you are training for a skill that takes a lifetime of practice! my teacher says that everybody has 10,000 shitty drawings inside of them so you have to work hard to get them out of your system
I've been struggling to get my brain to understand HOW painting works without lines, this was an absolutely BRILLIANT breakdown and thank you so, SO MUCH! Please, more of this!
tbh most pros use lines to guide their shapes, no need to avoid em a good sketch has the most potential to be a great painting' but shape design is definitely the most important thing, followed by value and composition also, once u notice em, shapes are just the most feel-good thing ever whenever i spot good shape design i go "whOOOOO boi, that's a SEXY shape"
You can apply the same concept for lines too. Recently I simplified a lot of my sketches looking for important shapes and fewer strokes. It speeds up a lot the workflow.
but i dont understand. How am I supposed to draw without lines? I can copy someone else 's work or photo without lines and start with light dark values. But drawing an original painting is tough. Also I looked at Sinix's painting process for ex: Princess Peach, He has a line work, So what's being taught here. If you have found the answer, please let me know.
@@PramodShetty You can have an undersketch. This isn't saying you can't have that. What it's saying is that the *final work* uses shapes to form the subject of the painting, rather than using lines to define everything.
Commenting so I can get back to this in the future and see how far I've come with digital painting. This is the video that set me on my track. Watched on January 24, 2022 and started to paint a penguin that same day.
Yeah ... suddenly I'm starting to understand why I feel terror and stress doing art. I think it's hilarious when people suggest doing art to "unwind" when I'm stressed out. NO. hahaha
I think of some random dumb, funny things. The next time someone says to me that draw the line there, meteorically, I want to literally draw them a line and hopefully laughter, the best medicine, comes into play.
If it was easy you wouldn't need to do it. You'll get there. Restricting yourself like this is a great way to identify what is important in a piece. If anyone is struggling though and finding themselves getting frustrated, I'd suggest choose some study images with clearer separations of light and dark values. That way you're still learning properly but avoiding the frustrated feeling as it'll be easier for you to make those decisions. Once that's too easy for you, move onto images with more complicated value ranges.
Same. I’ve already done a few paintings that look decent, but I’m not confident in my skills at all. Having no foundation in core painting skills is incredibly frustrating when you want to try something new but have no idea how to bend the rules. This video has very convenient timing!!
Thank you!!! I was born with a visual deficiency, yet still love to use what sight I do have to explore my creativity. This video has been the first to make values understandable and visually accessible to me. Digital painting is a hobby for me because it is accessible for me. I’m so happy to have found your channel.
based on your profile picture it looks like you have a good eye for shapes too though! I imagine you see values so clearly in your head that you only need to define the perimeters of the shapes to create an illustration and that reads!
@@gale6012 What I loved most about lines is that the line in itself is so intersting. Like use more pressure and you get a darker, thicker line. Playing with that, creating forms and shadows is very satisfying. Searching with the line for forms - this is how I do art. I see how colored shapes can do the same and are just as flexible, but I lose what I love most. (Or I'm just too lazy to challenge myself) I'm just crazy like that. I did paint in the past though. But never digitally. I don't have a talent for colors and I would need to reduce my color palette from the start or I will get lost.
You can apply the same concept for lines too. Look for big shapes, simplification, and fewer strokes in the first sketches. It will make iterations and more detailed line work faster and easier.
@@katharinamarschall5662 I can see that too! That reminds me of school when everyone would talk about "calligraphy". I think it's the use of weighted lines to describe the edges of turning forms. I feel like that is just as good a way to approach describing form. Sinix's paint-sculpting is really suited to digital illustration. Lines are effective too in a more frazetta direction.
I'm trying to start learning digital painting and this video is all that I needed. I've watched a bunch of tutorials from some incredible artists, but I encountered two barriers: (1) they all have VERY different processes, and I don't know which one will be best for me, since I've never done anything like this and (2) I constantly felt that there was a lot more theory behind what they were doing than that which they could make fit into a short tutorial. I feel like this video is waaaay more "back to the basics", which is just what I needed. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing! I was feeling completely lost, but now I'm excited to get back to studying. =)
Trying this out, this solves so many lighting problems I've had! God it's so simple yet I can't believe it took me so long to realise, he's completely right about lines, I'd been relying on them for shape and structure and it usually made my work look wonky (mostly due to my skill level) since I didn't know how to balance my values, anatomy, and proportion. God I'm so excited!
@@hellpony4299 HIYA FRIEND. I TOOK A BREAK FROM DRAWING BUT I GOT PASSION ONCE MORE. IVE FORCED MYSELD TO RESTART FROM THE BASICS BECAUSE TURNS OUT I LEARNT SOME BAD HABITS BUT IT TURNED OUT FOR THE BETTER!! NEVER HAS MY COLOUR PAINTING BEEN THIS VIBRANT AND SO COMPLIMENTARY, IVE HAD TO STICK TO GRAYSCALE FOR A WHILE BUT IM SO GLAD TO BE BACK TO COLOUR. I FEEL LIKE A GOD. IM STILL BAD AT IT BUT IT'S GETTING WAYYY BETTER
I've even been to art school but this is the first time anyone has ever made it so clear . . . what painting is. Very helpful and I'm ever so grateful.
not drawing lines while copying looks easy. How am I supposed to just draw an original pose without line work at all? I didn't get it. I think he should have demoed with an original work.
