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The Illustrator’s Guide to Photography


Muddy Colors

If you've ever seen one of Howard Lyon's reference packs, you know he's a master of shooting reference photography. In this new video, Howard will show you how he achieves such incredible results, time and time again. Howards goes over his equipment, lighting methods, post-production tips, and even includes a brief Q&A with the model to get her feedback. Getting great reference is absolutely essential to creating realistic paintings, and this video will help you…

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Announcements for Lightbox!


Arnie Fenner

October 16, 2024 - LightBox Expo, the premiere gathering of illustrators, concept artists, animators, and all manner of creatives, will be next weekend, Oct. 25—27 in Pasadena, CA. So Karla Ortiz has given everyone a heads-up with an announcement: "Surprise Art news folks! The amazing Iain McCaig and myself will be joining artistic forces to do our own pop up gallery show in LA next year AND we’ll be giving everyone a first look/behind the scenes at LBX this year! So please come on by, listen to art stories, look at lovely artworks and get inspired to do your own works (heck maybe even your own gallery show!)!" Not to be outdone, Iain has made the following announcement: "More Lightbox news! As you may have heard, against all the odds, Mia Araujo and I both finished writing, illustrating and publishing…

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