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Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in Pencil Grips with Mike Theuer

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In this entry into our drawing lessons series, Mike Theuer explains the pros and cons of various pencil grips Drawing Lessons: Pencil Grips If you don’t have the right grip, your drawings will be flat. For example, my drawings are more than…
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Writing Tips: Research, A Writer’s Best Friend and A Writer’s Worst Enemy

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Check out Joe Finder's personal website here. He has a number of great books, blogs, and writing tips. Learn more about Joe Finder by viewing his 'Featured Writer' page here. Writing Tips: Research, A Writer's Best Friend and Worst Enemy My…

Drawing Lessons: How to Draw a Car with Brian Duey

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Find out how you can draw an incredibly detailed card in this step by step entry into our drawing lessons series. Drawing Lessons: How to Draw a Car Step 1 - Proportions are critical in a technical drawing so I have gridded my outline using…

Writing Tips: How to Get Ideas on Paper – Part I

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Self-published author Louie Centanni shares his writing tips, including the easiest ways to get your ideas on paper. Writing Tips: How to Get Ideas on Paper - Part I One of the more common questions people have asked me since the release of…

Writing Tips: “Somewhere There’s a Someone” – Practicing Uninhibited Writing

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Self-published author Louie Centanni shares his writing tips, including how to practice uninhibited writing to get the most out of your ideas. Writing Tips: Practicing Uninhibited Writing There aren’t many things in life that can simultaneously…
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Writing Tips: What’s a Hook? The Art of the Pitch and Effectively pitching your ideas

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Writing Tips: The Art of the Pitch My Hollywood agent brought me out to L.A. not long ago to pitch a couple of Big Shot TV producers on an idea for a show they wanted me to create. I figured, why not? I flew out there and got into the meeting…
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Power up Your Openings: Writing Tips from Excelling in the Field of ‘Thriller’ Writing

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Writing Tips: Power Up Your Openings "In POWER PLAY and KILLER INSTINCT you had a killer opening that raised not only great story questions but high stakes in a flash-forward moment before returning to a slower paced revealing of the protagonist's…

Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in “Circulism” with Brian Duey

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Drawing Lessons: Circulism "Circulism" is a technique that many artists use in attaining a realistic skin texture in drawing. People's faces are not perfect and should not be rendered so. Circulism is basically drawing very tiny overlapping…

Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in Negative Drawing with Brian Duey

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Drawing Lessons: Negative Drawing When negative drawing, you shouldn't focus on the shape of the object itself, you should focus on the shape of the space around the object. When all the space around the object is shaded, the object will…

Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in Composition with Mike Theuer

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Learn how to compose your drawings and add balance to your compositions in this entry into Mike Theuer's drawing lessons series. Drawing Lessons: Composition First, remember to focus on a subject or aspect of a subject that you like. Maybe…