For artists who are always looking for new faces to draw, The Sartorialist is invaluable. From my computer I can find faces from manhattan, paris, new delhi, etc to inspire my drawings by visiting the site. My main staple for models is still magazines but The Sartorialist has something that the magazines severely [...]
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I find markers really useful for getting high color concentration into those little areas too small for pastels and to create some color pops on ink drawings. I’ve been trying out different types lately, deciding whats for keeps and whats not working out.
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First, Chart-pak Ad Markers. I love [...]
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I love seeing other people’s workspaces and art studios. If you’re so inclined, there’s a flickr group dedicated to design boards, and it’s associated with a blog featuring artists interviews about their design boards. The art studio flickr group is also worth checking out.
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I’m always looking for photos of interesting places to house characters, inspire a scene, or fill in the gaps of a background already developed. Your Lovely Places blog (as seen in the left side column under ‘muse’) is a great place to find photos of interesting architecture or fauna for city, tropical, pastoral, [...]
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