Blueberry Gamer Hot tip: when i started out with digital art i would take pictures of my traditional art and trace over it to make it digital. You could re-sketch your drawing or just make the lineart immediately
I had that same problem when I first got my tablet during the days of Photoshop 7, now I have the opposite problem when I try to draw traditional art. I ask of myself "how do I use a pencil and pen again? Where is my undo?"
Jason Todd Lol, it depends on what tablet you get. If you get the smaller ones they tend to be cheaper, but if you get the huge ones with a built in computer and a screen those can be REALLY expensive.
00:44 - 1. Shortcuts make work easier 01:58 - 2. Simple vs. special brushes 02:44 - 3. Sketching tips 03:30 - 4. Liquify and Transform to fix your sketches 04:55 - 5. Line Art vs. Painting Technique 06:30 - 6. Create a base layer (to avoid coloring outside the lines) 07:18 - 7. Clipping Masks (also to avoid coloring stuff you don't want) 08:08 - 8. Using the Color Picker for shading 08:45 - 9. The Smudge tool can be useful, too! 09:37 - 10. Useful layer blending styles (Multiply, Overlay, Screen etc.) 10:38 - BONUS: Some general advice for beginners, equipment and progression
"you won't hate yourself much, if it [the tablet] starts collecting dust" tRUE, TRUE, knowing this, I feel better about spending what's within my budget
I have been drawing traditionally and digitally (on my phone) and I wanted to draw comics... its harder than every drawing i ever did... i cant do circles or straight lines...
I was a traditional artist and it was SO EASY to draw circles because you have more control on the pencil,,, while in digi, it's so hard to draw a proper circle, so I always just end up using the circle tool-
00:44 Work with Shortcuts 01:57 Pick your Brushes 02:44 Sketching 03:30 Liquify & Transform 04:56 Line Art vs Painting 06:30 Creating a Base Layer (for painting) 07:19 Clipping 08:09 How to use the Color Picker (for shading) 08:45 Don't be afraid to Smudge 09:38 Layer & Blending & Styles 10:38 Bonus
@@creamedmochi214 The plan wasn't in the description when I first posted this little contribution (at least that's what I remember). Anyway thank you all for the likes and feedbacks. I wasn't expecting that much actually. I just wanted to make watching the video again easier for myself...
My tip i wish i told my younger self earlier: Proportions are important. Proportioned images are better to see. If the head is turned 3/4 the eyes should be the same height but the one on the side that cant be seen too much is thinner, not smaller. Know your anatomy. Yes its hard to have a good anatomy when your artstyle doesnt really add up with it, but afterwards, its gonna be really helpful to improve your artstyle. Use a stabilizer, messy, unstraight (idk the word for that ejdjdjs) and pixely, its really going to be bleh. If the line is stabilized amazingly, the lines will be clean, better and smoother. Be patient. You cant improve if you want to skip to the part where you just have a good artstyle. Practice your artstyle, shading, shadowing, lighting and coloring base colors. Play with the effects and filters. You need to know how things look infront, back, sides, bottom, top, literally 360° angle to know the measurements. Draw everyday. Do several artstyles and see which suits you best. You can have an inconsistent artstyle. Have a good color palette. Know the primary colors, secondary, the other colors. Know which color compliments a color. For example, baby pink and grey. Its a good color combination. Avoid using too saturated colors, REALLY bright colors except if the art ur doing is like an Arcade, pixel thing (idk what to call it) Know how the bones work. A body part doesnt always move everywhere. For example, the knee doesnt move 360° so yeah, know how that works. Know your artstyle. If a certain artstyle doesnt suit u, dont do it. Find a better artstyle. A non artist looking at ur art will notice the artstyle and be like- 🙂, its not THAT enough like, it doesnt suit you. An artist looking at it will notice the artstyle too. Do you tho, find your artstyle too. Take critics. An artist is never an artist without critics, critical responses are something you can take to do better. For example, you post something on a platform, a comment will say "The hand is kinda unproportioned... Nice art tho", take it as a compliment. Its not something you should be sad about. Draw everyday to avoid an artblock cuz those suck alot. I have more but im too lazy-
Well, making yourself a stylus is much better. I made one using a ballpoint case, cotton, aluminum foil, toothpick, and that cloth for wiping eyeglasses (so your screen won't be scratched or something like that). Works like a charm
Haha same.. using finger is better than using a diy stylus.. i made one but it's not the most practical thing.. you have to keep moistening the cotton tip otherwise it won't work..!! And if you will do some research you will also find some great artists using their fingers even though they can afford a stylus..
@@ashimayadav3063 haha, ok. It's all about preference. The fact that my screen is dirty most of the time is frustrating. I want to buy a cheap stylus soon so my fingers won't burn from constant screen touch.
