Concept Library

Handpicked Concept art references & tutorials

Anonymous asked: Just a comment. I recently stumbled onto this tumblr and I have to say that I'm glad that you put up so much stuff on here. It's inspiring.

I’m glad you like it, I created this blog as a resource of inspiration for all the artists out there looking for references, tips or tutorials to improve their skills. Your feedback means a lot to me, it shows I’m on the right track to this purpose.

If any of you, visitors of my site, have any suggestions regarding the content of this blog, please let me know, they will be regarded.

Thank you!

Really hard to find advices on hatching and crosshatching in this tutorial from Sycra. Seriously, take a look, it may improve your drawing skills.

Mindblowing gallery of macro photography from master Igor Siwanowicz that could serve as inspiration for your creature design drawings.

(Source: pxleyes.com)

Do you also suffer from “bad ellipse” syndrome? Learn how to construct the perfect ellipse in perspective with this very easy to follow tutorial written by Douglas Flynt.

Do you also suffer from “bad ellipse” syndrome? Learn how to construct the perfect ellipse in perspective with this very easy to follow tutorial written by Douglas Flynt.

You need to learn how steampunk machines work to be able to draw them. I found this very informative tutorial written by a concept artist that builds steam powered machines as a hobby, check his article and his gallery at crabfu.com. (Images are courtesy of the artist)

You need to learn how steampunk machines work to be able to draw them. I found this very informative tutorial written by a concept artist that builds steam powered machines as a hobby, check his article and his gallery at crabfu.com. (Images are courtesy of the artist)

danipat:

Learning anatomy drawing is important. Period. Whatever you plan to draw and however you plan to draw it you need to have an idea of what it actually looks like, practice in realism, before you plan to move on to creative interpretation.

Here are examples of all different kinds of athletic body types to illustrate the importance of knowing what sort of “built” look you will need to go for when drawing and designing a character. Not all fit is the same fit and it is so hard to find adequate variety when looking for references. These were linked by a talented comic artist Nina Matsumoto. Here site can be found here http://ninamatsumoto.wordpress.com/

A good sampling of her art can be found here http://spacecoyote.deviantart.com/

Figure drawing notes of Kevin Chen, one of the best character design teachers in the industry. His analytical approach of the subject is very helpful in live drawing classes, as well as drawing from imagination.

His classes are not only dealing with anatomy details, but also cover most of drawing fundamentals, such as rhythm, values, perspective and construction.

Be sure to check all his thread on Conceptart, all the info compressed there is very valuable.