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How to Pick Colours - Dec 2025 Tutorial

How to Pick Colours - Dec 2025 Tutorial

Tutorial on how to select colours for your paintings! This can be challenging to grasp but in this video I'll break it down into 3 main themes of hue, value, and saturation. You'll also learn of one of my favourite ways to practice colour picking for your digital paintings, so be sure to stick around for the demos and follow along if you can :) ...

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Beach pt 2 - Full Process :)

Beach pt 2 - Full Process :)

Wanted to make a follow up to a pice I previously drew. (You can see me reference my original piece for colours) I wanted to add the top two frames to make something a little more aesthetically pleasing. You can check the reference attached below to see where I drew my inspiration! I'm having a lot of fun injecting humour into the works I make r...

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Angel - Full 5 Hour Process

Angel - Full 5 Hour Process

This piece set a record for one of the longest process videos I've ever recorded, mostly due to the fact that I had to change some lighting and environment elements last minute. But this piece is based on a series of different references, for the pose, lighting, armour and character designs. I'll attach the original refs below so you guys can ha...

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New Wallpapers! :)

New Wallpapers! :)

I really wanted to use the snow piece as my own wp so I painted a little extra to extend the top. You can use the punching one in case someone else tries to steal your phone :)

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Blue Jay - Full Process

Blue Jay - Full Process

One of my new favourite pieces! I based this off of a few references, one for the pose/lighting, and others for the texture and reflections of the armour on our knight character. It's very important to capture the reflections accurately for a shiny surface to look believable. In this video you'll see me use the eyedropper tool on the environment...

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Stylization 101 Tutorial - Nov 2025

Stylization 101 Tutorial - Nov 2025

An intro to character stylization! In this video I cover a few key things to look for when stylizing characters based off of a reference! Of course it's important to remember that there's no one size fits all when it comes to stylization, so don't be afraid to take what you learn from this video and experiment with it to find something that suit...

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Stop Scrolling - Full Process

Stop Scrolling - Full Process

This was a really fun and simple piece based off of a meme image I saw hahaha. I later ended up adding the caption "stop scrolling" to this piece for people on social media. It's been tons of fun just loosening up a bit and using captions, multiple panels etc to inject personality and humour into my work. Super excited to continue experimenting ...

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Silk Dress Studies

Silk Dress Studies

Fun material studies! I dont know why but I gravitate a lot towards shiny textures hahahha. The painting process for silky clothing is very similar to armour, in that the material will really catch the reflected colour of bounce light. So you need to pay extra attention not only to the colour of the clothing itself but you also need to be aware ...

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Cheers! - Full Process

Cheers! - Full Process

Process for one of my recent paintings! Continuing to explore more storytelling + humour in my work. Reference board attached below!

I've spoken about this a bit with some people I've met over the weekend at lightbox expo, but I think with the continued saturation of ai content on the internet, there's more demand for authenticity rather...

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How to Draw Angled Faces - Tutorial

How to Draw Angled Faces - Tutorial

October tutorial is here! Here we cover the key tools and tips I use to draw angled faces. Combine this with all of the measurement and proportion videos I've done for portraits and you should be able to confidently draw most references you can find out there! Try to follow along with me and pause the video as you draw along! Happy studying guys...

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911 - Full Process!

911 - Full Process!

Wanted to make something that'd look good as a wallpaper. ft one of my favourite cars. Tried to be a bit more strategic with my use of complimentary blues and oranges here, including the orange of the main character's shirt. I'll attach my inspos and the png file below!

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Sam's Brushes!

Sam's Brushes!

My go-to brush set in photoshop as well as some modified brushes and recent favourites I've gathered in procreate! Hope you guys like them :)

Files are attached below for download, abr is photoshop file, brushet is procreate file.

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Summer 2025 PNG + PSD collection

Summer 2025 PNG + PSD collection

High res zip files of my work from june-sept attached below! I'll try to make these seasonal drops instead so as to not spam the patreon timeline with too much repetition! :) Hope you guys enjoy! Love you and thank you for your support! <3

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Fish Store - Process Video! :)

Fish Store - Process Video! :)

a fun little three panel story that was initially inspired by a reference I saw of a girl standing behind a glass aquarium. For small fun stories like this I always find a source of inspo and then imagine a story I'd like to tell. With a basic concept in mind I'll set off on pinterest to look for references that can provide elements I'm looking ...

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Digital Art Brushes 101 - Sept Tutorial 2025

Digital Art Brushes 101 - Sept Tutorial 2025

This video covers the types of brushes I like to use as well as when to use them! I personally work in photoshop but this tutorial is not program specific so you can absolutely apply these concepts to any application you use. It's transferrable across any digital medium. Hope this clears things up when you watch my process videos as well!

