me too! i keep coming back do it, its fucking gold! this is the first time i truly understood how to really use a reference, before i used to get confused about what to pick in a reference because most times there is just so much stuff to look at you dont know where to start. Your subconscious recognizes the silhouette but your eye goes straight for the other flashy things lool but as he explained here most artists focus on the building blocks of the image first and pick the things that'll help build proper form nd details then do away with the other extra stuff. Just fucking blew my mind!
I remember how 10 years ago Feng was talking about that one of the main reason to start this YT channel is to get more people to know what Entertainment design is, because there was a lack of professionals. First clips gathered just a couple of thousands views and Feng even replied to comments himself :D What a time it was. All this channel is just pure gold for any artist, especially for those who can`t afford courses and schools
While other artists making money by charge subcription payment to beginner who want to watch their tutorial video bundle. He share this valuable long detail tutorial totally free.. True artist making money by selling art, not selling tutorial video 👍🏼👍🏼
@@roten2541 Do you realize he has a school where he literally charges lots of money for teaching stuff? Don't judge how an artist make a living, some good ones don't make money selling their art because it doesn't follow the trends.
You probably don't read comments but i just wanted to say thank you. I draw mostly as a hobby but your free videos have greatly improved my drawings within a few weeks. You are truly generous. Thanks.
feng is such a legend, there are so many artists that dont even know these things. I didnt come here to learn any of fengs painting tips but his thoughts are gold.
growing up in Ireland and not having access to a lot of newer entertainment means our channels raaarely had newer movies so even though I was born in 97 I IMMEDIATELY recognised Johnny five, man short circuit was played sooo much on TV when I was a kid ha great video though
I just want to thank you, my master, I really have learned from you that drawing is not just good looking stuff, but it goes beyond, in the end, the main purpose is to connect and transmit ideas.
Basically, this video is HOW to use your eyes to see, that's super interesting !! Even if there is no drawing, it's about understanding and I like it as much. This one answers a question I had since I heard the phrase "draw from real life" : but sometimes, real life is boring it's hard to make it look good, I never thought some things are way cooler and you can start to organize them by difficulty levels, this is prioritizing what is cool before what is easy to draw, of course the cylindrical castle tower seems "easier to draw", always think about the WHY you think it is like this, why is it boring or cool? Also I always felt a bit guilty because I thought I could only draw cool stuff because I had good refs (feeling like the photo did 100% of the work and not me), but now I understand, finding cool stuff you like to use as inspiration is totally a part of the process, if you think something is boring and still use it, the end result can probably end up boring too. It started about details but I think ultimately the video was about the coolness factor and how to break it down to simpler steps so we can reconstruct it for design purpose, I really want to see how everything is combined and applied in the next one :D
I just discover you and all your content, the information and the way you exposed it here is PURE GOLD!, you didnt do the cliche of speaking about Big Medium Small, or simple having contrast, you spoke about visual perception and how to control the flow of the eye, this is something that I study and Im researching a lot, do you got more videos or resources speaking about this?? and also the part about how to choose a concept to do based on the complexity, interest and details is amazing too, carified me a lot. Thank you really!
Thank You Feng for sharing so much free knowledge. I can't even imagine how much more in-dept you go into for your classes. I hope you are doing well during these times.
Years of content and it's always as important as the first video, one of the teachers I'll dream having but sadly I don't think living in Africa is a good start but I'll try to come out of it, working day and night. Can't wait to meet you sir!
I’ve been rewatching and listening to these for the last couple weeks as I work and they’ve always been so helpful and inspiring when I’m hitting my lows in my art, which is happening right now. So excited to open my TH-cam and find a brand new episode! Honesty Design Cinema and Mr Zhu are still the biggest inspirations for me and without Design Cinema these past 10 years I’d have never found a sense of direction in my life and realised what I want to do, so once again thank you! It’s been a lot of Illustration based work for me the last few years and heavily involved in a lot of projects and doing commissions which is all fine but man, I REALLY want to take the time to dive back into Concept Art and Design and really put my energies back into pursuing this side of life! Hopefully soon I can and I’m building a self curriculum based on Design Cinema and FZD which when it’s finished will hopefully be around a year of study starting from fundamentals!
