Pirates - Freehand practise with a graphics tablet

Working from the book, How to Draw Collection 1-12.

Drawn using the Xp-pen Star 03, non-screen graphics tablet, in raster format using Affinity Designer.

Elvish Fury

I have spent most of my life worrying about getting colours wrong if I took up art, but the more I get into art the more I realise it really doesn't matter. So what if I am colour-blind? It doesn't detract from the joy I get out of producing something from nothing. And, to make life easier, there are numerous ways of creating art these days. The below was produced in a FREE 3D Suite called Daz3D. It was produced using included pre-made content and following a tutorial. This is just my second day investingating the programme. Am I happy with the result? Hell, yeah!

A Day at the Beach

Using Daz 3D , part of a free 3D suite of software, the following image was rendered after following a guided tour to create the scene "A Day at the Beach". An amazing piece of software considering it costs nothing. Click for a higher resolution.

My entry in the AnimeStudioTutor.com July 2019 competition

This animation was created in MOHO Studio Pro. Normally my animations render real quick, but this one took a wopping 15 hours. Hope you enjoy.

My 1st day in DAZ Studio 4.11 Pro

DAZ 3D is a FREE 3D Suite where you can Model, Render, and Animate. This is the first time I've looked at the software and from what I can see it so far appears far, far better than I thought it would. It certainly isn't as complicated as some 3D softwares out there and below is my first attempt following the Getting Started tutorials. This looks like a useful piece of software to go along the others in my arsenal of software animation. Don't be put off because it is free. This is one mean bit of software. The inbuilt tutorials are an added bonus. The second image below shows off DAZ 3Ds rendering ability in HD.

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My Christmas List, created in Cartoon Animator 4

Having upgraded from Crazytalk Animator 3, to Cartoon Animator 4, I thought I'd try creating a small animation to this Josh Woodward ( www.joshwoodward.com ) song. Enjoy.

The King of the Castle - created in MOHO 12

Created in MOHO 12 (Anime Studio) for entry into a competition at https://www.animestudiotutor.com/home

Simple cartoon closed hand to finger point created in MOHO 12

Cartoon Granny saying "Happy Birthday"

Created using MOHO 12

Patient Zero - the final cut