If the amount of clipping layers gets confusing, you can use ctrl and click on the thumbnail of your base layer in the layer menu and it'll make it so you can only paint within those bounds. That way, you can use clipping masks over specific areas of color
Yay someone else who uses MediBang! Also, take screenshots if needed. People tend to say you didn’t actually make an art piece if it’s too good so I guess.. record ur progress, and if you lose the piece, you can just continue off the Images you took if needed
"I tend to shift my way of working with almost every picture" Bro same. I feel like I'm changing my technique and style every illustration lol. It's fun though to try something different every time
@_EyEDeX_ :3 Even if this comment is supposed to be a joke, math is a subject used in most jobs, but physics, not much. The other subject used a lot is English, so that’s more useful than physics.
I've been drawing traditionally for my entire life and only recently I got a digital drawing pad (ones without the screen) to try out digital art. To my surprise, it was pretty enjoyable at the start even thought I haven't gotten used to the pad itself. But to be honest my drawing skills just ran away the moment I picked up the pen lmao
Has your traditional suffered because of it? Cause mine has. I got so hyperfocused on learning digital, I picked up my pen and sketchbook and thought 'why was I ever allowed to do anything ever? why has though forsaken me....'
@@CrumblesXo Oh you bet it has lol, as a matter of fact I've draw digitally so much that the concept of pencil on paper has started to feel alien. Like I'm so used to scribbling on the pad while looking at the screen that it feels weird having lines manifest out from the pencil in front of my eyes lmao
@@risukual I'm sorry that you're also going through it, but I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one.... Someone asked me to paint something for xmas, and it felt like the equivalent or trying to run a marathon after a 20-minute shit. I had to re-learn how to do literally everything I've spent the last x amount of years doing...
@@CrumblesXo danggg that's quite unfortunate, I can only imagine how that'd feel. Though the furthest I've ever went with traditional media is just some good ol' Staedtler color pencils, I rarely tread into anything else other than pencils so I probabily wouldn't have to relearn TOO much, yet... HOWEVER, traditional sketches alone might already be enough to make me regret not touching the medium since middle school lmao I guess this really means we have to go back and forth both mediums from time to time, eh? xD
@@risukual same 😂 I use procreate and to undo I can just tap the screen with my index and middle finger, and when I went back to traditional art I tapped the paper when I made a mistake 💀
Oh, my god. I'm speechless. Been drawing for about 15 years now. I've had the occasional "Ohhhh!" moments when it came to art style and anatomy skill where there was a sudden leap in the quality of my stuff... but that hasn't happened in years now and I feel like I plateaued so hard with no progression. Everything I draw looks identical even if drawn in a different style entirely, and I felt so set in my ways that I was scared to try anything else. But this taught me about things I didn't even know existed or know that I'd have really wanted.
This... I think this is exactly what I needed. For once, my youtube recommendations have blessed me. I've learned so much from this one video, and your art is gorgeous! Thank you so much
That *and while you're there click the like button* SURE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD ISJSJJSKWKW THAT WAS SO HOT AND CUTE AT THE SAME TIME Besides that, thanks for the tutorial! I was really looking forward to it and it helps a lot!
dollar store styluses work just fine I've been using a pen stylus from a campground that was free...... on an iPad....... sooooooo.... save your money lol
ShardsOlws bro you can easily find 300 to 400 dollar iPads on amazon or eBay or even Best Buy! The newest iPads are all the rage the iPad pros from like 2018 or 2017 are much cheaper now because of the release of the newest ones
I never knew how to use the magicwand tool, until today and I thank you for that🤧 I spent almost an hour just doing FLAT COLORS. I use medibang and whenever I use the bucket tool, white lines appear around the lineart, so I have to color those manually. But now I can do it in like 10 minutes!! THANK YOU!
2 years later this is still one of the best digital painting tutorials I've found. Almost all of the fundamentals and techniques I've developed in my digital painting process are from here.
MOOD. Been doing digital art since I was 16 (so nearly 13 years now), and there is still so much to learn. But it's satisfying seeing my progress over the years.
7:29 on Photoshop you can quickly clip layers by pressing Alt with the cursor between the 2 layers+click when the clipping icon appears. And thank you for all the tips, really useful!
I absolutely loved this! I actually kinda hate myself for not realizing that I could just use the Multiply tool to directly color scanned lineart. I have spent the last couple years just redrawing lineart from my scanned pictures in Sai because I didn't realize that. x_x For any prospective digital artists out there, listen to the advice on the screenless tablet. I HIGHLY recommend it. I use the Intuos4, and it feels natural after a short time. It's like a computer mouse: you aren't looking at it when you are using it to navigate the screen. Plus, you won't run into calibration issues that I have run into when drawing directly on a screen. If you need practice, I'd recommend using your tablet in place of a mouse when you are navigating your browser and such. It really helps you to connect the motion of the pen and the screen.
