4 Seasons. A Beautiful Piece from my new home in Thailand.

4 Seasons from Nestrasentra

This beautiful peice of art comes from Nestrasentra on Deviantart. The colors are amazing, and attempting to translate his Thai to English, it was part of his theme to pick a season, and incorporate many colors. I say he succeeded.

Be sure to check more of his amazing digital art in his Deviant Art Gallery. Certainly worth a watch.

How To: A Beginner's Tutorial to Pixel Art

Welcome to another edition... *cough* blog from How2Art. I was surfing on Tutorialblog, and found some interesting links on blogs for Pixel Art. As you should know, pixels are the individual little dots that make up an image on a display screen. So Pixel Art is painting those dots, individually, using computer software. Basically anyone with a PC can do it as well, with the basic Paint program preloaded with Windows! I picked just one of the tutorials listed, but you can get the others on Tutorialblog here.

Click here for the tutorial

Derek Yu writes an excellent how to on pixel art. He covers the basics to finishing and coloring your first work of pixel art. It really seems like it is simple, despite the effort you may have to put into it painting dot by dot. Follow his steps and you should be on the right path to gaining the basics of the design process.

Enjoy, and don't forget to subscribe to get more updates and simple tutorials to practice your art skills!

How-To: Draw a Chibi (Super-Deformed)

First off, I wanna say welcome to the blog. But, I wanna get straight into writing this, so let's do it!

The first entry here is a tutorial on how to draw a "Super Deformed" character.

Click here to go to the tutorial from Dejichan on DeviantArt.com

Dejichan does a really good job explaining how to draw these types of characters, giving a good explanation on what you can do to warm yourself up, and leaves post-production up to you. Make sure you check out this tutorial, as well as the other great pieces of art Dejichan has in her gallery.

Here is a quote on the style from Wikipedia:

"Super Deformed is a specific form of Japanese caricature, in which characters are drawn in a highly exaggerated manner. Those characters are typically small and chubby with stubby limbs and oversized heads. It is sometimes called chibi by some anime fans, though chibi is a different concept that refers more to a person's stature rather than the art style.

It is part of the Japanese culture, and is seen everywhere in Japan, from subway signs and advertising to anime and manga."

So let us hope the confusion surrounding Chibi and Super Deformed is cleared up for you! Enjoy drawing some new Chibi characters, and keep practicing everyday!