2D Tutorials

A step-by-step article covering the workflow process of creating a car drawing using traditional media: pencils, pastels and markers.      

In this “making of”, Adrian Baluta shows the workflow process for creating a sci-fi image in Photoshop combining traditional painting and matte painting techniques.  

In this tutorial design student Alexei Komarov illustrates his workflow for creating a quick character sketch in Photoshop startin from scratch.  

An image gallery by designer Michele Leonello that shows the workflow process for creating a car digital drawing starting from a scanned sketch and using SketchBook Pro and Photoshop CS4.  

A video tutorial that shows how to define the main lines and volumes of a car in Autodesk SketchBook Pro.

A tutorial that explains how to understand basic and complex forms in order to reproduce them different positions and perspectives in drawings.

In this tutorial for beginners Hungarian designer Akos Szasz shows his workflow for creating a quick car drawing using pens and markers on paper (translated from Russian).

This tutorials explains the main advantages of Prismacolor or Verithin Pencils over the conventional pencils and pens in product and vehicle design sketches.

A quick tutorial on how to create a product design rendering using markers and smudging on a Prismacolor Verithin pencil drawing.

A video tutorials that give some ideas on how to start a new car sketch from a bloank page, using random curves and positive and negative shapes.

A short videot tutorial that shows how to use Photoshop’s Layer Comps feature to create portfolio presentations.

This tutorial, mainly targeted at beginners – shows how to make a side view sketch of a car and explains the basics of vehicle proportions.

This tutorial by Vasiliy Kanevskiy shows the different steps in the creation of a car sketch using Photoshop CS5. The link goes to the automatic translation of the original page in Russian.

This forum post explains how to create accurate ellipses in Alias Sketchbook Pro version 2.0 using custom brushes.

A quick demo by industrial designer Michael DiTullo that describes a technique for quickly creating rough and concepts to communicate ideas and review designs.

This article covers the most common principles on composition, applied to digital paintings.

A tutorial by designer Michael DiTullo that shows the workflow process for the creation of a footwear rendering in Photoshop.

A short tutorial by designer Luciano Bove that explains how to draw a car in top view perspective.