@@PramodShetty when you make an original work wouldn't you use reference to draw things? Then it wouldn't be much different as to when copying an image. Also, as long as you know the shape of what you want to draw I don't think it would be a problem.
I just want to that I’ve watched a whole pile of speed painting videos and tutorials in hopes of getting into digital painting and this has by far been the most helpful video I’ve seen. I am coming from mostly a drawing and photography background and knew I was missing something fundamental in terms of how to think about painting. I actually feel like I know where to begin now. Thank you.
The fact speed is a requirement for you is kind of already an error. Everyone works at their own pace and in doing so you put unneccesary pressure on yourself. Remember, you do art because you like to, not to be fast about it.
@@etoyoshimura5834 I agree with your point. What I was referring to by “speed painting” wasn’t about wanting to paint quickly. It was that I had watched a lot of time lapse videos where several hours of painting are sped up to be viewable over the course of a few minutes, in an effort to try to understand other artists’ approaches and processes. The point I was getting at was that this video cleared up a few core concepts that helped me better understand those “accelerated full process” videos. :)
Been on and off art and always feel bad because when I jump in I'm never happy with what I make. This was really interesting for me because I did the first task with the marble duck and thought my outcome looked bad, but when I saw the smaller preview in the folder, it actually looked alright. That outcome has given me enough confidence to keep with art consistently and study in this manor so hopefully I'll improve more than I have been before. 👍
this is probably the most helpful foot-in-the-door painting tutorial ive found 😭 esp when youre someone whose been drawing only using lines for SO LONG, and its like, you KNOW youre good at that, so when you cant figure out how painting works it just??!?!!!?!?! frustrates you even more than if you were a total beginner to art i think.
I literally just realized a few days ago that I really needed to start focussing more on shapes so the timing of this video is just insanely perfect! Thank you, I'll definitely have to do some studies like this!!
You're saving my life with this. I somehow missed when you posted this video but the 2 value approach (and going higher to 3 values and edges etc.) is something I can practice by myself without being way too overwhelmed by all the other aspects of digital painting. Huge thanks for ALL your tutorials!!
I’m an older artist, and I’ve been doing digital artwork off and on for quite a few years. I have to say that coming across your video today, along with the excellent way you presented your perspective of approaching the creation of it, is definitely what I needed, and I believe will help me break through to another level. This is exactly what’s been missing in my digital realm of doing artwork. As one who has always drawn detailed line art first, then filled it in with values, this approach is going to be both challenging and very rewarding. I’m excited! Your channel looks excellent, and I’ve already subscribed. Looking forward to absorbing as much of your content you’ve created as I can. Thank you so much!
Its so sad to see such a talented and awesome artist get so little recognition, I've been watching your videos longer than I remember and I can't wait until people start to see your work and you get more popular on TH-cam. Keep on making these videos man.
As someone just getting back into drawing (used to religiously), and choosing to go digital, this video helped so much both for inspiration, and as a great idea to help plan some study's to practice with working myself back into things. Thank you!
More of these very beginner videos, please. I have so much to learn about both seeing shapes and using the tablet with the software brushes (as opposed to scribbling with a physical pencil or something) and these videos hit the perfect balance. Thank you so much!
You are the real digital beginner guru. This was what my mentor had told and ignored but you brought me back to it and made me realize this is where fun is. Thank you
Man, I just want to thank you for taking the time to put these videos together for us. Got my first tablet this year, and have been trying to self teach. Information like yours really helps with understanding concepts I never even realized existed.
I wasn't born in an "art" environment, but i remember how i started with art..... it was when my dad was helping with my 2nd grade drawing homework and he taught me that its all about the shapes, and once i got the shapes down i can focus on the details.... and that's how i got to drawing my first ever cat and to many more cats till now 😊❤
Step 2 is really really illuminating for me. I've always felt like people who are good at painting, especially physical painting, just magically know how to get all the tiny gradients and colors. but you explained distillation and it clicked. you're not perfect. you're doing your best and making it look nice. that's it! it feels so much more real.
Thank you! I started applying this method over some old sketches ( on about 30% opacity) and I’m seeing an improvement in my shadow shape design. This exercise was so insightful I did about 3 in one day. I have a job, wife, and kid; so 3 is a lot for me 😁
I'm so glad that I found this. I've been wanting to take up some courses in sketching and digital painting, and this has definitely helped me to stay excited for my journey in art. Thank you so much!
This was super useful to me! I knew to do these types of exercises from my traditional painting practice, I don't know why it never occurred to my little noggin that I could use the same principles in digital painting. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of customized brushes and settings and lose track of the big picture.
