Wow, this was uploaded 10 years ago, and I am sitting here in 2020 within an inspirational crisis for car designs and feeling inspired and motivated again. Thank you!
Feng u need to put out a BRUSH tutorial, just a quick one to show us ur setup with the chalk brush,and how u make volumetric fog and overall valuetweaking. Do u use pen pressure for opacity, or du u always go for 100%, those things, been seeing questions like this all over! Keep this up, u've become my number ONE source for inspiration!
If you're using photoshop, a quick way to get a straight line is to hold shift while you draw your line, and it'll give you either a horizontal or vertical line. Then if you make a small dot, hold shift and make another small dot anywhere else on your canvas, it'll make a straight line from each point you made. Its pretty helpful. Also getting straight lines is all in your whole arm movement, not just your wrist. :) ((sorry I know you're not asking me, but I thought maybe I could help))
Many Many thanks feng for sharing all your knowledge with us. You are really an amazing artist. And by sharing your know how, you make us better to. Many thanks again!!
Thanks for the comments everyone. To learn perspective, try taking industrial courses. It's a skill that can be extremely hard to understand at first and needs a lot of practice. These lines were all drawn freehand. Practice on paper first then just use the same movements (muscle memory) on the wacom.
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Can you please talk about which tools you use in photoshop? Such as which tools are helpful in doing vehicle line drawings or vehicle paintings. People can have the right creative mindset and artistic eye to make the composition look good, but if you don't have the proper tools, it take an agonizingly long time to get it right. And as artists, time is precious.
Could be just me, but very often, I find stuff like this as cool or even cooler than fully finished illustrations.. but for me, art is often more about being in awe of the skill rather than aesthetics. So if something quick looks good, it's way more impressive than something that was done over a very long period... essentially the opposite of what I do :/
Feng Zhu, when you're a beginner still getting into art and want to draw pieces like this, should you draw every perspective line (horizon, vanishing points, etc.....) or do you feel it is safe to leave some of them out? also, what distance should be between the vanishing points in two point perspective to make pieces look more attractive and less bulgey?
How do you do parallel straight lines so easily with a wacom? In Photoshop you have to click once, press shift and click again for every line and the resulting line has not pointed endings like yours. Another question: All your lines are pointend at the end...with my wacom there no way to modeulate pressure so well that the lines all end very pointed like if I was using a normal pencil!
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Honeslty, this design technique works best with non organic designs. Silhouette designs work best with organic designs imo. It think it all depends on preference.
In photoshop how can you make your pen go in a straight line? The only straight line it goes is just up or down but I want control to do it at any angle I want. Kind of like at 1:31 when Feng draws. Please help!!
i think that i finally got the perspective thing and that stuff, but when i draw i have a lack of those tiny details that are all around the sketches of feng. i don't know how to improve on that field
Hey Feng, I have 1 question for you. How is it you make those straight lines in Photoshop? Is it the simple line tool? You make them look so effortlessly connected to the same point in perspective. Do you just create them by hand or switch back and forth between brush and the line tool? Sorry if it's a silly question but it just seems your perfect lines follow a grid or something.
on photoshop cs5 does anybody know how to apply a picture or change the main screen atall (not the shift/paint bucket tool canvas colour thing)the actual gray screen on startup thanks in advance
The majority of the time are you using a Wacom tablet for most of your "loose" ideation sketches? or still using traditional media and then scan in for your final works?
The line art technique tends to be more working from the inside out. While the silhouette technique is working from the outside in. All is a matter of preference. You learn as many techniques as you can and you will gravitate towards the ones that work best for you. You may also find that you prefer certain techniques for certain projects. There are tons of different methods and techniques and each artist will have their favorites and preferences. You may even find yourself developing your own.
Yes I do the same but there are photoshop hotkeys that give you perfectly straight lines and you can tell where they are in the picture. I know how to do up and down but for some reason I cant do the dot to dot diagonal trick eclipse 561 is talking about :/
@Cruelhazard Wow! That's incredible! I can draw like that using real pencil and paper but using a tablet it's almost impossible! He sure exercise a lot!!!
I can't vouch for the tutor in this video, but try using the Shift key. You press your pen down at the point where you want your line to begin, then hold shift, click again where you want the line to end. It's a very straight line, but may help in some situations. You may also want to move your shoulder/wrist/elbow more, rather than your wrist. Good luck!
Sarah Foster the shift thing is actually a horrible advice, all you need is training and repeatance, grab a pen, don't let the wrist touch the tablet and then just fill pages up with strokes, repeat, trepeat, repeat, after a while the body and brain will adjust to that and it's like bicycling. the brain is a muscle, train it with movements and then you'll have straight lines like in this video.
