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How do I delete the white background from line art?

How do I delete the white background from line art?

Over the last year I've been Googling the sentence above - how do I delete the white background from line art? I know that I know how to do this, but I keep forgetting. So I've decided to write it down so that I can reference it in future, and hopefully help others as...

In Distress

In Distress

I've been doing some more figure drawing from artists.pixelovely.com and thought these two stood out. I like the way this model uses her hair and the cloth she's wearing.

New Portfolio and Showreel

New Portfolio and Showreel

I thought it was time for an update of my portfolio and showreel! Here's a peek: click on the image to view the full portfolio. [NOTE: this portfolio link no longer exists.]My latest animation showreel, featuring Maya and paper animation:Music: "Dial Up" by Kris...

Life Drawing

Life Drawing

These are a few sketches from the life drawing club I went to yesterday and the fortnight before. It's nice as they have some excellent models and shorter pose times, as well as a very relaxed atmosphere. The club is called All The Young Nudes. The pencil sketches are...

Alp

Alp

Three sketch studies and the finished painting, created on commission. Though I like the looseness of the quick studies I really enjoyed spending time adding detail into the final picture.The pink sketch I rejected for being too pink, though I used some of the light...

Animals

Animals

Yesterday I found a link to the site artists.pixelovely.com which has photographs of people, animals, expressions, etc. that can be viewed as "classes". This morning I tried out a 30-minute figure drawing class, followed by a 30-minute animal class. There are...

Mount Hood

Mount Hood

Using some family holiday photographs for reference, I painted Mount Hood (vaguely based on it) for my father's birthday present. I used gouache and a stencil made from paper which gave interesting gloopy results, especially each time it was reused. Here are the final...