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  • 5 Free Drawing Lessons for a Limited Time
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    5 Free Drawing Lessons for a Limited Time

    Elevate your drawing skills with free access to 5 lessons for a limited time. Dive into the world of art and unleash your creativity! We’re ending this month with a bang. Starting today, you can access five free drawing lessons that promise to ignite your artistic journey like never before! Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting out, these lessons are designed to spark your creativity and help you master the craft of drawing. So, get ready to sharpen your pencils, clear your canvases, and embark on an adventure filled with lines, shapes, and endless possibilities! These lessons will only be available for a limited time, starting from 00:00 CET on April 30th, 2024, and open for enrollment for just 15 days! Remember, to access these free lessons, you need to be registered at Domestika. So, if you’re not already part of our creative community, now’s the perfect time to join!

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  • How to Draw a Lion (+Free Download!)
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    How to Draw a Lion (+Free Download!)

    Unleash your creativity with our free PDF guide on How to Draw a Lion. Master the art of illustration and bring the king of the jungle to life on paper today! Ah, the art of drawing. It's like a dance between your imagination and the paper, isn't it? And what better subject to dance with than the majestic lion? With its regal mane and piercing gaze, the lion embodies strength, grace, and a touch of mystery. So, dear reader, if you're ready to embark on a wild artistic journey, grab your pencil and let's dive into the savannah of creativity! Illustration, drawing, and art transcend mere skills. They embody the essence of our souls, reflecting our deepest thoughts and dreams. Today, we're excited to share a delightful surprise: a complimentary PDF guide on How to Draw a Lion. Yes, you heard it right! A majestic lion, eagerly awaiting your touch to spring to life on the canvas.

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  • Photoshop Tutorial: Digital Brushes for Flat Illustration
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    Photoshop Tutorial: Digital Brushes for Flat Illustration

    Tools like Photoshop allow a wide variety of digital illustration processes, helping to simulate effects and textures that mimic traditional techniques. To do this, we use brushes that offer different ways to customize our strokes and painting effects in our designs. Illustrator and designer Willian Santiago (@williansantiagodg) teaches us how to use his favorite brushes, which simulate techniques such as chalk, watercolor, pencil, and a variety of other textures. Discover his tips in the video below:

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  • Illustrator Tutorial: Tips for Vectoring Sketches
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    Illustrator Tutorial: Tips for Vectoring Sketches

    Learn how to use your sketches and draw them with vectors to give the final touch to each element with Mauro Martins, graphic designer and bespoke illustrator Sketching helps us to organize ideas on paper, letting the line flow freely to give life to abstract figures that will later gain detail. It is at this stage that we can give free rein to our creativity. The next step is digitization, which requires more attention to detail and can be quite laborious, but it is essential to define your style and identity. To help you in this process, Mauro Martins (@mauromartins), graphic designer and illustrator, shares some tips to transform your sketches into a vector and give the final touch to each element. You can watch the tutorial here.

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  • Remembering Trina Robbins: in Comics History
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    Remembering Trina Robbins: in Comics History

    Trina Robbins, a luminary in every sense of the word, stands as a testament to the power of creativity, resilience, and advocacy. In the colorful tapestry of comic book history, there are figures whose influence reverberates far beyond the pages they've crafted.

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  • How To Color Hair (+Free Download)
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    How To Color Hair (+Free Download)

    Elevate your drawing skills with our free PDF tutorial on hair coloring. Unlock the secrets to vibrant and lifelike hair in just two steps! Have you ever been so engrossed in creating the perfect character, only to hit a roadblock when it comes to coloring their hair? Well, fear not, because we've got just the solution to breathe life into those flat strands and infuse your illustrations with vibrant hues! Hair is an essential element of character design, an expression of personality, and a canvas for creativity. Much like crafting the perfect hairstyle in real life, mastering the art of hair coloring in illustrations requires finesse, technique, and a touch of magic. Before we dive into the world of hair coloring, let's take a moment to revisit our first adventure in mastering the art of drawing hair. If you missed it, be sure to download that freebie as well!

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  • Illustration Tutorial: Shading Techniques with Ink
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    Illustration Tutorial: Shading Techniques with Ink

    Discover Fito Espinosa’s tips for shading your illustrations with ink to give them a professional edge When it comes to inking your drawings, shading is one of the most complicated techniques to get right. With acrylics, watercolors, or other painting and drawing materials, we use different tones to capture the shadows created when light hits an object. However, when using ink, we’re only working with one tone and we can't make it lighter or darker. In this blogpost, painter, illustrator, and visual artist Fito Espinosa (@fitoespinosa) teaches us different shading techniques using either black or color ink. You can watch the tutorial below:

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  • Unleash Your Illustration Skills with 3 Expert Tips from Urban Anna
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    Unleash Your Illustration Skills with 3 Expert Tips from Urban Anna

    Join Astrid Wielinga, aka Urban Anna, for invaluable tips on using fineliners in watercolor illustrations. Get inspired and learn more about her whimsical watercolor course. Calling all aspiring artists and seasoned illustrators alike! Get ready to elevate your artistry with three game changing tips from the talented Astrid Wielinga (@urbananna), also known as Urban Anna. In this article, we'll dive into Astrid's expert advice on using fineliners in watercolor illustrations, guaranteed to ignite your creativity and inspire your next masterpiece.

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  • Drawing Tutorial: Learn to Sketch Your Surroundings
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    Drawing Tutorial: Learn to Sketch Your Surroundings

    Dive deep into the art of drawing from observation with Astrid Wielinga, an expert in capturing the essence of surroundings through sketching. In this tutorial, you'll uncover essential techniques, from honing your observation skills to translating what you see onto paper with precision. Welcome to an exciting journey into the world of urban illustration! Today, we're thrilled to embark on an adventure guided by the talented Astrid Wielinga (@urbananna), also known as Urban Anna. Get ready to unleash your creativity as we explore Astrid's tutorial, where she shares invaluable insights on observing and sketching your surroundings with finesse.

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  • Watercolor Tutorial: How To Paint Eyes Step By Step
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    Watercolor Tutorial: How To Paint Eyes Step By Step

    Learn these basic tips to start working on your watercolor portrait eyes with Sol Barrios The eyes are the element of the face express the most and bring the most personality to a portrait. Therefore, it is important that we dedicate special attention and detail to them in our projects. In this tutorial, Sol Barrios (@solbarrios), watercolorist and muralist, teaches us how to approach the drawing of the eyes step by step in a watercolor portrait. You can follow the process in the following video:

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