Concept Art Tutorial- Character Development 01 (thumbnail sketches) Concept Art Tutorial

In this Concept Art tutorial you will learn Character design starting with using shapes to create thumbnails.

Concept Art Tutorial-Changing canvas size in Photoshop

Concept Art tutorial: Today we are going back to basics. I've been asked about this subject and I think it's very important to cover this topic of changing canvas size in Photoshop. For instance, if you have a slower pc, you can start off with your drawings at a lower resolution and only increase it once you are ready to work on details. Also, here is a video tutorial that explains how to enlarge your image size as well as canvas size and their differences. Hope you like it.

Concept Art Tutorial-Baby Sitter by Roy Stein-digital painting tutorial-

Concept Art tutorial: Here is how to use displacement map in Photoshop to add texture to your rock paintings. I personally use custom brushes and or images to achieve the same or even better results.

Concept Art Tutorial-Self portrait painting tutorial by Dominus

Concept Art tutorial: This is one interesting approach to self portrait in digital medium by Dominus
Link to this tutorial is here

Concept Art Tutorial-Digital Painting Landscape-Matte Painting by Frank Hong

Concept Art tutorial: Here is a new Matte painting concept art tutorial I recently found and it was created by Frank Hong. Hope you like it.

EPISODE 31 Creating World part2-Concept Art Tutorial

Want to learn how to create concept art environments for production? Check out
how Feng Zhu does whenever he's asked to do such job. Part 2 of 2.

EPISODE 31 Creating World part1-Concept Art Tutorial

Want to learn how to create concept art environments for production? Check out

how Feng Zhu does whenever he's asked to do such job. Part 1 of 2.

EPISODE 26 Sniper Vehicle part1-Concept Art Tutorial

Concept Art: Feng is back! Upon request, Feng takes you through a vehicle design of a sniper's nest. Part 1

EPISODE 26 Sniper Vehicle part2-concept art-Concept Art Tutorial

concept art:

Feng is back! Upon request, Feng takes you through a vehicle design of a sniper's nest. Part 2

EPISODE 25 Frankenstein part3-Concept Art Tutorial

Concept Art: Another Feng Zhu's tutorial. This time he takes a photo and uses it as a background plate to create an environment with his version of Frankenstein. Movie set design.

EPISODE 25 Frankenstein part2-concept art

Concept Art: Another Feng Zhu's tutorial. This time he takes a photo and uses it as a background plate to create an environment with his version of Frankenstein. Movie set design.

EPISODE 25 Frankenstein part1-Concept Art Tutorial

Concept Art tutorials: Another Feng Zhu's tutorial. This time he takes a photo and uses it as a background plate to create an environment with his version of Frankenstein. Movie set design.

EPISODE 23 The Siege part3-Concept Art Tutorial

Concept Art:Hey guys, long time no post. Here comes something new from Feng Zhu and his Fang Zhu school of Design

EPISODE 23 The Siege part2-Concept Art Tutorial

Concept Art: Hey guys, long time no post. Here comes something new from Feng Zhu and his Fang Zhu school of Design.

Game design and movie design Part 2

EPISODE 23 The Siege part1-Concept Art Tutorial

Concept Art. Hey guys, long time no post. Here comes something new from Feng Zhu and his Fang Zhu school of Design. Great

tutorial for game and cinema design. Part 1

Increase your website traffic

This might interest some of you out there. If you are looking to increase visitors to your portfolio, your online store or any other reason, visit this web site. Increase your traffic

Tutorial : Painting a digital portrait-Concept Art

portrait painting tutorial 
Concept Art: Very realisitc digital portrait tutorial. Hope you like it.

Painter Tutorial: Lord Of The Rings Characters Portraits-Concept Art

Concept Art: Lord of the Rings portrait painting tutorial done in Painter. This guy is very talented at getting realism in his celebrity portraits.

Photoshop Tutorial: Wonder Woman Pin Up Digital Painting by Roberto Campus-Concept Art

Concept Art: What an awesome skin rendering of wonder woman. Check out this comic book tutorial, Roberto goes from sketch to a more refined drawing to coloring the artwork. Enjoy.

