TODAY'S FEATURED POST
The Illustrator’s Guide to Photography
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…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Turning Points: In Italy Edition
October 3, 2024 - Hi everyone, I'm on SABBATICAL. Orbit Books (our parent company, Hachette, actually) has a sabbatical program where after 15 years of working for the company you get a month off to do something healing/educational and heal a chunk of burnout. And I've been in Italy! I'm about halfway through, so I'll do a recap of everything and thoughts on sabbatical in general next month. For now, here's a repost of a fave episode on my ongoing Turning Points series, where we look at a someone we all think of as a "Master" and talk about realities and problems they faced that shows that Art Masters were just like us. So here's Turning Points: John Singer Sargent — I picked him because I packed my watercolors for this trip and I plan to attempt to paint…
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Dorian Vallejo: Workshop
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Getting There
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IlluXcon Scholarship!
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A Closer Look : Dean Cornwell
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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The Black Pharaohs, Part 2
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Water-Mixable Oils
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