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Font album of Umberto Tozzi: Notte Rosa 1981 and 2024

With much sadness my favorite world-known singer Umberto Tozzi (I remember: "Gloria", "Ti amo"...) have announced his retirement from live concerts from half 2025. If we look at ...
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3D perspective - where should internal lines go on prism

I am trying to draw a mathematical shape (prism) in 3D but having trouble creating the diagram so the 3D perspective looks good. I essentially want a rectangle on top of a trapezium as the cross-...
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Ink outline vs seniority of color layers

New to digital drawing, but would imagine that everyone starts with a sketched ink outline that has an alpha channel, and then from there add on color layers to fill in the transparent space between ...
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How do I draw a curved line with rounded corners in Adobe Indesign?

I tried to draw such a triangle using 3 circles and lines, but I couldn't fill the shape with color. Using a line and giving it a rounding also did not work, using a square with rounded corners - I'm ...
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Illustrator CS3 drawing new objects right above selected object, not at the top of wrapping layer

I have art work that consists of more than 200 objects. I need to draw details to objects that are in the middle of wrapping layer. When I draw a new object it is placed at the top of wrapping ...
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General method for perspective drawing - how does it work, and how does one place the image plane?

Based on the picture with the green and blue squares in this post, I tried projecting a cube drawn at a generic angle (so it had two sets of receding lines with respect to the observer). Only, I was ...
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How to draw 3 overlapping circles with different colors?

Is there a free software to draw following in ubuntu? How to color the overlap zone? I am not able to figure this out in GIMP.
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How can I reproduce this linen print texture?

I would like to reproduce the vintage cloth book cover texture from this picture: . As you can see, the brown drawing and text are also textured. It contains "white dots" which makes it ...
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How do I cut in half a complex drawing in Adobe Illustrator?

I have drawn two faces for a logo in Adobe Illustrator and I want to cut them in half so I can put text in the middle. This is how I want it to look: Currently, I have these two faces: It's not ...
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What are the fundamentals of human figure drawing? How to improve in each of them?

I'm trying to break down what skills I need to develop to draw a realistic human figure. At the moment I got: Gesture I have no good idea on how to exercise this, I mean, I have no good way to know ...
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Am I using the subtract tool wrong in Sketchup?

It's my first attempt to making a staircase with a 3' curved knee wall as a railing. I am trying to remove a portion of the curved wall along a staircase to do this. I tried to use the solid tools ...
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How to have consistent stroke width in placed AI documents on InDesign?

I'm making an instruction manual on InDesign. I have pictures which have been exported from CAD software and then refined in Illustrator. They are line drawings and I want to have a consistent stroke ...
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Methods to create a dotted complex shape. is it possible or do I need to use another tool?

I see illustrations like this and wonder how to create something like this (see the example below). What tool should I use? Is there a lesson on how to create one?
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How to draw Samtaegeuk (yin-yang symbol but with three swirls, each a different colour)?

I'm trying to draw a Samtaegeuk symbol, which is essentially a yin-yang symbol with three swirls, each one a different colour. I found the guide below for drawing the two-swirl Korean taegeuk, but I ...
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What is this style of illustration used in Arabian Nights, illustrated by Vera Bock?

I have had this copy of Arabian Nights, collected by Andrew Lang, published around 1960 in Great Britain, in which the illustrations were done by Vera Bock. I have always been mesmerized by them. I ...
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Software for drawing interactively via voice commands or command line interface

I'm not sure if my post is better suited for the Software Recommendations Stack Exchange. If so, then perhaps migrate it there. How hard would it be to design a computer program where you could use ...
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Tools for drawing container terminals for scientific publications

For my scientific paper, I want to illustrate my problem in a visually appealing way with some sketches. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any web tools or apps that would allow me to draw figures ...
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Drawing tools for scientific papers

Hello I would you to propose me a program which can be used to make figures on scientific papers. An example of a figure that I want to create is of a body (2d) with forces on it, or figures with ...
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What is the technical branch of concept at design behind the "industrial spaceship style"?

Look at these concept arts of spaceships [1],[2],[3]. It is clear that they "merge" heavy machinery vehicle elements and the fiction of a spaceship. I would like to know the name of this ...
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Time Estimate for Drawing Detailed Realistic Cartoon Characters

Right now, I am drawing realistic detailed human cartoon characters for my video game (For example, like XCOM Chimera’s character portraits, but full-body pictures), but am unhappy with how many hours ...
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Darken lines on drawing

Need to darken the lines on this drawing. I know nothing about editing or graphics. Eventually I need to make an svg of this drawing to make an acrylic embosser to use on fondant
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How to draw parallel inclined surfaces in perspective

I know the steps for how to draw a surface in perspective using two vanishing points. I mean, I know how to draw a box, a pyramid, and a cone. Now I got into a situation where I need to draw the ...
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Including vectorized 3d drawings of objects in a printed document

When in need to draw an illustration in 2d or even 3d, one can use a mark-up language like svg or pgf. Both produce vector based illustrations, they are good and can produce very nice results. One ...
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How to retain smooth curves in Medibang Paint Pro?

