Cool design exercise: try making a tribal mask using symmetry! Strong shapes, smart structure, and a solid color palette will make a great result! Want to go deeper into design? Start with “Design Foundations I” – one of our most popular courses. Hue Teo covers the 12 principles

Remix your props! With everyday objects and clear design objectives – you’ll get all-new props that don’t just look good, but also have functionality! It’s a great exercise for your design skills and your imagination. Let us know if you try it! #visigncheatsheet #propdesign

Closure – the fascinating principle of showing less to say more! The audience fills in the gaps, which makes an artwork more interesting. If you like it – check out Hue Teo’s webinar for more examples and practical ways to apply Closure: youtu.be/v22MpQ-unVY #visigncheatsheet

We’ll dive into Commercial Illustration in 4 hours! What’s important about it, what it looks like in different fields, what’s expected from you as an artist – Axel Sauerwald will cover it all. Live Q&A for our community – sign up here: discord.gg/Nt9BW7h4ZY

It is with HUGE pleasure that we get to tell you guys that the incredible Axel Sauerwald has joined Wraithmarked for an awesome project (*cough-cough* definitely nothing to do with Christopher Paolini *cough-cough*). Stay tuned! Art by Axel Sauerwald Character property of Magic: The Gathering

Awesome ancient helmets? It’s simple: start with exploratory sketches, build a clear structure, and choose an intentional color palette! Try it out – you can apply the principle to any prop! #visigncheatsheet #designtips #visualstorytelling #ancienthelmets

Interested in Commercial Illustration? Check out Axel Sauerwald’s webinar: ✅ Key points of commercial illustration ✅ Examples from entertainment art (+ tips!) ✅ Expectations from you as a commercial illustrator 🎥 Watch it here: youtu.be/c4DcLcucD4c #visignacademy

🎥 Change the camera angle = change the story! Here are 4 setups you can use. Want more? Hue Teo’s beginner-friendly course Environment Design Basics covers compositions, camera angles, and thumbnailing. Check it out 👉 visign.com/courses/enviro… And join Hue on Saturday for a

ICYMI: Geralt faces a deadly maze of caves and legendary monsters in THE WITCHER: BLOOD STONE, coming in January with issue #1! Details: bit.ly/3K8yMaf From the team of Daniel Freedman, Pius Bak, Roman Titov, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Covers by Bak, Gigi Cavenago,

🦉 Believable structure, believable animals! Check out these cool similarities between species. Learn more in Mathias Osland’s Creature Design Foundations – a fresh course that’s beginner-friendly, practical, and fun. Start with this free lesson on gesture:

Change a feature – like fur, teeth, or eyes – and you can create something unique! Exploring possibilities, experimenting and iterating is at the heart of Creature Design – and that’s what you’ll do in Creature Design I. Start with this free lesson on forced design:

Rendering 1-2-3: clean drawing – simple light & shadow – complexity! 💡 Pro tip: texture shows best in halftones. Learn to render & handle materials like wood, stone and metal in How to Render Forms. Start with this free lesson on shadow value: youtu.be/9b1fmeT7Joc

Simple tip – great result! Use color gradients in light and shadow – it adds instant visual depth and interest. Interested in rendering? Join Mathias Osland in a Special Event, Sat 11 Oct, 8PM CEST. It’s free, but seats are limited: discord.gg/Nt9BW7h4ZY #visigncheatsheet

“How dark should this shadow be?” 🎨 Try the Halfway to Black technique – it’s a quick and easy way towards natural-looking shadows. Watch the video walkthrough & give it a go: youtu.be/9b1fmeT7Joc #visigntips #valuestudy #lightandshadow #shadowvalue

Simplicity rules! Start with the forms of the head – to nail proportions, and have an easy time adding details later. Try it in your next animal study! #visigncheatsheet #animalstudy #drawingdogs #arttips

Remember this one: start with structure – to make it easy to add design on top, and to render the forms clearly! Struggling with design? We have some free resources that might help: visign.com/downloads/cate… #visigncheatsheet #mechdesign #robotarm #conceptartdesign

Leather boots in 4 easy steps: sketch – local colors – shadows – highlights! Use references, don’t be afraid to experiment, and if you struggle, check out “How to Render: Forms”. It’s beginner-friendly: visign.com/courses/how-to… #visigncheatsheet #materialrendering #paintingleather

Design – pose – render! This simple process will help you explore designs more freely, and bring them to life in cool presentations. Check out this free PDF on Shape Design for stronger silhouettes: visign.com/downloads/visi… #visigncheatsheet #demonart #creaturedesign #digitalart

Here’s a simple process to paint materials! Pro tip: the shape of the highlight is determined by the form. Try it out, and show us how it goes! #visigncheatsheet #materialpainting #paintingprocess #buststudy

Small change – huge impact! Changing just the teeth completely changes how this dog feels. Do you experiment with small variations too? 👀 #visigncheatsheet #creaturedesign #animalstudy #drawingdogs #arttips