Digital painting, concept art and the tools shaping creative work.
A real look at the browser-based studio: reference images, a session timer, layers and a community wall, all built around a manageable daily study.
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Official artwork, character design and the ideas behind Ramón Núñez’s debut art book.
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A production study of Blender's cartoon short: expressive shapes, clear silhouettes and a background that supports the performance.
Blender's 2022 short and its open material library provide a starting point for designing surfaces with history, use and purpose.
David Revoy's published Spring paintings show how environments, characters and story development meet before a film is finished.
A practical introduction to frame-by-frame animation: keyframes, holds, onion skins and a manageable first exercise.
Matias Mendiola's documented workflow shows how rough drawings, simple meshes and a camera can help solve an environment together.
Clarity, Dehaze and Grain are now editable adjustment layers. For painters, the interesting question is where to leave an image alone.
A short, repeatable brush test explains why some strokes build smoothly and others leave unexpected bands.
Keep character colors inside a silhouette, revise edges and avoid repainting the same boundary every time.
Two paintings of Rouen Cathedral offer a practical starting point for designing lighting variations without redesigning the scene.
Apollo imagery offers more than a science-fiction mood board. Look for scale, function, material changes and the evidence behind each shape.
Lucasfilm's artists explain how real brushstrokes, local painting studies and a carefully mapped city shaped Maul – Shadow Lord.
The 5.3.4 update adds a practical finishing step for tablet painters, alongside recorder and interface fixes.
A closer look at the storyboarding workflow introduced in Blender 5.0—and why a painting student might care.
Caracas Animada’s fifth edition connects illustration, emerging projects and an animation community looking beyond the finished image.
A closer look at Ramón Núñez’s debut art book, with official promotional artwork, visual analysis, interview context and buying options.
A real look at the browser-based studio: reference images, a session timer, layers and a community wall, all built around a manageable daily study.
URef brings references, notes and creative connections into a shared workspace.
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