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I use Adobe Fresco because I already pay for the subscription and I can beam my files over to my pc quick and easy. But for anyone just getting started using the iPad, procreate is by far the best, but if you want something free you can try, Ibis Paint X, MediBang Paint, or Sketchbook

I am still a noob so I have had zero skins accepted (and I haven't found time to make any new skins as of recent sadly). I won't be able to answer the last two questions, but I can tell you how long it took for me to make my most recent skin and I think it was around 2 weeks from sketches to a final submission (imo 2 weeks is slow cause I was still figuring out my design process, but once you get a process down you can pump out designs much faster) 💪😎

I'm glad you found this video helpful! I unlisted the video because it does not fit this channel since its not a tutorial video and it kinda goes off the deep end lol. Im still doing the series, just on a new channel that I will announce some time in July 😎

@@stallout_art oh? A second channel!? Sign me up!

Thank you!

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omg thank you!! 🙈💖

lol im glad i could help! 💪😎

I probably won't make an extended tutorial for pattern skins, just cause they aren't really my jam, but I should have made that part of the video waaaaay more simple so here is the simplified version: Photoshop Layers (if you don't merge everything) Layer 01 Top of Design Blue Hex: 0000de Blend Mode: Screen Layer 02 Middle of Design Green Hex: 00de00 Blend Mode: Screen Layer 03 Bottom of Design Red Hex: de0000 Blend Mode Screen Layer 04 Fill with Black, Blend Mode: Normal All you gotta do is take the different parts of your design separate them into 3 layers and lock the pixels. Than use the hex code to get the exact color for rgb and fill in the color for each layer, and then set each layer's blend mode to screen, then adjust the opacity if you want, and then export as tga and you will be good to go to import into the workshop Hope this helps! 😎

So the very bottom layer is the grayscale and then above it I clip mask my color layer and set the layer's blend mode to overlay. If the colors are not dark enough I add a black layer in between the color and grayscale layer and then I decrease the opacity till I am happy with the colors. From there I add a new overlay layer on top of everything and this is where I paint in the bounce light and give more color to the skin and clothes. Finally I paint on top of everything any missing details or throw on some textures. I hope this helps! 💪💖

@@stallout_art thank you for replying! I was able to fix my issue.

I am glad you found the video insightful, and I wish the best on your art book journey! 💪🤩

oh dang i dunno those are all the things i suck at 💀💀💀

I'm glad you found the video insightful and I hope your brain is able make sense of the knots and new information of value and saturation! 💪😤

Ohhhhhh you totally should try this process for Rust skins 👀

im sorry, i would be disappointed too if I only clicked on the video to see colorful butts 😭😭

Yup it’s definitely possible, I’m glad this tutorial was enlightening 💪😎

will you make one about stickers too ? i'm sure You know sth i dont XD @@stallout_art

@@mommehungry idk I might, but haven't made a sticker yet 😱I'm guessing it would be a lot easier to make than a cs2 skin tho lmaooo

I recommend making a duplicate and putting the greyscale version on one side and the side being the actual colors you want to use. Then you want to match either your value or saturation map with your final colors like if one part is more grey than you want to make the color desaturated same thing with value if one area is darker you want to choose a darker color

Im so glad you enjoyed and found this helpful! 😍💖

ayyyy a fellow skeptic, welcome to the club 😎

Its less that the line is a different color and more the fact that the orange line and the color block in the back are at different transparencies. The orange line connecting the orange squares is kind of "overlaying" the squares which causes a change in the color-- in essence, if the line is 50% and the squares are 25%, the connecting points of the line+square are at 75% (not how that works but just as an example). A color at 25%, 50%, and 75% transparency looks different. So yes, the line and the color blocks are the same color. I checked by color picking as well.

nahhh its the same color, but wait till you find the square and line that I didn't color match because I was too lazy to fix 🤫