I just got my first drawing tablet and I’ve been trying to figure out how to use it properly for a few days and I found that this video had the most useful information I’ve heard Thanks a lot
One recomendation for those who battle with learning how to use a digital tablet, one thing i did was to use the tablet for everything, and i mean everything, a tablet is basically a replacement for a mouse so i use it to navigate through the internet copy archives, etc, the only thing i didnt do with the tablet is play videogames, this is because a tablet works diferently to a mouse, instead of dragging it through the screen you levitate it over the surface with the surface of the tablet representing the screen to scale, this can take a while to get used to, i personaly did this and in a couple of days i was already able to do some solid drawings and quickly got accostumed to the feel of the tablet, but i havent tested this with no one but myself Also another recomendation is to keep some drawing pencils and a sketch book nearby and keep practicing tradicional art every now and then, digital and traditional are similar and a lot of the skills and muscle memory are intercheangable, but both also are diferent skills with diferent levels and if you over train yourself in one you can literaly forgot how to do the other, so keep your skills sharp by sometimes doing a drawing in traditional
I swear that I'm smashing like button in this video. Thank you for always been so sincere in all your videos. Everybody who's starting in digital painting should watch this.
I have been creating digital art for about ten years now and only just upgraded to cintiq this year! Don't be afraid of a cheaper alternative to grow your talent with!
I’m only halfway through and this has already been a massively helpful video! I love how succinct you are, my biggest pet peeve is a video that spends half the time beating around the bush, but you get the point right away. Great stuff!
I just got a wacom intuos medium recently and for the moment I am pretty satisfied. I don't make the best thing ever at all , but your a big source of inspiration! Thanks you to be here ! ( why did I thanks you about that xD )
U told us to be here yesterday so I'm here I have no questions and just wanted to step back and thank you for all these amazing videos and live streams😀😁😘
Tip that I use: when sketching make different sections different colors:e.g: hair =purple, face =orange arm=Red etc. Make sure to keep them all in one layer and they have to be highly saturated so you don't confuse it with the line art or color blocking layer, lower the opacity on the sketch obviously. Hopefully it helps you.
One thing that I’m suffering with: When I draw art in my sketchbook and import it into ibs paint x *and I forget to change the layer and end up drawing on the photo I imported ;-;*
HAHAHA once I merged my sketch layer and my final layer together and I couldn't press the undo button so minutes of my life were wasted I could not for the life of me fix it
I'm not the best artist, but something that has helped me a lot, while taking a lot more time, but saving a lot of headaches: name your layers. Name them based off of what they are. (I work in Krita) I do a super basic just getting the pose down "pre-sketch", and then I make another layer for my sketch or "revised sketch". I make another layer for my line art, and then under that I create "clipping group". This is pretty much a folder that you can set to have all of your layers clip to the bottom layer (make sure to turn on alpha lock for new layers!). I name each layer within that group, simple things, like "hair", "hair shading", "skin", "extra details", etc. This is a lot easier for me, especially because my work isn't super super detailed like the maker of this video (I'm still kind of an amateur). Thanks for reading this, hope I helped!
Also, if you are curious, I use the $50 Gaomon M10K 2018 model, and it is AMAZING for its price. To be fair I haven't really had anything to compare it to, as it is my first drawing tablet, but I do recommend it 👍
This was honestly the most useful beginners tutorial ive ever seen! Other people tend to make everything so over complicated that a beginner like me cant follow, but this was nice and easy :)
I both hate and absolutely adore this video; it describes all of the different digital art techniques I spent three years teaching myself; this is a really insanely good video, it describes the struggle of digital art perfectly well and I love it!! Makes me feel like this is one of the best videos on youtube, it was amazing!!
I only really have experience with screen-less tablets and I’d say that it does give you good hand-eye coordination, if that’s even the right phrase? I’m from England I should know words-
9:38 I thought I understood how to use these and BOY WAS I WRONG. Going over the Layer Blending Styles was insanely helpful! Thank you so much! I learned a lot from this video and I don't even consider myself a beginner lmao
Do the Crayola marker challenge! I’m a broke artist and I have to use cheap markers so it would be great to see if someone as skilled and refined with markers as you are could create good art with Crayolas. It would also be a good comparison of the two in how they work with the appropriate techniques like using a Pentel water brush and even trying to blend them like you would with Copics
THANK YOU!! So many videos are terrible at teaching beginners how to use these sort of tips and leave me confused and frustrated. This was aclear, easy to understand and shows everything by example and it helped SO much.
I'd combine cliping mask method with the one used by Webang group mask(forgot the exact name), wich is imo more flexible than than cliping mask alone.I tend to use rarely cliping masks, I just prepare the piece with group masks(wich takes a few years xD). The layers structure would look something like this(for me): Group[Shape of all the characters] -Group[shape first character] --final touches --effects --light/shadows --color --sketch[I slowly erase it during values stage by merging the layers --values -Group[shape second character] just like above --final touches --effects --light/shadows --color --sketch[I slowly erase it during values stage by merging the layers --values Ofcourse inside the char groups you can make other shape groups for accesories or w/e you want.I would recommend to watch one of Webags videos to actually understand what I'm saying, if you're interested.