How to draw a rock using textures in photoshop-concept art tutorial-Concept Art

Concept Art: Hey guys, here is a new tutorial provided by me. This time I'll show you how to paint a rock that's semi realistic and then use texure image in photoshop and overlay it to give that realisim to this pieace. You can use this method for anything else that you are creating to give that realism to your concept art. This is actually how professional artists in game art industry do to achieave that realism and take their work to the next level. Hope you guys like this and enjoy it. You can also subscribe to conceptartmasters youtube page at www.youtube.com/conceptartmasters.

Books you should get to improve! part 3-Concept Art

Concept Art: If you are really serious about taking your skills to a whole another level but can't afford to go to school like me, then I suggest you get this book. Here is a description from a web site: "Achieve new levels of creativity in digital art with Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery and FX. This fully revised new edition shows digital artists how to blend their traditional artistic skills and vision with the powerful tools and capabilities of Adobe Photoshop CS4. Photoshop CS4 Extended combines 2D, 3D, and video into its interface, truly enabling artists to combine mediums such as painting, photography, and sculpting into their digital creations. Each chapter is laid out as a complete tutorial that shows you how to use each of the amazing new Photoshop CS4 features to transform ordinary photos into incredible special effects and digital creations. You'll also find projects that illustrate the more practical uses of Photoshop to help you master your photo editing skills. All of the files needed to complete the tutorials are included online so you can spend more time expanding and challenging your creativity and less time worrying about the technical details. Get ready to harness the power of Photoshop CS4 to create both realistic images and fantastic effects."

Free Website Templates-Concept Art

Concept Art: Hey guys, just came across a great website that offers free web templates. Formats that you can find range from regular HTML to Flash websites. I know that all of you can't afford a professional custom web site designs so this is the second best option. They are professionally designed but they are created for everyone to use. I hope you like this

Concept Art Masters on Facebook-Concept Art

Concept Art: Hey guys, I would like to ask you for a favor. All of you that are fans of this great concept art tutorial blog, please follow the page on facebook and tell your friends who share the same interests to follow there and here. Thank you.Concept Art Masters on Facebook

EPISODE 3 Cert Class Demo part1-Concept Art

Concept Art: Forgot to post part 1 of this tutorial.

EPISODE 3 Cert Class Demo part3-Concept Art

Concept Art: Final part of Feng's tutorial. Have fun watching.

EPISODE 3 Cert Class Demo part2-Concept Art

Concept Art: Second part of Feng's tutorial. He continues to correct areas of his student's work and turns it into one amazing concept art finished product. Hope you like it.

EPISODE 17 Set Design Painting part3-Concept Art

Concept Art: Final tutorial on set design.

EPISODE 17 Set Design Painting part1-Concept Art

Concept Art: Set design with Feng. Part 1.

EPISODE 17 Set Design Painting part2-Concept Art

Concept Art: Set design with Feng. Part 2.

EPISODE 14 Transformers part4-Concept Art

Concept Art: Final tutorial of Transformers robot concept design.

EPISODE 14 Transformers part3-Concept Art

Concept Art: part 3 of transformers robot design & set design.

EPISODE 14 Transformers part2-Concept Art

Concept Art: Second part of set design for transformers as well as the character-robot design.

EPISODE 14 Transformers part1-Concept Art

Concept Art: Feng works on a set design as well as transformers character design.

He talks about changing images mood around to fit the feel and how

he created the transformers character itself.

EPISODE 18 Character Sketching part3-concept art

Concept Art: Final video of Fang's character design tutorial.

EPISODE 18 Character Sketching part2-Concept Art

Concept Art: Second part of Feng's character design tutorial. Awesome stuff.

EPISODE 18 Character Sketching part1-Concept Art

Concept Art: Feng's latest concept designs. This times it's a 3 part tutorial of

character sketching. Enjoy.

The Female Figure tutorial for comic book artists-Concept Art

Concept Art: Here is another female figure tutorial. Even though this one is more focused on comic book feel and look, principals are the same. If you click on that link, it will take you to Idrawdigital.com and you can find more comic book tutorials.

