Hiyo! Today’s gathering of tutorials will focus on an important aspect that will make your comics more realistic – the proper use of light/shade and how to determine your light source. By having a fixed light source in your drawings, you can create some really dramatic and moody effects with your artwork. Check out some of the tutorials I’ve listed below by a number of artists to learn how these folks achieve their lighting/shading effects in their comics. Click here to continue…

Hi gang! It’s another download day here at idrawdigital. This week I have compiled a package of Urban Landscapes – city buildings, streets and alleys, all for use within your photo reference library. If your comic is situated in a big city, you’ll definitely want to pick up this package – there’s some great imagery to help you create the nuances of your own city. Click here to continue…

Hi folks! Tutorial Tuesday is going to be a basic one – I’m a bit under the weather currently so this may not be the best post, but I want to give you something that I feel is important in the world of drawing – some pointers on foreshortening. Check this out. Click here to continue…

If you’ve wondered why I’ve taken a few days off here and there, I suppose it’s time to let the cat out of the bag. I have a webcomic project I’ve been working on entitled El Cuervo, and I’ve finally created the website and released the first 5-6 pages of the comic. It’s going to be an ongoing webcomic that updates twice a week – on Mondays and Wednesdays. So while you’re waiting for your updates on idrawdigital, you can check out El Cuervo on the off days. Click here to continue…

Tutorial Tuesday is here, and this week we’re going to tackle the Female Figure in comics. The basic tutorials and tips I’m going to discuss here applies to drawing females in your typical American mainstream action-hero style. You’ll notice that females vary greatly from genre to genre – you wouldn’t necessarily use some of the tips in this tutorial to draw females in manga, or if you were doing an Indie style comic Click here to continue…

Tim Bradstreet is one of the quintessential noir styled illustrators who has lent his creative talents to creating book covers, movie storyboards and animation, roleplaying games, trading cards and posters. His versatility has garnered him much exposure over the years, a far cry from his early days when he struggled to be noticed. Click here to continue…

Hey there folks – Wednesday is here and that means a free download for your resource archive. This week, I’ve compiled a bunch of textures from around the Internet (most have been credited with the artist’s name in the title). Click here to continue…

A new week, a new tutorial! It’s Tutorial Tuesday again at idrawdigital. This week we’re going to create a demon portrait. Most demons are created in the likeness of the Christian interpretation of what Satan would look like – horns on the head, rugged skin, goat hooves for feet, jagged teeth and claws, etc. Click here to continue…

Here’s another DOWNLOAD from idrawdigital for your resource file. I have created and compiled a set of speech bubbles in vector format for use in your digital comics. You can play around with the paths to modify the shapes as you see fit. Click here to continue…

I know I’m a bit late on this one, but I feel you guys all deserve to see this stuff anyway. Here are some of the illustration frinds from around the Internet that I came across in March, and I want to share them with you.

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