Tutorials

Digital Caricature Podcast: Angie’s Phalangies Ep. 002

Written by Angie

In this second episode of Angie’s Phalangies, we go into a longer description on what tools Angie uses for creating efficient caricatures. Digital Caricature Podcast: Angie’s Phalangies Ep. 002

Digital Caricature Podcast: Angie’s Phalangies Ep. 001

Written by Angie

In this first episode of Angie’s Phalangies, we go into a short description on how to setup Corel Painter for doing efficient caricatures. Digital Caricature Podcast: Angie’s Phalangies Ep. 001

Creating a Facebook Fan Page for Artists and Entertainers

Written by Scott

Many artists, magicians, and comedians have been using Facebook more frequently for marketing purposes. This is one of the more popular social media sites and a Fan Page is the perfect solution to building a community around you and your brand.

Spreading the Word: Marketing Tip for Caricature Artists

Written by Angie

Here’s a quick little tip for caricature artists doing live events. In fact, I do this for both Live Digital and Traditional Easel caricatures: custom labels on each drawing.

How to Build a Caricature Display Board for Live Events

Written by Scott

For years at events, Angie has used a custom display board that I built. Since then, we’ve given a few out as gifts to friends and many other artists have been asking how it was made.

The Creative Process of a Digital Cartoon Design

Written by Angie

Since many people have asked about my design process, I thought I’d share the breakdown. A step by step of the cartoon being created.

Toon Boom Tutorial Published!

Written by Angie

Recently, one of my animation tutorials was published in an international publication, called Exaggerated Features. This tutorial goes over getting started in Toon Boom.

Photoshop Brush Set Download: Coffee 1

Written by Scott

As many of you know, I’m an avid coffee lover. I also needed to create a word paper look for a project recently and used some coffee stains to add to that feel. This is our second set of Photoshop Brush downloads, based entirely on coffee stains!

Photoshop Brush Set Download: Markers 1

Written by Scott

Digital Blacksmiths is proud to offer our first set of original Photoshop Brushes. We use customized Photoshop brushes every day and have created a large library of these brushes.

Photoshop Tip: Creating Stroke Outlines

Written by Angie

A rather simple tutorial on adding a stroke to the edge of a layer item in Photoshop. This is geared towards Photoshop CS4, but can be done in previous versions as well.

Smart Objects in Photoshop CS4

Written by Scott

Photoshop introduced a great little feature awhile back in CS2 called Smart Objects. This handy little feature was ignored by yours truly at first. Then I began to understand the power behind this little gem.

Custom Brushes in Photoshop

Written by Scott

Photoshop has tons of built in brushes, and countless more on the web, but sometimes we need a specific type of brush look. For this, we learn to create custom brushes in Photoshop.

Corel Painter Video: Portrait Drawing Demo 01

Written by Angie

This is a time lapse video I created while creating a caricature in Corel Painter, my “weapon of choice” for these types of fun designs.

Becoming a Wacom Cintiq Tablet Power User – Pt 1

Written by Scott

This is the first in a multi-part series on becoming a Cintiq Power User, making you a more efficient and talented artist. In this first part, we begin some tips to setting up your Wacom tablet.