Teaching Art Lessons Online with Udemy and Gumroad - My Thoughts on This Experience

As you may or may not know, I am a Storyboard and Comic Book illustrator. I enjoy creating images for nearly anything I can get my hands on. I recently needed to fill some gaps in my work schedule so I started teaching online. I started with lots and lots of Youtube videos and got my feet wet in the process. After some time doing that I was approached by Tuts Plus by Envato to start recording video lessons in Sketchbook Pro and Photoshop. Then after that ran it course and I started to feel the need to keep going I looked around for other platforms. I now teach on Udemy and launched my own lessons on Gumroad. You can view my page here - http://www.gumroad.com/robertmarzullo

I now have lessons on How to Improve Your Figure Drawing - How to Digitally Paint in Manga Studio 5 and so on. I even make custom brushes to help other artists create their work. It has been an extremely rewarding process and I am excited for what the future will bring. I am always an artist first and a teacher second but it does come with the added benefit of helping my fellow artists grow their skills. Which feels pretty cool!

If you prefer Udemy then you can get my courses here -

Use this offer code to get 25% Off my Figure Drawing Course -

https://www.udemy.com/how-to-improve-your-figure-drawing-step-by-step/?couponCode=-25PERCENTOFFNOW-

Use this offer code to get 25% Off my Creating Comic Book Faces Course -

https://www.udemy.com/creating-comic-book-faces-in-sketchbook-pro-8/?couponCode=25OFFNOWPLEASE

I just wanted to share this in case you are someone that is thinking about how to fill up your own schedule and create other sources of income. Teaching online is a great way to do that and helps you to further grow your audience and establish yourself as a professional in the industry. And you get to work in your pajamas, so that is pretty nice also! ;)

I am working on a new course now so if you like them there are more on the way! And let me also say that when you purchase any of my digital products I am here to help and to listen.  If you experience any problems or have questions then feel free to reach out and I will do my very best to help.  I also like to get feedback so that I can continually improve my lessons.  Thank you for stopping by and good luck with your art journey.

Robert A. Marzullo

Ram Studios Comics

www.robertmarzullo.com

Monster teeth - Step by Step - Drawing and Coloring

Here is another step by step Youtube Video. No commentary on this one, just drawing.  I will have to release quick ones like these when my deadlines get tough so I hope everyone understands. At least this way I can still keep sharing content along the way. This one is just me drawing and coloring some crazy monster teeth.  Because you never know when you might get asked to draw some crazy monster teeth, right?! ;)

This was drawn on the iPad Pro using Procreate and the Apple Pencil.

You can get the same type of device I used here with my Amazon Affiliate link -

iPad Pro 128 Gig - http://amzn.to/2cswFM1

Apple Pencil - http://amzn.to/2cPUOLt

 I hope you enjoy it and more on the way!

Robert A. Marzullo

My Gumroad -

http://www.gumroad.com/robertmarzullo

My Patreon - 

http://www.patreon.com/robertmarzullo

Drawing Eyes - Various Expressions by Robert A. Marzullo

Hello Everyone! I hope all is well.  I just wanted to share some of my scribbles with you today! This is the way that I practice each area in my artwork.  I think by doing these studies, you can attack bigger more advanced drawings with a bit more confidence.

I pick a topic and draw a bunch of them to gain perspective on that particular thing.  This time it was eyes, next it might be buildings or animals or whatever.  It's funny how you go to draw something and you quickly realize it may not be the best aspect of your art.  You then have the option to crumple up the paper and go to your safe zone.  You know, the things you can draw without thinking too hard.  I don't like to give into that too much.  It's better to attack those weak areas head on.

So do lots of studies like these in your free time and you'll be glad that you did.  I always struggle with the bend of the legs and how the anatomy works in that specific area from various angles.  So guess what I will be focusing on next week!  I could just draw characters standing straight up all the time but then nobody wants to see a bunch of stiff super heroes, do they?

You can also see a speed drawing of these eyes here -

https://youtu.be/chaRZCeX1DY

And remember if you want to up your game at drawing dynamic figures to check out

my course "How to Improve Your Figure Drawing - Step by Step" -

Click here to Visit this Course - https://gum.co/dPDEp

This course has had a very positive response and I am now working on a Part 2 where we will focus more on character interactions such as fight scenes, characters in motion, basic interactions, body expressions, posture, and much more!

So thanks very much for stopping by and follow me on Youtube for free video lessons each week!

Robert A. Marzullo

Ram Studios Comics

http://www.youtube.com/c/robertmarzullo

How to Paint - Wood - Fire - Ice in Photoshop CC - Video Tutorial Set

This lesson is now available on my Gumroad at - http://www.gumroad.com/robertmarzullo

Lesson on How to Paint Wood - Fire - Ice in Photoshop CC - Narrated Video Tutorial

In this 47 minute Real Time lesson you will learn step by step on how to paint these three materials. This type of exercise is necessary to improve your abilities to create a variety of effects that will be needed to work in almost any creative field when digitally painting.  I go through various techniques to create these studies.

This is a direct approach and is a great lesson for the beginner to intermediate digital painter.  We will cover blending modes, layers and groups, brush settings, lock transparency, lighting effects and more.

This set includes the 47 Minute real time video lesson - Narrated

Custom Brushes used to create the artwork

Layered PSD file to work with

I hope you enjoy this lesson and thanks for your continued support. Let me know what you think and what you would like to see in the future.

Happy Painting!

Robert A. Marzullo

Ram Studios Comics

Also get access to these video lessons by supporting me on my Patreon at - http://www.patreon.com/robertmarzullo

Drawing Batman on the iPad Pro using Procreate

Here is a fan art piece of Batman that I did entirely on the iPad Pro with the software Procreate.  And I must tell you it feels very natural to traditional drawing methods.  I am now hooked with this device.  It follows me everywhere.  With the Apple Pencil I can sketch on the go and they did a great job with the battery life for both the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

Plus Procreate is no slouch either.  It supports exporting to PSD's which keeps all your layers intact.  It has some of the best perspective drawing tools that I have found thus far.  And it even saves a time lapse video with every drawing that you create.  For an app it sure seems like a powerhouse of a program.

So now I am doing my best to create full comic pieces and I will even start drawing some of my panels to my Blackstone comic on here next.  I was really just looking for a way to do basic sketches on the go, but the more I use it the more I feel that it may be fully capable of completing finished works of art!

Probably the best thing about the entire process is that it is so responsive.  I don't feel any lag whatsoever and the Apple Pencil feels more natural than any other stylus I have tried.  It also feels like it is directly on the surface versus some tablets where the pen tip has a small gap from the drawing area because of the screen thickness.

All and all I must give this setup a 9 out of 10!  I would give it a perfect 10 but Procreate doesn't open PSD's yet and it doesn't have primitive shapes which I think is just a tiny bit silly.  You can create custom brushes to get around that issue or download them.  But I think it they add a few more features this will be a lot closer to a desktop experience on the go!

Thanks for reading and more on the way real soon!

Get Your iPad Pro here - http://amzn.to/2bFsSMK

Robert A. Marzullo

Ram Studios Comics

http://www.robertmarzullo.com

http://www.patreon.com/robertmarzullo

http://www.youtube.com/c/robertmarzullo