Welcome to the Draw Your Weapon blog. This site is for those of you who, like me, love the art of movies, comics, and video games. It’s what inspired me to draw as a kid, and it still does today.
DrawYourWeapon is a place to share that inspiring art, and useful info for those wanting to get into digital art. Maybe you want to paint for trading card games, or design characters for animation, or build rich worlds for gamers to immerse themselves in. Then I hope this site will be a valuable resource for you getting started on that path.
We recognizes the immense value of artists, and the impact they have on the world through their work, bringing ideas to life, helping us to imagine new worlds, weave intricate stories, and connect with people like us. To me, they are heroes: wizards of creativity, and this site intends to celebrate them.
Who am I anyway?
Hey. I’m Ryan, First and foremost, I’m an artist. I majored in Fine Art and Printmaking at varsity back in 2008 but only got into illustration a few years later. I’ve always been into video games, and it was the amazing concept art and character drawings from Blizzard’s Warcraft and Diablo that got me sitting for hours in my sketchbook. After many phases of playing way more than drawing, I decided to start the DrawYourWeapon site to refocus and go back into the art.
I’ve been reviewing tablets and experimenting with different software since starting DrawYourWeapon in X. Aside from maintaining this side and painting, I also work for the online collaborative painting software, Magma, as their QA and Artist Advocate.
With all that said, welcome, and thank you for joining me here.
Cheers!
Ryan Allan – Artist and keyboard monkey behind DrawYourWeapon
What you’ll find here
I’ll be showcasing some of the art and artists behind various games, movies, trading card games etc.
There are a range of tools available for making both traditional and digital art. I’ll be showing some of the hardware and software available, and do a review here and there.
There are plenty of ways to learn the skills necessary to work in the entertainment industry. I’ll be sharing some of the different online schools, mentorships and tutorials out there to help you on your path.
Important notes
Firstly, I, and DrawYourWeapon do not use or support AI-generated content. All articles written for the website are written from scratch by me. Reviews of hardware and software on the site are all based on experience with the products. I do not write a tablet review unless I have tested the tablet myself.
There are a few relevant affiliate links scattered around the site. This won’t have any impact on you or any purchases you make through them. It does, however, help me in a big way to continue creating content here for you on Draw Your Weapon. I have an exciting vision for what I’d like this site to become, so those commissions will be helpful towards realizing that vision.