Faber-Castell Polychromos vs Prismacolor Premier
Faber-Castell Polychromos vs Prismacolor Premier Welcome to the battle of the battles! When it comes to colored pencils the question is one: Faber-Castell or prismacolor? Over the years I have worked extensively with both brands and even though there is a ton of arguments on the internet, I wanted to add my own little voice. […]
Drawing Elsa with my kid’s pencils
Drawing Elsa with my kid’s pencils I borrowed my 3 year old daughter’s pencils the other day. An interesting experiment, primarily I wanted to see what can be achieved with kid’s pencils. And I wanted to feel like a three year old for a while! The pencils Used this 12 colored pencil set by Giotto, […]
Drawing the WonderWoman
After double graphite/colored pencil Aquaman, I thought I would do a similar drawing of Gal Gadot/WonderWoman. Unlike Aquaman, however, I had a lot of trouble with badass WonderWoman! (Well, I should have expected it, she’s … WonderWoman after all!). Anyways, hope I did her, well, Justice! Back to the drawing. Fist the graphite parts. That […]
Drawing Aquaman
Drawing Aquaman Drawing Jason Momoa as Aquaman today. As I mentioned before, I was the biggest cinema nerd before having my two babies. So it was not easy having my friends ranting about how great “Aquaman” was, still they can’t draw him, can’t they?? XD Anyways, tried to mix graphite and colored pencils here, which […]
3 Pencil Challenge: Drawing Wolverine
3 Pencil Challenge: Drawing Wolverine Drawing a color portrait with only 3 colored pencils. This is something I wanted to do for a long time, partly to challenge myself, partly to prove that I can do it and partly … just for fun! To loosen up and do something silly because sometimes we can get […]
Draw this again vol. 2: Steve Jobs
I have no words for this man. He was such a huge inspiration of mine. I know there is a lot of controversy around his name, but I believe he was a good man and great at what he did. He is one of the reasons I am such a huge Apple nerd. (If you […]
Tutorial: How to paint a simple Space Scene in Procreate
I’ve been always a sucker for everything Space: astronomy, technology, movies. It was a matter of time before I tried to paint something spacey! In fact, it took too long! Anyways, better late than never, here’s my little piece. Normally such stuff is a …piece of cake in photoshop! It requires a bit more effort […]
The Easiest Way to Draw Realistic Hair with Graphite
Like most pencil artists out there I was utterly intimidated by hair when i started drawing portraits. Not finding something that could actually help me, I started developing my own technique. After so many years, this initial way of drawing hair is still my favorite because it is the easiest, fastest and most accurate way […]
Painting Nathan Drake in Procreate and creating skintones
Painting Nathan Drake in Procreate and creating skintones When I was young(er) my wildest dream was to work in the game industry. Yep, I am a funny person! Naturally I abandoned my dream too soon but my love for game art is very much alive. When I saw this poster from Uncharted … all I […]