@Sterling Archer Hmmm, depends what kind of animation you want to do. If you wanna go frame by frame animation wich takes "a bit of time", you definetly need to start with basic rules of drawing, after you're decent enough with these, go ahead and break the rules. I, will try to start learning more after effects for animation, wich is not frame by frame for animated scenes.Wich is "simpler" than frame by frame.Plus Spine or Dragonbones(free) for character animation. I asume you wanna do something like a novel?If so prolly the second part makes more sense.Maybe if you throw in there Live2D... There are many things and decisions that I don't have the answer yet for myself xD Artschool is a great place to learn the fundamentals, but plenty of artist do think nowadays it's a bit useless.As you can focus from home to learn what you want pretty much for free over youtube. As of the software itself.If I'm not wrong in Clip Studio Paint you can do animation too, frame by frame animation.Not sure about it tho. Imo.Just try deciding on what you wanna do.You won't be able to do it all, I learned that the hard way. Depends on the kind of animation.As a comic artist it wouldn't be hard to learn frame by frame animation, since you draw the same thing multiple times, it's extremly time consuming, but it can get amazing results.If you're interested in frame by frame animation I would recommend watching some videos of: th-cam.com/channels/QSskW1S07KnC3m91hEgFOw.html - Jesse J. Jones th-cam.com/channels/4Qvpti1dS1KKC7PLyLl__g.html - BaM Animation th-cam.com/channels/BZUcC_0ktWqj_CJi2w3-QQ.html - Howard Wimshurst
I’m brand new to digital art as a whole and I’ve been looking for good tip videos or tutorials and this one is by far the most helpful. Thank you so much!! Also I love your art and art style!!
I know this is kind of old, but I needed this, specially the lineart part, I knew I felt something kind off when trying to do smooth lines in Photoshop! It's just so weird transitioning from traditional art to digital art, but with these tips I feel more motivated :>
OMG YES ME! I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH COMMENTS AND IT WAS RIGHT WHEN KEITH WAS ON THE SCREEN SKSKSKSKKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSK *insert fangirl attack here* And i honestly just pushed on the video because the thumbnail looked like Shiro ^^
I have been drawing for 45+ years and I find it is relaxing and it helps with my anxiety. I have just recently started a channel about drawing digitally but I would love to be as good as Laovaan. I love the comments he makes about the fact that there are numerous ways to do the same thing digitally, like drawing a circle and the statement about using different apps and programs. Thanks for the time and don't for a minute believe that you cannot do tutorials, I would just like to see a real time drawing from start to finish to allow me to see the steps used. Anyways thanks for being willing to share your talent.
One thing that drastically boosted my workflow was switching from a intuos tablet to a cintiq, the intuos was great and all but being able to see your drawing as you make it just feels amazing and makes drawing far more fun.
DON’T FORGET TO START THE LINEART ON A NEW LAYER
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON’T FORGET TO START THE LINEART ON A NEW LAYER
Jo v. Z. You have no idea how many times I forgot to add a new layer 🤧
AHhhHhHh
+++++++++++++++++++
Oof that happened to me once, but luckily my sketch was in a different colour so I could still salvage it with colour select ^^;
I had once forgot to add a new layer... It was a mess 😂
Me: *Has been doing traditional art for as long as I can remember*
Also me: *gets a graphic tablet*
How do I draw again?
Blueberry Gamer
Hot tip: when i started out with digital art i would take pictures of my traditional art and trace over it to make it digital. You could re-sketch your drawing or just make the lineart immediately
I had that same problem when I first got my tablet during the days of Photoshop 7, now I have the opposite problem when I try to draw traditional art. I ask of myself "how do I use a pencil and pen again? Where is my undo?"
XD same I got my tablet yesterday and was like “how do I art again?”
How much is th graphic tablet guys? 😆
Jason Todd Lol, it depends on what tablet you get. If you get the smaller ones they tend to be cheaper, but if you get the huge ones with a built in computer and a screen those can be REALLY expensive.
My advice:
Don’t forget to save
w i n d o w s i s a s e r v i c e a n d n e e d s t o b e u p d a t e d r e g u l a r l y
I forget that alot, and cry the rest of the day bc I spent months on one thing
Medibang: *crashes*
Me after spending hours on lineart and coloring: *rethinks my whole life choice while having existential crisis*
Or you could get many other copies of the document for safety reasons to avoid suffering.
Let us all put down our styluses in honor of the unsaved works of men (AND WOMEN!)
