Mark Northcott Mark Northcott

Are you hungry to draw?

Drawing is not the difficult part…being open to your imagination is. That is why I encourage you to seek out my Eight Pages of Sketchbooking to aid you in lighting your journey to an amazing adventure illuminated by your marvelous imagination!

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Mark Northcott Mark Northcott

Clip Studio vs Comic Draw

If you’ve been contemplating getting back into or starting out with digital drawing and painting software I can assure you that Clip Studio Paint and Comic Draw are both amazing tools. However, there are definitely aspects to take into account before choosing to purchase one over the other.

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5 Points of order

When sketchbooking there are traditions and then there are guiding principles. Will you allow yourself to be stuck in a rut or find a system that works for you and allows you to see another perspective to an otherwise gothic framework.

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The Power Of Consistency

With her permission I’m using a photo snapped of a practice drawing…this person and I had a chat about this very topic of building a habit of consistent persistence in our creative pursuits. If she sees her drawing here I invite her to drop a like and even comment on her daily practice!

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Hash Tag Inktober

Inktober is not for the faint of heart; it IS however for those courageous enough to meet their most curious selves on the threshold of their trusty sketchbooks and journals….join me on my own odyssey keeping pace with a now annual sketchy phenomenon!

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Drawing Manga without fear

Can you believe that in eight pages you could find one or even eight points to relax your mind into a therapeutic like state in which to doodle, sketch, and draw?!

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