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RAW Edit For The Fro Week 60

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This time the image for the RAW edit of the week is taken by Adam Lerner backstage at the New York Fashion Week.

Other than I say in the vid the bit off focus on the eyes is caused rather by the the slow shutter speed than the shallow DOF.

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5 Minutes Freestyle Drawing #8

It’s a boy!

Yes, for the first time since I started this little series I could resist the temptation to draw a female character.

Another premiere is that I’m in real time in the video itself rather than speeding it up and doing the voice over. I thought this would cause me to stay within the five minutes.

And as you can see: forget about that!

This time you see me obey the guidelines I prepare for this drawing in Manga Studio entirely. This is because I want to give you a basic of how you can create something just by starting with some basic lines and shapes and then going from there.

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Ageing – How To Let Your Character Look Older

There is a little fact to know if you want to let your character look a little bit older. Let’s have a look at it in todays short video.

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Manga Studio Quick Tip #17

In today’s quick tip we have a look at how useful it can be to import a layer from a former drawing we made.

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RAW Edit For The Fro Week 59

As this week RAW file by Jared Polin contains without a doubt a cool looking model it’s time to participate in the weekly RAW edit thing. Yes, again.

This time I also have a little critique on the image itself.

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5 Minute Freestyle Drawing #7

For the first time this year it’s time again to do a freestyle drawing. I got some nice responses on this series so I will continue with this.

This time I decided to do a a girl in a pretty boring evening dress. Boring because it doesn’t accentuate a lot of the body so we are really fast done with the shape here.

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The Exposure Triangle Made Easy (Hopefully)

Traci told me via Google+ that she got lost when she watched my former video on Investigating the Scene before doing a shoot.

I should have mentioned that knowledge of the exposure triangle is mandatory in order to understand the explanation in mentioned video.

Even though there are plenty explanations of this triangle available on-line I decided to do my own in order to make the whole thing complete.

Enjoy:

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Scene Investigation Before Shooting At A Bird Show

If you consider doing a shoot at a bird show and you want to come home with a little more than the usual snap shot you probably want to prepare yourself and your camera settings for the shoot beforehand.

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