Ideal Proportions at various ages-male-Concept Art

Concept Art: Here are the correct proportions if you are looking to draw a man or a male child. This will also help you when dealing with character sheets.

Books you should get to improve! part 2-Concept Art

Concept Art: For all of the beginners out there that one day want to become an illustrator or concept artist, I recommend this. This will teach you the traditional approach of still life drawing by introducing you to the basics. You will learn basic shapes, perspective, light, value, space. When it comes to materials, you will need: charcoal and paper. It's important to learn the traditional way because it will help you out a lot when transferring that knowledge to digital.

Books you should get to improve!-Concept Art

Concept Art: Portrait drawing is important. Here is why, while learning how to do portraits, you will also learn the correct facial anatomy and proportions as well. You can kill 2 birds with one stone, so to speak.

Making of Set out for Lover-T.G.Jay

Here is another interesting tutorial. This one is more of a fantasy art work, creature/environment feel. Tutorial provided by T.G. Jay

Making of Fountain of Hell-Andreas Rocha

Andreas Rocha will walk you through this tutorial and show you how to use photo reference to create a hellish looking fountain.

how to draw aliens-Emrah Elmasli

Want to learn how to draw aliens and other creatures? This tutorial will take care of that. Follow Emrah Elmasli here.

Portrait Painting

We can't never get enough of portrait painting tutorials. We can always improve and see various techniques and just adapt those that fits us the best.

graffiti tutorials-

Ever wondered how to create those cool graffiti that you can see on subways and walls? Here is one cool tutorial by Peter Chan

Drawing a Dragon-Sandro Nunes

Another interesting tutorial on drawing dragons by Sandro Nunes. However, this dragon looks different and I think that's cool.
He's a cross between a dragon and a Predator.

Soccer Stadium-Jesse van Dijk

Lets create a concept art soccer stadium, shall we? Jesse van Dijk will show you his process of creating one awesome soccer stadium in Photoshop. You will learn to create realistic lighting as well.

Warior Wizard-Role playing character-David Munoz Velazquez

Have you ever wanted to create a video game character? I have. Here is one cool tutorial on creating a wizard.

female portrait-David Munoz Velazquez

Davi d Munoz Velazquez, walks you through this amazing female portrait painting tutorial. You will learn how to paint a female of Spanish descend.

Realistic Female figure- Xiao Bing

Well, this is another beautifully done female figure portrait. I believe that Xiao Bing used Photoshop for this female drawing tutorial.

Creature Design-Joe Slucher

Check out this cool creature design tutorial and see how Joe Slucher does his thumbnails, uses inspiration by studying turtles and also learn a few custom brushes for painting the sky and water.

digital matte painting-Sergey Musin

Sergey Musin will show you his way of creating this wonderful digital matte painting. Here is the great example where photo references come in handy. For royalty free images, please check out my previous post, scroll down the page until you get to it.

How to draw Demons-Roberto Campus

Want to learn to draw demons with long horns, big muscles and big fangs? Check this tutorial then provided by Robert Campus. Warning: There is nudity!

Drawing a Dragon

Christophe Vacher shows you his process of creating this dragon artwork.

digital painting tutorial-Brian Recktenwald

Brian Recktenwald will take you through his photo manipulation, Photoshop painting as well as 3dsMax. However, this tutorial tutorialis short so don't expect a lot of detailed description.

Making of Transformers Deathblow-Alon Chou

Transformers, robots in disguise! 
Anyways, today I'm posting this amazing tutorial on Transformers. You will learn the techniques that Alon Chou used to create this peace. This drawing tutorial is 3 pages long so it has good amount of detail. Enjoy.

digital painting tutorial-Robin Olausson

In this concept art tutorial, Robin Olausson will show you how he paints environments with superb detail and lighting. Like many other digital art tutorials, he uses photoshop to start with his painting and then includes stock photography to take this environment painting to the next level.

free stock photographs

This is one of the most important web sites an artist can possess in his/her library. Without proper references, our art work will not look nor feel as accurate. Fortunately this web site is free so take an advantage of this site and improve your drawings. image stock photography

Realistic Eye in 3DsMax

Alright, this tutorial goes out to all of you 3d buffs. You will learn how to create a realistic eye using 3dsMax. Realistic Eye tutorial

Making Of 'Beacon Tower-Andrew Berends

Another beautiful concept art tutorial. This time by Andrew Berends.  I think that image speaks for itself.