Me: **draws really good on paper**
Me drawing digitally: wait how do I do this
IKR I’m only watching this because I forgot how to draw when doing digital
Ikr !! I just started digital art .. and my art on paper looks nothing like my art on paper
bro pure truth😭😭😭
Me trash at drawing at both 👍🏽
ikr? thats why i just use all those line, circle, etc. tools 50% of the time
The smudging tool- basically the art beauty blender
If you do it right or else it looks amateur 😉
Both of these comments are surprisingly true
All three of these comments are my three brain cells
is the smudge tool on paint tool sai as well
*cries in beginner artist*
Me: (has been drawing for three years)
Me: (clicks video) I'm a beginner.
Ikr
Same, literally the same XD
Cathrina Cartplays I’ve been drawing for 6...
I’m a fricking child so it don’t work oof
for now I guess
Big same.
ive been drawing since i was a child and i amBAD
00:44 - 1. Shortcuts make work easier
01:58 - 2. Simple vs. special brushes
02:44 - 3. Sketching tips
03:30 - 4. Liquify and Transform to fix your sketches
04:55 - 5. Line Art vs. Painting Technique
06:30 - 6. Create a base layer (to avoid coloring outside the lines)
07:18 - 7. Clipping Masks (also to avoid coloring stuff you don't want)
08:08 - 8. Using the Color Picker for shading
08:45 - 9. The Smudge tool can be useful, too!
09:37 - 10. Useful layer blending styles (Multiply, Overlay, Screen etc.)
10:38 - BONUS: Some general advice for beginners, equipment and progression
TYSM
thank you oh my god
Good man.
masks are a MUST. once i discovered masks i could never go to anything else ever again.
Hi echo didnt expect you here lol
Me: *uses Photoshop for more than a year*
Also me: doesn’t know 80% of the tools mentioned here
Same lmao
the tools, i know, but the shortcut, na uh..
Sorry for promoting, im an aspiring digital artist.
I would really appreciate if you guys check my channel. Thanks❤️
@@couchpotatomakesart7307 sure lemme see, edit: you’re really talented and underrated,hope you blow up soon! ^^
@@blossomingflower1119 thanks I really appreciate it ❤️
I was today years old when I learned that the blur tool can have different brush styles. Thank you ;u;
Bruh same
Me too
Wait what
Huh-
Wait wha...............t ummmmmmm ooookkkayy😅😅
when you draw with your phone and your finger:
why am i even watching this? i don’t even understand a shit
I use Ibis Paint, u ?
it's Princessio Here! Same here
noicE
wait did I just spend 3 hours on drawing a random thing?) (:/?)
Same
Same here
But I use a rubber stylus
"you won't hate yourself much, if it [the tablet] starts collecting dust"
tRUE, TRUE, knowing this, I feel better about spending what's within my budget
Advice: *SAVE EVERY SECOND, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN*
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I once had to redraw a sketch 3 times cuz I kept forgetting to save😭
*lol*
I only save when it's worth saving
Especially on MediBang.
Loved the video, learned a few more tricks to help me. Thank you so much! 😌
Hi sultan
i thought you were my senpai haha
I know right! I can't wait to use these tips in action!
Oof it’s sultan
Heyya sultan
Me: (draws for years traditionally) time to try digital!
5 seconds in: what even is a circle!? 😭
I have been drawing traditionally and digitally (on my phone) and I wanted to draw comics... its harder than every drawing i ever did... i cant do circles or straight lines...
@@remi6668 I got you bro- there's a tool for that- both
@@brokenbird1555 yeah but in the finished drawing it looks bad :/
I was so mad after my first try, I regreted it that I buyed the tablet.. xD But now It's funny and you can try so much new thinks its crazy.
I was a traditional artist and it was SO EASY to draw circles because you have more control on the pencil,,, while in digi, it's so hard to draw a proper circle, so I always just end up using the circle tool-
oh my god
so that's the tool artists use to do minor adjustments
the liquify tool
damn i thought it was some move tool or drag tool
ive been looking everywhere how people warp fix their drawings without lines breaking apart. I now know the way
same
i just thought it was like a brush they used
I use it to mess up my art if I get mad at it lol
whelp, now you know.
00:44 Work with Shortcuts
01:57 Pick your Brushes
02:44 Sketching
03:30 Liquify & Transform
04:56 Line Art vs Painting
06:30 Creating a Base Layer (for painting)
07:19 Clipping
08:09 How to use the Color Picker (for shading)
08:45 Don't be afraid to Smudge
09:38 Layer & Blending & Styles
10:38 Bonus
Thank you!
Replying as a book mark, please ignore
Thank u bro
Noone looks at the description?
@@creamedmochi214 The plan wasn't in the description when I first posted this little contribution (at least that's what I remember).
Anyway thank you all for the likes and feedbacks. I wasn't expecting that much actually. I just wanted to make watching the video again easier for myself...
2:40 I wasn't ready
lmao same
mY HEART
The sexiness was too unexpected XD But I spammed that like button
I literally screamed-
pay1370 my soul left my body
My tip i wish i told my younger self earlier:
Proportions are important. Proportioned images are better to see. If the head is turned 3/4 the eyes should be the same height but the one on the side that cant be seen too much is thinner, not smaller.