Things rendered using saturation instead of value will be more "greys" than strong lights or darks. If you look at a digital color wheel (even just the one shown in this video when talking about choosing saturation) you can clearly see that it means picking mostly midtones, and avoiding the top or bottom of the space that will have the white and black because the goal is to work just within the space of a single color (hue) and moving it between high saturation and low saturation. If you open up a digital art program and pick a hue, there should be a slider that is only for saturation that you can play around with to directly see the difference between adjusting the saturation of a single hue, versus working with no hue and only grayscale black to white. While using values means working exclusively from black to white with no hues, so you get a full range of dynamic light and shadow to work with. So yes a saturation shadow color is going to be less intense and also more colorful (because it has a hue) than a value only shadow. Keep in mind that black is not a color, so when doing a value based artwork, we speak in terms of "darker" and "lighter" values, and mostly mean more or less black. Hope this helps.

@RosemaryWilliams49fruits you are doing the Lord's work 🙌

truly the best bops 😤

I realized that I contradict myself way too much so I thought why not show the whole internet my inner turmoil, soooo a villain arc is highly probable lol Despite this video's set backs I am glad to hear you found some tips helpful! 💪😎

@@stallout_art I honestly didn't even notice, I was absorbing the knowledge just fine whilst enjoying the comedy. It was pretty straightforward imo. Also I'm looking forward to the villainy (she deserves her own name lmao)

@@tenshiart24 we should call her Jane Doe 💀💀💀

😂😂 I’m glad I’m not the only one with these intrusive thoughts! Funnily enough, I’m actually the opposite when it comes to bounce light and I tend to go crazy with it 💀

I’m glad you found this video helpful! 🤩💖

I’m so glad you found this video helpful, I wish you the best on your character design journey! 💪🤩

Silhouettes definitely make it easier since you only have to figure out the shape of your character and not all of the details that make up your character 💪 Just make sure you don’t get stuck in the never ending loop of making silhouettes for days on end cause news flash, you won’t have a design to show for after your days on end making silhouettes💀

Thank you! Holy cannoli tho 10 years?! You gotta have a number of skins in game as a texture artist vet! 😱 Any tips to getting a skin in game? 👀👀

@@stallout_art "only" 3 sadly, it's very hard and especially these days with the competition and how few cases are released. It's def something you need to enjoy or you'll lose your mind trying to accepted tbh lol. But I think just focus on coming up with unique themes and color combos for guns that don't have them, that seems to be what Valve wants the most imo. Just make sure when someone looks at your skin it's obvious what the vibe /theme etc is, I think that is something some beginners miss out on. But if you aleady got experience as a concept artist I'm sure you know quite well what works and what doesn't, most people starting have no experience at all so you do have an advantage there! It's hard to make a good skin that uses pbr and the lighting as an illustrator alone so a lot collab with texture artists. If you look at apel who has a lot of accepts almost every skin he works with a different artist, he does the textures, lighting etc and they give the art. Tldr: Trying to get accepted might drive you insane so only do it if you enjoy it too, but getting a skin accepted is for sure a life changing thing so even if it takes a while it might be worth it in the end.

​​@@stallout_art i wrote a long reply but it seem to have disappeared! Maybe it got caught as spam? Otherwise I guess I'll write it again haha

For some reason the reply isn't shown with the video, but I can see it in my YT studio, but lemme say your advice is pure gold! And getting 3 in game is crazy impressive especially since there is an extremely low probability of getting a skin into game!! 💪😤 I kinda had an inkling that valve prefers designs with themes, so im glad my theory is validated by you and I am even more excited to keep designing skins based off of themes! In your opinion tho, do you think there is more success for an illustrator based designer or a more texture based designer? Im asking because I already have the illustration part down, but im curious as to how much emphasis is placed on the texture aspect, and if i should really dive in and learn some texture skills (especially since i have been making all my texture files with 2D editing software like a noob lmao)

I want to play with my own skins that I made

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my pleasure 😘

Thanks! I'm not holding my breath tho, making cs2 skins is super duper niche lol

Thank you! And yes it did take awhile, but I am so proud of how it turned out! 💪💖