How to Draw Pretty Designs

In this scroll saw woodworking pattern tutorial you will learn how to create word art in Corel Draw vector graphics drawing software and use that word art as part of your scroll saw pattern designs.

These are two gun designs that can be used with the wiimote. Both are pretty easy to make, and modify. Let me know what you think.

Dive into the world of Chinese brush painting, a traditional art where each brush stroke of the painting is neither improved upon nor corrected. The artist must get it right from first to last stroke! RaggedyBird.com presents these videos showing the process of how to draw Ch ...more

With technology nowadays, it easier than ever to create designs that can be used for clothing. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are two programs that help with the process in making whatever you want. As you'll see in this tutorial, you'll find out how to use Photoshop to crea ...more

Have you always secretly harbored a love for urban design or architecture but your parents made it clear to you that they would only financially support you through school if you studied pharmacy? We know your situation sucks, but just because you can't get a degree in urban p ...more

If you are looking for an easy way to make croquis, but don't have the skills to draw it by hand, then try the next best thing: the computer. Using the software program, Adobe Illustrator, you can make a great looking croqui template that can be used over and over again with n ...more

If you have any mexican blood in you, you may already know what a cholita is defined as. If you don't know the urban dictionary defines a cholita as, "pretty much a tough girl.Usually a female version of a vato. They draw their eyebrows on and wear chuck taylors and carry a gl ...more

This video is about how to draw a cartoon violin. For this you have to remember only a very few easy steps that are the following: (1)Draw a base for the violin. (2)Draw a chin rest. (3)Draw the neck. (4)Draw strings for the cartoon violin. (4)Add graphics, such as outlining t ...more

This two-part video tutorial shows you how to draw an eye that's realistic, using the software program Adobe Illustrator. If you've ever been confused by Illustrator, this video will clear things up for you. The first part of the tutorial shows you the ultra-fast version, and ...more

Add a party favor to your next hosted New Year's Eve bash. Ring in the New Year wearing personalized party glasses! It's a fun project for kids and adults. You Will Need: • A pair of sunglasses • Drawing paper • A pencil • Scissors • Cardboard or poster paper • Decorations S ...more

This video demonstrates how to draw a a somewhat oddly shaped seaside town with a dock located at the bottom of a pit surrounded by buildings. The picture is very pretty and original, although what sort of land could support this particular town is left to the imagination.

This video from Family Fun shows how to make football cupcakes. You will need some cupcakes that you have already baked, some green frosting, white decorating gel and icing, fruit leather, pretzel sticks and chocolate covered almonds. Frost the cupcake with the green frosting ...more

Not that we have anything against painting on an aubergine nail polish for a night out on the town, but why not get a little inventive next time you do your nails by creating unique designs? Become a nail Picasso by checking out this nail tutorial for creating nautical-inspire ...more

Make your cakes look delectable and tempting by piping these easy floral chocolate shapes. You can make any designs you'd like, but check out the video to learn the technique. Since Valentine's Day is coming up, you can make dozens of these and toss them on top of cupcakes fo ...more

This video demonstrates how to draw Yugi Moto, main character in the insanely popular card game, manga, and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh, digitally in Paint on your computer. The video moves pretty fast, so try to keep up!  If you need to slow it down, you can find the original tutor ...more

Watch this video and learn how easy it is to draw a horse. First you create a rough scratching, and then you go over it in darker color. While the video is sped up, it is pretty easy to follow along.

