Smith Micro Anime Studio 9 Video Tutorials

These Video Tutorials were designed to help beginners, aspiring animators and digital artists learn more about Anime Studio. Take a walk-through of a variety of topics and features in Anime Studio Debut and Pro.

CG Masters – Car Modeling and Texturing

CG Masters – Car Modeling and Texturing

CG Master Christopher Plush takes you for a ride in this 10-hour training DVD teaching you how to create a 2012 Camaro ZL1 from start to finish, including modeling, texturing, lighting, compositing, and even creating a studio environment for the final render! Experience the entire creation process and learn all the techniques you need to know to create production-quality car renders in this extensive training course. Over 30 hours have been recorded and condensed into a content packed 10-hour DVD.

Character Mentor – Learn by Example to Use Expressions, Poses, and Staging to Bring Your Characters to Life

Character Mentor – Learn by Example to Use Expressions, Poses, and Staging to Bring Your Characters to Life

PDF | 8.96 MB

You’ve researched your character extensively, tailored her to your audience, sketched hundreds of versions, and now you lean back content as you gaze at your final character model sheet. But now what? Whether you want to use her in an animated film, television show, video game, web comic, or children’s book, you’re going to have to make her perform. How a character looks and is costumed starts to tell her story, but her body language reveals even more. Character Mentor shows you how to pose your character, create emotion through facial expressions, and stage your character to create drama. Author Tom Bancroft addresses each topic with clear, concise prose, and then shows you what he really means through commenting on and redrawing artwork from a variety of student “apprentices.” His assignments allow you to join in and bring your drawing to the next level with concrete techniques, as well as more theoretical analysis. Character Mentor is an apprenticeship in a book.

How to Draw Manga Volume 4 – Dressing Your Characters in Casual Wear

How to Draw Manga Volume 4 – Dressing Your Characters in Casual Wear

PDF | 13.25 MB

In this volume, which targets all levels of manga artists, from those first starting out to the highly advanced, explanations of techniques in drawing maid uniforms and the traditional dress of miko (maiden in the service of a Shinto shrine) are provided along with copious amounts of images. Examples of explanations are those provided on the pieces making up the uniform most commonly used in illustrations. This is a unique publication, focusing on maids and miko, a topic previously attempted.

How to Draw Manga Volume 2 – Compiling Characters

How to Draw Manga Volume 2 – Compiling Characters

PDF | 111.04 MB

The second in a surprise hit series. A host of techniques are introduced, including the motion lines and structure lines that always appear in manga, along with shading techniques and how to express texture. You won’t find another instructional guide as easy to follow or as awesome.

How to Draw Manga Volume 1 – Compiling Characters

How to Draw Manga Volume 1 – Compiling Characters

PDF | 107.80 MB

This is an authentic instructional book aimed at the advancement of manga and prepared by a group of assistants to the popular manga artists, Yu Kinutani. It begins with the use of drawing utensils and covers character faces, full bodies, arms legs, etc. Everything is presented using an easy-to-understand “block” method of instruction.

video2brain – Focus on Digital Painting – English

video2brain – Focus on Digital Painting – English

Duration: 2 hrs 15 min | 312 MB

Use Photoshop to Create Artwork from Scratch

In this unique workshop, you’ll work along with digital artist Daniel Lieske as he uses Photoshop tools and techniques to create an electronic painting from scratch. You won’t just learn to make your own brushes and work with layers and blend modes; you’ll also get inside the creative process as Daniel uses intuitive composition techniques to develop an abstract image, then emphasizes certain aspects of that image to create the final artwork.