Know your anatomy. Yes its hard to have a good anatomy when your artstyle doesnt really add up with it, but afterwards, its gonna be really helpful to improve your artstyle.
Use a stabilizer, messy, unstraight (idk the word for that ejdjdjs) and pixely, its really going to be bleh. If the line is stabilized amazingly, the lines will be clean, better and smoother.
Be patient. You cant improve if you want to skip to the part where you just have a good artstyle. Practice your artstyle, shading, shadowing, lighting and coloring base colors. Play with the effects and filters.
You need to know how things look infront, back, sides, bottom, top, literally 360° angle to know the measurements.
Draw everyday. Do several artstyles and see which suits you best. You can have an inconsistent artstyle.
Have a good color palette. Know the primary colors, secondary, the other colors. Know which color compliments a color. For example, baby pink and grey. Its a good color combination. Avoid using too saturated colors, REALLY bright colors except if the art ur doing is like an Arcade, pixel thing (idk what to call it)
Know how the bones work. A body part doesnt always move everywhere. For example, the knee doesnt move 360° so yeah, know how that works.
Know your artstyle. If a certain artstyle doesnt suit u, dont do it. Find a better artstyle. A non artist looking at ur art will notice the artstyle and be like- 🙂, its not THAT enough like, it doesnt suit you. An artist looking at it will notice the artstyle too. Do you tho, find your artstyle too.
Take critics. An artist is never an artist without critics, critical responses are something you can take to do better. For example, you post something on a platform, a comment will say "The hand is kinda unproportioned... Nice art tho", take it as a compliment. Its not something you should be sad about.
Draw everyday to avoid an artblock cuz those suck alot.
I have more but im too lazy-
Your English is so freaking cute and youre such an amazing artist I feel like these tips will help me in the long run!!!THANK YOU!!!!💜💜💜💜
Your name doesn't lie, it's Tae
Lol everyone be talking about how they draw in tablets and whatever and here is me who draws at my phone using my hand like damn
Well, making yourself a stylus is much better. I made one using a ballpoint case, cotton, aluminum foil, toothpick, and that cloth for wiping eyeglasses (so your screen won't be scratched or something like that). Works like a charm
samee
wow dayum
Haha same.. using finger is better than using a diy stylus.. i made one but it's not the most practical thing.. you have to keep moistening the cotton tip otherwise it won't work..!! And if you will do some research you will also find some great artists using their fingers even though they can afford a stylus..
@@ashimayadav3063 haha, ok. It's all about preference. The fact that my screen is dirty most of the time is frustrating.
I want to buy a cheap stylus soon so my fingers won't burn from constant screen touch.
2:41 *blushes* Y-yeah o-of course
I will always support my favorite artist
That one got me too. xD
It was kinda gay tho, lol. Oh well, he probably (definitely) is gay anyway, so its fine I guess.
@@Oozaru85 What's wrong with it being "gay"? Is it wrong for it to sound "gay" when he's straight?
*puls out meat scepter*
*Asmr intensifies*
If the amount of clipping layers gets confusing, you can use ctrl and click on the thumbnail of your base layer in the layer menu and it'll make it so you can only paint within those bounds. That way, you can use clipping masks over specific areas of color
(This is in Photoshop, I'm not sure if it works in other programs)
My advice (with Medibang paint):
Do NOT trust the backups
Save anyway
darkumbreon97 I agree! I’ve lost so many drawings due to not saving and relying on the backups
HOLY BREADSTICKS THE PAIN OF FAULTY BACKUPS
Another tip: make sure your device doesn't die while you're drawing
The Frenchiest Fry Yep, it’s kinda hard to avoid if you have a android tablet that doesn’t run very well. Trust me I’ve been there
Yay someone else who uses MediBang! Also, take screenshots if needed. People tend to say you didn’t actually make an art piece if it’s too good so I guess.. record ur progress, and if you lose the piece, you can just continue off the Images you took if needed
Drawing On...
Paper: Bootiful
Digital: Diquastang
It's kind of the opposite for me!
Ikr I suck at digital art
Sketching on paper: hell yeah!
Sketching on digital: AUGHAAOAGHAUAHYUIAAOAGOEAOAIUGGGHHAeAAAAAA
"I tend to shift my way of working with almost every picture"
Bro same. I feel like I'm changing my technique and style every illustration lol. It's fun though to try something different every time
"And while you're there, click on the like button." Well, jokes on you because I like the video before I even start watching it. Pfft. :P
*Microsoft Paint is the best art app*
*Change my mind*
Rose are red
Violets are blue
I know basic things
I'm smarter than you
FuzzyPineapple maths and physics are the best subjects
ChAnGe mY MiNd
I agree, there's some professional artworks created with that software
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Watch out tonight
I might eat you
@_EyEDeX_ :3
Even if this comment is supposed to be a joke, math is a subject used in most jobs, but physics, not much.
