Everything published here is written by Marina. There is no outsourced writing pool and no sponsored guest posts.
How a tutorial gets written
- I draw the subject myself before I write about it — usually more than once, because the first attempt is where the mistakes worth warning you about happen.
- Step counts, timings and material notes come from that drawing session, not from an estimate. If a tutorial says nine steps, there were nine steps on my paper.
- When a technique only works with a particular tool — a specific pencil grade, a blending stump, a marker that does not bleed — the tutorial says which one and why, and also what to do if you do not own it.
- If something did not work for me, that goes in too. A tutorial that hides the awkward part is the reason beginners think they are the problem.
What I do not publish
- Tutorials for techniques I have not drawn myself.
- Invented statistics, invented ratings, or made-up difficulty levels.
- Rewrites of other people’s posts. Where I learned something from elsewhere, I test it first and write it in my own words.
Updates and corrections
Every article shows a “Last updated” date. When a step turns out to be unclear, or readers keep getting stuck at the same point, I redraw and rewrite that part rather than leaving it. If you spot something wrong, write to me on the Contact page — corrections are made on the page itself, not quietly deleted.
How the site is funded
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