Hot Fine Art How-Tos
How To: Draw Azure Kite from .hack//Link
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw azure kite. Start off by drawing the face, then draw on the hat and the upper body. Next, you will want to outline the rough draft that you first made and start to add in details. Color in the hair and the hat, as well as the skin and the outfit. Add in wrinkles and buttons on the clothing as well. Add in the eyes to the face and include the nose, mouth and ears. Place the tattoo on the side of the face, then add in shading on the entire body. When done,...
How To: Draw the Walt Disney character Dumbo
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Walt Disney character, Dumbo. First, draw the ears flying out in the air, then draw the head outline around it. After this, draw in the trunk outline, the eyes, and the hat. Next draw in the body and legs of the character as well. Next, color the background of the drawing and then start coloring the character in with gray. Next, use a paintbrush to outline the body, then add in any details you see fit. Color in the inside of the ears and then color in th...
How To: Draw a cartoon golden retriever puppy dog
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a cartoon golden retriever puppy dog. Start off by drawing the face with intersecting lines on it so you know where the nose, eyes and mouth go. Then, keep outlining the rest of the body including the legs and tail. Next, use a darker brush to go over the lines and make more of a detailed outline, including fur and eyes. Make sure to use lines on the side of the dog to make the hair look more realistic. After this, paint the inside of the dog using a lig...
How To: Make a silicone mold of a toy figurine
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a silicone mold of a toy figurine. First, roll out clay and press the bottom of the figurine into the center. Next, use a plastic bottle to create the mold box. Cut the bottom off of the bottle, then press the bottle into the clay to make sure the figurine is centered. Now, press the bottle down into the clay and make the silicone mixture. When you're done mixing, pour it into the bottle. Pour in a stream to avoid any bubbles inside of it. Let this sit o...
How To: Draw Neji Hyuga from the Naruto series
In this video, we learn how to draw Neji Hyuga from the Naruto series. Start by drawing the outline of the helmet, then add in a swirl that is on the front of it. After this, draw in the eyebrows and then draw in the eyes as well. Draw in the pupils and lines around the eyes. next, draw in the nose and draw in the mouth as well. Next, you will draw in the shirt and neck for the upper body of the character. To finish the drawing, you will draw in hair on the helmet and down through the face!
How To: Properly draw with a pencil
In this tutorial, we learn how to properly draw with a pencil. First, start off by drawing squares and see what it looks like when you color them in and shade them all differently. This will help you learn how to control your pencil and see how hard you have to press to make the shades look different. You can also scribble a line going from really dark to light. Make sure you are making a range of different colors so you are learning how the pressure on the pencil effects how the color comes ...
How To: Quickly draw Sonic the Hedgehog
In this video, we learn how to quickly draw Sonic the Hedgehog. Start off by drawing the eyes and eyebrows. Next, draw the ears on the side and connect the head around it. After this, start going to the side to draw the three spikes for the hair. After this, draw in the nose, mouth, pupils, and inside of the ears. Add in shading where appropriate and add highlights to the top of the head. Use a black paintbrush to draw the outline of Sonic darker. After this, finish the picture by coloring it...
How To: Draw a realistic skull
In this video, we learn how to draw a realistic skull. Start off by using a pencil to draw out the basic outline of the skull. After this, add in further details, such as shading on the side of the head to show that it is hollow. Also add in the sockets for the eyes and show where the nose is at. Draw in the jaw bone as well as the teeth and the jaw line around it. Draw on cracks to the face at different places to make it look more realistic. Add in shading and darker lines where you feel nec...
How To: Draw a 3D ball & cone
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a 3D ball and cone. First, draw a circle with two lines coming out the side of it. After this, add in shading to the bottom of the circle and then draw a shadow coming out of the bottom of the circle as well. After this, draw a light that is shining onto the ball. Make sure you are drawing a black crayon to get the best texture out of this. Draw in darker lines on the circle, then draw lines over the top of the ball and through where the light is shining...
How To: Make a flaming duct tape wallet with hidden pockets
Duct tape isn't only good for making sure your items don't fall out of your eBay shipments and for securing a rear view mirror in place after your drunken cousin knocked it off one night during a temper tantrum.
How To: Make your own maternity jeans
In this tutorial, we learn how to make your own maternity jeans. First, you will take you favorite jeans, then cut the panel all around, including where the button goes. After this, use any type of shirt and sew it onto the jeans. This will go onto your stomach and under your breasts while you are pregnant. You won't be able to tell that you made these, and they will look great. Remember you can use any type of shirt you want to make the panel, just make sure you don't want to wear it again. ...
