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Colorful Art Showcase

Skilled artists use their knowledge of color to create unique and impactful artwork. Creating colorful art is a skill you can develop by following tutorials and observing your favorite artists. Let's showcase some recent colorful art from awesome artists to learn more about using color effectively in your

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Drawing Hands: Tips and Resources

Drawing hands is something every artist struggles with at some point. Through lots of practice and experimentation most artists end up creating their own synthesized method of drawing hands for their work. Using tips and resources like the ones provided below by magnificent artists you too can develop your skills

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Drawing Resources: Clothing and Folds

Take a look at these resources for learning how to improve at drawing clothing and folds. Studying these guides can help you develop a better understanding of the human figure and the logic behind the clothes we all wear every day. These observations and exercises will help you continue to

Character Design Showcase

Creating compelling character designs is an impressive skill. Character designs are essential for telling stories and creating illustrations. Let us take a look at some amazing character designs featured in art work recently posted by skillful artists. Appreciating these works can also help us gain insight on further developing our

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Pixel Art Showcase

Pixel art is a diverse medium that has inspired artists for decades. Let us take a look at recent pixel artwork from some of our favorite artists! This beautiful piece below by curemoto_dot features an adorable sheep character with a pink background. This piece shows a great understanding of

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Writing Lore for your Original Characters

Learning to write lore for your characters can be an impactful way to build up your writing ability. Writing out a backstory for your character is a great way to give them depth and bring their world to life. Lore is almost like the story that a character would be

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Beginner's Guide to Live 2D

Are you interested in learning how to use Live2D but don't even know where to start? Then this is definitely the right place for you! We've compiled tons of helpful resources and tutorials so you can follow your very own 2D vtubing dreams. Whether you plan

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Learning How to Draw Animal Characters

If you are looking to further develop your artistic skills this resource guide for drawing animals is a wonderful place to start. Whether you want to draw realistic animal portraits or anthropomorphic original characters, learning more about animal anatomy will greatly help you in your journey. Studying from guides created

November: Festivity, Fall Art, and Fun!

Welcome November, Welcome Fall Themed Art! November is the perfect time for sharing colorful fall art, creating fan art, flexing your baking skills, and participating in tons of other fun creative activities! November is still nice and spooky since it is right after Halloween but also opens us up to

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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.

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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

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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.

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A Monster Among Us - Golden Ratio Amongus Art Challenge

get ratioed (in a good way)

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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.