Had a ton of fun doing some digital painting tonight for the artcast. I demoed my custom brush set and did a digital painting of Aang from Avatar The Last Airbender.

Here’s the full video:

And here is the final piece:

If you’re interested, you can still get the custom brushes by signing up the Whistling Cloud Newsletter in the sidebar.

The monitor mount that I use for my Cintiq is a combination of these two mounts:

So I’ve been getting periodic emails asking what’s the best way to know when I release a new comic or print or something. I usually recommend that they follow me on twitter, but I’ve been trying to come up with a more effective way to do this that’s less work for those of you that are interested.

That’s why today I’m launching the Whistling Cloud Newsletter. It’ll be an email newsletter that I’ll send out periodically (monthly, at most) with updates on my latest work, my convention schedule, and special discounts in the store.

To start things off right, I’m giving away my set of custom Photoshop brushes to everyone that signs up for the newsletter. You can see me use many of these brushes here and here. I’ll also be doing a special demo of these brushes tonight on my Weekly Artcast.

In addition to the custom brush set, 5 random subscribers will get the print of their choice from the store.

So sign up for the newsletter in the sidebar, get the brushes and come check out how to use them at the Artcast. I’m excited to put the brushes out there and see how you like them.

Be sure to tell me what you think.

Doing a little bit of digital painting for the artcast today.  You can see the full 2 hour painting here:

Or see the condensed progress below.

The original sketch.

Flating in the colors.

Adding line work.

Adding gradients to the shapes.

Painting in shadows.

Adding texture.

Still a bit more work to do to finish this up. Tune in next week to see the completed piece.

Stuff mentioned in the show:

Adobe Photoshop Custom Brush Techniques with David Levy

Practical Light and Color.

Hans Bacher Here’s his blog. Contact him and see if he can tell you where you can buy his brush library. There’s some great stuff in there.