I recommended practicing drawing the line, as well as the ctrl+shift method. It's up to what effect you want, how straight you want the lines. You are correct, however. Being able to draw perfectly straight lines without the use of the shift key is important to learn, too. I was offering an alternative for the meantime, while they practice.
A bit of a necro post but as someone who is training at fzd I've never once seen Feng used shift for any of his lines. Our first week was pen and paper drawing straight lines, dot to dot. Do that for 12 hours a day for a week and then keep trying to draw straight lines for a year, 12 hours a day and you start getting the hang of it, a little. Feng has years of experience, none of which you will ever get if you use shift.
I didn't claim Feng used shift, and encouraged them to practice drawing straight lines themselves. It was an solution for a few quick lines. Practice/hand drawn lines are very clearly the better option, but not viable for every person who wants to draw.
Wow, this was uploaded 10 years ago, and I am sitting here in 2020 within an inspirational crisis for car designs and feeling inspired and motivated again. Thank you!
Same 😂
Clicking "thumbs up" before I even watch this because I already know it's going to be awesome!
I've been working on my personal work so much more just from the inspiring work you do Feng. It's contagious. Thank you.
Feng u need to put out a BRUSH tutorial, just a quick one to show us ur setup with the chalk brush,and how u make volumetric fog and overall valuetweaking. Do u use pen pressure for opacity, or du u always go for 100%, those things, been seeing questions like this all over! Keep this up, u've become my number ONE source for inspiration!
If you're using photoshop, a quick way to get a straight line is to hold shift while you draw your line, and it'll give you either a horizontal or vertical line. Then if you make a small dot, hold shift and make another small dot anywhere else on your canvas, it'll make a straight line from each point you made. Its pretty helpful. Also getting straight lines is all in your whole arm movement, not just your wrist. :) ((sorry I know you're not asking me, but I thought maybe I could help))
Very informative! Great tip on composition. Thanks for sharing the process!
Many Many thanks feng for sharing all your knowledge with us. You are really an amazing artist. And by sharing your know how, you make us better to.
Many thanks again!!
Thanks for the comments everyone.
To learn perspective, try taking industrial courses. It's a skill that can be extremely hard to understand at first and needs a lot of practice.
These lines were all drawn freehand. Practice on paper first then just use the same movements (muscle memory) on the wacom.
I understand that your using two point perspective, but I don't see a visible vanishing point. I'm guessing your eyeballing it.
thank you Sir for all that you do and for showing all the how too's in designing concepts...
Lou
AMAZING, but I think we all would love to watch you drawing the roughs :D
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Can you please talk about which tools you use in photoshop? Such as which tools are helpful in doing vehicle line drawings or vehicle paintings. People can have the right creative mindset and artistic eye to make the composition look good, but if you don't have the proper tools, it take an agonizingly long time to get it right. And as artists, time is precious.
This is very useful,Man i respect you as an artist.U May yet be an icon in art like the other masters..I don't know ure name though.
Could be just me, but very often, I find stuff like this as cool or even cooler than fully finished illustrations.. but for me, art is often more about being in awe of the skill rather than aesthetics. So if something quick looks good, it's way more impressive than something that was done over a very long period... essentially the opposite of what I do :/
Feng used to practice drawing straight lines. He has a video on it. So there is no trick, he just draws from his elbow and it looks close to perfect.
@zaccazsneddon Try right-clicking on the gray area and that should let you change the color. I think that's what you mean.
@Kwiix thanks but thats in the canvas window i want to change my screen behind that but i dont know how
delicious designs!
How do you get the line so smooth an clean ? especially with the curves.
+Robert B yeah mine is all jaggety with painter 12 with any pen or marker brush I use
Feng Zhu, when you're a beginner still getting into art and want to draw pieces like this, should you draw every perspective line (horizon, vanishing points, etc.....) or do you feel it is safe to leave some of them out? also, what distance should be between the vanishing points in two point perspective to make pieces look more attractive and less bulgey?
How do you do parallel straight lines so easily with a wacom?
In Photoshop you have to click once, press shift and click again for every line and the resulting line has not pointed endings like yours.
Another question: All your lines are pointend at the end...with my wacom there no way to modeulate pressure so well that the lines all end very pointed like if I was using a normal pencil!
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littlewing, try the pressing down the shift key and draw a line ;)
Honeslty, this design technique works best with non organic designs. Silhouette designs work best with organic designs imo. It think it all depends on preference.
