Comic Book Pin Ups with Joe Benitez: The Art of Sex Appeal through Pose and Expression
In this DVD, Joe Benitez unveils the secrets of drawing alluring comic book style pin-up characters. Sex appeal and allure is conveyed through many methods including stylized proportions, foreshortening, twists and curves. The importance of facial expression is also discussed in the context of conveying the right mood or emotion, along how this ties the character together.

Demonstration #1: "South Park Summer": "It is important to capture a sense of place in a landscape painting. You want the spontaneity of the outdoor study when referencing sketches in the studio (for example, one for clouds and composition, another for color). You try to paint as if you are in the field, keying your painting in quickly with strong shapes and correct values, capturing your critical information first, knowing what can be left until last."

In this series Sander will take you through three steps to create and complete a finished polished bird concept. He starts off with thumb-nailing and initial thinking, then takes you through creating different color palettes and scenarios for the selected thumbnail. To finish it off, a final polish pass is done to emphasize the details and bring out the full composition of the design.

When it comes to creating a quick concept or sketching out an idea for a project, few applications equip artists to do this as quickly and efficiently as Autodesk SketchBook Pro.

In this collection of lessons, we will learn about the process of drawing realistic animal anatomy. We’ll get started by taking a look at similarities between human anatomy and animal anatomy. From there we’ll learn the critical areas to look for in any animal and learn how to simplify and draw them in a two dimensional profile view. Next, we begin taking steps towards drawing our own three dimensional animals by learning how we can incorporate gesture drawing as well as action and rhythm. Finally, we’ll begin applying these simple principles by planning out and drawing an animal of our own. After completing this course, you will have all the tools you need to be able to look at an animal and then begin realistically rendering it.

By using the methods and techniques in this tutorial, you'll be able to digitally illustrate and push the creativity of your own clouds.
We'll begin by examining an image of the type of clouds that we want to draw our inspiration from followed drawing the outlines of our own cloud formation. Following this we'll roughly block in a base mid-tone, shadows, and highlights for our cloud.

Sketching out a character illustration can be a lot of fun. Giving that sketch life can be a challenging task, however. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, Ken Barthelmey will explain how to use Photoshop’s painting tools to turn a pencil sketch into a colorful and dynamic character illustration.

Over 20 years ago (in 1985, around the time Glenn was working at Disney) Glenn was hired by to record several drawing instruction lectures. ArtVideo produced 2 different series, titled "Language of Drawing" (containing 17 videos) and "Landscape Drawing & Painting" (containing 14 videos).

The work of Dr. Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, has enabled millions of people around the world to learn to draw. Here, we will introduce you to her teaching technique, a little of the theory behind it, and to an exercise that demonstrates its effectiveness. Dr. Betty Edwards’ drawing lessons on video/DVD are now available! The video or DVD are part of a complete Portfolio that includes all of the materials and tools you need to learn to draw in the comfort of your own home or to use in the classroom as an effective learning tool.

Whether you’re an artist or not, drawing the human body is a complex and difficult task. There are so many different shapes, sizes and proportions to consider that it can make your head spin. But it’s also a lot of fun if you know how to do it the right way, and that’s why Kirk Nelson is here. He’s back to teach the basics of drawing the human figure digitally, and he has a few techniques that will help you along your way. Now let’s start drawing!