Learn how to draw simplified head structure and facial feature using geometric shape for manga comics. Quick and easy drawing and sketching instruction, constructed and draw girl head and face: eyes, nose, mouth, lips and eyebrows. Tips and technique on sketch and how to quickly create an efficient facial design from concept idea into simple visual cartoon art.

Undoubtedly one of the most prolific, innovative, and exciting artists exhibiting their work on deviantART has to be the amazing Ben Heine. In terms of sheer creativity and the true spirit of art as human expression that knows no bounds, he is currently with few peers. His unique visual creations have been featured in newspapers, magazines and other publications worldwide and over the last few years his works have begun to populate art galleries and museums from Brussels and London to Turkey, Romania and South Korea.

Artists John Hughes and Laura Swift are working on a series of 16”x20” posters featuring memorable quotes from the Final Fantasy games, like Black Mage Vivi Ornitier’s words above from Final Fantasy IX. 

Hyung-Tae Kim is a Korean artist. He has designed characters for video games such as the Magna Cartaseries and the later installments of the War of Genesis series. Kim is an artist in the manhwa style. His latest artworks use a deformation technique where Kim disregards anatomical accuracy to achieve a specific feel to the character.

Stanley Winston was an American visual effects supervisor, makeup artist, and film director. He was best known for his work in the Terminator series, the Jurassic Park series, Aliens, the Predator series, Iron Man, Edward Scissorhands, and Avatar. He won four Academy Awards for his work. Winston, a frequent collaborator with director James Cameron, owned several effects studios, including Stan Winston Digital. The established areas of expertise for Winston were in makeup, puppets and practical effects, but he had recently expanded his studio to encompass digital effects as well.

Aliens vs. Predator (also known as AVP) comics are part of the crossover franchise originated and published by Dark Horse Comics. According to the notes which accompany the first Aliens versus Predator graphic novel, the original idea of combining the Aliens with Predators was the result of a brain-storming session between the comic’s creators (AVP artist and editor Chris Warner is specifically credited) in the late 1980s.

The illusions used in the film, television, theatre, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects, which are traditionally divided into the categories of optical effects and mechanical effects. With the emergence of digital film-making tools a greater distinction between special effects and visual effects has been recognized, with visual effects referring to digital post-production and special effects referring to on-set mechanical effects and in-camera optical effects.

It isn’t enough to choose the best angle from which to take a photograph, it’s also essential to know how to capture a precise moment. In that, Cartier-Bresson had a point. And, even though, at times, the photographer is extremely lucky and all he has to do is press a button to capture an unrepeatable occurence, most often, the patience and the preparation to obtain a photo of a given predictable moment are due to the photographer’s own personal achievement. And so, nearly surreal images are created… There are even those who dedicate themselves, with a bit of sadism, to capturing people in awkward or ridiculous situations, and not even animals escape these photographers’ sharp sense of humour. Alas, let us believe most of these images are sheer coincidence and the result of a random shot. 

Daniel Acker is a freelance editorial, lifestyle and wedding photographer based in Bureau County, Illinois. He is a short ride from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs and is available for assignments and events worldwide.

Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as a sand brushing, sand sculpture, sandpainting, or sand bottles. A sand castle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The two basic building ingredients, sand and water, are available in abundance on a sandy beach, so most sand play takes place there, or in a sandpit. Tidal beaches generally have sand that limits height and structure because of the shape of the sand grains. Good sand sculpture sand is somewhat dirty, having silt and clay that helps lock the irregular shaped sand grains together. Sand castles are typically made by children, simply for the fun of it, but there are also sand sculpture contests for adults that involve large, complex constructions.