I really like your sketching/lineworks, they have inspired me a lot. What brushes do you use for your linework in photoshop
Thaks in advance
In photoshop how can you make your pen go in a straight line? The only straight line it goes is just up or down but I want control to do it at any angle I want. Kind of like at 1:31 when Feng draws. Please help!!
@Koutetsujeeg
He freehands his lines. He told me it takes a lot of practice, and took around a year or two to do.
Does he eyeball the vanishing point?
This is very useful
i think that i finally got the perspective thing and that stuff, but when i draw i have a lack of those tiny details that are all around the sketches of feng.
i don't know how to improve on that field
Hey Feng, I have 1 question for you. How is it you make those straight lines in Photoshop? Is it the simple line tool? You make them look so effortlessly connected to the same point in perspective. Do you just create them by hand or switch back and forth between brush and the line tool? Sorry if it's a silly question but it just seems your perfect lines follow a grid or something.
Wait, how do you figure out where the vanishing point is?
you can eyeball the vanishing point.
on photoshop cs5 does anybody know how to apply a picture or change the main screen atall (not the shift/paint bucket tool canvas colour thing)the actual gray screen on startup thanks in advance
The majority of the time are you using a Wacom tablet for most of your "loose" ideation sketches? or still using traditional media and then scan in for your final works?
@kyehman1 You`re right! Those straight lines really bug me when I draw.
You ARE correct, BUT it was still great, as per usual. No regrets! ;)
why do you do this technique with vehicles but not with space ships? is there a big difference between the lineart and the silhouette techniques?
The line art technique tends to be more working from the inside out. While the silhouette technique is working from the outside in. All is a matter of preference. You learn as many techniques as you can and you will gravitate towards the ones that work best for you. You may also find that you prefer certain techniques for certain projects. There are tons of different methods and techniques and each artist will have their favorites and preferences. You may even find yourself developing your own.
Yes I do the same but there are photoshop hotkeys that give you perfectly straight lines and you can tell where they are in the picture. I know how to do up and down but for some reason I cant do the dot to dot diagonal trick eclipse 561 is talking about :/
How can I learn to draw robots and machinery stuff like transformers? I'm ok with doing anatomy and actually understand anatomy pretty well.
how do you draw you perspective?
how are you making your lines so straight?! Is this on a Cintex or something?
man this is awesome.
i got the same question/problem... do u maybe know what video it is? he made lots of video`s :)
Photoshop or Zbrush?
@Cruelhazard
Wow! That's incredible! I can draw like that using real pencil and paper but using a tablet it's almost impossible! He sure exercise a lot!!!
Thanks I'll look into it :)
how do u draw such smooth straight lines so effortlessly? I been drawing on the pc for years and still cant achieve lines like this :(
I can't vouch for the tutor in this video, but try using the Shift key. You press your pen down at the point where you want your line to begin, then hold shift, click again where you want the line to end. It's a very straight line, but may help in some situations. You may also want to move your shoulder/wrist/elbow more, rather than your wrist.
Good luck!
Sarah Foster the shift thing is actually a horrible advice, all you need is training and repeatance, grab a pen, don't let the wrist touch the tablet and then just fill pages up with strokes, repeat, trepeat, repeat, after a while the body and brain will adjust to that and it's like bicycling. the brain is a muscle, train it with movements and then you'll have straight lines like in this video.
I recommended practicing drawing the line, as well as the ctrl+shift method. It's up to what effect you want, how straight you want the lines.
You are correct, however. Being able to draw perfectly straight lines without the use of the shift key is important to learn, too. I was offering an alternative for the meantime, while they practice.
A bit of a necro post but as someone who is training at fzd I've never once seen Feng used shift for any of his lines. Our first week was pen and paper drawing straight lines, dot to dot. Do that for 12 hours a day for a week and then keep trying to draw straight lines for a year, 12 hours a day and you start getting the hang of it, a little. Feng has years of experience, none of which you will ever get if you use shift.
I didn't claim Feng used shift, and encouraged them to practice drawing straight lines themselves. It was an solution for a few quick lines. Practice/hand drawn lines are very clearly the better option, but not viable for every person who wants to draw.
Does anybody knows how he gets those straight lines?
littlewing22222 practice.
THANKS!!! Got it!!
i sooo wish to watch the drawing from 0 even if timelapsed and no nariation, just as 20-30 sec intro
You can rotate your canvas by holding R in photoshop
@kyehman1 I don`t believe that`s possible...lines look too perfect and artificial.
If this isn't sped up I'm going to crap myself...
spider bot in perspective, try HAHAH, vehicles are simple
@littlewing22222 aritificial... lol
Definition of bias.
(not hating, just thinking rationally)
if he doesn´t speak so fast i could learn more things T.T