Hey guys, I've recently joined the awesome artist community at conceptart.org and wanted to give you guys a shout about the great downloadable tutorial videos they have on the website, which teach you loads of tips, tricks and work flows of great digital and traditional artists such as Jason Chan, Andrew Jones and Whit Brachna. Conceptart.org is a non-profit organization, so for the amount and quality of information that's being given away, you're definitely getting more than your money's worth. It's not like this stuff only applies to digital art either - much of the things you'll learn apply to all styles of 2d art so pixel artists can learn a lot as well.

Anyway, check out this section of the website. The video project is called Massive Black, and they've got quite a heap of videos to choose from about different aspects of digital art (e.g. weapon design, effectively using masks in photoshop, how to make a steam punk environment... etc)

I can't recommend these enough to aspiring digital artists who need a little more direction or inspiration. I've downloaded plenty already and will keep buying more because they've teached me so much.

Cheers,
Ceddo.

Hey,
I've been looking all over the web and where I live for a guide or a book for digital painting, and I've found two books that might be what I'm looking for but I'd like to make sure before I purchase anything. I basically want a book that explores the different ways of doing digital painting, techniques and brushes that could be used, step-by-step WIP's by the greats to show how they do it, etc.

Has anyone had the problem of not finding what they want, and can anyone link me to a good book or guide with what i'm looking for in it?

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(posted on Pixeljoint as well)

I'm creating a checkers inspired game, and I've now come to the stage of making the main screen. Here's what I've done so far. There are a few NPA elements in it.



The logo for the game needs to be done, and I'm having a hard time coming up with its' concept! Some elements that should be in it are a medieval-looking scroll (or something similar to that, if you have a better idea) and a medieval-looking crown.

Edit: a simplified version of the final logo will replace the current glowy text. The logo doesn't have to fit there on its' own, I can move things around or make it overlap the book if I need to.



I can't help but think that it lacks flow and dynamicism, but this is the furthest I've gotten to a decent logo.

Update:
I think I have something here. If this works out I'll make a fullscreen version.

I'm working on an Rpg, and I'm simply having too many issues with the character base! I finally managed to get a decent-looking frontal view, but now that I'm attempting the side-view, it's just the same thing all over, without the enthusiasm of starting a new piece.

So, people of pixelation! Help me get rid of my ugly mistakes, and help me make something great in their place!



(comments on the frontal view are also alright)

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