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Improve your drawing skills spending just 30 minutes a day (week 2)

30 September 2009

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Improve your drawing skills spending just 30 minutes a day (week 2)

Hello buddies, this is the second post of my series improve your drawing skills spending just 30 min a day. This week we have 3 funny and short exercises that I´m sure you will enjoy. Basic shapes Exercise: choose an cartoon character you like. Your goal is finding the basic shapes of cartoon characters. Have [...]

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New article for PSDTuts: The ultimate guide of Wacom tablets

25 September 2009

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New article for PSDTuts: The ultimate guide of Wacom tablets

My lastest article for PSDTuts talks about the benefits of Wacom tablets, their advantages over their competitors, the choice of the right tablet… a very complete article I´m sure you will enjoy, here is a sneak peak: You can visit the full article by clicking on the image.

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Improve your drawing skills spending just 30 minutes a day (week 1)

20 September 2009

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Improve your drawing skills spending just 30 minutes a day (week 1)

We’re opening a new section, every Monday we’ll make quick and fun drawing exercises. I assure you that, spending only half an hour every day, you’re going to notice your own progress in quite a short time. These are the exercises I propose for this week: The silhouette Exercise: your task will be to express [...]

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When does a good portfolio replace an official degree?

10 September 2009

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When does a good portfolio replace an official degree?

Some days ago we commented the advantages and disadvantages of self-taught training versus official training, and we reached the conclusion that it would depend on our working aspirations, our personality and our resources. I’m really glad I received so many comments from people who make a living by themselves, without an official degree. Some people [...]

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8 top questions for newbie designers

5 September 2009

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8 top questions for newbie designers

A couple of days ago our friend Andreu, SOSNewbie reader, sent me an email with a serie of questions; it’s not the first time that that someone asks them, so i thought in writing this post. 1.- Do i need a degree to work as a designer? The answer is… depends… on what you want [...]

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Realistic Painting in Photoshop

1 September 2009

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