Category: Creative Advice

  • Creator Burnout – It’s a real thing – should I quit YouTube?

    There have been a load of so-called OGs quitting YouTube recently, and I suppose I might count as an OG* – I’d take it as a compliment! ????  I’ve watched a lot of their quitting videos and one theme runs through them all. For them, YouTube is not fun anymore. YouTube is so much fun…

  • Leaving Adobe is like Kicking Crack Cocaine!

    I’ve been using Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and Flash as Adobe products or their predecessors, for over a quarter of a century. That’s a long time to get acclimated to something, which makes it really difficult to stop using them and change to something else. Adobe know this and have you locked in on an annual…

  • How to Draw Heads for Character Design and Illustration

    Drawing heads for character illustrations doesn’t have to be difficult. A head is just a blob at the top of a body. The important bits are what you draw on top of the features that define the mood and emotion… the hats and clothes, glasses and beards that define the character. Creating characters is not…