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Jan Op de Beeck

Caricature of master caricaturist Jan OpdeBeeck. This was my response to the caricature below he did of me.

Florian Satzinger: Drawing And Colouring The Fat Bird

Nine times of ten, my whole drawing and colouring process has just 5 steps:

I put up a small version of the fat bird's PSD file for download (zipped). So you can check out how I have it structured. Just click on the image below:

Rad Sechrist: Drawing from memory

This is a good exercise. This was done from life, but it's also good to try it from a photo. Look at a photo for 30 seconds and try to remember a few things and then draw without the photo. The nice thing about using a photo is you can look at it again and check how well you did.

Brian Wong: Drawing videos

Hey everyone, a couple more drawing videos.. I think there's one more left that's being processed.. and after that.. I'll try and make some new ones.. where there'll actually be some kind of commentary on them.

Edit: Here's video 007 as well!

Rad Sechrist: Drawing from your head

Here is another one. Someone asked about drawing from your head, or drawing people in action. I usually imagine what I will put down one piece at a time or imagine the arm in a new spot and decide if I want to move it. i can't quite imagine the entire pose clearly like some people do, but I'm working my way towards being able to do that. For quick sketch, or action poses from life, I try to remember 1 or 2 important things and make up the rest.

Rad Sechrist: What is drawing?

I'm constantly adapting and learning, but this is how I think about drawing right now. This information goes all the way into rendering with light and shadow. All the shadow shapes must be designed well and reinforce the direction with overlap.