Tutorials
Tutorials written by Firequill to help build your artistic skills. If you have a tutorial suggestion, feel free to mention it in the forum or guestbook.
Many of the tutorials here were made with Photoshop 7.0, but the tutorials themselves can be applied to pretty much any medium.
Many of the tutorials here were made with Photoshop 7.0, but the tutorials themselves can be applied to pretty much any medium.
Drawing
Lineart
Learn how to draw dynamic lineart that makes your drawing seem to "pop out of the page" by adjusting line thickness and implying shadow.
Learn how to draw dynamic lineart that makes your drawing seem to "pop out of the page" by adjusting line thickness and implying shadow.
Birds
A tutorial of multiple parts explaining some basic bird anatomy and steps you can take to draw them.
Heads • Full Bodies • Wings
A tutorial of multiple parts explaining some basic bird anatomy and steps you can take to draw them.
Heads • Full Bodies • Wings
Dragons
Learn about some basic dragon anatomy. So far covers how to draw dragon heads from various angles (side, front, 3/4 views) and dragon wings. Future tutorials will include the entire dragon and limbs/feet.
Heads • Full Bodies • Wings
Learn about some basic dragon anatomy. So far covers how to draw dragon heads from various angles (side, front, 3/4 views) and dragon wings. Future tutorials will include the entire dragon and limbs/feet.
Heads • Full Bodies • Wings
Colouring
Tutorials coming soon!
Effects
Frosty Edges
A tutorial on adding thick frost to the edges of things as a nice addition to cold/wintery scenes.
A tutorial on adding thick frost to the edges of things as a nice addition to cold/wintery scenes.
Tips
Removing Paper Lines
Use Photoshop to more or less "instantly" remove lines from any pencil drawings you've made on lined paper.
Use Photoshop to more or less "instantly" remove lines from any pencil drawings you've made on lined paper.