I've done some major spring cleaning and revised all 172 of the art lessons on my website with modern info! Also added 20 Blender tutorials. See this short intro video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCIWCBIfc0Y and then see the new tutorials here: http://www.neilblevins.com/art_lessons/art_lessons.htm
Happy new year everyone! Gonna start this year off with a few holiday doodles, but expect some bigger things coming up in the next few weeks as I kick 2025 into high gear!
Here's my year wrap up, my 9 most popular pieces of art from 2024. This year has been a complex roller coaster of awesome and terrible. For everyone in the entertainment industry, may 2025 be when things finally turn around for everyone, and we can focus again on making magic. Love you all!
My favorite robot sketches from 2024, think my next book will likely be Vol 2 of my sketchbook series, this time on robot heads.
A sister piece to Venrusi Forest 2, this is kind of the reverse shot looking the other way, maybe a few hours closer to sunset. Playing more with a painterly style, really trying to push the color complexity in this one.
For those of you who're interested in my 4 digital books in a bundle, added a package deal, you save almost $15 if you buy the set. Check it out here: https://artofsoulburn.gumroad.com/l/kufndh Maybe a good Christmas treat for yourself :)
I live near Seattle, and the whole region got hit was a major storm last week, half a million people without power for days. Only upside for me was more time to sketch, but lets not do that again, 4 days without power or heat in the house was not fun.
For students learning concept art, this lesson discusses the purpose of thumbnailing, the different techniques you can use (silhouette, line, 3d, color and photos), and under what situation a certain kind of sketch might be more appropriate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDEOUteE9g0
Got super inspired by the stylized brushstrokes of the film "The Wild Robot", and so decided to do a brushy painting in my Space Baroque Universe. This shows a view of the Venrusi's lush forests, along with a monk enjoying a moment on the hill.
Think it’s time to revive throwbackthursday. Here’s a bunch of color thumbnails I’ve made over the years, many of which led to more realistic paintings, but step 1 is always to try and capture the color / light / composition with as few distracting details as possible