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Essential Measurements for Drawing Humans! - August Tutorial 2025

Essential Measurements for Drawing Humans! - August Tutorial 2025

New tutorial! I wanted to compile all of the key proportions and essential measurements I use for drawing people, and have them all be accessible in one place! If you guys ever find yourself having trouble understanding why something might not look right in your chracter drawing, feel free to please refer back to this video! :)

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Sam does .. man????

Sam does .. man????

Painting process! I actually painted this in late june but forgot to post it, will have it up on ig soon but you guys are seeing it first! :)

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Knight - full process!

Knight - full process!

3 pieces in one! references attached below! :)
Was inspired by some inspo I saw on pinterest and felt it would have been great as a goofy 3 piece series. The texture of the chainmail was pretty challenging to paint so I had to experiment a bit with my brushes and the way I approached that. Also used a lot of gaussian blur as well as motion b...

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Kpop Demon Hunters - Process

Kpop Demon Hunters - Process

Really fun piece that took a long time to make hahahah. For anyone who hasn't seen this movie yet it's absolutely fantastic. Full of artistic inspiration! I wanted to inject some of the fun of the film into this piece with the 2 frame layout. Files are attached below! Love you guys :)

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Water Tutorial! - July 2025

Water Tutorial! - July 2025

It's finally here after like 5 years hahahah. In this tutorial I break down the 3 main components to painting water and give you some theoretical knowledge along with a full walkthrough of a reference! Try to follow along with me if you can, it'll help you understand the process much better and absorb/retain more easily :)

I've attached ...

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Water Study Demo!

Water Study Demo!

Expanding on our tutorial a bit from this month with another water study!

The key is to break water into layers: Bottom, body, and surface layer. Start from the bottom and work your way to the top, going from large shapes and colours into smaller details! Be aware of refraction which occurs in the body layer and affects what you see on t...

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Observation skills: X-ray Vision (June 2025)

Possibly the most underrated and least talked about methods for observation. This is a highly academic skill that I learned pretty early on, and it's something I always do subconsciously when observing references and seeing things in real life. I hope this video can shed some light on the way subjects are processed and decoded in an artists brai...

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Flash Lighting Study - June 2025

Flash Lighting Study - June 2025

Flash lighting direct study! Ref is attached below :)
With flash lighting I find it helps to make use of the airbrush in your earlier render stages. Usually if the flash is coming from the viewer's perspective like it is in this drawing, the edges of your subject will appear darker while the center generally appears brighter. Almost no harsh...

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Aquarium - Full process!

Aquarium - Full process!

Fun 2 panel comic page I did! References used are attached below :)
I don't think I put text bubbles in my work before so this might have actually been the first time, really fun experimentation though, gonna keep trying to push the boundaries a bit and tell more fun stories that hopefully connect with people

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Drawing in the Sand - full process!

Drawing in the Sand - full process!

Fun piece, pretty happy with this. I'm gonna do more of these multi panel pieces going forward and try to experiment a bit more with storytelling. I think the single panel vertical format might have been a bit of a comfort zone for me, and it's been limiting me a bit in my ability to tell stories. Also may experiment with subtitles/text bubbles....

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Driving Dogs - full process! 🐶

Driving Dogs - full process! 🐶

Another fun 2 panel piece! I saw a reference initially of the lady on the bike, and wanted to imagine something from her point of view. (preferably something funny lmao) So I decided to have a dog in the driver's seat of the car she's peeking into. Something maybe a bit unexpected. I think I would have been a bit hesitant to draw something like ...

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Anatomy Stylization Tutorial! - May 2025

Anatomy Stylization Tutorial! - May 2025

A quick and easy tutorial explaining the way I stylize anatomy for my characters! Hope this helps those of you who may be trying to understand stylization and shape language. It helps a lot to understand basic anatomy, so be sure to check out the previous anatomy tutorial! :)

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Miyazaki studies - 1

Miyazaki studies - 1

Studies based off of some screenshots from an old nhk program, I kind of like the more mundane and subtle lighting here. Also fun experimenting a bit with adding in the subtitles from the ref. I might try to do more stuff like in the future where I try to add a bit more story to my pieces, so they can perhaps be a bit more relatable :)

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New 8K wallpaper! :)

New 8K wallpaper! :)

Easily one of my favourite pieces. So you know I had to do this eventually hahah, I added in some cherry blossom trees to the sides because it felt a bit empty after being expanded. But I'll also include the version without trees for download! Hope you guys like this! :)

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Miyazaki Studies - part 2

Miyazaki Studies - part 2

Part 2! I'll attach the refs below for all my studies! feel free to check them out or use them for your own studies :)

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