TH-cam is failing with sending notifications lately ! (the key is to keep checking the channel manually) That being said, I’m very happy to find new video from FZDSCHOOL ! X🤘🏻X
You're just amazing feng! Without you I wouldn't know a thing about painting, llighting and working hard. Thank u sm for everything, I'm forever grateful 🙏
This stuff is so helpful. I remember doing exactly what you said, working super hard on a small detail, then I zoom out and I realize the thing i've been working on for hours isn't appealing at all from the silhouette.
Thank you so much for this video Feng Zhu!!!! I am always referring so many Artists and fans to your videos as they have helped me make leaps and bounds. I'm a RPG illustrator but also developing my own IP and the set designs for it was my biggest hiccup until now. This video, particularly the last portion helps me identify my approach better for designing this setting. Can't wait to see your next episode with the references you gathered. You are touching lives with your Amazing skills, talent, dedication, and experience!!!! Thank you for all of your work!!!!!
While other artists making money by charge subcription payment to beginner who want to watch their tutorial video bundle. You share this valuable long detail tutorial totally free.. True artist making money by selling art, not selling tutorial video 👍🏼👍🏼.
I should really watch you more often because every time I finished one of your video as I feel so inspired in my drawing in my artwork get better instantly
Ralph McQuarrie's Tatooine aesthetic and Richard Vander Wende's Riven aesthetic led me in the direction of super-spare 1st- and 2nd-level details, and my work has been struggling for 2 decades as a result. I was finally able to diagnose my problem with help from this vid.
Thank you so much for all your videos! You’ve inspired me so much throughout the years. I’m still learning, but when I get a job in the industry, it will be in large part due to you and this channel
You are the best teacher out there man. Because whenever you speak I just feel you see inside me. And when you breakdown stuff and make us remember what is important and what is not even though it is the topics common sense etc. Hearing you just shakes me and make the actual change. Even though I always knew what to do. It might be because you don't get away with 10 min vids instead really showing the true rhyme and reasons behind these topics.
Can’t believe I just started watching these, it’s like free schooling for all the things they don’t teach in most schools! Gonna have to start watching these from the beginning now 😁
So happy i found you ! Thank you for the time and effort you put on all the videos you post ! as a fashion designer, I can apply all this knowledge to all my sketches....LOVE YOU !!!!!
Omg I was drawing at the same time and then I see at 1.03.09 you pull up the Peles castle! I've been there. Took a lot of pictures in there. Really amazing architecture and place. Each room is decorated in different styles.
Hey man super useful. I've heard this articulated different ways, but never specifically how the secondary details relate to the silhouette and should break it, and how that creates recognizability. Also, the thing about 3rd level details tending towards being contained within the 2nd level elements and so on. I had my own rough idea about this, that if you think about the detail distribution as an essentially fractal process, where you sudivide an area then subdivide that, you get that satisfying result where you have large clean areas and areas of high density; but this adds another helpful, practical layer to that.
38:05 the argument can be made that words and faces alter the order in which you perceive things. In the example of the bottle, the siluete may very weel not be the first thing you notice since there are words on display. Our brain is very trained to detect words and faces, and priorizes them (specially meaning and familiar faces) over anything else on scene. Source: 2nd year psychology student.
great productivity on the series! pandemic have at lest one positive side - not much entertainment products being made so feng have more time to make these episodes.
Thank you so much, this one really helped me, kind of a lot of things fall into place for me. Really appreciate your content, super helpful, especially for self-learners.
Excellent episode. Maybe you could give us viewers a mockup industry job, then take a few and talk about them. I bet there's a lot of things to learn from it that any student of yours has already learned to overcome but would be beneficial for many. Also maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think there's been an episode specifically about colour yet?
Feng, hi, I have a question. Shouldn’t color be between the silhouette and the third layer? You can recognize things much faster with color than with third layer details. I wonder why is it even further in the fourth layer. I hope you can answer me. Thanks!
Supppp. I was wondering if you guys could make a Video about Texture/Material in concept art? I think it's very important to know how one can get a sense of material across without spending too much time.
Super valuable. Best explanation I’ve seen for understanding 1st, 2nd and 3rd level details.
You could even apply this to the donut tutorial xD
Thanks for recommending this channel Andrew, great information here.