I went to college and got my BFA in illustration and I don't think any of my professors ever taught me this. But it was because I worked in digital art and all my professors worked in traditional painting & drawing. So not all of their techniques worked for me. I heavily rely on drawing with my digital paintings, and I always thought the issue was with the line art. But nobody ever taught me that instead of relying on lines, you should learn how to make art without them. This helped me a bunch! Thank you!! 💖🙏🏻
Been using photoshop for about 8 years, been painting in it for like 3 or 4. Just recently I discovered this exercise by accident, and my painting skill just blew up. Like, straight up skyrocketed my art.
At the end of the video when you only selected the dark section and used the third value there, that was my light bulb moment. Using it as a second light or dark value had never fully clicked in my head for me until now. Thank you so much.
As someone who can’t afford art school this video has been a huge help! I was struggling with painting for song long and never understood shape language till this video. Thank you so much !!!!
After drawing traditionnally for about 35 years, I just purchased a pen display but stuggled with how to learn digital painting. After watching hours of videos, this method appears to be the most simple yet effective one. Thanks!
I'm only starting and was feeling kinda overwhelmed with all the elements I needed to look for when painting on Photoshop, so this helped me a lot to understand the basics, thanks!
With the first minute and a half, I’ve already picked up a lot of this idea from painting and seeing people make digital art. But now since I’m really about to embrace seeing shapes instead of lines once I get my tablet, it’s such an amazing concept to me and makes it so much more fun, exciting, and it feels like it’ll be a lot easier now then just jumping into line work.
I overcomplicate both drawing & painting, and I’m aware of this but still do it; this video’s been a great help in hitting me over the head with distillation & simplification 🥳 Thanks dude
“Painting is not about lines, it’s about shapes.” You just enlightened me omg. Thank you so much, I appreciate this comment so much. I have been unconsciously been applying “drawing” properties to “painting” without even realizing, and that sentence alone made me realize why it just wasn’t working. Thank you.
Thank you for this video!! At first I used this method to practice, but then I ended up making a really cool portrait with my own style to it once I got the hang of it. I didn’t know I was capable of making something like that on my first try, but in addition, the steps you walked us through REALLY helped me train how to see shapes better and to use that to my advantage. I’ve always drawn with lines being a priority but that’s only gotten me stressed with making perfect proportions and whatnot. I haven’t been able to create much digital art in years, but I’m so happy I finally found a video that did help me progress. Thank you so much!
I'm a traditional artist, so I've pretty much cemented my style and techniques over the last 32 years. 😂 I've been slowly getting the hang of digital art, but it never felt fluid and like I was really getting anywhere. You train yourself over the years, and it's sometimes hard to figure out that "trick" to switch mindsets. It just feels like you're missing the obvious thing that will make you understand, and it's right under your nose. It's frustrating, for sure. Your explanation in avoiding lines (which is so absolutely important in traditional drawing and so it's very much ingrained, at least for me), and replacing that with finding the values really helped me understand how people are making their art, in a very simple way. I'm really grateful for this video. I know I kind of think back even a bit ago, and I'm like, "How did I not see this for myself?" It's the age-old idea that it's difficult to break out of your own reality to fully reach into another (it's why we still have stigmas with mental health, why classism exists, and so on). This simple and gentle redirection will definitely help me do better. I'm currently hitting the end third of my game design degree. Most everything has been core classes, so I'm really trying to learn some basics before I hit my big classes. :) I took AP art classes and even AP animation in high school, but we didn't have much in the way of digital art supplies. This was 2006-2007. I didn't even see my first drawing tablet until a college art class I took way back in 2009-2010, and it was this like $1000 one a classmate had (one that would easily be maybe $30 these days haha). Technology has come so far. I know this video is old, and I'm done yammering: I just wanted to drop a thanks for the tutorial in basic digital art understanding. Edit: Sorry, I wanted to add that I finally realized earlier on that I'm not going to be an sketching/pencil coloring artist any longer, but a painter. I feel so dumb that I didn't realize sooner than much of this kind of art is painting-oriented. I should've studied harder in my acrylics courses haha. I'm a bad painter.
Coming back to this video after taking a break from art for a while makes me realise you're not necessarily going for a one for one recreation and realism with these studies but more going for an appealing middle ground which if is why it's good to study from other artists who have already done the heavy lifting. Art is like translating languages, if you translate word for word perfectly it may not flow naturally in a different language, but by changing parts to account for the act of translation you can make a clearer sentence.
So much clarity about something I have been so timid to try. I even have Procreate but haven’t done one rendering in the app! Thank you for your approach and generosity! You can’t imagine how valuable the way you present things is or how much it means to those who are late starters and really want to draw.
May I say that when u gave the tip to not draw/fall back to lines, a whole new world opened for me and i had so many Ideas.. Like Wow thank you so much !