Character Maquettes- James Gurney

This tutorial is very interesting. I've been always struggling to figure out how to keep the same character look and feel whenever drawing character sheet in in different angles. This is one of the way to successfully accomplish that. Character Maquettes

Lighting key-Marco Bucci

Here is another light theory video tutorial. Marco Bucci creates 4 thumbnails of same subject and explores different light. Also, you will learn some color theory as well. Lighting Key

Painting Fundamentals-Marco Bucci

For any of you that needs to learn the fundamentals of painting, this video is for you. For those of you that already know this, it wouldn't be a bad idea to brush up on those skills. Painting Fundamentals-marcobucci

Junk Tree Paradise-Concept Art tutorial

Here is another interesting concept art tutorial. This one has that feel of the art from the game Fallout 3 which is cool and interesting. That said, I wanted to share this one with you guys. Enjoy. You will learn how to start off with a thumbnail and then develop it into a full concept art/illustration. Junk Tree Paradise-concept art tutorial

Light and Color-Tutorial

Hey guys, this post is one the most important ones if you really want to become a successful concept artist or any other artist at that. No matter how detailed your illustrations or concepts are, they are not going to look realistic without knowing how to properly introduce light that makes every painting look real. When it comes to color, well, you can't successfully add interest nor can you guide the eye of a viewer if you don't have good understanding of the color theory and how it works. These 2 are very important and also hard skills to master. If you become successful in these 2, your art work will improve drastically and get you ahead of others by far.
light and color-tutorial

Episode13_Alieninvasion_part4.avi

Feng Zhu part 4 of alien invasion concept art.

Episode13_Alieninvasion_part3

Feng Zhu part 3 of alien invasion concept art.

Episode13_Alieninvasion_part2.avi

Feng Zhu, part 2 of alien invasion concept art.

Episode13_Alieninvasion_part1.avi

Feng Zhu is awesome. Check out high resolution alien invasion concept art.

Like in his previous videos, he goes over the already finished product and talks about

how to improve it, what makes it strong composition wise, etc.

Jim Lee - Inks - Part 3 of 4

Final stage of Jim Lee's inking. Enjoy.

Jim Lee - Inks - Part 2 of 4

Check out how Jim Lee lays down the inking work.

Jim Lee - Pencils tutorial- Part 1 of 4

Check out how Jim Lee lays down the pencil work.

Jim Lee Drawing Batman and Superman at the Secret Stash P3

his is my favorite comic book artist: Jim Lee. Watch him draw batman, Superman, Silent J and Bob on a door. Very cool. Hard to see at the begining but as he progresses you will see the outcome. Amazing Work!!!

Jim Lee Drawing Batman and Superman at the Secret Stash P2

This is my favorite comic book artist: Jim Lee. Watch him draw batman, Superman, Silent J and Bob on a door. Very cool. Hard to see at the begining but as he progresses you will see the outcome.

Jim Lee Drawing Batman and Superman at the Secret Stash

This is my favorite comic book artist: Jim Lee. Watch him draw batman, Superman, Silent J and Bob on a door. Very cool. Hard to see at the begining but as he progresses you will see the outcome.

Speed Painting - Thor

Another cool speedpainting of Thor-Marvel comics superhero. Chuck Norris should play him :)

Thor by Idrawgirls.com

Check out this interesting speedpainting of Marvel superhero Thor.

If like me you are into superheros, then you will find this video interesting.

How To Draw Like An Imagineer

Learn how to draw like an imagineer Disney style.

