How to Use ArtRage Vitae PaintLink Collaboration - ArtRage Tutorials Ep....

Here's my ArtRage collaboration with Tiffany. 

Visit her channel to see the other side of this collaboration.

PaintLink allows two artists on two different computers to work on the same artwork.

Parts of the video have been sped up to save time.

How to Use the ArtRage Blending Tools - ArtRage Tutorials Ep. 37 on Abba...

Check out my latest tutorial for ArtRage 6

How to Use the ArtRage Selection Tool - ArtRage Tutorials Ep. 36 on Abba...

The Selection Tool is used to mark areas for other operations such as copy and paste or transformation. If you want to prevent paint from being applied outside a specific area of the Canvas, you can use a selection as a mask and only apply active paint inside its area.

How to Use the ArtRage Transform Tool - ArtRage Tutorials Ep. 35

If you want to change the size, position, or rotation on your ArtRage Canvas, you can use the Transformation Tools. This system allows you to take all or part of a layer, a sticker, or text that you have entered and freely edit these properties. Items that can be transformed are Paint Layers, Text Layers, Sticker Layers, and Stencils.

ArtRage Neko Cat Time Lapse - Episode 8 on Abba Studios

Neko Cat speed painting demo I did for Kumoricon, which is a convention in Portland, Oregon that celebrates anime and Japanese culture. Visit https://www.kumoricon.org/ for more information.

Created using ArtRage and the XP-Pen 16 tablet.

How to import Photoshop Brushes into ArtRage

Book Cover Design and Illusttration

Book cover art and graphic design job for a client. See the case study on Behance. I share my work process.

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If you are interested in using these tools, then I recommend these products and books.

You can support this blog when you purchase an item by clicking the link below, I get a piece of the action and helps me to continue doing this blog. Support an artist today.

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Copyright 2019 H. Simpson

A Drawing a Day February 10

February 10 - M'Shulla

Mud brother to Killraven during the War of the Worlds.

A Marvel Comics character.

To celebrate Black History Month, I'm participating in #28black and drawing one black superhero or villain per day.

Buying one of the books below will give me a piece of the action and help support this blog.
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Now I Remember, I Love You

Book cover I painted for a novel entitled "Now I Remember, I Love You"

I tried to evoke the style of those 50s paperback novels.

art copyright 2018 H. Simpson

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The Man With No Name

A digital art piece I created using ArtRage software and Wacom hardware.

art copyright © 2017 H. Simpson

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Winners for ArtRage 5

Congratulations to All of the Winners of our ArtRage 5 Giveaways

Become My Patron on Patreon - Akhil Harihar (no photo)

Caption This - Michael Muhammad 

Check out his web-site.

He's a baker. Hmmm.... looks good!

Winter Drawing Challenge - Deborah French

Show Your Desktop - Yordan Kisyov and see his art at http://kisyov.deviantart.com/

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Part 2 of What's New in ArtRage 5

ArtRage 5 New Features

• Transform Tool
• Remove Color Matte
• Fill Tool Border and Slow Motion
• Color Sampler
• Tool Preset Menu
• Canvas Rotation
• Layer Panel Thumbnails

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What's New in ArtRage 5?

Introductory Look at New Features in ArtRage 5 Beta

• Custom Brush Tool & Custom Brush Designer
• More Realistic Pencil and Pastel
• Layer Effects
• Layout Panel: Perspective, Guides, Snap Distance for Grids/Guides/Perspective
• Warp
• UI Redesign
• Docking Mode
• Night Mode
• Multiple Documents
• Improved Performance

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First Look at the ArtRage 5 Beta Perspective Grid

A New Feature in ArtRage 5 is Perspective

ArtRage 5 offers a significantly expanded range of guideline features to assist in design and composition, adding Guides and Perspective to the existing Grids feature. 

The Perspective Grid lets you use one or two point perspective, loading the default sets or adding your own individual walls and floors around the horizon line then saving them for later use. You can customize the appearance and add or remove any line or section, as well as using ‘Snap to Perspective’ to help you draw.

You can also apply perspective when copy/pasting and transforming.

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Winter Drawing Challenge Free Art Software Giveaway

I have a Giveaway to start off the New Year! I will give away a free ArtRage 5 license. You have until January 31st to become one of the lucky winners.

I want to find out how you feel about winter. Are you a Wonderland type of person or a Wasteland type? Create a winter themed illustration.

