkthrough version )

-Expressions:
- 30 minute video tutorial covering the basics of facial expression.

-HAIR TUTORIALS:
-Chibi/anime styled hair or image step walkthrough here: Tutorial: Chibi/Anime Hair
-Semi-realistic/stylized hair mini tutorial from this piece: Fuu
- One with Copic markers from this piece: G: Kurai
- Semi-realistic curly hair from this piece: Flower Kisses (Drawing)

-Clothing Folds:
Several posts with tips on how to approach fabric/clothing folds.

NON-HUMAN RELATED:
-Background/Scenery/Landscapes:
While they're aimed at specific mediums, some concepts can be applied to other mediums.
-Painting a galaxy from this piece: To the Sky
-Painting grass from this piece: Magical Forest
-Painting a snow scene from this piece: In Winter
-Incorporating photos into your art from this piece: Winter Boi

PRODUCT REVIEWS:
Not really tutorials, but if ya'll wanna know my opinion on certain tools or supplies, you might find this helpful.

- Sakura Gelly Roll vs Uniball Signo (White Gel Pens)

- Studio Series Alcoholic Markers (Copic Marker Alt)

- Chalkola Chalk Markers

- YUPO Paper and Follow Up

- Krylon Workable Fixatif

- Canson Marker Paper and corresponding blog post

- Arteza Sketchbooks and Colored Pencils and corresponding blog post

- Artist's Loft Colored Pencils

- Spectrum Noir Alcohol Based Markers

- Crayola Blending Markers

- Artist's Loft Watercolor Pencils

-Canson vs Strathmore - Paper comparison for watercolor artists

EXTRA STUFF:
To see every video tutorial I've made, you can find the playlist here . Feel free to browse and pick and choose whichever applies to your needs. (If you don't find what you want, feel free to suggest it to me.)

I also have an entire playlist   on me critiquing other peoples' artworks as well as a redline folder here on Deviantart. You can see what things I point out and it might help you apply that to your own artworks.

As an aside, I also have two articles written about marketing and freelancing/commissioning for artists.

If all this isn't enough for you, I have more on my website! I cover realistic portraits, sketching processes, etc. It will eventually include various tips with specific tools like watercolor, Copics, Photoshop, and more! Definitely check it out if you haven't already.

And of course, one last bit of advice: ART TAKES TIME. There is no quick way to mastery. There are no magic tricks. There is no secret. No matter how much I could teach you, NOTHING will change unless you put in the hard work. As the saying goes, it takes 10,000 hours to master something. So instead of fighting it, hating the process, just enjoy this time and have fun with it.

If you're feeling down and need some inspiration, I recommend checking out my improvement meme (for those who want a quick overview) or my sketchbook playlist    (for those who want to see the whole story). I started out drawing crooked stick figures like everyone else. You'll get there.
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