The other subject used a lot is English, so that’s more useful than physics.
I've been drawing traditionally for my entire life and only recently I got a digital drawing pad (ones without the screen) to try out digital art.
To my surprise, it was pretty enjoyable at the start even thought I haven't gotten used to the pad itself.
But to be honest my drawing skills just ran away the moment I picked up the pen lmao
Has your traditional suffered because of it?
Cause mine has.
I got so hyperfocused on learning digital, I picked up my pen and sketchbook and thought 'why was I ever allowed to do anything ever? why has though forsaken me....'
@@CrumblesXo Oh you bet it has lol, as a matter of fact I've draw digitally so much that the concept of pencil on paper has started to feel alien.
Like I'm so used to scribbling on the pad while looking at the screen that it feels weird having lines manifest out from the pencil in front of my eyes lmao
@@risukual I'm sorry that you're also going through it, but I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one.... Someone asked me to paint something for xmas, and it felt like the equivalent or trying to run a marathon after a 20-minute shit. I had to re-learn how to do literally everything I've spent the last x amount of years doing...
@@CrumblesXo danggg that's quite unfortunate, I can only imagine how that'd feel. Though the furthest I've ever went with traditional media is just some good ol' Staedtler color pencils, I rarely tread into anything else other than pencils so I probabily wouldn't have to relearn TOO much, yet...
HOWEVER, traditional sketches alone might already be enough to make me regret not touching the medium since middle school lmao
I guess this really means we have to go back and forth both mediums from time to time, eh? xD
@@risukual same 😂 I use procreate and to undo I can just tap the screen with my index and middle finger, and when I went back to traditional art I tapped the paper when I made a mistake 💀
I came to get tips but I'm too distracted by the drawings.
*THEY* *HOT*
exactly..
truuuu they're so beautiful !
@Missing Piece I'm a 11 y.o lol
Same, so I don’t pay attention.
YASSS
Ngl fell in love with your accent it's so cute
Ikr!!!
It's german I think.
Ocean Man It does sound like a German accent.
ABER JAWOHL
*no one can just deflect the emerald splash*
1. Thanks for the tips!
2. *your voice made it easier too learn its so mesmerizing*
Oh, my god. I'm speechless.
Been drawing for about 15 years now. I've had the occasional "Ohhhh!" moments when it came to art style and anatomy skill where there was a sudden leap in the quality of my stuff... but that hasn't happened in years now and I feel like I plateaued so hard with no progression. Everything I draw looks identical even if drawn in a different style entirely, and I felt so set in my ways that I was scared to try anything else.
But this taught me about things I didn't even know existed or know that I'd have really wanted.
Finally! A real tutorial where everything is well described step by step. Thank you
This... I think this is exactly what I needed. For once, my youtube recommendations have blessed me. I've learned so much from this one video, and your art is gorgeous! Thank you so much
I’m your 201th like
That *and while you're there click the like button* SURE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD ISJSJJSKWKW THAT WAS SO HOT AND CUTE AT THE SAME TIME
Besides that, thanks for the tutorial! I was really looking forward to it and it helps a lot!
Same with me
Ik right 😍😍
His voice made that scene even hotter
What a hot dream boy 😍
Damn That German Accent!
Try to draw difficult pictures. I know it's frustrating sometimes, but the experience you gain is worth it .
A year late, but thanks!
(MY) Starting point:
*how do you use this again?*
*oh so that’s what it does*
*paper is so much easier than this*
*whats the shortcut for this?*
I love Angelique SAMEEEE ;-;
Also:
NoT ThAT LaYeR dAmN iT
Alright. This is acceptable. For a third grader.
Wait that's not how this works on paper
@@roanoke7551 I can relate so much hahahahaha
ikrr sometimes i forgot what the shortcut for this
this video made me less afraid of trying painting :') somehow you made it just simple enough to make it less intimidating, thank you!
me: *orders ipad for $330 just for procreate*
*realizes i need apple pencil*
god damn it
Potato Lady use a stylus in the meantime it’s better then using nothing or your finger lol
dollar store styluses work just fine I've been using a pen stylus from a campground that was free...... on an iPad....... sooooooo.... save your money lol
erz 7w7 true but the rubber tip bends off get what I mean?
where did u find ipad for 300$? i literally couldnt find one under 500$....but never got it- pc and pen tablet was way cheaper option for me xd
ShardsOlws bro you can easily find 300 to 400 dollar iPads on amazon or eBay or even Best Buy! The newest iPads are all the rage the iPad pros from like 2018 or 2017 are much cheaper now because of the release of the newest ones
I never knew how to use the magicwand tool, until today and I thank you for that🤧 I spent almost an hour just doing FLAT COLORS. I use medibang and whenever I use the bucket tool, white lines appear around the lineart, so I have to color those manually. But now I can do it in like 10 minutes!! THANK YOU!
lol even i used to just spam click on the white lines
Expand it by 1 and the white lines disappear
How u use medibang? I always tried but never get the hold of how to draw anything.
literally just learned what lock transparency does... i am so sad for my past self
Can you explain that please?
