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Developing the Concept Further 2
Developing the Concept Further
Concept Character Creation Exercise
Caricature #33
Caricature #32
Caricature #31
My Brush Settings and Set-Up
How to Draw Manga Eyes
Caricature #30
Caricature #29
How to Draw Eyes BRAND NEW VIDEO!!
Caricature #28
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Name:
Sycra Yasin
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Art
Joined:
June 09, 2006
Last Sign In:
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Videos Watched:
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Art videos that inspire, instruct, and entertain.
About Me:
 
FAQ:

Q: What kind of tablet do you use?
A: I use a Wacom Intuos 3 12x9 tablet.

Q: Can you draw a caricature of me?
A: Yes, just send me a PM with some links to your image. I charge a small fee, so if you want one done for free, I'm not really doing that, but it's all very reasonable.

Q: Can you draw me a picture of...?
A: Yes, I'm taking commissions. If you want your own original character drawn or painted, send me a PM or email me at sycra7@hotmail.com . I charge $25 for a drawing of one character and $100 for a character coloured in Photoshop. I think the rates are really reasonable, so if you want your very own Sycra-drawn character, now's your chance!

Q: What brushes do you use?
A: In Photoshop I just use the default round brush, and vary between soft and hard edges. I paint mostly between the 10-50% opacity range. In Painter I mostly draw with the 2B Pencil. The trick is to use a very light colour because Painter tends to make the colour much darker with the pencil. I also sometimes use Digital Watercolour to paint with, but mostly I draw in Painter and paint in Photoshop.
EDIT: Uploaded a video showing my brush settings.

Q: How long have you been drawing?
A: As long as I can remember.

Q: What inspires you?
A: I think it depends. A lot of times when I draw it's actually not about inspiration, it's more like work. For instance I know I have to work on bodies so I will practice drawing bodies and look at anatomy books. Or I know I have to get better at varying line widths so then I will just work on that for a while. I also force myself to draw at least one portrait a day, and sometimes I just don't want to. So in terms of inspiration, I'm not sure. I think I get most inspired when I see other people drawing. Makes my fingers itch for a pencil. I also listen to music when I draw though. Music helps to give the left side of the brain something to focus on so that the more creative right side of the brain and the emotional brain can take more control.

Q: Did you attend any art school? If so, which one?
A: No, I'm self taught. --EDIT-- I recently took 2 months of private lessons with the painter Zhong-Ru Huang.

Q: Who are your favourite artists?
A: Craig Mullins, Casey Baugh, Andrew Loomis, William Bouguereau and John Singer Sargent.

Q: What are you using to record the screen?
A: I use a program called Camtasia Studio.
Country:
Canada
Channel Comments (683)
Pomka07 (1 hour ago)
Thanks for the eye Tutorial looks great :) awsome hints so do you use your mouse to draw?? or a Wacom tablet with digital pencil?

please reply thanks
fireball773 (4 days ago)
Can you please make a video to help me draw male anime faces?
badreligion86 (5 days ago)
Thank you, simply thank you, you have inspired a 23 year old whos previous accomplishments armed with a pencil have been unemotional stick figures, to draw. and to practice and practice and draw sommore, if you have been drawing since as far back as you remember, ive a lot of catching up to do if im ever gonna be better :)
TheJapanChannelDcom (6 days ago)
Way cool channel!
Faderulith (6 days ago)
I see You are getting better and better . Lots of new videos they are great. Keep up the good work.
Jinx16111 (1 week ago)
Hey Sycra, Im a teacher at my local community college and sometimes we watch videos on here as examples. I was wondering, Can you do a video on strictly beginner digital painting and drawing? Like the process, not sped up and explain how you started out and what you did, read, watched etc. Just go over the basic process of how you start a painting and go about finishing it, and how you trained yourself to draw? It would really be great to show all the students!
anime4both (1 week ago)
what happened to the Obama caricature video? :'(
kazanjianm (1 week ago)
Sycra, you have an absolutely fantastic channel! I have been suing your videos in my classroom (play and pause) to teach observational drawing (before 3D observation). Thanks for all of your great contributions. I am an artist too. I hope that you check out my channel! Thanks!
-Merrill
giissdalii43588 (1 week ago)
Do you love amazing Domme Maitresse chicks. Watch the sexiest ones on utube on my channel!!
Geistertramper (1 week ago)
damn your sooooooo good !!!
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Sycra uploaded a new video (1 week ago)
A few people requested I do this character...
Final image: http://sycra.deviantart.com/art/Warri...

Tools:
Wacom Intuos3 12x9
Adobe Photoshop CS3
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Sycra uploaded a new video (1 week ago)
I decided to try going further with one of the images from the Concept Character Creation Exercise vid ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T80Qm5... )...   more
 
 
Sycra uploaded a new video (2 weeks ago)
Okay, so this was because I was being asked to do some costume design and I figured I'd try something with some character design thrown in too. I ...   more
 
 
Sycra uploaded a new video (2 weeks ago)
This one is of Ana. I tried adjusting the opacity and flow settings a bit this time.

The final image can be viewed here:
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Sycra uploaded a new video (3 weeks ago)
This one is of Faye.

The final image can be viewed here: http://sycra.deviantart.com/art/Faye-...

Tools:
Wacom Intuos3 12x9
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Camtasia...   more