Yay, Artbooks have arrived!

Finally I have them, I read them and smell them)))

Combat Sim Randomizer and Generators for artists

Sometimes I get stuck and frustrated, I don't know what topic to choose for painting or sketching. To resolve that problem, I find generators to be an useful thing, here are some of them:

City generator
Character generator
Lots of various generators

So here is very simple script that gives you 3 random numbers according to Autodestruct's Combat Sim 1 Virtual Art Director (read his very very cool article about concepting!). Just open it in a browser and press "refresh" to change numbers. Hope it helps))

Dowload file

If you don't want to download , just make .html  file and paste the text below:

Concepts studies

Bunch of concepts done as a homework for Roman Guro Concept Art class:

Free Digital Painting video tutorials

Here are some great tutorials you should see. What I value the most - not just showing a process of good painting, but also explaining WHY and HOW.

Cartoon movies production Art

A lot of great stuff here: http://livlily.blogspot.com/
Especially I love Tangled's Art - great color keys, locations and, off course, characters ) http://livlily.blogspot.com/2011/11/tangled-2010-visual-development_29.html

Wang Yi Guang

I've just fell in love... That's beautiful!

Roman Guro online class - Skin color study

Painting skin was a real challenge for me. To find all those colors you barely see is not so easy :)