Holy FRICK this is good advice. I‘ve been stuck at drawing skin because I use way too many colours and it makes it look muddy and chaotic. And of course, I have yet to finish a single digital painting I started… a single one… So this is absolutely great! I can feel like I‘ve actually finished something for once and honestly, even the two values look great! Thank you so so so much for this!
The fact that the first Tip actually made sense.. Coz I sometimes used shapes in some practices.. But I refused it was the right way.. And been using lines for months
guys this video is very helpful, I have been drawing digitally for almost 2 years now and this video helped me when i didnt know where to start it inspired me to start my own youtube channel myself and be who I am today. Dont give up you got this, its worth it I promise 😊
I'm so used to associating red with TH-cam, that I didn't realize the bottom red said "beginner" and not "subscribe" until you posted the Intermediate video 💀
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when you've been digital painting for over 3 years and still feel like a beginner :')
I can relate :')
You got me here. I feel the same
A good description of every sinix video
Same! Me too
you are training for a skill that takes a lifetime of practice! my teacher says that everybody has 10,000 shitty drawings inside of them so you have to work hard to get them out of your system
I feel very targeted every time you say not to use lines
Hahahah I love your videos MDJ, that’s why I felt so much targeted too 😂😭😭
I feel like there are pros and cons when using lines or not, and I still can't decide what's the best for me.
@@KawaiiSynthwave exactly. But after all, it’s just about mastering your style & Personnal tastes.
it makes it easier to feel less confined and it's easier to go back and rework a bad area for sure.
@@dystopiaproject yeah, right.
I love them all, honestly XD
"art is all about decision making"
me who's unexceptionably TERRIBLE at decisions: *chuckles* im in danger
That’s me HAHAHA
That one sentence suddenly made me realize why I suck so bad at art and why it is so hard for me, lmao. I really chose the best hobby for me, haha
Me being so bad at making decisions that my middle name is practically indecision
Same
Kathleen I felt that comment 😂😭
Lord, as someone who grew up drawing lines and focusing my art to look like a manga, this is going to be an absolute struggle
Same :(
why do you have to actually give up on lines when you are actually drawing manga. .manga arts lookes better in lines.
@@arghosen9036 that's what I thought. But it's really amazing to combine manga art with painting u should try too!
@@arghosen9036 yea i agree, i cant really imagine manga with painting style. That is before i read chainsaw man
With 2 value distalation you can’t use lines, but just with digital painting you can, unless you don’t want that
I thought you over exaggerated your hair in your self portraits. I was wrong
Law Cay His hair is a chaotic beauty
Lol
He has an irl anime hair
man looks like a cartoon character and i'm here for it
His hair is nice, I like it.
I've been struggling to get my brain to understand HOW painting works without lines, this was an absolutely BRILLIANT breakdown and thank you so, SO MUCH! Please, more of this!
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I've been doing digital drawing for about 4 years and I'm still heavily relying on lines instead of shapes. Thank you so much for this!!
tbh most pros use lines to guide their shapes, no need to avoid em
a good sketch has the most potential to be a great painting'
but shape design is definitely the most important thing, followed by value and composition
also, once u notice em, shapes are just the most feel-good thing ever
whenever i spot good shape design i go "whOOOOO boi, that's a SEXY shape"
You can apply the same concept for lines too. Recently I simplified a lot of my sketches looking for important shapes and fewer strokes. It speeds up a lot the workflow.
👍👍👍
but i dont understand. How am I supposed to draw without lines? I can copy someone else 's work or photo without lines and start with light dark values. But drawing an original painting is tough. Also I looked at Sinix's painting process for ex: Princess Peach, He has a line work, So what's being taught here. If you have found the answer, please let me know.
@@PramodShetty You can have an undersketch. This isn't saying you can't have that.
What it's saying is that the *final work* uses shapes to form the subject of the painting, rather than using lines to define everything.
Commenting so I can get back to this in the future and see how far I've come with digital painting. This is the video that set me on my track. Watched on January 24, 2022 and started to paint a penguin that same day.
You got this!
@@sinixdesign He replies 👀 Happy to have found your channel! Awesome work 😄
How did your penguin turn out? :D
How you doing bud?
How's it going?
Sinix: "Art is all about decision making."
Me: "Oh no..."
xD
Yeah ... suddenly I'm starting to understand why I feel terror and stress doing art. I think it's hilarious when people suggest doing art to "unwind" when I'm stressed out. NO. hahaha
@@samanthabeaty4578 haha same, it frustrates me rather then being a think I love to do, especially when I can’t do what I expect myself to do
XD
:'D
Shit, I thought I was at intermediate level before watching this video, now I'm back to being a beginner
You could be at intimidate or advance in certain aspects but some thing a sinix talked about here you just didn't know.
