Rad How To

Portion of Image from Rad How To by Rad Sechrist

This week's highlight is Rad How To! If you're an artist wanting to break into the film industry, this blog will be a big help.

Rad Sechrist is a storyboard artist at Dreamworks Animation. He created his blog to share some ideas and concepts he has learned about drawing. In no way does he say his techniques are the "right way" in doing things. His techniques are only some ways of accomplishing artistic challenges.

I love this blog because it's updated very often, and it has valuable information about drawing. Do you want to know how to draw the "Disney nose"? How can you improve your character design just by improving your shape design? Are you confused about the 180 rule? Have you even heard of the 180 rule? Rad goes step-by-step through concepts for comic book pages, faces, and even character anatomy. The cool thing is that Rad is very down-to-earth in his blog. He says that he didn't have that gift of drawing that some people are born with. Like most of us, he had to work very hard to get to the level he's at right now. The key thing to do is practice. You won't get good unless you practice. It's the only way to get good enough to break into the industry and work on projects like Dreamworks Animation's How To Train Your Dragon.