AI Workshop: Celebrating The Pats

Welcome back to another edition of the AI Workshop! I’m honestly not a huge football fan (which is somewhat sacrilege here in … Continue reading AI Workshop: Celebrating The Pats

Tutorials, Yes, You Too Can Draw!

Yes, You Too Can Draw – Ch 12 – Fake It With Foreshortening

Today’s lesson covers an issue or concept that practically every artist (who is not going out of his way to work abstractly) … Continue reading Yes, You Too Can Draw – Ch 12 – Fake It With Foreshortening

Illustrator, Tutorials

AI Workshop: Error 16 – What To Do About It?

Yesterday I got to experience something new today in Adobe Illustrator CC (2014). It was an error 16 configuration error. Sounds redundant? It might be. But it kept me from opening my copy of Illustrator on the iMac. Continue reading “AI Workshop: Error 16 – What To Do About It?”

Illustrator, Tutorials

AI Workshop: How To Create A Starry Night in Illustrator

If you’re a regular visitor to ChrisHilbig.com, you know I write an awful lot on a little vector package … Continue reading AI Workshop: How To Create A Starry Night in Illustrator

Inkscape, Tutorials

Inkscape Experiments: Rotate with Create Tiled Clones Window

Rotate with Create Tiled Clones

This is the third in a series of articles covering Inkscape’s Create Tiled Clones Window. This is the mysterious window that we will continue to dissect. The tab we will learn today will be the Rotation tab. Continue reading “Inkscape Experiments: Rotate with Create Tiled Clones Window”

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Yes, You Too Can Draw! – Ch 11 — How To Draw In Three-Point Perspective

Welcome to the next, long-awaited edition of Yes, You Too Can Draw! If you could nail down the two-point perspective lesson from the previous chapter, then this lesson on Three-point Perspective will be a piece of cake. Continue reading “Yes, You Too Can Draw! – Ch 11 — How To Draw In Three-Point Perspective”

Inkscape, Tutorials

Inkscape Experiments: Enable Saving to XCF Inside Windows 8.1

Enable Saving to XCF My Thoughts on Windows 8.1! When Microsoft first released Windows 8, my reaction was more … Continue reading Inkscape Experiments: Enable Saving to XCF Inside Windows 8.1

Inkscape, Tutorials

Inkscape Experiments: Scale with Create Tiled Clones Window

Create Tiled Clones This is the second in a series of articles covering Inkscape’s Create Tiled Clones window. It’s … Continue reading Inkscape Experiments: Scale with Create Tiled Clones Window

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Yes, You Too Can Draw! – Ch 10 — Two-Point Perspective

That’s right gang, it’s another chapter of your favorite how-to series, Yes, You Too Can Draw! In the last chapter, I got you started on the road towards mastery over perspective with the lesson on One-Point Perspective. Today I plan to push your drawing ability a little further (and help wow your friends.) with Two-Point Perspective.

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Inkscape, Tutorials

Inkscape Experiments: How to Step and Repeat

Step and Repeat It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these articles. Just to get back into … Continue reading Inkscape Experiments: How to Step and Repeat