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How To: Make a helmet headcam

This video tutorial shows how to make your own rough and ready headcam/helmet camera for shooting videos or taking photographs at work. To do this project, you will need a helmet, mounting plate, and a video camera. Start taking pictures and footage hands-free. Watch and learn how to make this simple headcam.

How To: Make comfortable platform shoes for Burning Man

Don't get stuck at Burning Man in uncomfortable shoes, without sacrificing style. Learn how to make a pair of fuzzy, pink platforms that aren't going to tire out feet. This video fashion design tutorial shows how to make a comfy pair of platform sneakers.

How To: Make the Dali wine glass out of blown glass

Dean Smiley and Eliska Harmer, master glass blowers from New York show how to make one of their designs, the Dali glass. Follow along as the glass is blown and shaped, transforming from a molten blob into a beautiful glass. This video glass-blowing tutorial is an inspirational peek at an unusual form of art.

How To: Screenprint a necktie with sublimation ink and paper

This video silkscreening tutorial shows how to customize a necktie with sublimation ink and paper. Learn how to screeprint a necktie to create a unique piece of art, to wear as a tie!

How To: Sculpt a wire twisted scorpion with copper

Here is the first attempt to make a scorpion on video using copper wire bending.

How To: Sculpt a copper wire scorpion

Copper wire scorpion sculpture is designed by Daniel Burke of Torrington, Wyoming USA. He uses metal wire sculpture to bend this arachnid art.

How To: Draw a caricature of Bill Murray

Joe Bluhm goes over exaggeration and cartooning while sketching a digital caricature of Bill Murray. These principles will also apply to traditional drawing methods.

How To: Stitch up Simple's DIY shoe

Make a do-it-yourself shoe! This video sewing tutorial shows how to put together Simple's first DIY shoe. Watch and follow along to sew and assemble a hand-made shoe from Simple.

How To: Throw a clay churn on a pottery wheel

Stephen Hawks, resident potter in Westville, Georgia demonstrates how to throw a churn on a foot-wheel in two joined pieces. This fully functional clay churn can be used to make butter. Learn how to throw clay onto a foot-wheel pottery wheel to shape a butter churn by watching this video ceramics tutorial.

How To: Take and make 3D photos using a basic camera

This tutorial video will teach you to make photos into 3d masterpieces using simple software and a regular camera. Pretty soon, you'll have eye-popping results that will amaze all of your friends.

How To: Make a plaster mold of a skull

This video tutorial is a quick run-through on the process used to make a plaster mold from a skull, and then a couple casts from it.

How To: Draw Pichu the Pokemon

It's easy to learn to draw Pichu the Pokeman with this free tutorial! If you love this character and want to draw him, follow the lesson below and you'll have it down in a jiffy. Drawing Pichu is a lot of fun because this character has a lot of spunk and personality. Follow the guide and you'll know how to do the drawing, sketching, and coloring of this guy. When you know how to draw manga, you can have a lot of fun!

How To: Draw Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants

If you want to learn to draw Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants this simple guide will take you through the steps from start to finish easily and quickly. Drawing this character from the popular television series is a snap if you follow the free tutorial below -- it's a simple lesson that shows you how to do the drawing, sketching, and coloring of this guy. This one-eye villain may be bad, but he's so fun to draw! Give it a try and see how easy it is.

How To: Making and print a wet plate Collodion negative

This is a video demonstration of making a wet plate collodion negative, or ambrotype. Learn how to make a print a Collodion picture by watching this video photography tutorial.

How To: Varnish wet plate Collodion images

This video shows the process of varnishing a black glass Ambrotype. Not a high "wow-factor" here, but some practical knowledge needed in the process. It's very important to varnish wet plate images as they damage and tarnish easily. Learn how to varnish Collodion pictures by watching this video photography tutorial.

How To: Flow a glass photography plate with Collodion

Quinn Jacobson demonstrates how to flow a 4x5 glass plate to make a wet plate collodion negative. Learn how to prepare equipment for taking Collodion pictures by watching this video photography tutorial.