Great information for understanding the fundamentals of design.
me too! i keep coming back do it, its fucking gold! this is the first time i truly understood how to really use a reference, before i used to get confused about what to pick in a reference because most times there is just so much stuff to look at you dont know where to start. Your subconscious recognizes the silhouette but your eye goes straight for the other flashy things lool but as he explained here most artists focus on the building blocks of the image first and pick the things that'll help build proper form nd details then do away with the other extra stuff. Just fucking blew my mind!
I remember how 10 years ago Feng was talking about that one of the main reason to start this YT channel is to get more people to know what Entertainment design is, because there was a lack of professionals. First clips gathered just a couple of thousands views and Feng even replied to comments himself :D
What a time it was.
All this channel is just pure gold for any artist, especially for those who can`t afford courses and schools
We love you, master!
Bow down
While other artists making money by charge subcription payment to beginner who want to watch their tutorial video bundle. He share this valuable long detail tutorial totally free.. True artist making money by selling art, not selling tutorial video 👍🏼👍🏼
@@roten2541 Do you realize he has a school where he literally charges lots of money for teaching stuff? Don't judge how an artist make a living, some good ones don't make money selling their art because it doesn't follow the trends.
Alexander Toro Oh.. I didn’t know that. But still, beginner need more of this kind of detailed tutorial anyway. On youtube..free of charge :)
@@SubNorm4L Dude i don't get your point
Can’t tell you how good the timing was for this video to come out.
still one of the best channels for any artist
10:10 - Silhouetes and 2nd level Details Examples
36:30 - Costume, Creature, and Prop Design Recomendations
43:45 - Architecture Exterior and Interior Design Recomendations
57:25 - Start Design with One Role
You probably don't read comments but i just wanted to say thank you. I draw mostly as a hobby but your free videos have greatly improved my drawings within a few weeks. You are truly generous. Thanks.
feng is such a legend, there are so many artists that dont even know these things. I didnt come here to learn any of fengs painting tips but his thoughts are gold.
I dont know how i would have learnt to paint without your videos Feng! THE LEGEND
growing up in Ireland and not having access to a lot of newer entertainment means our channels raaarely had newer movies so even though I was born in 97 I IMMEDIATELY recognised Johnny five, man short circuit was played sooo much on TV when I was a kid ha
great video though
I just want to thank you, my master, I really have learned from you that drawing is not just good looking stuff, but it goes beyond, in the end, the main purpose is to connect and transmit ideas.
Basically, this video is HOW to use your eyes to see, that's super interesting !!
Even if there is no drawing, it's about understanding and I like it as much. This one answers a question I had since I heard the phrase "draw from real life" : but sometimes, real life is boring it's hard to make it look good, I never thought some things are way cooler and you can start to organize them by difficulty levels, this is prioritizing what is cool before what is easy to draw, of course the cylindrical castle tower seems "easier to draw", always think about the WHY you think it is like this, why is it boring or cool?
Also I always felt a bit guilty because I thought I could only draw cool stuff because I had good refs (feeling like the photo did 100% of the work and not me), but now I understand, finding cool stuff you like to use as inspiration is totally a part of the process, if you think something is boring and still use it, the end result can probably end up boring too.
It started about details but I think ultimately the video was about the coolness factor and how to break it down to simpler steps so we can reconstruct it for design purpose, I really want to see how everything is combined and applied in the next one :D
Fzd, dawg. You are a life saver. I can't believe u just broke down how to do details.
I just discover you and all your content, the information and the way you exposed it here is PURE GOLD!, you didnt do the cliche of speaking about Big Medium Small, or simple having contrast, you spoke about visual perception and how to control the flow of the eye, this is something that I study and Im researching a lot, do you got more videos or resources speaking about this?? and also the part about how to choose a concept to do based on the complexity, interest and details is amazing too, carified me a lot. Thank you really!
Thank You Feng for sharing so much free knowledge. I can't even imagine how much more in-dept you go into for your classes. I hope you are doing well during these times.
Years of content and it's always as important as the first video, one of the teachers I'll dream having but sadly I don't think living in Africa is a good start but I'll try to come out of it, working day and night. Can't wait to meet you sir!
How’s the grind going now?!?!
