A thank you coming from you is sweet, but your gal pal will absolutely explode with delight if Pooh bear does it. Watch this video to learn how to make a "Thank You" note card for a friend using Cricut and the "Pooh and Friends" Cricut cartridge.
Teen Titans is one of the most tragically underrated American children's cartoons of all time. Fortunately, Drawing Now one of our favorite art instruction groups, has created this video tutorial on how to draw one of the shows iconic characters, Raven. Here are the artist's step-by-step instructions:
Nintendo has been the king of handheld gaming devices since the introduction of the Game Boy. Over the years since the Game Boy's reveal, Nintendo has improved their tehcnology quite a bit and now during the 21st century, the Game Boy is gone and what now exists is the Nintendo DS. DS for dual screens, this nifty little device uses touch screen technology to interact with characters in the game. Despite the technological advancement, there are times when things can go wrong. In this tutorial,...
Face it, playing your favorite games on the PC can be sometimes difficult. The most annoying things about PC gaming is the fact that most of the time you're using two different tools to control your character in the game. Using a single controller like the PS3s would be much easier, right? Well if you said yes, this tutorial is exactly what you need. Find out how to use your PS3 controller on your PC. Enjoy!
Anime is a funky style of cartooning. Japanese animation is increasingly popular these days but takes a bit of practice to draw.
In this how to video, you will learn how to play Borderlands LAN online using Tunngle. You will need Borderlands and Tunngle in order to do this. First, open Tunngle and then log in to Borderlands. Go to LAN game and select your character. From here, join a game. You are now ready to play. If your friend is not showing up, press E to refresh the list and make sure the port 11155 is being forwarded by the host. To get the in game mic to work, you must go to online game and make sure you log in...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to use the on-screen keyboard on a Mac OS X computer. To turn on the keyboard viewer, go to Apple and select System Preferences. Under Personal, click on Language & Text. Click on the Input Sources tab and check Keyboard & Character Viewer. The viewer will appear as an icon in the status bar. Click on the icon and select Show Keyboard Viewer. Now place the cursor where you want to start typing and use the onscreen keyboard to type. This video will ben...
This is a video tutorial describing how to draw a comic style woman character. The first step is to draw a circle in the top of the page that will end up being her head. Then you should draw about where her eyes will be in the end. Then you should quickly draw an online of her hair and quickly draw her outfit. Because it is a woman make sure to accentuate her waist. Then you can then go back and finish her eyes, then between her eyes and half way from the chin to the forehead draw her nose. T...
How annoying is a skipping DVD? Picture it: you're in the middle of your favorite flick, and suddenly the characters freeze and seemingly melt away right before your eyes. Sure, you can skip ahead and start watching again at another point in the film, but that's no fun. And it always seems like the disc skips at the best part, doesn't it? Well, this tutorial will show you how to do a quick fix with a tube of toothpaste. It's not just for your pearly whites anymore!
Why use a regular wall clock when you can have an awesome clock make out of spoons that you make yourself? Let your character show through or make a cheeky gift with this clock. You will have to buy a basic boring wall clock. Use the battery of the clock and attach it to a great metal strainer as the mount. Then use cut out a picture for the front ant but the hands back on. Glue some spoons on the back to complete the look, add a mount and your ready to enjoy telling time in a whole new way. ...
Robert Dejesus demonstrates how to easily draw the picture of Goku in (Dragonball Z) by simply using a pencil This demonstration is created with beginners in mind and also to inspire children to take up drawing. First of all, a thinner, rough profile of the figure is drawn and then followed by thicker shade. The head is drawn from a circle and mended to its real profile as the face begin to appear and the hair is drawn and followed by the neck and torso and the shading is given to highlight t...
Learn how to draw Kenpachi Zaraki from the manga series, Bleach. "Drawing Now" teaches fans of the manga series, Bleach how to draw a sketch of the character Kenpachi Zaraki. You will need: a drawing pencil, colored pencils/markers, and a basic idea of how Kenpachi looks. Start by drawing a lighter, erasable outline of Kenpachi (this is so mistakes can easily be fixed before bringing in more color). Using a darker color (preferably black), trace over the lines you wish to keep in the drawing ...
Sea salt ice cream is a great treat to sharpen your taste buds. This sweet and salty summer treat is great on any warm day day or just travelling in your gummi ship. This video will demonstrate exactly how to make sea salt ice cream.
We've all heard of Mario. He is probably one of the most famous characters in video game history created by Nintendo. Remember the theme song that you would hear and dance to when you were a kid? This video shows how to play that theme song on guitar! This guitar lesson shows each fret and string to strike as it carefully explains each note in the Mario theme song. Watch the fingers fly as you learn how to play using tabs with walkthrough explanations every step of the way. Learn each section...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog. Begin by drawing a circle for the head and 2 triangles for the ears. Then draw the lines for the spikes and a small oval for the stomach. Now draw the hands, legs and feet. Draw the eyes. Now draw the tail and outline the image. Add the details and delete the guidelines. Start adding color to the image. Add some darker colors around to create shading. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy drawing on...