How To Draw Like An Imagineer

Learn how to draw like an imagineer. This tutorial is brought to you by Disney!

shading technique - photoshop CS3

Learn how to shade in photoshop. This shading technique is useful.

Brush setup - Photoshop CS3

Another technical aspect of photoshop. Learn how to correctly set up your airbrush brush pen opacity before you start to draw.

ARMED - painting video demo 4 / 4

Fourth and final video of creating a female video game character.

Female video game character-ARMED - painting video demo 3 / 4

Part 3 of creating a female video game character.

Female video game character-ARMED - painting video demo 2 / 4

Second part of how to draw a female video game character.

Female video game character-ARMED - painting video demo 1 / 4

Learn to paint a female video game character in photoshop.

Video Tutorial -- creating depth with chromatic aberration and manual bl...

Interesting tutorial that teaches you how to create depth with chromatic aberration.

This is good since most of us can improve in this area especially when painting environments.

How to Render Concept Art Part 4: Adding Color

Learn techniques of using colors in photoshop. Part 4

How to Render Concept Art Part 3: Color Theory and Using Color

Learn some elements of color here as well as how to color this peace in photoshop. Part 3.

How To Render Concept Art Using Blending Modes: Part 2 Overlay Layer

This tutorial will teach you how to effectively use overlay layer in photoshop to add highlights to your drawings. Enjoy.

How to Render Concept Art Using Blending Modes: Part 1 - Multiply Layer

New update guys. Check out this nice tutorial. You will learn how to effectively use blending mode of photoshop to color your sketches the right way. Enjoy. Part 1

Dynamic Anatomy-Burne Hogarth

This is one hell of a good book. Dynamic Anatomy by Burne Hogarth!
If you are serious in becoming a professional concept artist that focuses on character or creature design or simple an illustrator, you have to get this book. This book has helped me a lot. What you can learn in this book are the following: every single muscle in the human body, how muscles interact with each other, skeletal structure, correct proportion of both male and female bodies, as well as hands and feet. You will also learn how to draw bodies in perspective, how bodies interact with objects such as sofas, chairs, etc. This is important to learn so that the bodies can look and feel natural in their environments.

Photoreference Speedpaint Demo 4/4

Part 4. From photo reference to speedpainting.

Photoreference Speedpaint Demo 3/4

Part 3. From photo reference to speedpainting.

Photoreference Speedpaint Demo 2/4

Second part of using photo reference to create a speedpainting.

Photoreference Speedpaint Demo 1/4

Here is one interesting tutorial (1 of 4). This one includes using photo reference for your speedpainting.

Firearm Concept Art 2

Second part of the how to draw a weapon.

Firearm Concept Art 1

Learn how to draw weapons by watching this tutorial.

Introduction to Landscapes

Want to learn how to draw landscapes? Here it is.

Introduction to drawing cloth/fabric

An awesome 34 minute tutorial on how to draw clothing and how fabric folds.

Digital Painting Color Notes

Learn from this tip. Which colors to use to get the realistic skin tones and avoid that chalky unrealistic feel.

Patience With Your Drawings

This one talks about the importance of developing patience when drawing. Drawingtutorialsonline.com

EPISODE 02 Line to Color part2

Another paint over by Fang Zhu. Watch and learn, learn how to improve your work! Part 2.

EPISODE 02 Line to Color part1

Another paint over by Fang Zhu. Watch and learn, learn how to improve your work! Part 1.

EPISODE 05 Snow Tanks part2

Second part of Feng's Snow Tanks concept environment!! Enjoy!!!

EPISODE 05 Snow Tanks part1

Feng does it again. Another awesome tutorial. He talks about the importance of perspective,

how to find it. How to develop the value for the painting that you are looking for. It's gold.

EPISODE 08 Skull Village part1

Awesome tutorial. Feng Zhu goes over one of his student's paintings, adds stuff on top of it to improve the look of the concept environment. Check out the rest of the videos on his youtube channel.

EPISODE 10 Sniper Nest part5

You have to see this video and subscribe to his youtube channel. Why? because it's Feng Zhu.