We're all beginners at something
@@yoyolol22
Well, I’m that beginner on everything (._. ;)
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Better learn what you missed than never
I rely heavily on lines for traditional art since I do character design and illustration, so I'm very excited to try this digital painting style!
pogchamp! very useful stuff here, thanks for using muh stuff
Ahmed i love your art. Wish i could be your teacher :)
I think of some random dumb, funny things. The next time someone says to me that draw the line there, meteorically, I want to literally draw them a line and hopefully laughter, the best medicine, comes into play.
pog :D
bro ur awesome
ma man !
okay but like, has anyone actually gone and tried that two value study thing on their own yet. I'm on a second attempt and this shit is fucking hard.
i have! i did two value studies on greek statues and it’s fucking hard, especially when for almost a decade i’ve only been using lines...
I’m watching this video and already internally suffering…
I tried with some JoJo's characters and I'm doing pretty well, even though it takes a lot of time.
If it was easy you wouldn't need to do it. You'll get there. Restricting yourself like this is a great way to identify what is important in a piece.
If anyone is struggling though and finding themselves getting frustrated, I'd suggest choose some study images with clearer separations of light and dark values. That way you're still learning properly but avoiding the frustrated feeling as it'll be easier for you to make those decisions. Once that's too easy for you, move onto images with more complicated value ranges.
i've tried this like 5 times and it's not working. I don't understand how he does it...
been doing digital art for a few yrs now ..yet I still feel the need to watch this
SAME
Same. I’ve already done a few paintings that look decent, but I’m not confident in my skills at all. Having no foundation in core painting skills is incredibly frustrating when you want to try something new but have no idea how to bend the rules. This video has very convenient timing!!
i've been doing digital art for maybe 6 years now and i still come back to watch these! it's a great idea (although I'm only 18)
same like, I’ve been digitally painting for a few years but it’s sinix (!) and he posts sparsely.
Yes.. I’ve only been drawing with lines lmao
Thank you!!! I was born with a visual deficiency, yet still love to use what sight I do have to explore my creativity. This video has been the first to make values understandable and visually accessible to me. Digital painting is a hobby for me because it is accessible for me. I’m so happy to have found your channel.
My world is lines. I love lines. It gives me life.
based on your profile picture it looks like you have a good eye for shapes too though! I imagine you see values so clearly in your head that you only need to define the perimeters of the shapes to create an illustration and that reads!
@@gale6012 What I loved most about lines is that the line in itself is so intersting. Like use more pressure and you get a darker, thicker line. Playing with that, creating forms and shadows is very satisfying. Searching with the line for forms - this is how I do art. I see how colored shapes can do the same and are just as flexible, but I lose what I love most. (Or I'm just too lazy to challenge myself) I'm just crazy like that. I did paint in the past though. But never digitally. I don't have a talent for colors and I would need to reduce my color palette from the start or I will get lost.
You can apply the same concept for lines too. Look for big shapes, simplification, and fewer strokes in the first sketches. It will make iterations and more detailed line work faster and easier.
@@katharinamarschall5662 I can see that too! That reminds me of school when everyone would talk about "calligraphy". I think it's the use of weighted lines to describe the edges of turning forms. I feel like that is just as good a way to approach describing form. Sinix's paint-sculpting is really suited to digital illustration. Lines are effective too in a more frazetta direction.
You like lines?
Name all pick up lines
I'm trying to start learning digital painting and this video is all that I needed. I've watched a bunch of tutorials from some incredible artists, but I encountered two barriers: (1) they all have VERY different processes, and I don't know which one will be best for me, since I've never done anything like this and (2) I constantly felt that there was a lot more theory behind what they were doing than that which they could make fit into a short tutorial. I feel like this video is waaaay more "back to the basics", which is just what I needed. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing! I was feeling completely lost, but now I'm excited to get back to studying. =)
@Andy how far have you come and if possible can I have tips on practing it?
Same!
Trying this out, this solves so many lighting problems I've had! God it's so simple yet I can't believe it took me so long to realise, he's completely right about lines, I'd been relying on them for shape and structure and it usually made my work look wonky (mostly due to my skill level) since I didn't know how to balance my values, anatomy, and proportion. God I'm so excited!
hallo frend. how much did you improve?
@@hellpony4299 HIYA FRIEND. I TOOK A BREAK FROM DRAWING BUT I GOT PASSION ONCE MORE. IVE FORCED MYSELD TO RESTART FROM THE BASICS BECAUSE TURNS OUT I LEARNT SOME BAD HABITS BUT IT TURNED OUT FOR THE BETTER!! NEVER HAS MY COLOUR PAINTING BEEN THIS VIBRANT AND SO COMPLIMENTARY, IVE HAD TO STICK TO GRAYSCALE FOR A WHILE BUT IM SO GLAD TO BE BACK TO COLOUR. I FEEL LIKE A GOD. IM STILL BAD AT IT BUT IT'S GETTING WAYYY BETTER
I've even been to art school but this is the first time anyone has ever made it so clear . . . what painting is. Very helpful and I'm ever so grateful.
"My friend ahmed aldoori" He was definitely on gun point
honestly tho someone help are they friends or do they hate each other im so confused
@@cerf5693 they're friends, watch the lightbox talk they did together. being mean is how sinix shows love :D
@@AnnaGlin oo ok thanks:)
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2:19 That three-dimensional ball just appeared out of thin air. That's magic.
you’re seriously my biggest art help and inspiration 🥺 everything you teach and explain always makes so much sense and really helps me!!
