Xia Taptara - Invidious

Xia Taptara

Hi, I'm Xia. I build Art Tools, Dev Tools, and Assets for General GameDev, as well as exclusively for Valve, Amazon Games, 343 Industries, ArenaNet, and OneMoreGame.
After a decade in Seattle shaping the worlds of Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, I moved to Bangkok to build my own independent studio.
I started this channel to pull back the curtain on Concept Art creation, game art direction, and Art in general. Perhaps some technical art pipelines, and what it really takes to develop a video game.

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A Proud Educator and YouTuber since 24 Aug 2007.

💼 Business Inquiries: xia@TheArtClasses.net
🌐 Website: theartclasses.net/

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How to Sketch Character Faces with 3D Head Reference

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10X Faster Environment Art trick

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Painting Simple Shadows on Portraits (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

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Do THIS Daily to Draw Better Portraits (Quick Warm-Up Routine)

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Paint Difficult Face Angle Lighting Easy

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Painting a simple tree with cube palette

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3D Head Reference

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Draw Hard Face Angles Faster: Box System vs FaceRef Studio

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Hard Face Angles Made Easy

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Paint Epic Environments in minutes! Fast Concept Art Workflow #conceptart

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Draw Hands Fast: The Gesture + Box System Hack

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The Easy Way to Paint Eyes (Procreate / Photoshop)

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Paladin Character Design Tutorial: Diablo 4

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How I paint Underwater Mermaid Dance: Digital Painting tutorial

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Knight of Axe from the North digital painting tutorial

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1:07:53

Halloween quick painting Death Dealer: using two light sources technique

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Halloween Art tutorial: Little Hell's Guard quick character design

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Painting Metal Mech Armor Technique, Digital Painting Tutorial

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Daily Drawing 09: Mei, A Cunning Fox in the Snow

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Snow forest landscape and Mongol archer

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Painting Process Knight Troop on Horseback Digital art

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Drawing Roof Top Scene using Bird Eye View One Point Perspective

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Tutorial: How I speedpaint Knight on a Horseback (With commentary)

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Daily Drawing: A Bearded Swordsman Portrait Side view

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Hyena Scarface Gangster Mech Suit Speedpaint:Digital painting tutorial

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Dragon Valley Speedpainting concept art tutorial, how I paint

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Digital Painting: A Dragon Knight tutorial

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Drawing a Bird Eye View of a City using One Point Perspective

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Tutorial: How I speedpaint: Sleeping Beauty digital painting

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How I Speed Paint Cute Archer Bunny, Digital painting tutorial:

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Shared 3 years ago

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Drawing a City using Perspective One Point Normal Level POV

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How to paint metal, material study

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Daily Drawing 002: Torso Study

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Painting process Metal armor concept art

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Daily Drawing 001: Torso Study

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Shape Tools A Step-by-Step Guide to streamline your art process

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4:36

Unleash Your Color Blending Skill Technique Tutorial

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Portraits of Power: Drawing a Majestic Medieval King Character

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1:23:41

From Sketch to Spectrum: Unleashing Color on Sakura Street Fighter - Tutorial

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Capturing Character Essence: Step-by-Step Sakura Drawing Tutorial

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Opacity and Flow Best Practice for Digital Artists

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Improve your figure drawing: Transform Your Skills with This Exercise

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How to choose Color for light and shadow

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Drawing and Painting Expressive Portraits process

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How to draw a portrait with expressive face tutorial

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How to paint skin

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Creature Design Digital Painting tutorial

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How to color line drawing tutorial

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Ugee U1200 Display Tablet Unboxing and Test drive

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Xencelab NEW White pen drawing tablet review

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Professional Drawing Tablet Review - Xencelabs

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Interview with Blizzard Overwatch character artist: Donald Phan.

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How to color a Character: Simple Cat Design | Procreate tutorial

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How to Draw People: Bottom View Perspective Pose | using boxes method episode 8

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Character Design: Using Shape to Create Form | digital art tutorial

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Digital Coloring Tutorial: Tiny Rat Critter | Character Design

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How to Draw Body: Top View Perspective Pose | using boxes episode 07

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Character Design Tutorial: Zodiac Knight | concept art

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How to color over line art: Portrait Tutorial | Procreate iPad

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How to Draw: Face and Head | basic line art tutorial episode 04

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