How To: Take photographs by the wet plate Collodian process

Quinn shows the entire 19th Century wet plate Collodion process step by step, including a brief history of the process. He talks about taking wet plate "on the road" (mobile photography). Learn how to take pictures using the Collodian method by watching this video photography tutorial.

How To: Learn the basics of body proportions for manga drawing

"Miki Falls" manga creator Mark Crilley presents a tutorial with tips on how to render a male body in proper proportion to the head. Learn how to sketch for anime or manga by watching this video drawing tutorial.

How To: Draw a Wookiee or Chewie from Star Wars

In addition to going over sketchbooks, this video tutorial focuses on all things Wookiee, and shows tricks on how to render a drawing without even a photo reference to look at. Learn how to sketch Star Wars by watching this how-to art video.

How To: Draw Luke Skywalker from Star Wars and complex figures

This video tutorial features all kinds of tips on drawing the human head; in this case you will learn how to draw Luke Skywalker and make starships out of simple shapes. Learn how to sketch Star Wars by watching this drawing video.

How To: Create high impact headshots

In this photography tutorial video, the self-appointed "Prince of Cheap" shows you how to use natural light and enhance it with continuous fluorescent light for some really killer headshots that stand strong! This photographs are really strong. In this 5 minute clip, David explains his thought process while you watch one of his garage shoots that lead to great quality and many "How'd he do that?" exclamations. This time you'll be able to see him on his session! How much can you learn in 5 min...

How To: Draw Sasuke from Naruto

This tutorial drawing video will teach you how to draw Sasuke Uchiha from the manga and anime known as Naruto. Sasuke is Naruto's friend in the series. This manga drawing video will show you how to draw Sasuke and pretty soon, you'll be an expert!

How To: Make flip flops from a yoga mat with threadbanger

There are tons of yoga mats out there dying to be reincarnated. This tutorial video from Threadbanger will teach you how to make your own flip flop sandals from yoga mats. This is a great project because you're recycling yoga mats and you get shoes!

How To: Make graffiti lace with Threadbanger

This video tutorial from Threadbanger will teach you how to use a cool technique and create graffiti lace. From this technique, you can make a tablecloth, dress, scarf and more. This is so great for creating unique patterns that nobody else will have, and use that old lace at the same time.

How To: Make a graffiti type airbrush

This tutorial video should help you make a "graffiti pen" with: a felt tip marker (not dried out), pliers, a hollowed out pen, and some paper. This is a great makeshift idea if you're trapped in school and don't have any sort of graffiti implement but you still want to fight the man.

How To: Compile a small lighting kit for photography

Check out this video of corporate/industrial photographer David Tejada's small location lighting kit and what criteria he used to compile it. Get tips from this how-to video.

How To: Draw a realistic human man

Learn how to draw a realistic and proportionate male human body on the computer. Learn how to draft a man's figure on a paint program, from basic sketch to developed drawing by following along with this instructional drawing video.

How To: Draw an exotic African okapi animal with Jan Brett

Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch an okapi, an endangered, African mammal, in this fun demonstrational video. Learn how to draw this beautiful and unusual animal by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. Even kids unfamiliar with Jan's work will enjoy sketching along.

How To: Draw a bunny rabbit with Jan Brett

Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a bunny in this instructional video. Learn how to draw and paint a rabbit by following Jan's simple directions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. Let kids join in the fun and draw their own bunny rabbit from these basic steps.

How To: Draw an African elephant with Jan Brett

Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch an African elephant in this video tutorial. Learn how to draw an elephant by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. Discover the wonders Jan unearthed in Africa, and find out how to bring that wonder home through the art of drawing. Kids will also like learning how to draw from these clear and simple directions.

How To: Draw a Siberian Husky dog with Jan Brett

Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a Siberian Husky dog. Learn how to draw a dog by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. This video tutorial gives instructions simple enough for even children to follow along.

How To: Draw a chicken with Jan Brett

Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a hen. Learn how to draw a chicken from this instructional video by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product: a hen. Even kids can follow along