Medibang is the program that I use for drawing the most. So there is a problem that got me worried. When I draw curves, Medibang somehow coverts it into straight lines, with no tools on. I tried ...
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How can I draw a customized line in GIMP?

why GIMP makes so difficult to draw a simple line on an image! Anyway, could someone help me out and explain how can I draw a line in several layers of certain length and width and then align those ...
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Low quality photo

I have created a photo size of 350*200 pixels. The problem is when I add it to my website it's showing blurry a little bit. Blurry is not good. How to keep the same size but a higher resolution?
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Designing a roadmap

do you know any program to easily create a roadmap like that: https://github.com/MoienTajik/AspNetCore-Developer-Roadmap/blob/master/aspnetcore-developer-roadmap-printable.png
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How can I change the units of drawing from pixels to cm?

When drawing a rectangle or square, if drawn randomly it shows the units in a small box displayed in cm. If drawn by specifying the dimensions from the top ribbon, the unit is pixels instead of cm.
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From a CAD model to an Illustration drawing. How to?

I am trying to draw the best illustration I can for a user manual. I have a CAD drawing in .STP and I would like to get some simple illustations in .AI or .EPS or .SVG I tried to export the ...
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How do I find a cone of vision not located on the horizon line?

In Scott Robertson's How to Draw, he briefly explains to the reader what happens when a person (acting as the station point in this situation) tilts their head up and down, while viewing the same ...
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How to draw and fill the width region of the disk in Inkscape?

How to draw and fill the shaded region of the disk in Inkscape as shown in the image below?
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How to fill shapes with line pattern in Inkscape?

I can draw the outlines and add Latex variables in Inkscape, but how does one fill those objects with line patterns as in the below diagrams? Also how to cut out the pattern to fill text(or latex ...
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Photoshop - Union of two Smart Objects

Is there a feature in Photoshop CC18, to automatically create the union of two smart objects? If I combine these two layers with two blue bars, which are two smart objects for example (ignore the gray ...
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How to write in a "sticky" way

Does anyone know how to write/draw like in this video? https://youtu.be/L4faHv_iRtU The way he writes letters (e.g. e, sin, x...) seems "sticky" and I really want to know how to achieve this ...
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Really into this guys art but unsure whether it’s image manipulation of various pics or hand drawn, can someone help?

Needs help on whether this design is completely hand-drawn or multiple images ran through filter gallery and tweaked with brush tool
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What would be the natural way to draw someone who is pulling a wire or a rope from the ceiling?

I'm having confusion on how to properly represent the motion of the human body. The action which I intend to draw is a man pulling a wire from the ceiling of a room. I attempted to look for sketches ...
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How did this artist create this shadow?

For almost a year, I have been hiring an artist in Ukraine to draw some human figures for a book. I am saddened for him and for myself that he has informed me he can no longer work. He is a young ...
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What are some techniques to give drawings 3D appearance?

I am very new to this world of graphics design. I have noticed that some drawing look 3D but I have no clue what's making them perceived like that. For example how can I turn a circle to look like a ...
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How to draw a leaf using Inkscape

I am trying to draw the following leaf1 using inkscape: More precisely I would like to get the outer shape of the leaf. I have tried to get it using the intersection of two circles: But the shape is ...
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Why are these types of Graphics so popular among big corporations?

I am not an artist, just a simple engineer. I noticed in the recent years, some big corporations such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, use these type of design for characters: just to name a few. Why ...
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How do I prevent the white outline around the inside of the blue circle not happen?

when I use the fill option in photoshop it leaves an edge of ugly white border between the black outline and the blue. is there a way to fix this from happening?
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Remove blue lines in Photoshop

I have seen a lot of very different tutorials about how to remove blue lines from a scanned drawing. So I ask myself what is the best way in term of simplicity and quality to do this in Photoshop (CS3 ...
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What tools can provide such sketchy diagrams (technical)

I am searching for what tool that is used to create such sketchy drawings to be used in technical (software) related projects, and hopefully it is open source. The main point here is that I already ...
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How to do the Loomis method of drawing the head at an angle that isn't 3/4?

Everyone who teaches the Loomis method of drawing the head from an angle always shows the 3/4 angle. For example, see the middle picture below. Apparently, at this angle the eclipse on the side of ...
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Is it possible to create 3D red/cyan anaglyphs in a hand drawing?

There are plenty tutorials online on how to create 3D red/cyan anaglyphs from existing photos in Photoshop or similar software. However, I'm wondering if it is possible to draw a 3D image by hand on ...
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Tracing Pattern On Fabric Using Laundry Marker

two short questions: I want to transfer a pattern similar to this to fabric: Since I really like the aesthetic of vintage camouflage clothes, I want to go for a similar look. I noticed that ...
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Better ways of vectorizing photos than Illustrator's Trace?

Are there any better ways of vectorizing photos than Illustrator's Trace? I don't have one of them Wacom boards so I can't really do this by hand.
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Why can ellipses be used to find squares in perspective drawing?

In Scott Robertson's How to Draw book he proposes a method for finding proportional squares using ellipses: (the "conditions" he mentions are described on the previous page and are simply that the ...
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Must one have a knowledge of fine art to be a Graphic Designer? Should all Graphic Designers know how to draw?

Is it true that nice design comes with a nice drawing? Do designers have to know how to draw to be a good designer or not?
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Drawing Sketch Video Tutorial on Titanic Ship

YouTube Video URL : https://youtu.be/aZI1LO8AxAA This is a tutorial on Drawing Titanic Ship free hand sketch. I would like to know using drawing tools viz Adobe Photoshop, MSPaint etc whether the ...

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