How to Draw and Paint All Hair - Clip Studio Paint Tutorial

Check out my Clip Studio Paint tutorial for how to draw hair. You will most likely learn things you never knew about hair.

Today you will learn to draw simple straight hair and complicated curly hair types using different drawing styles. Once you finish this tutorial, you will have the information and confidence to draw all hairstyles from reference and imagination.

How to draw Mouths, Lips, and Teeth - Clip Studio Paint Tutorials Ep. 01...

Today, we will learn how to draw Mouths, Lips, and Teeth and add variety to each of these features.

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 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.

Top 10 Blender Interface Elements You Should Know

How to Set-up the Apple Pencil for Procreate on iPad

Blender 2.92 Grease Pencil New Features

A look at the new features in the 2D and 3D animation Blender 2.92 for the Grease Pencil. We have two new tools; Curve Editing Tool, Flat Caps and Trace Image Sequences. Along with the Improved Join Operator.

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Award Winning Artist

I am now the proud owner of a Pulp Factory Best Artist Award.

You can check out some of the award-winning art below.

And get the book here: Bulldog Drummond: On Poisoned Ground

https://amzn.to/2DRXqHg

For artists who like to know such things. This was drawn with Clip Studio Paint.

I'm ready to help with your next project. Contact me.

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Comic Book Art Commission

*Commission completed and delivered*





Here's what the recipient, Bill had to say about it:
"Howard always responds promptly and included me though the entire commission process by sending me rough sketches to choose from and asking for my input on the drawing. When Howard had to cancel his show appearance due to illness, not only did he ship the drawing to me at no extra charge but he also included one of his old sketchbooks. 

Howard is a stand up person and a great artist. I highly recommend Howard if you are looking to commission a piece of art."

Open for more commissions.

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Winning is Good!

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

It’s good to wake up in the morning knowing I’m a winner. It’s even better when it’s not me telling myself that. Don’t worry self, I still love you too.

Yes, I’ll also respect you in the morning. Myself is so needy.

Hide the kiddies! This is not for the meek of heart. If you still let your kids see this, you can’t blame me if they are traumatized for life. Well, you can blame me,because I can’t control your actions. But I will only give you a blank stare and wish you ‘good day.’

Wacom has chosen my art for their May Wordplay challenge. My wordplay is visualizing the idiom “I got your back” and a couple of others thrown in for the eagle-eyed among you.

Check out the announcement on their blog.

I encourage my fellow artists to join in; you could be the next winner.

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I'm Open for Commissions

Working on a commission right now. 

The water is going to be hard to draw.

Fury and Tsunami

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Update with Free Software to Create Comics and Graphic Novels

How to Become a Comic Strip, Comic Book and Graphic Novel Artist

art copyright 2018 Howard Simpson

DIGITAL TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Today, we update a previous post about the software you can use for creation. New to the list is MediBang Pro and Mischief - both available for free. And now SketchBook which had free and paid versions, now only offers a full-featured free version.

Do you know of any others I should add to the list? Tell me about them.

RASTER-BASED IMAGE APPLICATIONS

Adobe Photoshop

• The industry leader. It is used for drawing, coloring and painting. Not good to use for lettering.
• Available for Mac OS and Windows.
• Download at http://www.adobe.com/

ArtRage

• This is a powerful and easy to use drawing and painting program. 
• Available for Mac OS and Windows
• Download ArtRage

ArtWeaver

• An alternative to Corel Painter. Artweaver is available in two versions: The Artweaver Free version at no cost and Artweaver Plus version at 29 Euros with more features than the free version.
• Available for Windows.
• Download at http://www.artweaver.de/

Corel Painter or CorelDRAW

• Very popular leading digital art software.
• Available for Mac OS and Windows.
• Download at http://www.corel.com/

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

• A powerful open source image editor application 
• Available for Linux, Mac OS and Windows
• Download for FREE at http://www.gimp.org/

GIMP tutorials
http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/10-websites-to-help-you-master-gimp/
GIMP video tutorials
http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/gimp_video_tutorials/

Paint.NET

• An image and photo editing software. 
• Available for Windows.
• Download for FREE at http://www.getpaint.net/

SketchBook Pro

• Offers sketching and drawing software capabilities.
• Available for Mac OS and Windows.
• Download for FREE at https://www.sketchbook.com/

MediBang Paint

• A lightweight digital painting and comic creation program that comes loaded with brushes, fonts, pre-made backgrounds and other resources for Mac and Windows. Has comic book creation tools also.
• Download for FREE at https://medibangpaint.com/en/

Mischief 

• Sketching, drawing, and painting software for Mac OS and Windows.
• Download for FREE or buy at https://www.madewithmischief.com/mischief

Krita

• An open-source raster graphics editor, designed primarily for digital painting and animation purposes.
• Download for FREE or buy at https://krita.org/en/

Thanks to +Juan Ochoa for suggesting Krita.

Clip Studio Paint

• Digital drawing & painting software to create illustrations, manga & comics available on Mac OS and Windows.
• Download at http://www.clipstudio.net/en

Thanks to +Skot Whitman for reminding me of Clip Studio Paint

MyPaint

• Nimble, distraction-free and easy tool for digital painters to create illustrations available on Mac OS, Windows, and Linux.
• Download for FREE at http://mypaint.org/

Thanks to +Ronnie Tucker for suggesting MyPaint.

