pixivision - Illustration features tagged how to draw scenery

How to Draw Water and Bubbles - Healing Imagery

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0900

When you’re feeling worn out and in need of a break from reality, staring at a body of water can help restore some calm to your mind. The glittering surface of the water in the sun or the rhythm of the waves gently lapping the shore feels almost meditative, and before long, you might find yourself feeling more at peace than before. So, how exactly do you convey this wondrous imagery in drawings?

If you struggle with any particular aspect of drawing bubbles and water, today’s feature is bound to help you out! Have a look at the following for some tips and in-depth tutorials on how to make your watery splashes and underwater images look all the more magical!

How to Draw Starry Skies and the Moon - How Bright They Shine Above Us

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0900

Is there anything as romantic as sleeping under a sky full of stars? That said, seeing one versus actually drawing one is a wildly different experience. Despite their simplistic shapes, the moon and stars can be deceptively hard to draw, and this has left many an artist stumped as to how to achieve the ideal effect they want.

If you struggle with a particular aspect of drawing stars and the moon, today’s feature is bound to help you out! Have a look at the following for some tips and in-depth tutorials on how to make your starry skies more realistic while still being breathtakingly dreamy!

Combining Things That Exist with Those That Don’t - Background and Scenery Artist Yish Discusses Ways to Illustrate a Fascinating World

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +0900

Background and scenery artist Yish’s solo exhibition “Into the worlds” is being held at pixiv WAEN GALLERY located in Tokyo’s Omotesando until November 23, 2022. The exhibit will feature about 60 original illustrations including new works and past commercial illustrations.

Drawings on How to Draw The Sky, Water, Umbrellas, and Buildings - A must-see for those who watched "Weathering with You" and wanted to draw!

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0900

It's been 3 years since the smash hit film Your Name. The newest work by Makoto Shinkai, Weathering with You, was released yesterday.

Before the release date, people have been talking about the detailed and beautiful depictions of the sky and the city, which are what Makoto Shinkai is known for. There may be many of you who wanted to draw fanart after watching the film.

This time, to celebrate the release of Weathering with You, we're featuring illustrations on how to draw the sky, water, umbrellas, and buildings. Please use these illustrations as a reference.

Night View Making-of Drawings - A must see for amateurs and professionals alike!

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:00:00 +0900

Overwhelming skyscrapers and pools of light oozing from people's rooms... A night view impresses us with its glow. Have you ever found yourself wanting to draw a night view someday? On pixiv, there are illustrations that feature the various techniques it takes to draw a night view--some are simple, while some others are created by expert artists based on their own finished illustrations.

Today we are featuring making-of illustrations that might be useful for amateurs and professionals who want to draw the ideal night view. Please enjoy!

What's "One-Point Perspective"? How To Draw Three-Dimensional Compositions

Tue, 02 May 2017 19:00:00 +0900

Have you ever heard of a technique called "one-point perspective", used to create three-dimensional compositions? One-point perspective (or "single-point perspective") is a method used to draw stereoscopic and realistic backgrounds. It's often used to draw interiors and landscapes. The peculiar thing about one-point perspective is that a single 'vanishing point' (1) is used. By increasing the number of vanishing points, you can create two-point and three-point perspectives.

By drawing landscapes while ignoring the perspective, they will end up looking quite unnatural. Although beginners might find it hard to grasp the idea behind the concept of perspective, the illustrations we are featuring today will help you get a deeper understanding on the matter! Enjoy these tutorials and easy explanations on how to master the one-point perspective technique!

(1) Vanishing point: a spot on the horizon line to which the receding parallel lines diminish. In other words, the point where all lines seem to meet.

Learning to Draw Landscapes that can be used for Backgrounds♪

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 12:10:00 +0900

Do you have a solid grip on the foundation and tricks of drawing landscape paintings? In fact, once you memorize the basics - such as using the effects of media softwares such as Photoshop and Sai to express light and shadow, or the right method of picking up a purse - you can easily improve on the way you draw illustrations of background and scenery. If you follow the right steps in order, starting with the rough copy, even as a beginner you’ll be able to draw realistic looking scenery, including some that seem difficult to grasp such as the sea, sky, forests or mountains.

This time, we would like to introduce a special feature on works that focus on methods of drawing landscape paintings and backgrounds, by teaching and making-of. These illustrations are full of techniques that are good not only for landscape painting but also for backgrounds of illustrations. For all you drawing beginners out there, as well as those of you confident of your skills, how about trying and learning something new? Please enjoy!

How to Draw Texture of Lumpy Rocks!

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:00:00 +0900

Can you explain how to draw and paint rocks that appear quite a lot in the background? Even if you use analog or digital tools, it's a bit difficult for us to express the unique rough texture. This time, I will show you how to draw various rocks and texture using analog pencils and watercolors and also thick coating technique. Let's be able to draw rocks freely by searching for a method that suits your level and tool. Please have a look!

How to Draw Fire & Flames

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:00:00 +0900

Are you familiar with how to draw fire and flames? They can serve as background effects to characters, increasing the intensity of the illustration. Flames are also familiar sights in fantasy anime and manga. Blazing flames just seem so hard to illustrate blazing flames, but the use of digital tools such as Sai/Photoshop/CLIPSTUDIO and help you get the job done easily.