I’ve been rewatching and listening to these for the last couple weeks as I work and they’ve always been so helpful and inspiring when I’m hitting my lows in my art, which is happening right now.
So excited to open my TH-cam and find a brand new episode!
Honesty Design Cinema and Mr Zhu are still the biggest inspirations for me and without Design Cinema these past 10 years I’d have never found a sense of direction in my life and realised what I want to do, so once again thank you!
It’s been a lot of Illustration based work for me the last few years and heavily involved in a lot of projects and doing commissions which is all fine but man, I REALLY want to take the time to dive back into Concept Art and Design and really put my energies back into pursuing this side of life! Hopefully soon I can and I’m building a self curriculum based on Design Cinema and FZD which when it’s finished will hopefully be around a year of study starting from fundamentals!
TH-cam is failing with sending notifications lately ! (the key is to keep checking the channel manually)
That being said, I’m very happy to find new video from FZDSCHOOL ! X🤘🏻X
Oh yeah! Feng is back!
i stil cant believe all of these are free, respect!
You're just amazing feng! Without you I wouldn't know a thing about painting, llighting and working hard. Thank u sm for everything, I'm forever grateful 🙏
This stuff is so helpful. I remember doing exactly what you said, working super hard on a small detail, then I zoom out and I realize the thing i've been working on for hours isn't appealing at all from the silhouette.
Thank you so much for this video Feng Zhu!!!! I am always referring so many Artists and fans to your videos as they have helped me make leaps and bounds. I'm a RPG illustrator but also developing my own IP and the set designs for it was my biggest hiccup until now. This video, particularly the last portion helps me identify my approach better for designing this setting. Can't wait to see your next episode with the references you gathered. You are touching lives with your Amazing skills, talent, dedication, and experience!!!! Thank you for all of your work!!!!!
While other artists making money by charge subcription payment to beginner who want to watch their tutorial video bundle. You share this valuable long detail tutorial totally free.. True artist making money by selling art, not selling tutorial video 👍🏼👍🏼.
Feng reading my mind. I've been working on designs this week and wondering about how to do this properly! Thank you!!
I am practicing silhouettes for character design and well... This video give a lot of information about it. It was really helpful. Thanks!
I should really watch you more often because every time I finished one of your video as I feel so inspired in my drawing in my artwork get better instantly
you are my true Guru.🙌 no one teaches these all thank you so much
Ralph McQuarrie's Tatooine aesthetic and Richard Vander Wende's Riven aesthetic led me in the direction of super-spare 1st- and 2nd-level details, and my work has been struggling for 2 decades as a result. I was finally able to diagnose my problem with help from this vid.
Thank you so much for all your videos! You’ve inspired me so much throughout the years. I’m still learning, but when I get a job in the industry, it will be in large part due to you and this channel
You are the best teacher out there man. Because whenever you speak I just feel you see inside me. And when you breakdown stuff and make us remember what is important and what is not even though it is the topics common sense etc. Hearing you just shakes me and make the actual change. Even though I always knew what to do. It might be because you don't get away with 10 min vids instead really showing the true rhyme and reasons behind these topics.
I’m starting art school in a week. This channel is going to be so helpful with grey areas.
this channel is a goldmine, so lucky to discover this
I watched this video thrice and I learn something new every time!
I recently came out to that theory about secondary details building a silhouette but I was doubting about it
Thank you very much for this video!
one of the best tutorial i saw. Thank you !
Can’t believe I just started watching these, it’s like free schooling for all the things they don’t teach in most schools!
Gonna have to start watching these from the beginning now 😁
This video came to me at the right time, thanks Master Feng!
So happy i found you ! Thank you for the time and effort you put on all the videos you post ! as a fashion designer, I can apply all this knowledge to all my sketches....LOVE YOU !!!!!
thanks for the tutorials, best tutorials ever in youtube!
This actually came into my feed at a pretty great time
Omg I was drawing at the same time and then I see at 1.03.09 you pull up the Peles castle! I've been there. Took a lot of pictures in there. Really amazing architecture and place. Each room is decorated in different styles.
I love so much black silhouettes. They bring up memories of video games where you could unlock them as playable characters/vehicles/items whatever.
I love your videos always and I have listened your FZD podcast at 20 times during work! hahaha
Always a good day when a new Design Cinema video is up!
