Texture – can it enhance a picture?

The answer is yes. It can. I was playing a dragon game on my phone, observing the awesomeness of the dragons’ designs. Then I thought: Hey! If they can do this with expensive graphics, maybe I can on some paper. It is not as easy as it looks. Baby dragons are the worst – they…

How to (not) make a sock alien

Welcome to our tutorial on how to make a sock…. thing. Just watch what I do, then do the exact opposite! *thumbs up* Get a sock, it can be a trainer sock or an ankle sock Cut it off about an inch above the heel Try to do it neatly and not like I did…

When You Listen to Green Day in Class

(Disclaimer: this post is a joke! I have no problem with my teachers or anyone at school, and I haven’t been breaking any rules by listening to music) We’ve all done it. Listening to music is great, right? In my opinion, Green Day is totally awesome and American Idiot is a great album… …but things…

Why random doodles are usually best kept to one’s self

Well, me and my buddy were flicking through our notepads and discussing our doodles. I found myself the centre of some slightly unwanted attention when I found The killer mushroom. Need I say anything else but this was for a comic about fungi… My attempt at cute cat art? I really don’t even know… People?…

4 years of art progress

I was digging through an old toybox when I came across my first sketchbook, from just over four years ago. I had just discovered the manga/anime style and had jumped right in with some…. interesting results. I’ve always loved character design, and there was one design that spoke out to me as something I could redraw,…

You might be seeing more of us

We haven’t been online much lately (for absolutely ages, we’ll admit) but we might be coming back! We’ve been very busy recently, starting at senior school (it sucks) and almost forgetting about our humble blog. It’s a cool place for us to express ourselves, and we’ve both grown as people and artists since we’ve been…

Photoshop doodling

I was examining my new drawing how-to book from the shops when I thought: how do they colour in those pictures so evenly, with shading too? I asked my dad and he said “photoshop.” This  was an interesting discovery for me – I cant colour in well for my life and my pictures always look…

Redrawing Art And A Message To All Artists

Hi readers, I know the blog hasn’t been updated in forever a long time, but we started Year 7 recently and have been mega busy with… stuff. And yeah , we kinda forgot about the blog. But we’re back now, and we have a story to tell! Emma (my fellow Tacodile) went to a garage…

Dragon doodle | How to draw a dragon

Some doodling from a month ago. Tips: Use your imagination! Let your mind move the pencil – not completely your hand. Rubbers are not always necessary – I only used one for the first faint guidelines. They can leave nasty smudges, but always have one for emergencies. Be detailed – it gives depth to your…

Digital doodles | Art with your phone

Doodling on phones is useful and fun (if you have a phone that is)! Especially on the go. You don’t need a pen, pencil or rubber, just storage. And an idea. It is simple, draw something and add to it. Alternatively, you can do as I did and draw an animal, an object, a place……