Any aspiring artist and illustrator will sooner or later face the need to create their own portfolio — a set of their artwork with a beautiful presentable design. You will need a portfolio for study, to get a creative profession, to work, or to find clients as a freelancer or…
I have always thought that professional artists paint only from memory. So we sat down and drew an elephant. Or a landscape. Out of my head, without looking anywhere. And if an artist looks at a watermelon, then what is the difficulty in drawing it? You copy sketch from reality…
There are two versions of the iPad Pro 11 this year — with a screen diagonal of 11 and 12.9 inches with an M1 chip (8 cores, increases the graphics speed up to 40%). The new large iPad features an enhanced IPS Liquid Retina XDR (2732×2048) display. The appearance of…
I decided to return dried markers into working form, and ordered refillers — universal Copic Various Ink / Copic Ink (~ 9$ on Ebay). The main beauty of Copic markers is their refillability. The marker has run out, you shouldn’t throw it away. You can buy ink. And if the…
For several years now I have been making illustrations with professional Copic Sketch markers that I bought on Ebay – there was the lowest price for a set of 72 markers, plus I bought some flesh shades and a few light ones (see the earlier post for more details). Now…
As soon as I switched to a new laptop, which was also a digital drawing tablet, I found that my two old monitors were not compatible with my model and were already morally outdated. For several months now I have been studying the market of monitors, and here I am…
Hi, I am igroglaz! Shtukensia and I love temporary tattoos. Usually we used all sorts of materials at hand – ink and eyeliner and so on cosmetic accessories. Well, of course, we also tried gel pens. The problem with all these tools is that they need to be washed off…
Several years ago, I realized that I wanted to develop my skills in digital painting. At first, I was drawing on an old Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet and in general it suited me for a long time. Choosing my laptop, I firmly decided that I needed a model with…
Becoming an illustrator today is not difficult, even learning to draw or design is not necessary. If you like to draw and do it creatively, then you can become an illustrator yourself. What does it take to start receiving commissions as an illustrator? The simple answer is portfolio! And that’s…
About a year ago, I bought a set of 72 Copic Sketch markers on Ebay. My happiness knew no bounds, and since I did not use markers very often, I thought that I could draw with them for a very long time. Moreover, in my collection there are many colors…