GrimAlpaca

It is time to feature more tutorials and undiscovered art! :la: As usual, the feature will be divided. The first part includes tutorials on how to design characters and creatures, and the second part is a selection of artwork I’ve discovered recently with fewer than 50 favourites. Previous features are linked at the bottom of the journal, and I post a new feature each month on my profile, usually around the 15th :dummy: We'll start off with some guides on how to design human/humanoid characters. First, @Dinloss has an excellent walk-through of how to design the character themselves - their body, their hair, pose, and much more. However, the clothes and accessories of a character are also essential to their looks - which is covered more in-depth by @HANIICU and @Deamond-89, with one discussing functionality and style and the other cloth detailing, including how to draw those: Animal characters are a different beast, however =P Luckily, we have experts on the topic -

Time to present the DDs I have selected for this month Go take a look at the different pieces, and give them some much-deserved love! Areas featured: Tutorials Stock images Other resources (brushes etc.) Traditional art My DD suggestion guidelines:

Another month has passed, so it's time for more tutorials and undiscovered art :dummy: As usual, the feature will have three parts: One with tutorials/resources related to a specific topic (do suggest topics you're interested in! I'd love to hear from you about this), then a selection of great artwork I have discovered recently with less than 50 favorites, and finally interesting community news such as contests or similar. I'll post one feature once a month, around the 15th, and I plan to keep this going for a while. We're back to nature-related topics - and this time, we'll cover birds. And talking about covering birds, we'll start with taking a look at feathers and plumage. @SilverFlight has an excellent two-part guide to the different feather types, how they look, and where you can find them, and @DesigningLua shares some tips on how to easily draw plumage. Finally, @Blue-Hearts has a great and inspiring compendium with lots of different feather designs, both realistic

Time to present the DDs I have selected for this month :heart: Go take a look at the different pieces, and give them some much-deserved love! Areas featured: Tutorials Stock images Other resources (brushes etc.) Traditional art My DD suggestion guidelines:

Another month has passed, so it's time for more tutorials and undiscovered art As usual, the feature will have three parts: One with tutorials/resources related to a specific topic (do suggest topics you're interested in! I'd love to hear from you about this), then a selection of great artwork I have discovered recently with less than 50 favorites, and finally interesting community news such as contests or similar. I'll post one feature once a month, around the 15th, and I plan to keep this going for a while. I usually feature animal/nature-related topics, so it's time to look at something different - namely artisan crafts. Now, there is a lot to be written about crafts (so many techniques! So many mediums! So incredibly many tutorials!), so you can consider this an intro to show just how much you can do :la: This also means it's more focused on basics rather than specific projects - which you can look up yourself, and find something you like :dummy: We'll start off with

Time to present the DDs I have selected for this month :dummy: Go take a look at the different pieces, and give them some much-deserved love! Areas featured: Tutorials Stock images Other resources (brushes etc.) Traditional art My DD suggestion guidelines:

Judging was a little faster this year, and so the results are in a little earlier than promised :la: First of all, I'd like to thank my co-host and consigliere @GrimAlpaca - while I may be the face of this operation, he keeps the back end running smoothly, and has been an invaluable help especially when it came to sorting spreadsheets and judging :dummy: Some about the judging: Everyone has a Critmas points score. This score is made up by the critique points (every valid critique has been given a score of 1-3, depending on quality), and the points won during different challenges (daily challenges, the scavenger hunt, etc.) These Critmas points determine how many DA points you get as a prize. Only people with more than 12 critiques will get DA points. The "beat the hosts" challenge is not included here - rewards would have been a separate prize, but it seems nobody beat us anyway :stare: Being a member of the winning team also gives you a separate prize. Same for being a