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Initial thoughts on Procreate’s new brushes

Oct 16

Initial thoughts on Procreate’s new brushes

Oct 16

The differences between illustration & design

If you’d like to make something visual for someone other than yourself, perhaps this will be useful for you ✏️

Oct 11, 2024

Hello! I’d like to make (hopefully useful) posts about the skills, how-to and processes involved with rainbao. rainbao is a mix of design and illustration, so here’s a primer on the differences between them to make the skillsets (hopefully) easier to understand.

Oct 11, 2024

Exploded drawing series #1: Graphite pencil

Now that I’ve made pathway maps for learning art, I’m back with a series that goes in-depth about different traditional art media using…

Jan 6, 2023

A exploded-layer diagram showing four layers labeled “sealant/varnish”, “graphite”, “paper” and “drawing surface” in that order from top to bottom.

Jan 6, 2023

Life, Death and Intertextuality

Intertextuality, but make it people: the shaping of a person’s life by another life.

Aug 24, 2021

A close-up of two hands shaking as they twist open a jar.

Aug 24, 2021

Equilibrium and Social Safety

Studying stories gave me another space to think about racism.

Aug 24, 2021

A drawing of a city street. Paper lanterns hang above the buildings, which are coloured yellow and grey. A small figure stands outside a shop, looking down.

Aug 24, 2021

Shading Techniques for Dry Media

Hello! This is a guide to different shading techniques you can use with dry media like pencils, charcoal or even fineliners (for some of…

Jul 26, 2021

Example of a loose smudge, a more uniform smudge, and a smudged sphere.

Jul 26, 2021

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A complete guide to alcohol markers

A guide to alcohol markers including tips and techniques on how to use them.

Jul 20, 2021

An illustrated diagram showing the Copic Airbrush System. The marker, airbrush and aircan are all labelled.

Jul 20, 2021

Pathways to Learning Art

Hello! This is for anyone who wants to learn visual art but doesn’t know where to start. Learning art is a very multifaceted thing (which…

Jul 8, 2021

A flowchart showing a recommended order of learning for art skills: line, shape, shade, texture, light, colour, perspective and then composition.

Jul 8, 2021

Guide to Choosing Coloured Pencils

Hello! This is a guide on coloured pencils. This is meant to only be about the art materials and won’t include any drawing or shading tips…

Jul 7, 2021

A diagram of a pencil showing that a pencil core is made of fillers, binders, pigment and water.

Jul 7, 2021

Types of Pencils Used For Sketching and Shading (Guide)

Hello! This is a guide to graphite (aka lead) pencils. This guide is meant to only be about the art materials themselves and won’t include…

Jun 28, 2021

A jar of graphite powder with the caption “good for soft shading, smudging and making your own pencils”. Graphite sticks with the caption “no wooden casing means more room for side-shading”. Two pieces of lead labelled with “0.3–0.9mm for mechanical pencils and technical precision”, and “2mm for clutch pencils and more expressive drawing and shading”.

Jun 28, 2021

crystal

crystal

Explaining things and drawing things. Teaching on Outschool and Superprof ✏️🍎(links in about section) Selling art and designs at https://rainbaomart.com/

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