Up to this point, Linda has taken you through the materials you need to begin to draw, basic heads and features, and the basic body. Now, she’ll take you on a tour of the “hated hand,” the feature that many artists dread to draw. Instead of drawing those hands behind a back, learn how to draw those human paws with ease…and learn how much the human hand has in common with the human head…
Read MoreOnly when you understand anatomy can you draw the figure in every pose and make it look convincing. In this tutorial, Linda takes you on the beginner’s tour to artistic anatomy. You’ll learn how women differ from men in body structure, the tools you’ll need to begin to draw the human figure, and the route you’ll need to take before you begin to draw the figure in detail.
Read MoreLinda offered information on all the basic materials you need to learn how to draw in the previous article. In this tutorial, you’ll put your practice with circles and ovals to good use as you learn to draw the human head. She’ll cover the basics, including the head shape, eyes, mouth, and other features that lend expression to human emotions.
Read MoreYou might be out of the running if that new job requires drawing basics that you’ve never learned outside computer software programs. In this first of a series of tutorials, Linda will introduce drawing basics for the beginner. From this point you’ll learn how to draw the human figure and more so that you’ll have the skills it takes to compete in any design field.
Read MoreIt seems that some designers soak up colour theories with gusto, whereas other designers feel that colour represents an issue that’s best ignored and left to the “pros”. In this article, Linda talks to the latter designers, and shows you how to master colour with a bit of work and with the help of many new online tools especially designed to deal with the issues that Web designers encounter…
Read MoreLinda reviewed some of the Webby Award winners in 2006 and found that they lacked substance in the accessibility area – even the ones that were chosen for superb functionality. One year later, Linda found that accessibility and usability is prevalent among some winners, a factor that may have been influenced by the Webby Awards’ new standards and Website. But, is this competition worth entering, even with this year’s improvements?
Read MoreOver the past two weeks,
Last week, Linda walked you through the first portion of the PHP files contained within the three-column Gila WordPress theme to create an accessible layout for a blog. This week, she takes you through the header, side column, footer, and comments file and helps you to create a 404.php to add to the mix. The new version that you’ll create works well with recent WordPress updates. After this tutorial,
If you like to blog in WordPress, and if you’ve searched high and low for a three-column layout, you might have come across the “Gila” theme originally created by BloggingPro. While this theme works “out of the box” from the zip file, it’s an older version that spans the entire screen.
If you want to create a graphics box for your portfolio, but you don’t have a 3D software program, what do you do? If you have Photoshop, you can create a box with your own design that looks like you put it together with a snappy 3D program! In this tutorial, Linda leads you through the box creation and adds numerous other tips on how to make that image pop out with Photoshop CS2 magic.
Read MoreWithin the past few months, Linda has led you through several portfolio projects that will help you to expand your skills and offerings to clients and to potential employers. Now, in this last article to the portfolio series, Linda shows you how to put it all together. This tutorial covers the print portfolio as well as the CD and online portfolio with examples and guidelines.
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