Art & Design Tips & Techniques...

Learn techniques and tips to help improve your drawing and CG skill with Organic Metal's comprehensive tutorials created for manga & anime fans and Photoshop users! These tutorials were created a number of years ago and may be a little dated in places. For up-to-date instruction and guides, check out my latest book 'Digital Manga'.

This Tutorials section includes:

General questions and answers related to art, drawing and CGing (digital colouring).

Photoshop basics: Tools in relation to CGing / Digital colouring.

How to successfully scan an image.

Cleaning up scanned work to improve line quality and aid the CG process.

Preperation before colouring your work: First steps of CGing.

Laying solid flat colours or base tones.

Focus on colouring skin and hair.

Focus on colouring clothes and details.

Appliying the final touches to artwork.