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Why I still use Photoshop
Currently in Adobes moment of need, alternative competitors are offering their products at a more affordable rate, directly going after adobes disgruntled customers. Combine this with the current economic downturn the world is at the time this post was written, people have more reason than ever to move on from Adobe’s Creative Cloud. Affinity is a great alternative for vector based artwork, as well as providing a suitable replacement for…Daniel Johnson
May 5, 2026
Using Blender’s Geometry Nodes for Kit Bash
When making a kitbash kit one would often have rectangular primitive shapes and rely on texturing to carry you the rest of the way. With ceramic cladding for facades, that way of doing things becomes falls apart. Take this image of how ceramic cladding is assembled, there is this distinct gap between the tiles that can’t easily be replicated when you consider the sheer variation that it can come in…Daniel Johnson
April 29, 2026
Creating a Contemporary Themed Kit bash Kit
When creating a kit bash kit, there is often an emphasize on deciding what exactly it is for. Of course a question like this would be obvious, but the nuance of the question will have profound effect on how you will go about building this reusable toolbox. If for instance the kit is being create a play space for a game, the constraints imposed will be vastly different from if…Daniel Johnson
April 16, 2026The Beauty of Simplification for Drawing
The most memorable video games often tend to not focus on realistic graphics, but focus on stylized art. Given the current medium it does not try to mimic real life, it is merely used life as an inspiration It is then simplified and transformed into something real life never could achieve. In line work there are three important tools to consider when performing this simplification that are shown in the…Daniel Johnson
December 25, 2025
Adobe’s Precarious State
After Affinity’s acquisition in 2024 by Canva, they have made a stunning decision to move to a free to use model. Affinity has now become a loss leader meant to attract perspective professionals into Canva’s ecosystem where the value is made in the backend through Canva pro. This also directly challenges adobes software subscription business model. With affinity designer now being free, I decided to give it a try and…Daniel Johnson
November 12, 2025
Applying Color Theory to Paint a house
For this series of blog post around applying color theory, I want to take the reader along the very stages that I go through when creating an illustration. This will enable to reader to see how the various art theories and principles are being applied so the readers can move in a direction where they can manifest these principles on their own. With this illustration specifically I wanted to delve…Daniel Johnson
June 19, 2025
Applying Color Theory to Paint a Bird Box
With this series off post that I am doing, I wanted to provide readers a way to learn how different theories in art are applied by walking you through the process of starting a piece to its conclusion with a focus on color theory. Many art related educational materials tend to focus on teaching the fundamentals. These lessons are often compartmentalized and divorced from the journey an artist undertakes to…Daniel Johnson
June 15, 2025
Studying Light and Shadow with Blender
Blender has been an artistic boon for studying light and shadow scenarios in different environments. The cycles engine is my preferred choice to simulate realistic light interactions with the environment. There are a few settings within blenders cycle engine that will need to be set to get the best results. Let start by looking at how blender handles light with the default settings to see where things go wrong. Introduction…Daniel Johnson
May 19, 2025
The importance of the hierarchy value in art
Introduction When creating an illustration one of the most important pillars to art is understanding how to handle the value of multiple objects within the art you are making. With value you have there is the clear separations of light and shadow. Knowing this principle, it is easy to create form within a simple illustration that does not involve much thought with how the focal point fits into the environment.…Daniel Johnson
May 15, 2025
Training the brain to be a better drawer
Drawing is the base of many good works of illustrations that you may see. It serves to capture the essence of the illustration, to guide people on how to apply paint. But for many who wish to undertake that process it is often difficult to grasp the volumes of the form. Even when you study how to become a better drawer, the results will often vary between different people. The…Daniel Johnson
April 5, 2025
