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Krishna M. Sadasivam

Krishna M. Sadasivam is the creator of "The PC Weenies". He has been creating comics on the web for over 13 years, and works as a freelance illustrator / cartoonist.

Quick Tip: The Line of Action, Make Your Character Poses More Dynamic!

Quick Tip: The Line of Action, Make Your Character Poses More Dynamic!

The line of action is a key ingredient to making your character’s poses look more dynamic. In this guide, we will explore what the line of action is and how it can be used to make your character poses come alive.

Quick Tip: Brainstorming Head Design, a Focus on the Eye Line

Quick Tip: Brainstorming Head Design, a Focus on the Eye Line

Varying the horizontal axis line (the eyeline) and adjusting the spacing of the eyes are two excellent methods used to brainstorm new character designs. In this tutorial, we look at a few simple, but effective, techniques you can employ to give your characters personality while making them both fresh and visually interesting.

Quick Tip: Creating a Custom Brush Illustration with Sketchbook Pro and CocoaPoTrace
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Quick Tip: Creating a Custom Brush Illustration with Sketchbook Pro and CocoaPoTrace

In the following video tutorial, you will learn how to customize Autodesk Sketchbook Pro’s pencil tool to develop a nice, streamlined brush that you can use for digital inking. Next, we’ll take digital line art from a raster-based Photoshop file and quickly convert it into a vectorized format using the freely available CocoaPoTrace application.