You are a brilliant illustrator. Your friends think so. Your professors think so. That cute boy who never had the courage to ask you out but managed to sign up for all the same classes you did in art college thinks so. So why are you not making obscene amounts of money? No matter how [...]

In our first proper video tutorial/demonstration, we go over the very basics of digital painting. From a loose digital sketch to finishing touches, this hour and ten minute lesson should get you ready to just dive in and paint your own Monster Cuties. Oh, and please excuse the farting. I must have had some beans [...]

If you’re going to draw for a living, drawing faster will certainly make things easier. If you can draw faster you can draw more. Drawing more means you can work more. Working more equals more money. Draw faster, earn more money. Can it be so simple? Let’s find out.

Say you’re working on a piece of 11×17 bristol, you’ve just finished your line work, and you’re ready to scan it into photoshop to sex it up with some digital painting. Small problem. You’re scanner only takes 8.5×11, 8.5×13 at the max, paper. You’re going to have to scan in halves and then re-assemble them [...]

You’re waiting for your friend on a crowded street because you’re going to get some tasty katsu curry at your favorite Japanese diner. You look up and way in the distance, you see your friend. You wave, she waves back, and you head off to a tasty lunch. How did you pick her out in [...]

Career advice should always be taken with many grains of salt, especially advice from a blog. What may work for one may or may not work for you. And although I’ve been working as an illustrator in some form for the past eight or so years, I still have a lot to learn. Having said [...]