This film technique is one that is not only used on movie sets, but with journalists as well. This is a great way to shoot a discussion that is going on between two people. In movies, it's a great way to help add some emotion to a dialogue that both characters are having with one another. In broadcast journalism, the same technique is used in order to portray a relationship between the interviewer and interviewee. It's a great way for them to communicate and is really easy to use. So sit back...
You’ve got the basic head structure down and now it’s time to learn how to draw a detailed face of woman. It can be a little tricky to draw an angled view of a face but you can use sketching and shading tools to give depth, angle and form to create a realistic woman.
In this demonstration video, learn how to make flash games using My Game Builder. This program will allow you to create your own games for yourself and your friends. The program is free to use at My Game Builder. Once you launch this web page, you will be able to do three things: Play games, browse other users' games, or make games. Under Play Games, you will find different game types as well as featured games. Under the Browse feature, you can see how other people are creating games. Lastly,...
This is a DrawingNow.com video tutorial of how to draw Kenshin from the "Samurai X" anime series ("Rurouni Kenshin" is the title in Japan). The tutorial begins with a blank page and demonstrates, stroke-by-stroke, how to sketch out the basic structure, and then builds on this to produce the finished article. The drawing has been carried out using the tools available on DrawingNow.com's own drawing applet, but the same steps could be done in any drawing program which supports layers. The tutor...
This movie is a silent animated account of how you draw the final picture (which is shown at the beginning of the clip) of two kids flying a kite. The lines are sketched roughly using pencil, and then over-inked. The original lines are erased and leaving outlines. Then you begin coloring in all the spaces just as you wish. There is no commentary and no music, but all the basic detail is there and you can follow easily the way the characters are drawn and colored from start to finish, making i...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw Handy Mandy. This is a close up, which means it’s easier to draw. Sketch a large circle for Handy Manny's face and box in his body. Flesh out the arms, draw in gloves, sketch in the T shirt, draw the cap and put details on the face. Handy Manny has big eyes, snob nose and a smiley mouth. To color this in, use the airbrush tool with orange for the face and rosy cheeks. Make the face red and white, then outline the whole thing in a darker shade....
In this video cholowiz13 teaches you how to draw Chilly Willy. You start with a big circle for the head. Inside, draw two ovals and two smaller circles there. These will be the eyes. You then create another oval adjacent to that which will be the cheek. Draw a triangle facing outward, which will be the beak. Draw the body next and two flat feet at the bottom. One arm should be behind his back and the other extending, showing the letters you will draw. Also add a hat on top of his head and dra...
This video will show you how to draw the character Pein from Naruto Shippuden. The first step is to draw an oval to begin his head. Then you want to add guidelines for the headband and hair. His face angles down, so you want to factor that in when drawing guidelines for the eyes, nose and mouth. You'll want to use a black pencil to fill in the details. You can erase the guidelines with white pencil. Follow the directions in this video and you'll have a great drawing in no time.
First neatly draw the outline of the pig, then color the outline with a darker shade as this is the base of the character. Next draw the eyes, nose, and the small curly tail which complete the outline of the pig. For the base color a slightly bright pink color should be selected to shade the inner part of the pig i.e. the stomach, legs, and face. A shiny touch should be added to the face to give it a brighter and happier appearance. The background must be colored also with blue and brown. The...
YouTube user DrawingNow teaches you how to draw Kim and Ron from Kim Possible. You start with a green background and use a pencil to sketch their bodies. Start with a simple circle for the head and then add ears and hair. Add the neck connecting to the body and a fist extending forward. Draw the other hand and remember the pants and shoes. Next start with an oval for Ron's face and draw larger ears, but smaller hair. He's also in an action move, so reflect that in the way he holds his hands a...
This video shows how to draw the famous cartoon character and is accompanied by funky music, rather than commentary. After all, you can actually see what the artist is doing, so narrative is pretty much unnecessary. You basically start by drawing the eye and then the beak and cheeky smile. From there you complete the picture and shade in to bring the whole thing to 3d life. Because the whole thing is speeded up, you can see how it's done quite clearly but without having to spend a large amoun...
There are few animated characters more iconic than Disney’s Cinderella. Her tale is one of wonder, and her likeness is easy to recreate through a simple process. This video tutorial demonstrates how to draw and color Cinderella. Start with a basic line sketch of the princess herself, making sure to include puffy dress sleeves and a large pleat in her gown. In a new layer, trace over her figure with more definite lines and draw on her facial features. Color in her glorious ball gown with vario...
Lyndapodcast, teaches you, via InDesign expert and graphic designer Michael Murphy, teaches you how to specify exact match and range in GREP using InDesign. Use CTRL + F and then choose the GREP tab. Go to the special characters menu to the right and under Wildcards choose Any Digit. After \d you can add \d again, but you should use \d[2] for double digits. For two or more digits use \d[2,]. You can also use \d[3,] for three or more digits. The last operation is \d[2,4] which gives you a mini...