A word about software choices. Photoshop was created to be used by photographers for retouching photos. It was the creativity of artists that started using it for drawing and painting. So don't feel bad if you can't afford an expensive application. Use free or low-cost tools available. Your creativity can make the tool sing and come to life to fit your needs and style of art. Much like the early creative visionaries did with Photoshop by taking a tool that wasn't intended to create art and bending it to their will.

After all, people have made professional-looking movies on iPhones! There's nothing to stop you from creating a professional-looking comic strip, comic book or graphic novel with whatever tool you choose right now. Start today! Just create something!

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copyright 2018 H. Simpson

How Do You Make it?

 Construction - Circles and Blocks

art copyright 2016 H. Simpson

When you are drawing the human figure, there are two or three ways you can go about this. You can construct a form using circular motions, which is a balloon form of construction. Or you can use a block form of construction. Or combine the two. Use whatever method is comfortable for you.

It really doesn't matter, as this is something that usually only you will see. The whole purpose is to create an animal or human form. You can be as messy as you want at this stage. While constructing the form, there are considerations in play such as muscles, proportions, liveliness and creating a figure that has substance and weight.

You can only express an outward figure correctly when you have a knowledge of the internal structure. You need to know the bones, and the muscles and tendons which connect and make action possible.

This will help you to construct figures from imagination, whether they are human, animal or insect. This will reduce your dependence on models in reference, so that you can greatly speed up production time of your work.

Learn the bones and muscles, then test your knowledge by making memory drawings. Your knowledge of anatomy will also greatly enhance the quality of your figure drawings when you're using a live model. You will be able to analyze the musculature with the understanding of how the form is created. Your observation skills will be increased, as you approach the figure more intelligently and become better at drawing it.

to be continued…

read next - How Do I Keep From Looking Goofy?
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12 - ArtRage 4.5 Canvas Grid Tool

ArtRage. Amazing, Essential, Ultimate Grid Tool

There are quite a bit of drawing and painting software out there. Some very expensive and some not so good. Some very inexpensive and are great to use. 

I will take some time to focus on them. First, we will start with ArtRage. 

ArtRage is drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve. And costs less than $50.

You may get ArtRage here.

This grid can be used for reference and has an additional interactive function. The grid is a very flexible tool and can be used for:

• general composition
• aligning elements for design work
• patterns and mazes
• blocky cityscapes
• lettering
• quick straight lines or squares

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11 - ArtRage 4.5 Improved Pencil Tool

ArtRage Artists. How to Have Better Point Control with Your Pencil

There are quite a bit of drawing and painting software out there. Some very expensive and some not so good. Some very inexpensive and are great to use. 

I will take some time to focus on them. First, we will start with ArtRage. 

ArtRage is drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve. And costs less than $50.

You may get ArtRage here.

Live Pencil Tilt

Tilt your stylus when using the pencil tool and it will appear on the canvas as a thicker line. This improvement helps to add the more natural touch of the pencil tool.

Precise must be turned off. 

Tilt must be visible in the Settings panel.

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10 - ArtRage 4 Interface with me Tutorial

ArtRage. How to Get A Grip on The Interface

There are quite a bit of drawing and painting software out there. Some very expensive and some not so good. Some very inexpensive and are great to use. 

I will take some time to focus on them. First, we will start with ArtRage. 

ArtRage is drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve. And costs less than $50.

You may get ArtRage here.

A look at the shiny new interface.

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9 - ArtRage 4 Stylus Properties and Recognition Tutorial

ArtRage. Unleash the Power of Your Stylus

There are quite a bit of drawing and painting software out there. Some very expensive and some not so good. Some very inexpensive and are great to use. 

I will take some time to focus on them. First, we will start with ArtRage. 

ArtRage is drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve. And costs less than $50.

You may get ArtRage here.

The tool system allows you to control which properties of the tool are affected by which

properties of the stylus. ArtRage 4 supports Wacom's Stylus ID System, so it can track each unique stylus that you use with it and the new Stylus Control Center allows you to allocate specific tool settings to specific styluses.

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8 - ArtRage 4 Symmetry Tool Tutorial

ArtRage. Your Mirror Can’t Do This

There are quite a bit of drawing and painting software out there. Some very expensive and some not so good. Some very inexpensive and are great to use. 

I will take some time to focus on them. First, we will start with ArtRage. 

ArtRage is drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve. And costs less than $50.

You may get ArtRage here

Provides on-canvas 'mirrors' that generate symmetrical strokes as you paint; with control
over the number, angle, center point of the axes and the type of symmetry (rotational
or mirrored).

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7 - ArtRage 4 Cloner Tool Tutorial

ArtrRage. How to Get A Grip on Cloning

There are quite a bit of drawing and painting software out there. Some very expensive and some not so good. Some very inexpensive and are great to use. 

I will take some time to focus on them. First, we will start with ArtRage. 

ArtRage is drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve. And costs less than $50.

You may get ArtRage here.

The new Clone Tool allows you to clone paint and photos on the canvas, including its texture and other physical properties.

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6 - ArtRage 4 Scrappy Noisy Views Tutorial

ArtRage. Is it noisy in here tor is it just me?

There are quite a bit of drawing and painting software out there. Some very expensive and some not so good. Some very inexpensive and are great to use.

I will take some time to focus on them. First, we will start with ArtRage.

ArtRage is drawing and painting program built from the ground up for artists. It very closely, simulates natural drawing and painting tools. It also has a very short learning curve. And costs less than $50.

You may get ArtRage here.

Scraps of paper you can pin and use for mixing colors, notes or making thumbnails or sketches

Views display all or part of the canvas and updates live as you paint.

New image filter adds noise to the canvas.

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