Amazing class as always, thanks so much Feng
Thank you Feng for clearing up this misconception for me!
It’s exactly what I need now!!! Thank you!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Great Stuff!
Even tho I'm self-learning making comics and illustrations, your videos are always intriguing and useful!
This was fantastic. Thank you.
Greetings from South Africa.
Love this class really helpful thanks
Hey man super useful. I've heard this articulated different ways, but never specifically how the secondary details relate to the silhouette and should break it, and how that creates recognizability.
Also, the thing about 3rd level details tending towards being contained within the 2nd level elements and so on. I had my own rough idea about this, that if you think about the detail distribution as an essentially fractal process, where you sudivide an area then subdivide that, you get that satisfying result where you have large clean areas and areas of high density; but this adds another helpful, practical layer to that.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you, Feng!
Thank you, I have learned from you through years
Perfect timing!! Just binge watched the last 10 episodes over the last week❤️❤️❤️
It's extremely informative, Feng! Thanks a lot!!!
Thank you so much for your time, this video is priceless!
Oh its been so long i have been waiting for a new video🤩🤩🤩🎉🎉🎉
great channel for aspiring artists :)
One of the best lectures you've given, brilliant!
Wonderful episode feng ! Cant wait wait for next one where you put all those concepts to practice
Cheers
Insightful as always, Feng! Now I have to binge watch the last few episodes Lol.
there is just so many usefull information in this channel how am I suppose to study them each? Where do I even start??
38:05 the argument can be made that words and faces alter the order in which you perceive things. In the example of the bottle, the siluete may very weel not be the first thing you notice since there are words on display. Our brain is very trained to detect words and faces, and priorizes them (specially meaning and familiar faces) over anything else on scene.
Source: 2nd year psychology student.
You are my fav artist! Thanks for this content mr. Feng!
I'll be honest I completely forgot about this. But I see how I subconsciously applied some of this here and there in my work
Thank you so many much! I learned so musch from you!
fantastic episode. One of your best. Thank you
hello, yeahhhhhhhhhhh, new video 😍😍. Thank you sir.
You just best. Thank you for these videos!
wow this is so amazing come across this channel while researching on doom design its so amazing am a game dev and animator.Just subbed
great productivity on the series! pandemic have at lest one positive side - not much entertainment products being made so feng have more time to make these episodes.
TQ sensei FZD.. I hope you transfer this vids into your podcast stream
I don't even can draw, but I found this pretty cool and educational, thanks man.
Thank you so much, this one really helped me, kind of a lot of things fall into place for me. Really appreciate your content, super helpful, especially for self-learners.
Best teacher! Thanks dude
Excellent episode.
Maybe you could give us viewers a mockup industry job, then take a few and talk about them.
I bet there's a lot of things to learn from it that any student of yours has already learned to overcome but would be beneficial for many.
Also maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think there's been an episode specifically about colour yet?
Based Feng Senpai.
Amazing lesson!
Awesome! Can't wait for the next one.
Cant wait to see the practical demo~
Free valuable education right here!
A new revelation from the master!
Feng, hi, I have a question. Shouldn’t color be between the silhouette and the third layer? You can recognize things much faster with color than with third layer details. I wonder why is it even further in the fourth layer. I hope you can answer me. Thanks!
can`t wait for next episode
thank you！Every time inspires me！love you！
Supppp. I was wondering if you guys could make a Video about Texture/Material in concept art? I think it's very important to know how one can get a sense of material across without spending too much time.
Great advice, thank you for sharing.
you are great teacher
Best birthday present!! :)
Thanks so much for this Feng. I love your content.
Thanks Feng! Great video.
this is super helpful, thank you a ton!!
Please Feng do one Design Cinema on Color topic! Your approach to painting color and light. Or make a DVD, i will totally buy it
29:40 I was actually looking there! XD
Also, does colour matters for catching visual attention?
Great video!
Does anyone know which Brush the FZD people use to make their sketches and renders? and which brush configuration also if possible!
This is awesome! Can i suggest a Design Cinema about color??? It would be very useful. Thank you Feng!
Short Circuit :) great movie and really good SFX
Thank you Feng, it helped a lot! Time to draw! :D