guide How to Create a Reference Sheet for your OC Making a reference sheet for your original character is a great way to communicate elements of their personality and design to others.
guide Drawing Advice: Anime Style Cel Shading Tutorial Cel shading is a style of shading used in many types of animation, and often associated with anime art. It usually features bold colors with strong and clear lines. The effect of this style can also be used on 3D artwork and for paper drawing. This style known as cel
characters The Gijinka Journey Have you ever heard of a gijinka? This term is often used in online communities to describe the practice of depicting non-human objects and animals in a humanoid form.
characters Create and Sell Your Own Adoptable Characters! Using these tips you can plan and design your own adoptable characters. You can then sell your adopts online and build a community around their designs.
hiring Hiring: Community Manager UnVale is looking for a new Community Manager! We're looking for someone deeply familiar with artists, OCs, and online communities to help keep our community members engaged, informed, and excited.
characters All About Adoptable Characters Adoptable characters are a fun and social part of the artistic community. Adoptables are original characters made by an artist or other creative, usually with the intention to sell or trade the rights to the design. Let's learn all about adoptables!
guide Featured Drawing Advice: Pushing Poses A figure's pose has the ability to greatly shape the meaning, mood, or intention of a work. Learn how to better express your ideas by pushing your poses even further through these tips and resources.
art Welcome in the Spooky Season with Art and Community Fun Fall is here and it is time for pumpkins, costumes, and wonderfully spooky creations of all kinds! Welcome in the spooky season by enjoying some fan art, creating your own, and connecting with others in different communities!
guide Learning Line Art - How to Improve your Line Art Skills Let's get better at creating line art for our artwork with some tips and tutorials! By practicing these lessons, you can learn to easily create impactful line art in either medium, be it traditional or digital.
culture Featured Celebrate Latin and Hispanic Heritage Month through Art! September 15th to October 15th is National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States! This month is dedicated to celebrating the cultures, histories, and contributions of people of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. Throughout the celebration organizations in the United States like the National Gallery of Art or the Smithsonian Museum
challenge New Art Challenges This Month; Inktober Approaches Many artists like to participate in curated art challenges to develop their skills and foster positive drawing habits. Check out these art events coming up in October!
creative Featured How to Create Your First Original Character Creating your first original character is an extremely personal and powerful experience. It can be a ton of fun while letting you learn a lot about yourself and what sparks your creativity. You can then open the door to exploring character art, roleplay, and other fun interactions with your OCs!
art Y2K is Here to Stay; How Newly Nostalgic Aesthetics are Inspiring us Even Today How creatives are returning to the nostalgic trends of the Y2K era to create a hopeful vision of the future full of self-expression and positivity.
guide Free Resources that New Digital Artists Should Know About This is a list of the most essential free resources available for new digital artists! Feel free to save this list for the future, and if you think of any other resources we should showcase feel free to reach out to us on Twitter!
Featured Finding Inspiration in Some of the Cutest Indie Games of 2022 Taking a deeper look at the art of the cutest indie games is a great way to study and improve at creating stylized art. Join us at UnVale as we showcase and study some of the art behind the cutest indie games so far this year.
8 Fundamentals to Master as a Developing Artist Why are fundamentals important? How can mastering them help me grow as an artist? Focusing on the fundamentals means making sure to learn the building blocks of different art concepts and techniques in order to grow your skills over time. This is the same advice you may have heard a