Same! His videos are so good
Gorillaz
@@2dfan942 yup :D
Nice 2D pfp :)
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No lines, GOT IT.
Me: Looks at my art work.
This is a habit that will be hard to overcome.
Me: Always drawing with a pen
not drawing lines while copying looks easy. How am I supposed to just draw an original pose without line work at all? I didn't get it. I think he should have demoed with an original work.
@@PramodShetty when you make an original work wouldn't you use reference to draw things? Then it wouldn't be much different as to when copying an image. Also, as long as you know the shape of what you want to draw I don't think it would be a problem.
@@PramodShetty check out Marco bussi on how he draws with values or grayscale, it is nothing but shape and terribly amazing.
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I learned so much in such a short time. Only problem: have to edit sometihng for uni but I now really want to draw. Why did you do this to me
thats literally how i felt when i watched this
if it's your art on pfp, your style is very nice.
@@ЧачкаПипсов-в1е yeah actually mine. Glad you like it 😊
I just want to that I’ve watched a whole pile of speed painting videos and tutorials in hopes of getting into digital painting and this has by far been the most helpful video I’ve seen. I am coming from mostly a drawing and photography background and knew I was missing something fundamental in terms of how to think about painting. I actually feel like I know where to begin now. Thank you.
The fact speed is a requirement for you is kind of already an error. Everyone works at their own pace and in doing so you put unneccesary pressure on yourself. Remember, you do art because you like to, not to be fast about it.
@@etoyoshimura5834 I agree with your point. What I was referring to by “speed painting” wasn’t about wanting to paint quickly. It was that I had watched a lot of time lapse videos where several hours of painting are sped up to be viewable over the course of a few minutes, in an effort to try to understand other artists’ approaches and processes. The point I was getting at was that this video cleared up a few core concepts that helped me better understand those “accelerated full process” videos. :)
Me, a guy whos been drawing for 3-4 years: “hmmm, yeah, I know some of these words”
good burger is great
Been on and off art and always feel bad because when I jump in I'm never happy with what I make.
This was really interesting for me because I did the first task with the marble duck and thought my outcome looked bad, but when I saw the smaller preview in the folder, it actually looked alright.
That outcome has given me enough confidence to keep with art consistently and study in this manor so hopefully I'll improve more than I have been before. 👍
a very subtle way of asking Ahmed to release an artbook
As someone who is floating between intermediate and beginner, this is a really good foundational video, thank you Sinix.
the fact that this was EXACTLY the video I've been looking for recently,,, I'm not sure how you knew but thank you!! Much appreciated
this is probably the most helpful foot-in-the-door painting tutorial ive found 😭 esp when youre someone whose been drawing only using lines for SO LONG, and its like, you KNOW youre good at that, so when you cant figure out how painting works it just??!?!!!?!?! frustrates you even more than if you were a total beginner to art i think.
I literally just realized a few days ago that I really needed to start focussing more on shapes so the timing of this video is just insanely perfect! Thank you, I'll definitely have to do some studies like this!!
You're saving my life with this. I somehow missed when you posted this video but the 2 value approach (and going higher to 3 values and edges etc.) is something I can practice by myself without being way too overwhelmed by all the other aspects of digital painting. Huge thanks for ALL your tutorials!!
It's pretty cool that even after all these years you still make content.
I’m an older artist, and I’ve been doing digital artwork off and on for quite a few years. I have to say that coming across your video today, along with the excellent way you presented your perspective of approaching the creation of it, is definitely what I needed, and I believe will help me break through to another level. This is exactly what’s been missing in my digital realm of doing artwork. As one who has always drawn detailed line art first, then filled it in with values, this approach is going to be both challenging and very rewarding. I’m excited! Your channel looks excellent, and I’ve already subscribed. Looking forward to absorbing as much of your content you’ve created as I can. Thank you so much!
Sinix:- So you still a beginner
Me:- yeah i am
Its so sad to see such a talented and awesome artist get so little recognition, I've been watching your videos longer than I remember and I can't wait until people start to see your work and you get more popular on TH-cam. Keep on making these videos man.
As someone just getting back into drawing (used to religiously), and choosing to go digital, this video helped so much both for inspiration, and as a great idea to help plan some study's to practice with working myself back into things.
Thank you!
you saved me from the bottom of hopeless, I have struggled with digital art and rendering for a while and don't know where to start. Thank you
More of these very beginner videos, please. I have so much to learn about both seeing shapes and using the tablet with the software brushes (as opposed to scribbling with a physical pencil or something) and these videos hit the perfect balance. Thank you so much!
THIS ACTUALLY HELPED ME SM LIKE I DREW AFTER THIS AND I WAS LIKE WOAHHHHH TYSMMMM
Digital painting seems so intimidating but this advice is excellent, thank you for the tutorial!!!
