Some examples of how to paint or render plastics. In short, I'd start with a matte surface, make sure you can see through it, if the...

Knowing what values to paint on and in your scene can be frustrating. Here's a cheat sheet. Although it's mechanical in nature, at least...

I'm not the biggest fan of floating props in vacuums, though this is quite common in Design Studios. If you can, painting your props in...

Designing cars. This is probably one of the most difficult things to do. This week I have taken a different approach and ditched the...

For a number of years teaching perspective I've done numerous examples of plotting cross sections and mirroring them over in perspective...

If your object has a matte surface, you can generally avoid having to put any reflective patterns on it. However, if you have what is...

I wish there was an easy way to plot reflections in perspective, with tools that can guarantee an outcome, but unfortunately there is...