Todd welcomes us to a new episode of the YouTube show All Things Adobe - Chad and Todd Podcast. This episode concentrates on adding alpha and rotation effects to Dynamic Text Field in Flash CS3. First we get to see a 100 frame text animation and the preview works perfect in the program. But when you go to preview it in an outside window, the effects do not work, due to the default nature of the settings. You have to go to Library, then click the text symbol. Click embed in the property inspec...
This video demonstrates how to paint a magnolia in ink and water, Chinese style. Make gray ink by mixing water with the black ink. Squeeze the brush with a piece of tissue and dip it in glue water made of peach sap powder mixed with water. When he begins to paint, half the brushstroke is gray and half is clear water. In this way you can use the brush to get darker and lighter shades of gray to make the magnolia flower shape that appears to be shaded. He then uses a stiff brush and black ink t...
Sailor Moon, Venus's Crystal Power hen shin wand top is a tutorial video on how to create a wand that looks the same from the famous girl power anime Sailor Moon. Featuring the one of the main character, Venus, the video starts on the showing the materials needed and a step by step procedure that anyone will surely understand. Making the Venus’s crystal power hen shin wand top will not take you 1 hour. The product will be a nice gift to little gir...
This is how you can vector an eye in Adobe Illustrator. You will first want to upload your photo to PhotoShop and then increase the contrast to highlight your picture better. Increasing the highlights is not a necessary step however. This is an intermediate process but the end result with be a cartoon looking eye on a real person. If you used this effect for the whole picture it would look very neat like your own cartoon character! If you only subtly vector the eye then you still have an edit...
Using a popular movie character as a basis, and drawing in manga style, our video host shows us visually how to properly color in whatever hair you may be attempting to draw. Using first the primary color along each strand, we are then show that a lighter or darker version of the primary color should be utilized, right alongside the initial color. And then, to complete each strand and give the hair a varied and popping appearance, you should always outline each strand in a nice simple black. ...
In this video, the artist shows us how to draw a zombie properly. He is using a computer program to generate a very detailed zombie. He starts off by drawing a vague structure of the character with a very light shading. He draws a very awkward posture to portray the zombie more realistically, along with a torn shirt and jeans. He uses a thicker line to draw the outline, while using a thinner line to draw the little details on the skin.
Emma Frost, a famous X-Men character, sometimes a villain sometimes a hero, can be a daunting task to draw, but with this video, we're given a step by step process, and a new approach. Using a computer program, our host begins at the face, and shows us how to use simple shapes and then expands to very simple lines for creating the body and arms. Teaching us both shading, and general anatomy and line lengths, this video is not just useful for teaching us to draw Emma Frost, X-Man, but is usefu...
Wondering how to make Mario and Luigi Jell-O shots for a video gamers party? Using small Mario and Luigi paper cups, tequila, and Jell-O mix you can easily create this fun party drink. Showing that you would use a red Jell-O for Mario and a green Jell-O for Luigi to match their traditional game colors make for a fun party drink. To make this more of a gamers party and as an added extra this video illustrates how to make a cup holder with different characters from all of the Mario series games.
The artist demonstrates how to manga character Kenpachi Zaraki. Text appears on screen with each step in the drawing. It stars with a circle, then lines to indicate the center of the face and the placement of eyes. More lines indicate the neck and muscles, then an outline of the hair is added. Lines show the clothes and wrinkles in the clothes. Facial features and details are drawn in as the guide lines are erased. Following these instructions, you can draw the face of Kenpachi Zaraki.
This is a video posted by a happy emo girl, like its nickname says, which describes how to draw Dib from the well-known American animated television series, Invader Zim. The drawing is very simple if you watch the video carefully. She starts drawing the head, then the haircut which is very funny. The music is annoying and loud, and the voice is not very clear, so you'll have to be attentive at those messages which appear on the screen because they are very useful instructions. If you'll follo...
This video presents you the character input methods and the messaging options that can be found on LG Chocolate Touch. When sending a text message, you get to choose from the following input methods: Text (abc, Abc, ABC), numbers, pen (handwriting) and symbols. The phone features a normal mobile phone keyboard and a QWERTY one, making text messages easier. The QWERTY keyboard pops up when you rotate your mobile phone horizontally, using the built-in accelerometer. Also, you can create a "Favo...
Pokémon is a worldwide phenomenon, and Charmander is one of its biggest characters. In this brief tutorial, our video host shows us exactly how he draws the fire breathing lizard. Beginning with the head, he then goes through the eyes, and finally the body and tail, instructing us to pay special attention to getting the flame, that is the tip of any Charmander tail, just right. Sketching is not as hard as it looks, and watching this video and learning by doing, you'll be well on your way to b...