How to THINK when you WRITE BAD NEWS tutorial

It's Writey-Friday! Here's the latesest episode of Robin's How to Think When You WRITE series, this week  examining the many different ways BAD NEWS can be used in your story!

And check out Robin's other tutorials on how to PLAN the LENGTH of your STORY, how to use SILENCE, and when to use MIRRORS! 

Lorenzo!

Announcing #SkillUpSunday!!! A mini LEARNUARY every SEVEN DAYS!!!

Oh-man-oh-man-oh-man, am I EXCITED about this! Very very VERY happy to announce that from FEBRUARY 11th onwards, EVERY SUNDAY will henceforth be known as...

#SkillUpSunday!

That's right, we're going ALL-IN and doing this thing EVERY WEEK! Full details coming Feb 7th, but for now, let's just say that if you enjoyed #LEARNUARY, and you want a WEEKLY DOSE of FREE TUTORIALS, REFERENCE, and INSPIRATION, as well as the opportunity to share YOUR OWN skills with loads of other creators, we got you covered!

Sunday mornings: While they be SNORING, we be DRAWING! :)

Let's make FREE cool again...

Lorenzo!

How to THINK when you draw HAPPY EXPRESSIONS tutorial taster

This week's tutorial for The Phoenix is How to THINK when you draw HAPPY EXPRESSIONS, here's a taster! 

Tutorials BOOK coming to KICKSTARTER March 2018, just mail "Add me, Lorenzo!" to misterlorenzoboy@yahoo.co.uk to be on the launch day mailing list - best chance to get ORIGINAL ART with your books :)

PLUS!!! GO HERE to get 4 weeks of tutorials, plus 140 pages of incredible COMIC for £1!

Lorenzo!

Here's what we're bringing to TRUE BELIEVERS COMIC FESTIVAL in CHELTENHAM this SATURDAY

This SATURDAY is the True Believers Comic Festival in CHELTENHAM!

See below for some of the swag we're bringing, click the image to view it BIG! Lots of our titles are running very low now, so we're limiting the stock we take to each show to spread them out over all the events we have coming up in the first half of the year, so pop to our table early to get your SWAG before it sells out! :)

See you there!

Lorenzo!

Announcing a NEW MONTH-LONG FREE learning event coming THIS YEAR!

So here's our first post-#LEARNUARY announcement (second coming tomorrow)!

We're very excited to say that we'll be launching a NEW month-long celebration of FREE LEARNING and SKILL SHARING later THIS YEAR! This one will be a little different to Learnuary, as It'll feature a daily ART CHALLENGE within it as well, but just like Learnuary it'll be an EXPLOSION of tutorials, ideas and creativity, all for FREE, FOREVER!

More new coming soon, but in the meantime we have something coming EVEN SOONER than that, announcement coming TOMORROW...!

Lorenzo!

Links to EVERY SINGLE #LEARNUARY tutorial! #LEARNUARY day THIRTY-ONE!

Well, #LEARNUARY has been an incredible ride, thank you to the THOUSANDS of you who got involved! We will of course be back with Learnuary on January 1st 2019, but this has all been WAAAAAAAY to much FUN for me to wait 11 months to do it again, so if you enjoyed Learnuary,  stay tuned to the blog for some VERY EXCITING announcements coming up over the next couple of days...!

In the meantime, scroll down for ALL 60 of our tutorials from #LEARNUARY 2018, enjoy, link, pin, share!

Tutorials BOOK coming to KICKSTARTER March 2018, just mail "Add me, Lorenzo!" to misterlorenzoboy@yahoo.co.uk to be on the launch day mailing list - best chance to get ORIGINAL ART with your books :)

Cheers!

Lorenzo and Robin

Day 1: How to draw VINTAGE SPACE BIKES
Day 2: How to draw DRAPING FABRIC
Day 3: How to draw 1940s HAIR
Day 4: How to draw WATER and WAVES
Day 5: How to draw TIKI STATUES
Day 6: How to draw VEHICLE STANCE
Day 7: How to draw INTERIORS
Day 8: How to draw ANGRY EXPRESSIONS
Day 9: How to draw GAME BUILDINGS
Day 10: How to draw ROCK FORMATIONS
Day 11: How to draw INTEGRATED LOGOS
Day 12: How to WRITE SIZE MATTERS
Day 13: How to draw VINTAGE PLANES
Day 14: How to draw 3-SHAPE CHARACTERS
Day 15: How to draw SMOKE EFFECTS
Day 16: How to draw CAR CHASES
Day 17: How to draw FEET and SHOES
Day 18: How to draw SEAWEED
Day 19: How to WRITE SILENCE IS GOLDEN
Day 20: How to draw WOODEN BUILDINGS
Day 21: How to draw NEGATIVE SPACE
Day 22: How to draw BIRD HEADS
Day 23: How to draw HORNS
Day 24: How to draw STRANSKI GIRL'S HANDS
Day 25: How to draw GEMS and CRYSTALS
Day 26: How to draw STRANSKI IMPACT DEBRIS
Day 27: How to WRITE USING MIRRORS
Day 28: How to draw STRANSKI COMPOSITION
Day 29: How to draw NEWSPAPERS
Day 30: How to draw STRANSKI GIRL'S HAIR

Final day of #LEARNUARY - THANK YOU!

