Character Design 2 with Steven Silver Lesson 2 Homework
It’s week two in my Character Design 2 class and this weeks assignment is to pick an artist style or television show to try to emulate. The artist or show can be from the past or present and the character can be an animal or a person. The task was to design a character that will […]
Fix Missing Images from Post on Facebook
While working on OnceUponASketch we are constantly posting our articles and posts to Facebook and any other number of social networks. When you post a link on Facebook it usually goes to the link and finds images that it then gives you the option of displaying in association with your post. Sometimes when we post […]
Finding Artists Groups on Facebook
A great way to spread your work around Facebook is by joining like-minded groups. Groups let you share things with the people who will care about them most. For artists it’s usually their artwork and news about the industry. Let’s look into how to join groups and then how to share with them. First Sign […]
Character Design 2 With Stephen Silver Lesson 1 Homework
A few weeks ago I started taking an online class, Character Design 2 with Stephen Silver. I took Character Design 1 and got a lot of good information out of it, So here I go with the 2nd class. I’m going to be showing off all the assignments I create as I go through the 9 […]
Improving Your Facebook FanPage
Once you’ve set up your Facebook fan page you might think you’re done but there’s still a lot more work to do. You may get a few Likes at first but the goal here is to continue gaining momentum and continuing to spread the word. Spreading the word Now that your fan page is set […]
5 Steps to Setting up a Facebook Fan Page
This week on Once Upon a Sketch we are going to talk about setting up a Facebook fan page. Wilson and I recently both set up fan pages and we’re going to share everything we learned with you. It’s not a difficult process but it’s always nice to have someone to help you through it. […]
T-shirt design – Northwest Roadhouse
A few months ago I was asked to design a shirt for a local biker club. The only requirements that they asked for was that the name of the club appear at the top. The rest was up to me because the only other information they gave me was “make our building look […]
Using Dropbox to Send large Files to Clients
I’ve been sending a lot of large files to clients. As an illustrator I get my drawings done and the files saved, compressed into a nice, neat package, but in our line of work, we end up with pretty large files that we try to send to our clients. Even if it’s over 5 MB […]
Inking and coloring artwork in Adobe Illustrator
When I first started doing the Once Upon a Sketch Screen Casts I created a series of two videos about how I ink and color my drawings in Adobe Illustrator. Well, it’s been over a year since I created this set of videos so I thought I would share them again for those who haven’t […]
Online Backup Solutions for Artists
Last week a friend of mine had a scare with his computer. As computers will do, his PC hard drive decided to just die on him. As you can imagine he had the normal response for someone put in this situation “Oh no what have I lost!”. It turns out that he had almost all […]
BYU Football Coloring Books
Recently, I completed a coloring book for Collegiate Coloring Books. They create coloring books for college sports teams. This specific book was for the BYU football program. The book has not been released yet but here are a few sample images. If you’d like to preorder one of these books please visit this website Colorthecougars.com
Rainy Day in Paris
2 or 3 years or so ago I sketched this drawing of a woman walking down the street looking down at her phone and it has just been sitting on my desk. Finally I got the chance to revamp it and add some color as well as relocate the girl to a rainy Paris evening. […]