WARNING! This video is the part 5 to see the rest, go to his youtube page.

The Final Charge Trailer

This guy is a bad ass!!! Learn how to create amazing characters from Daarken.

You can also subscribe to his youtube channel. Enjoy!

Scribbles With Jonathan-Episode 15, Venom 2 of 2

one short but kick ass shading tutorial of Venom from Spiderman.

you can enjoy watching 30 different sketch/tutorials provided to you by Jonathan Rector!!

thumbnail tutorial-composition tutorial basics.wmv

Here is my other tutorial on how to start out with your thumbnails and composition basics. Sorry for the audio quality.

How to create a rock brush in Photoshop by Damjan.wmv

Here is my video tutorial that shows you how to create your own Rock brush in Photoshop. This one of my first tutorial videos so please bare with me.

Matte Painting tutorial-Urban Tiger

Here is one interesting matte painting tutorial. It's interesting because you will learn how to place a tiger in a urban environment in which it really doesn't belong to. matte painting tutorial

Create a Futuristic City in Daz Studio and Photoshop

This tutorial goes out to all of you that are more into 3D then 2D paintings. Learn how to create a futuristic city scape using Daz Studio and Photoshop. Futuristic City design

Create a I Robot in Photoshop

Actually, you will need something like program called Poser to create this cyborg and then use this tutorial to spice it up in photoshop. Create IROBOT in photoshop

Painting explosion in Photoshop

Guys, lets blow S@it up!
This is one awesome tutorial that will teach you how to create those cool explosions that you can use in your concept art, comic book illustration or simple design. painting explosion

Painting Fire and Smoke in Photoshop

Interesting but maybe not in depth tutorial on how to paint fire and smoke using photoshop.
Hope it's helpfull to you guys. painting fire and smoke in photoshop-tutorial

Equilibrium-Henning Ludvigsen

Check this out: Tutorial by Henning Ludvigsen
painting equilibrium

Painting realistic hands-Marta Dahlig.

Like mentioned earlier, hands are frequently neglected in various paintings because they are hard to execute. Keep practicing and you will get better at drawing realistic hands in no time. Tutorial by Marta Dahling.
how to paint realistic hands

Paint realistic ears-Katarina Sokolova

Many of the people tend to hide ears just like the hands and feet whenever they paint or illustrate their characters and or portraits. Learn how to properly paint realistic ears once and for all. By Katarina Sokolova how to paint realistic ears

The Custom Brush Guide: Fabric & costume-Marta Dahlig

Here comes a handy one. Struggling with which brush to use when painting clothing? This might
help you a lot. How to paint fabric & costumes

Hanagumori-Diane Ozdamar

This is amazing. Check out this tutorial which comes with videos and illustrations.Diane Ozdmar is one of a kind. Digital Painting Tutorial

Bioshock Tutorial-Roberto Campus

For all of you Bioshock fans out there, here is a good one. Roberto Campus take you step by step on how to create one of the Bioshock's characters.
Bioshock tutorial

Making of Spanish Girl-David Munoz Velazquez

Portrait of a Spanis Girl-David Munoz Velazquez

How to draw a dragon-Kerem Beyit

This is one kick ass dragon if you ask me, it reminds me of Granamyr from He-Man but more for the mature audience. Check this tutorial out by Kerem Beyit
making of bronze dragon

Making of Cold Sky-Vlad Kuprienko aKa Duke

What a beautiful sky! This tutorial is provided by Vlad Kuprienko aKa Duke.
realistic sky tutorial

Making of Fun Fair-Daniela Uhlig

I think that the image speaks for itself. Fun fair

For all of us who love the movie Superbad!

If you are like me and a huge fan of the movie Superbad, then you will find this tutorial very interesting.
Michael Cera painting portrait

Paint realistic looking lips-Katarina Sokolova

Sokolova teaches you how to paint realistic looking lips. 
Enjoy! paint realistic looking lips

Children’s Book Illustration-Nick Harris

Nick Harris shows you how to illustrate a children's book in this tutorial. Hope you find it interesting.
children's book illustration tutorial