You are the real digital beginner guru. This was what my mentor had told and ignored but you brought me back to it and made me realize this is where fun is. Thank you
Man, I just want to thank you for taking the time to put these videos together for us.
Got my first tablet this year, and have been trying to self teach. Information like yours really helps with understanding concepts I never even realized existed.
I appreciate how straightforward and simple your tutorials are.
I’m SAVED. You always post when I’m drowning in not knowing where to start 😭🥺
I wasn't born in an "art" environment, but i remember how i started with art..... it was when my dad was helping with my 2nd grade drawing homework and he taught me that its all about the shapes, and once i got the shapes down i can focus on the details.... and that's how i got to drawing my first ever cat and to many more cats till now 😊❤
Damn, Never clicked so fast. Thanks Sinix, I appreciate it
Your voice is so comforting and therapeutic i burst into tears
Step 2 is really really illuminating for me. I've always felt like people who are good at painting, especially physical painting, just magically know how to get all the tiny gradients and colors. but you explained distillation and it clicked. you're not perfect. you're doing your best and making it look nice. that's it! it feels so much more real.
This is one of the most important painting instruction videos in existence
Thank you! I started applying this method over some old sketches ( on about 30% opacity) and I’m seeing an improvement in my shadow shape design. This exercise was so insightful I did about 3 in one day. I have a job, wife, and kid; so 3 is a lot for me 😁
I'm so glad that I found this. I've been wanting to take up some courses in sketching and digital painting, and this has definitely helped me to stay excited for my journey in art. Thank you so much!
This was super useful to me! I knew to do these types of exercises from my traditional painting practice, I don't know why it never occurred to my little noggin that I could use the same principles in digital painting. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of customized brushes and settings and lose track of the big picture.
As someone who’s been painting for 18 years I’d recommend this to anyone starting out that already knows their program. Well done :)
I went to college and got my BFA in illustration and I don't think any of my professors ever taught me this. But it was because I worked in digital art and all my professors worked in traditional painting & drawing. So not all of their techniques worked for me. I heavily rely on drawing with my digital paintings, and I always thought the issue was with the line art. But nobody ever taught me that instead of relying on lines, you should learn how to make art without them. This helped me a bunch! Thank you!! 💖🙏🏻
Been using photoshop for about 8 years, been painting in it for like 3 or 4. Just recently I discovered this exercise by accident, and my painting skill just blew up. Like, straight up skyrocketed my art.
At the end of the video when you only selected the dark section and used the third value there, that was my light bulb moment. Using it as a second light or dark value had never fully clicked in my head for me until now. Thank you so much.
As someone who can’t afford art school this video has been a huge help! I was struggling with painting for song long and never understood shape language till this video. Thank you so much !!!!
I’ve been into digital painting in like 5 years and still cant paint im dying lmao
After drawing traditionnally for about 35 years, I just purchased a pen display but stuggled with how to learn digital painting. After watching hours of videos, this method appears to be the most simple yet effective one. Thanks!
This is your best video to date. If I were to introduce someone to digital painting, this would be the first thing I would show them.
I just got out of design school (graphic design), realized that I wanted to go into digital art so here I am! So excited to start this journey.
*Can't wait for Edges!* 😎
Everyone is struggling with him saying not to draw lines, but I’m here happy cause that’s what I’ve been looking for😭😭
I'm only starting and was feeling kinda overwhelmed with all the elements I needed to look for when painting on Photoshop, so this helped me a lot to understand the basics, thanks!
With the first minute and a half, I’ve already picked up a lot of this idea from painting and seeing people make digital art. But now since I’m really about to embrace seeing shapes instead of lines once I get my tablet, it’s such an amazing concept to me and makes it so much more fun, exciting, and it feels like it’ll be a lot easier now then just jumping into line work.
I overcomplicate both drawing & painting, and I’m aware of this but still do it; this video’s been a great help in hitting me over the head with distillation & simplification 🥳 Thanks dude
“Painting is not about lines, it’s about shapes.” You just enlightened me omg. Thank you so much, I appreciate this comment so much. I have been unconsciously been applying “drawing” properties to “painting” without even realizing, and that sentence alone made me realize why it just wasn’t working. Thank you.
Thank you for this video!! At first I used this method to practice, but then I ended up making a really cool portrait with my own style to it once I got the hang of it. I didn’t know I was capable of making something like that on my first try, but in addition, the steps you walked us through REALLY helped me train how to see shapes better and to use that to my advantage. I’ve always drawn with lines being a priority but that’s only gotten me stressed with making perfect proportions and whatnot.
I haven’t been able to create much digital art in years, but I’m so happy I finally found a video that did help me progress. Thank you so much!
I'm a traditional artist, so I've pretty much cemented my style and techniques over the last 32 years. 😂
I've been slowly getting the hang of digital art, but it never felt fluid and like I was really getting anywhere. You train yourself over the years, and it's sometimes hard to figure out that "trick" to switch mindsets. It just feels like you're missing the obvious thing that will make you understand, and it's right under your nose. It's frustrating, for sure.