How To: Draw a small town using complex levels
Complex levels is just a fancy name for multileveled, architectural structures in drawing. Complex levels drawing is used frequently by architects to help them envision and plan out the building, archway, walkway, and supports they'd like to build.
How To: Draw a cartoon fish with scales
In this video, we learn how to draw a cartoon fish with scales. First draw a circle for the body of the fish, followed by the details of the face and then the fins and tail. After this, color the background to look like the color of the sea. Now, take a black paintbrush and outline the details and body of the fish. Start to add in scales around the body that are small and colored red. After this, draw bubbles coming out of the fish's mouth. Color the fins and tail yellow, then color the eye b...
How To: Draw a young, innocent-looking manga girl
Yes, we know, most manga girls look innocent anyways (though the same isn't always true for their personalities), but this manga girl is truly adorable and friendly-looking. Of course, the big, bright childish eyes and pursed lips probably help with that.
How To: Make a face more symmetrical and balanced in Photoshop
The relationship between one side of your body - including your face - to the other is not like that of a twin to a twin. Rather, most people don't know that the left and right side are more like sisters than twins. This means that one leg may be a millionth of a degree shorter, or that your left ear is slightly smaller than your right.
How To: Draw an 18 wheeler semi truck
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw an 18 wheeler semi truck. Start out using a pencil to draw the outline of the truck, using lines on a vertical point to make sure everything is even. After this, use your pencil to smudge darker marks throughout the truck. Next, use the pencil to make darker lines for the outline of the truck and add in more details to it. Make sure to draw in the tires, as well as the windshield and the headlights. Turn the paper around to get the best angles while draw...
How To: Create a crazy, cross-eyed person effect in Photoshop
When we think about Photoshop, we think about the desire to look beautiful and "perfect." Celebrities get airbrushed and Photoshoped all the time when they appear in magazines in order to make their faces appear slimmer, their thighs smaller, their lips more voluminous, etc. Photoshop is usually a tool that enhances beauty.
How To: Trim a slapped and impressed tea bowl with Simon Leach
Even the best potters don't always get a perfectly finished vase, pot, or jar immediately after throwing. In fact, it's actually quite common for a potter to go back over his work and trim off or reshape the uneven parts to achieve a balanced finish. This is precisely what master potter Simon Leach does in this pottery video.
How To: Draw a gangster graffiti character
In this video, we learn how to draw a gangster graffiti character. Start out by drawing the eyes and the top of the head. After this, draw on the nose and mouth, with sharp teeth coming out of the mouth. Also, draw in the eyebrows and a scar on the top of the head. Continue down the body to draw the chest and arms, with one arm holding a spray paint bottle. Next, draw very baggy jeans on the legs, then raw over-sized shoes onto the bottom. Make sure to add in further details to make the drawi...
How To: Make criss cross textured tea bowls with Simon Leach
Master potter Simon Leach is so good at what he does because he follows his own advice: practice, practice, practice! In this tutorial by Simon Leach, you'll watch Leach as he throws and sculpts a very pretty textured tea bowl. Using his fingers to help mold the tall form, Leach skillfully applies a lower rim and then adds a criss cross pattern by slapping a textured mold onto the pot's side.
How To: Draw a gothic blue cross with a heart and rose
Contrary to popular belief, graffiti doesn't have to be all tough names, tough tags, and tough gansters. In fact, you can draw just about any subject you want using the graffiti style in order to make it look cooler and more street beautiful. But don't take our word for it.
How To: Color and shade the name "Real" in graffiti with Wizard
For this fun drawing tutorial, graffiti genius Wizard does two things he's never done before: 1. He graffitis his own last name, "Real," and 2. He colors in his graffiti, which includes clowns that could scare the pants off of the Joker, a bumpy brick wall, and a teeny bumble bee/clown hybrid who's more creepy than cute.
How To: Draw a malevolent killer clown with Wizard
Clowns are the stuff of the most horrible nightmares for us, but if you're one of the few who either find them funny or find them entertaining in a really creepy way, then this is the perfect drawing tutorial for you.
How To: Use the chattering surface technique to sculpt a tall form pot
There are lots of techniques you can use to throw a pot and to sculpt and mold it, but when you get a big order for a batch of pots, the best technique you can use is the technique that will produce the largest quantity in the least amount of time.
How To: Use the chattering technique on a flat form pottery piece
Are you looking to make your pottery projects more quickly and with less stress? Then this is the perfect tutorial for you. Lakeside Pottery shows you step by step how to flatten and shape a flat form pottery piece using a chattering technique.
How To: Draw the Seven Dwarfs from Disney's "Snow White"
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw the Seven Dwarfs from Disney's Snow White. First, you will outline all the bodies of the different characters laying next to each other. After this, start to fill in the details of the faces and the outfits of the characters. Next, add in the colors of all the outfits, and add in the eye color and mouth colors. Continue to add in details of the clothing, adding the belts and the buttons of the outfits. Erase the lines that aren't needed, then fill in the...