Raid the thrift stores and the hardware stores and turn something that's old and useless into invaluable works of art. Armed with markers and your own artistic skills you can change fussy old dinner plates into something worth eating on. Watch this video to learn more about ho ...more

Let's face it: Most of the buttons we have on clothing are utilitarian: They hold our peacoat together and our pants on (generally), and thus aren't particularly pretty in and of themselves. But if you want to add personal flair to your peacoat or pair of jeans, why not cover ...more

Whether you are pursuing drawing as a professional or as a hobby or you are just a common person, we're pretty sure that you have drawn a tree somewhere in your lifetime. This video merely shows how to do the same in a better way. Though there is no narration (just background ...more

co23ghttoe is here to show you how to draw a manga fox girl. You first start with a circle and two lines to line up the eyes on the face. The eyes can come out looking pretty rough but with the proper use of eyebrows, it can make a "cuter" expression. You then outline the bott ...more

This video shows how to draw the famous cartoon character and is accompanied by funky music, rather than commentary. After all, you can actually see what the artist is doing, so narrative is pretty much unnecessary. You basically start by drawing the eye and then the beak and ...more

This easy tutorial will show you how to create fun birthday invitations in a variety of designs. With a few simple steps, you'll be able to invite guests using crafted cards themed after lady bugs, robots, monkeys, dinosaurs, sweet sixteen celebrations, or even a pretty pink t ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw small faces on paper. This is best for drawing on comic books, because the faces are smaller than on regular drawings. First, give yourself a scale size to see how large you want the faces on the paper to be. If you are new at drawing, us ...more

Turn an Altoids can into an outstanding headphones amp. Learn to solder by building yourself the most excellent Chu Moy headphone amp. It sounds great but cheap enough to give away as holiday stocking stuffers. Headphone amplifiers might seem superfluous but when you step to ...more

designs can make a top or dress, from low swoops or off the shoulder simplicity, to keyhole designs or camisole straps. Learn to draw over a dozen necklines for fashion illustration in this free fashion design video series. Part 1 of 20 - How to Draw necklines in fashion desig ...more

The "Hacker" style was created for hackwars.net for their avatar system. You can basically take the simple shapes as seen at first in the video and draw pretty much any kind of character. Just go wild! Don't forget to add the thick black line around the outside. It really make ...more

This tutorial drawing video will teach you how to draw Sasuke Uchiha from the manga and anime known as Naruto. Sasuke is Naruto's friend in the series. This manga drawing video will show you how to draw Sasuke and pretty soon, you'll be an expert!

Darts in fashion design collect fabric and add texture to a garment, and a fashion illustration needs to communicate darts well to sell. Learn to draw darts for fashion designs from a pro designer in this free fashion illustration video series. Part 1 of 8 - How to Design fash ...more

In this video series, our expert will demonstrate how to make gourd art. She will give instructions on how to create several gourd crafts. She offer tips on how to cut into a gourd, how to clean out the inside of the gourd, and shows you how to decorate gourds through several ...more

Just follow these eight steps to draw the monkey head: Step 1: First, we need to draw a big circle. Step 2: Draw a semi-circle above the big circle, touching the big circle on the top. Step 3: Draw the ear on each side touching both the small and the big circle, then put a ...more

This demonstration of how to draw the Drago character from Bakugan features a high degree of skill and speed, so if you aren't already pretty adept with Paint and digital art in general you probably need not apply. If you have the desire and patience to really improve you skil ...more

This series will focus on the basics of drawing organic shapes in 2-point perspective. Our expert Craig Browder will walk you through step-by-step, teaching you how to use this fundamental drawing skill which can be adapted and build upon to create elaborate designs. Part 1 of ...more

One of the hardest parts about drawing the famous manga character Naruto is his eyes. No matter how hard you try, it seems they're never quite right, but with a little practice, those anime eyes will be perfect. DragoArt has this video tutorial on how to draw Naruto character ...more

Drawing is easy for some, harder for others, but drawing letters is pretty simple for both the pro and novice artist. There's all kind of text styles you could conjure up, and they don't have to be boring fonts. Fire up your imagination to create different styles for drawing n ...more

Bishoujo, in Japanese, literally means "beautiful young girl". Japanese culture uses this word to describe how young and pretty the girls of Japan are. And this anime and manga girl is quite the "Bishoujo". If you want to learn how to draw this Bishoujo character, it's really ...more