It's the final day of #LEARNUARY, and I just wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you to you all for getting involved - it has blown my mind all the incredible FREE LEARNING that you've posted up this month, you are all so AMAZING!! Here's just a tiny selection of the HUNDREDS of  posts you guys made...!

Lorenzo!

How to THINK when you draw STRANSKI GIRL'S HAIR tutorial #LEARNUARY day THIRTY!

Today's tutorial for #LEARNUARY is How to THINK When You Draw STRANSKI GIRL'S HAIR, featuring lots of line art from The Art of Stranski, which is finally being REPRINTED as part of our Kickstarter in March!

And we posted up LOADS MORE on our TWITTER yesterday, including THESE AMAAAAZING TREES by Sarah Webb, and This TIP on how to get TRICKY DEEP PERSPECTIVE by Maurice Noble! More to come on our twitter HERE TODAY!

Tutorials BOOK coming to KICKSTARTER March 2018, just mail "Add me, Lorenzo!" to misterlorenzoboy@yahoo.co.uk to be on the launch day mailing list - best chance to get ORIGINAL ART with your books :)

And if you want MORE, here's my first 100 ONE HUNDED tutorials for FREE!

Lorenzo!

Check out this RIDICULOUSLY MASSIVE set of FREE tutorials by PIXAR for the KHAN ACADEMY! #LEARNUARY

A great #LEARNUARY resource today! Just wanted to tell you guys about an incredible, TOTALLY FREE, and MASSIVE series of tutorials by DISNEY PIXAR for the wonderful KHAN ACADEMY.

If you don't know what the Khan Academy is, it's basically an EPIC resource of VERY HIGH QUALITY and COMPLETELY FREE learning and tutorials on a huge range of subjects.

As part of their site, there's an entire section called "Pixar in a Box" which features a staggering amount of very deep lessons all around ANIMATION, STORYTELLING, and TECHNIQUE. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Check out the FULL Pixar in a Box series HERE!

Lorenzo!

How to THINK when you draw NEWSPAPERS tutorial #LEARNUARY day TWENTY-NINE!

Today's tutorial for #LEARNUARY is How to THINK When You Draw NEWSPAPERS!

PLUS MORE FREE TUTORIALS and REFERENCE SETS on our TWITTER, yesterday, including THIS SET  of wonderful PROPS by Cory Loftis, and THIS great set of HAND DRAWING notes by Tom Bancroft! More to come on our twitter HERE TODAY!

Tutorials BOOK coming to KICKSTARTER March 2018, just mail "Add me, Lorenzo!" to misterlorenzoboy@yahoo.co.uk to be on the launch day mailing list - best chance to get ORIGINAL ART with your books :)

And if you want MORE, here's my first 100 ONE HUNDED tutorials for FREE!

Lorenzo!

How to THINK when you draw COMPOSITION tutorial #LEARNUARY day TWENTY-EIGHT!

Today's tutorial for #LEARNUARY is How to THINK When You Draw COMPOSITION, featuring lots of line art from The Art of Stranski, which is finally being REPRINTED as part of our Kickstarter in March!

And if you want MORE drawing inspiration... Over on our TWITTER we JUST posted up THESE BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS by Tadahiro Uesugi, and THIS AMAZING TUTORIAL on drawing TEETH by Griz and Norm! TONS more to come on our twitter HERE TODAY!

Tutorials BOOK coming to KICKSTARTER March 2018, just mail "Add me, Lorenzo!" to misterlorenzoboy@yahoo.co.uk to be on the launch day mailing list - best chance to get ORIGINAL ART with your books :)

And if you want MORE, here's my first 100 ONE HUNDED tutorials for FREE!

Lorenzo!

How to think when you WRITE USING MIRRORS tutorial #LEARNUARY day TWENTY-SEVEN!

Today's tutorial for #LEARNUARY is the next instalment in Robin's how to WRITE series, explaining why you have to be CAREFUL about letting your characters see their own REFLECTION! 

And there's MASSES more going up on our Twitter, we just posted up THIS BEAUTIFUL CANINE FOREPAW reference by CobrVenom, and THIS WONDERFUL SET OF DRAWING TIPS by Cory Loftis! More going up on our Twitter all through the day!

Lorenzo!