This contest ends January 31, 2017. I will take the top five that I like and then will have a poll where Internet surfers choose the winner. Winner will be announced Feb 14th.

The winner will get a free ArtRage 5 license from me. And you can download the software when it is available to the public.

The RULES:
Put your winter themed illustration on Tumblr or Twitter by Jan 31st.
Use the hashtags #abbawinter #drawingchallenge and mention us, so we see it @abbastudios

Are you a Winter Wonderland type of person or a Winter Wasteland type?

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New Interface - ArtRage 5 Beta Tutorials Ep. 29 on Abba Studios

Every menu, icon and pod has been redesigned to create a sleeker look.

• The layers panel is larger for easier viewing

• You can now switch between small and large layer thumbnails in the layers panel.

• The Presets menu is completely redesigned for easier browsing.

• The interface now scales automatically with your screen resolution and magnification level

• Fullscreen (press ‘D’) no longer hides part of the canvas behind the upper menu bar

• New canvas size is based on the size of images stored in the clipboard

• Transform is now a fullscreen mode offering more options and better control. It can be accessed using the ‘transform’ icon in the upper menu bar or by pressing Shift + T.

Docking Mode

Lets you set things up the way you want. You can now detach individual panels and position them around your screen or drag them to the right and left of the screen to handy docking bars. ArtRage will remember which mode you used last and open into it automatically.

You can enable docking mode by going to View > Interface.

Lights Out Mode

A dark interface mode. Turn on by going to View > Interface, and it applies to both the default and the docking interfaces.

Multiple Documents

You can now open and work with multiple ArtRage paintings at once. Switch between them easily as you work using shortcuts (Ctrl + Tab), the dropdown menu ior the pop out Documents Panel.

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Artrage 5 Software Giveaway 2017 - 5 Ways to Win

I have an Art Software Giveaway to start off the New Year!

I will give away 5 free ArtRage 5 licenses. You have until January 31st to become one of the lucky 5 winners.

There are 5 ways to win.

• Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/abbastudios
• Caption This! - https://plus.google.com/+AbbaStudios
• Winter Drawing Challenge - http://tinyurl.com/abba-winter
• Why do You Deserve ArtRage 5? - http://tinyurl.com/why-artrage
• Show Me Your Desktop -https://youtu.be/HY6XMYP9mJ0

I want to give ArtRage 5 to someone who has never used ArtRage at all. So show me your desktop and show me ArtRage is nowhere on your computer. Be honest. If you have any previous version of ArtRage, use one of the other ways to win. Give someone new a chance.

This contest ends January 31st. Winner will be announced Feb 14th.

ArtRage 4 will be 50% off until ArtRage 5 comes out and can then be upgraded, which works out to a 19% discount on the full price of ArtRage 5. So it’s definitely worth buying ArtRage 4 early if you are interested, you can get it here http://tinyurl.com/desartrage I get a little commission if you use this link.

The winner will get a free ArtRage 5 license from me. And you can download the software when it is available to the public.

The RULES:

Post your video on YouTube and link to it in the comments below.

No longer than 1 minute. That means don’t make a video longer than ONE minute.

The one winner for the Show Me Your Desktop giveaway will be randomly chosen by me. So don’t bore me. Get my attention. Be memorable. Be funny, make me cry or feel sorry for you. Whatever you do, keep my attention.

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Why Do You Deserve Free ArtRage 5 Software?

We want to know why you feel you you deserve to be the lucky recipient of our ArtRage 5 giveaway.

The RULES:

Tell us in 25 words or less your reason for wanting to get this ArtRage 5 software in the comments below.

I will randomly choose a winner on January 31st.

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You can win free ArtRage software!

You can win free ArtRage software!

ArtRage 4 will be 50% off until ArtRage 5 comes out and can then be upgraded, which works out to a 19% discount on the full price of ArtRage 5. So it’s definitely worth buying ArtRage 4 early if you are interested, you can get it here http://tinyurl.com/desartrage

But, you can get a free copy of ArtRage 5 from me, when it is available to the public.

Find out how on my Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/abbastudios

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To my fellow creative people. I've got my Patreon page and you should get one too by going here.

How to Use a Great Drawing and Painting Software - Part 3

My ArtRage Tutorials

My organized Art Rage Tutorials

Access ArtRage Hidden Stylus Properties/Recognition

How to Use ArtRage Canvas Grid Tool

How to Use ArtRage Improved Pencil Tool

How to Use ArtRage Text Tool

The Secrets of the ArtRage Pencil Tool

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