Your explanation in avoiding lines (which is so absolutely important in traditional drawing and so it's very much ingrained, at least for me), and replacing that with finding the values really helped me understand how people are making their art, in a very simple way. I'm really grateful for this video. I know I kind of think back even a bit ago, and I'm like, "How did I not see this for myself?" It's the age-old idea that it's difficult to break out of your own reality to fully reach into another (it's why we still have stigmas with mental health, why classism exists, and so on). This simple and gentle redirection will definitely help me do better. I'm currently hitting the end third of my game design degree. Most everything has been core classes, so I'm really trying to learn some basics before I hit my big classes. :) I took AP art classes and even AP animation in high school, but we didn't have much in the way of digital art supplies. This was 2006-2007. I didn't even see my first drawing tablet until a college art class I took way back in 2009-2010, and it was this like $1000 one a classmate had (one that would easily be maybe $30 these days haha). Technology has come so far. I know this video is old, and I'm done yammering: I just wanted to drop a thanks for the tutorial in basic digital art understanding.
Edit: Sorry, I wanted to add that I finally realized earlier on that I'm not going to be an sketching/pencil coloring artist any longer, but a painter. I feel so dumb that I didn't realize sooner than much of this kind of art is painting-oriented. I should've studied harder in my acrylics courses haha. I'm a bad painter.
Coming back to this video after taking a break from art for a while makes me realise you're not necessarily going for a one for one recreation and realism with these studies but more going for an appealing middle ground which if is why it's good to study from other artists who have already done the heavy lifting.
Art is like translating languages, if you translate word for word perfectly it may not flow naturally in a different language, but by changing parts to account for the act of translation you can make a clearer sentence.
am i the only one who finds how he speaks so calming? it feels like a teacher actually understanding and teaching you properly ❤️
So much clarity about something I have been so timid to try. I even have Procreate but haven’t done one rendering in the app! Thank you for your approach and generosity! You can’t imagine how valuable the way you present things is or how much it means to those who are late starters and really want to draw.
May I say that when u gave the tip to not draw/fall back to lines, a whole new world opened for me and i had so many Ideas.. Like Wow thank you so much !
I loved this video, your teaching is amazing, i am no fluent in english but I can understand because you is so good
Holy FRICK this is good advice. I‘ve been stuck at drawing skin because I use way too many colours and it makes it look muddy and chaotic. And of course, I have yet to finish a single digital painting I started… a single one…
So this is absolutely great! I can feel like I‘ve actually finished something for once and honestly, even the two values look great!
Thank you so so so much for this!
Bruh ... the part with the bird .... damn .. I’m learning a lot ngl
I am a beginner and I keep watching this over and over
It really helps!
Sinix Design knows how to teach, Very clear!
This is the earliest I've been here.
Thank u for this content and stay safe 🌷
You are honestly one of the best art teachers I've ever had.
9:45 “That’s another reason why it’s good to draw from *talented* artist” 👁💧👄💧👁
Its been a bunch of years watching you and now at last Im wacthing in flesh!!!! Kudos dude thanks for these years
I’ve always been hesitant starting digital painting even when I have all the materials for it. But lately I’ve been feeling really motivated!!
Just watched 20 seconds and your explanation is the best I've seen in 3 years!
This was fantastic! Your explanation of painting and fundamentals is so under rated. I hope more viewers cross paths with your channel! Thank you
i watched this way back when i was starting on digital painting, and now i found myself back here again c: i learned a lot from him. thank you sinix!
Straight to the most important stuff, i'll definitely try that distillation practice!
Thank you Senpai :3
The fact that the first Tip actually made sense.. Coz I sometimes used shapes in some practices.. But I refused it was the right way.. And been using lines for months
That exercices to put in two colour is so interesing !! I'm gonna do that
The best video of how to start that I have seen. I'm returning to draw now after 2 years without draw nothing and this opened my mind to some things
You’re one of the first person to give me a simple and effective way to start painting properly. Thanks
guys this video is very helpful, I have been drawing digitally for almost 2 years now and this video helped me when i didnt know where to start it inspired me to start my own youtube channel myself and be who I am today. Dont give up you got this, its worth it I promise 😊
This is the best painting lesson I have ever seen. Simple, yet inspirational. Thank you.
Thank you, out of the 1000 tutorials on TH-cam, on the subject, yours was the easiest to understand and I truly appreciate it.
omg i've been a beginner wrongly all this time
Why do I relate to this..
yess for 3 years meexD
👍👍👍
This is probably the best painting advice. Easy to understand.
I'm a Line guy, and I like line, Instead of cutting off my lines, I think I will apply your advices into my art style to improve more uwu
I started digital Painting last dec2020, and I can see the a lot progress of my art because of like this channel, i learned a lot from your videos
I'm so used to associating red with TH-cam, that I didn't realize the bottom red said "beginner" and not "subscribe" until you posted the Intermediate video 💀