Here are some great books that give you hundreds of pictures of unique facial expressions at unique angles and ages. More information can be found here. Some are obviously acted but many offer accurate reference.
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Choosing colors can be a tricky business, not to mention trying to figure the code you need to get that color to appear in your app. These should help you!
If you are interested in learning how to do caracatures then look no farther. Tom Richmond of MAD magazine has an excellent blog that not only teaches you about how to draw but also gives you inside tips on the cartooning industry in general.
Definitely a site you should visit regularly.
Here are some of his tutorials:
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OK we all know the best way to learn is to have some really good examples. Well when it comes to professional comic art where can you find some great art?
The comic covers always have been the best examples as we really do judge a book by its cover. This site has nothing but the [...]
Here are some videos showing car sketching in photoshop. Though there is no commentary it is helpful to see how selections are made and how to get accurate gradients etc.
Drawing a car – VECTOR ILLUSTRATOR
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How To Draw Cars like a Pro, by Thom Taylor is a great book on drawing any reflective hard objects. Handling perspective, reflections and techniques it truly is a must have for anyone trying to draw cars well.
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Here are some more tutorials from CARtoons magazine. Don’t just look at them, give it a try! I highly recommend the artists (George Trosley) book, “HOW TO DRAW CARTOON CARS“, which has many many more excellent tutorials on how to draw most of the hotrods from the 60 and 70’s.
When I was a kid – OK it was quite a while ago – I just loved this magazine. I have managed to collect a few more over the years.
Not only did they inspire with some great hotrod drawing but they also included little tutorials on how to draw a hot rod.
Here is an example [...]