How To Draw Flowers!

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:00:00 +0900

We have cherry blossoms during the hanami season, wisteria in May, hydrangea bloom during the rainy season and carnations on Mother’s Day. There are many ways to use flowers to make our illustrations prettier and richer! But we get it’s hard to learn how to draw flowers properly just looking at some reference pictures. Different kinds of petals and buds may seem difficult to master, but there are some tricks! Today we collected step-by-step tutorials that will teach you the art of mastering flower illustrations. Use analog tools such as coloring pencils and paints or digital paintings, we promise that once you get the hang of it, the quality of your artwork will improve drastically!

Stained Glass: Making/Materials

Mon, 16 May 2016 18:00:00 +0900

Stained glass - The breathtaking sight you get upon shining light on colored glass. Often displayed in churches, stained glass panels transport you to a magical multi-colored world, which is bound to leave you fascinated. If only I could bring this scenery home...I’m sure many of you have thought before. However, the process of making stained glass is actually a very delicate one, which involves joining cut pieces of glass with lead. It’s highly challenging to try on your own. Well then, how about drawing your stained glass then? This time, we have a collection of window frames for you to make your own stained glass. Refer to how others mix colors and design their windows, to create your own stained glass. Take a look!

How To Draw Indoors

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:00:00 +0900

Japanese-style rooms, Western-style rooms, classrooms, deserted houses… A room is often used as background in drawing and some may find it difficult to draw perfect balance between spaces and figures such as people. And for this reason, a lot of artists tend to avoid drawing indoors. Today we collected a series of useful tutorials and step-by-step walk-through about how to draw interiors. You can find illustrations such as drawing of rooms with different situations like shadows, reflection of lights and etc. We hope you will find this useful!

Learn How to Draw Townscapes!

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:00:00 +0900

Walking outside, you see utility poles and buildings and even though you see them every day, it’s quite difficult to draw when it comes to actually drawing them. To draw convincing streets and backgrounds, you have to be aware of the eye level, and consider details such as building windows and utility poles, among other things. Today’s Spotlight is about illustrations on art work which explains how to draw townscapes. We also have information on how you can easily draw urban landscapes so check it out and challenge yourself!

How to Draw the Under Water and its Surface

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:00:00 +0900

Do you have any tips for drawing the world under water? You may stare at under water pictures or lie under water in the bath tub to learn how it would look like… It is actually quite tricky to depict the transparency of the water. Today's Spotlight is on how to illustrate the surface of the water and beneath it. They can be of a great help to draw a convincing under water scene, as they explain how water should refract light, provide tips on gradation coloring, and so on!

How to Draw Backgrounds

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 18:00:00 +0900

When drawing a manga or an illustration, I leave the backgrounds blank because I just don't know how to draw it right… Sound familiar to you? Backgrounds can be anything depending on the theme and scene of the illustration. The composition also poses a challenge to stop your brush. Today's Spotlight is "How to Draw Backgrounds" to help you out of such troubles. All the tips are easy to understand, and even a beginner can draw with facility. If you are bothered with backgrounds, why not trying them?

How to Draw Magic Square

Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:00:00 +0900

Have you tried drawing magic square? Complex patterns and deciphering the unknown is incorporated in “magic.” There are those longing to produce magic and conjure up images in their notebooks...Today’s illustrations are a feature on how to draw “magic square”. If you want to learn how to illustrate it in a fun way, please view them. Enjoy!

10 ways: How to Draw Stars in the Sky, Drawing Starry Skies

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:00:00 +0900

How do you draw a starry sky? The stars carry the light of the suns for years and months until they reach back to us... and there are so many of them! What a romantic background. The starry sky has a graduation... and drawing so many sparkly stars is really difficult. From a sky full of stars, shooting stars, or long exposure shots, check out how to draw these skies!

How to Draw Forests and Trees!

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:00:00 +0900

Can you draw trees and forests properly in nature and city scenes? Trees are full of branches and leaves... just looking at one looks really difficult but we've got some tutorials to help you out! These illustrations cut down the parts of a tree and forest to help you illustrate them better! Try these out in your own illustrations!

How to Draw Realistic Bubbles and Foam Step by Step

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:00:00 +0900

Bubbles show up underwater and sometimes in drinks... light bounces and reflects off them and then they disappear. Since they often disappear as soon as they hit the surface of liquid, it's hard to draw them! Today's Spotlight is all about drawing these charming bubbles! Try your attempt at drawing carbonation, sea bubbles and foam...!

Practical perspective tutorial!

Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:00:00 +0900

When you're drawing characters and backgrounds, sometimes it's hard to just not make up what you think it looks like on the spot. So let's try to draw them with some practical perspective! Perspective is created when you draw lines that help the depth of perception help your picture. It's a great tool for artists everywhere. Perspective has lots of artistic terms relating to it, such as "eye level" or "focus point" or "vanishing point"... Today's Spotlight is all about perspective tutorials!