How To: Draw a fashion sketch with Threadbanger & Simplicity
In this video, we learn how to draw a fashion sketch. Start off by using a fine pen and drawing the silhouette of a woman. Draw on the outfit to the woman, adding in all the fine details. Draw in ruffles of the clothing as well as the prints of clothing you are going to use. Use a colored pencil to color in the picture so you know what colors you want the clothes to come out like. Shadow the model slightly to make it look more realistic, then finish up the details of the image. When finished,...
How To: Draw a manga chibi eye
In this video, we learn how to draw a manga chibi eye. Start off by drawing an outline of the eye with the round middle and the lines on top and on the bottom. After this, start to add in the small details of the eye, like the pupil and shine marks on it. Next, start to shade in the eye and make the lines thicker. Continue to draw in black until the back of the eye is covered black and another portion of the eye is white. Switch back and forth between different pencils to help you color in di...
How To: Draw penguins
Shoo Rayner teaches us how to draw penguins in this tutorial. Start off by drawing a boxed shape for the body, then draw the head and beak onto the top. After this draw on the windows as well as the belly and the feet of the penguin. Use a light pencil while you are doing this, since it's just the outline. After this, draw the inner body of the penguin, then start adding further details. Use a darker pen or pencil to draw over the outline and create the entire penguin. You can draw from the s...
How To: Draw foreshortened figures
In this video, we learn how to draw foreshortened figures. First draw a circle and then continue drawing other circles to connect them together and make an out line. After you have drawn these, you will start to outline the circles so you see a body detail coming out of the drawing. Draw in the legs and the arms as well as the head. Don't worry about adding details to this, it's all about drawing just the figure. Shade on the different areas and add in lines to make the figure look more reali...
How To: Write the letter R in calligraphy copperplate
In this video, we learn how to write the letter "r" in calligraphy copperplate. Start out by dipping your calligraphy pen into ink, then creating a curved line with a dot at the end of it. Next, fill in the line so it is smooth and there are not ragged edges. Next, draw a large swirl on the left side next to the curved line, then draw it over to make the initial loop on the "r". After this, create a loop in the middle, then draw it back down to make the end hump of the "r". After this, draw i...
How To: Robin Rhode Knows How To Play With Himself
South African born artist Robin Rhode combines street art with optical trickery, resulting in a cumulation of performance, graffiti, drawing, film and photography.
HowTo: Make Your Own Magical Orbs of Light
Join in on the light-writing magic! Flickr user evilKitchen demonstrates how to build a switchable, spinnable multicolor LED bundle for making graffiti orbs of light (as seen previously in Wonderment).
How To: Draw a perfect cylinder using a right angle prism as a guide
Drawing cylinders, like drawing circles, is easy stuff. But drawing perfect cylinders, minutely calibrated edges and angles and all, is often impossible unless you have the right method and the right tools. Rather than lazily sketching your way to a mediocre cylinder, why not improve your drawing and drafting ability by crafting a perfect one?
How To: Draw an anatomically correct human head
You can't accurately draw a human face - heck, any part of a human body - without knowing about how the underlying bones and muscles contribute to structure. And while disecting is by far the best thing you can do to improve your knowledge in these two fields, we don't all have the ability to do such things. So this video is the next best alternative.
How To: Draw an anatomically correct man in motion
We can't seem to divulge ourselves from our stick figures, which we perfected to an art in second grade. But if you're a true artist who's looking to become better at realistically rendering a human body, then you've come to the right place.
HowTo: Make Magical Bokeh Photographs
Hongkiat has compiled a collection of beautiful examples of "Bokeh" photography (1, 2):
How To: Make a DIY front surface mirror (cheap, small & circular)
If you consider yourself a "laser" man, then you probably know all about front-surface mirrors. But do you know how to make an FS mirror? This video from AP Digital light will show you how to make cheap first surface mirrors.
How To: Draw an isometric holed square prism using a template
Give life to your drawings by busting them out in three dimensions. Two dimensional drawings are cool, but creating images in 3D helps to give them life and vitality, not to mention believability, traits that are very important if you're looking to get into architecture or drafting.
How To: Draw an isometric pyramid inside a cube
Fashionable things come and go (remember gladiator sandals?), but truly cool things stay around forever. Take pyramids, for instance. Since the Egyptians (well, arguably, the Mesopotamians) invented them more than two thousand years ago, they still fascinate people all around the world, and the Giza pyramids are still one of Egypt's top tourist traps. And songstress Charice recently devoted an entire song to pyramids.