ART-ICKLES

A collection of art-ickles, where I look at various articles from art books, ImagineFX issues, and Character Design Quarterly magazines :)

GRAPHITE MAGAZINE ARTICLE 'ETHEREAL PORTRAITS, WITH SARA TEPES' : Episode 89 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

89 – GRAPHITE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ‘ETHEREAL PORTRAITS, WITH SARA TEPES’

An Article in Graphite Magazine issue 9, entitled ‘Ethereal Portraits, with Sara Tepes’, is the topic of this weeks episode; I study how Sara Tepes walks through the process of drawing a Traditional Pencil Portrait from her Imagination.

The entire process, from Sketch to final Detailing is covered, including stuff like :

Art Tools,
Facial Feature Relationships,
Portrait Drawing Process,
Lee Hammond,
Art Paradoxes,
Realistic Pencil Drawing Skills,
Spirituality,
How Less is More,
and the Beautiful Portrait Drawings of Sara Tepes :)

Really hope you enjoy this one

ART MAGAZINE ARTICLE : Episode 83 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

83 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘CHARACTERFUL CREATURES, WITH HALEY JUSTICE’

An Article in Issue 7 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Characterful Creatures, with Haley Justice’, is the topic of this episode, where Peter the Penguin and I talk about tings like:

Silhouettes,
Basic Shapes,
Capturing Movement,
Lines,
Shapes,
Finding Balance,
and Haley Justice’s Characterful Creatures :)

Really hope you enjoy this one, please let me know what you think in the comments :)

ART MAGAZINE ARTICLE : Episode 81 of the So Free Art Podcast, with Artist Sophie Lawson

81 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘CAPTURING A CHARATER’S ESSENCE, WITH SIMONE GRÜNEWALD’

Something a bit different for this one, as I go through an Article in Issue 1 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Capturing a Character’s Essence, with Simone Grünewald’.

I talk about stuff like

Thumbnails,
Gathering Reference,
Studying Characters,
Sketching,
Iterating,
and Simone Grünewald’s lovely Characters.

Really hope you like this one; please let me know what you think.

It will evolve overtime, but I’m hoping to do more of these as it was a lot of fun :)