Gerry Anthony lock transparency let’s you colour on the same layer without going out of the colour/ line art
KillMyMind IKR
me too
Waaaaaa
my sketch: eh this isnt half bad
*tries to colour it in medibang*
oh gosh..what have I done...
Spandan Kankumbkar did you mean medibang ipad edition? you're not alone
@@dinocavallone666 no I only have a Mac and no tablet :( so I sketch on paper and lineart and colour digitally :((((
Me too!!
My color ruin my sketch hahaha
Not shaming Medibang but I found more success from switching from medibang to Krita
*Remembers all shortcut keys*
Realizes* oh I draw using my mobile phone....
Relatable
I felt this
Same and a touch computer is a lil funky too
Izu Chan same :/
Ikr
2 years later this is still one of the best digital painting tutorials I've found. Almost all of the fundamentals and techniques I've developed in my digital painting process are from here.
I’m that one artist that uses folders and name all my layers bc it irks me when I don’t.
i would relate but i always get so caught up that i forget to name it and spend an hour naming all my layers again
Devil Grey Thing is, I feel exactly like that but the program I use can’t name layers.
I'm that one artist who doesn't name anything and has to hide and unhide all of my layers to find the one I'm looking for 😂
@@detectiveryuzaki6475 i relate
Finally I'm not alone
Thank you so much for a video that isn't just like "practice every day ^__^ get inspried ^__^" and was actually real advice
I feel you
XD
"And while you're there, click the like button ;)" I died.
Me: * Has been doing digital art for 3-4 years *
Also me: Mmm yes, this video is perfect for me.
Zayra Maldonado
Yeah :)
@@zantyyoutube7270 why are you speaking alone now
@@skittle8960 i was ghosted 😔
MOOD.
Been doing digital art since I was 16 (so nearly 13 years now), and there is still so much to learn. But it's satisfying seeing my progress over the years.
7:29 on Photoshop you can quickly clip layers by pressing Alt with the cursor between the 2 layers+click when the clipping icon appears.
And thank you for all the tips, really useful!
I absolutely loved this!
I actually kinda hate myself for not realizing that I could just use the Multiply tool to directly color scanned lineart. I have spent the last couple years just redrawing lineart from my scanned pictures in Sai because I didn't realize that. x_x
For any prospective digital artists out there, listen to the advice on the screenless tablet. I HIGHLY recommend it. I use the Intuos4, and it feels natural after a short time. It's like a computer mouse: you aren't looking at it when you are using it to navigate the screen. Plus, you won't run into calibration issues that I have run into when drawing directly on a screen. If you need practice, I'd recommend using your tablet in place of a mouse when you are navigating your browser and such. It really helps you to connect the motion of the pen and the screen.
I just got my first drawing tablet and I’ve been trying to figure out how to use it properly for a few days and I found that this video had the most useful information I’ve heard
Thanks a lot
Just checking to see, how's your practice going? Asking to know if I should give up already before I even start.
^^
same question
ZEPPELIN Mushroom ^^
One recomendation for those who battle with learning how to use a digital tablet, one thing i did was to use the tablet for everything, and i mean everything, a tablet is basically a replacement for a mouse so i use it to navigate through the internet copy archives, etc, the only thing i didnt do with the tablet is play videogames, this is because a tablet works diferently to a mouse, instead of dragging it through the screen you levitate it over the surface with the surface of the tablet representing the screen to scale, this can take a while to get used to, i personaly did this and in a couple of days i was already able to do some solid drawings and quickly got accostumed to the feel of the tablet, but i havent tested this with no one but myself
Also another recomendation is to keep some drawing pencils and a sketch book nearby and keep practicing tradicional art every now and then, digital and traditional are similar and a lot of the skills and muscle memory are intercheangable, but both also are diferent skills with diferent levels and if you over train yourself in one you can literaly forgot how to do the other, so keep your skills sharp by sometimes doing a drawing in traditional
I swear that I'm smashing like button in this video. Thank you for always been so sincere in all your videos. Everybody who's starting in digital painting should watch this.
1 second in *pauses video*
BOI YO VOICE IS SO CUTE! ahem okay lets learn some stuff know
*2:40*
@@pokaay3163 OMG soooooo cute (*’(OO)’*)
@@pokaay3163 HHHHHHHHHHH
M Y E A R S A R E B L E S S E D N O W T H A N K S
@@pokaay3163 Thank You
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70% of comments are thanking him for tips.
30% of comments are people saying his sexy 😄.
He is not sexy. He's the opposite : gay.
@@ViperStrike that was mean...
@yu someone could burn a person alive for being gay and you'd probably still say it was only a joke
10% comments have grammar mistakes.
I have been creating digital art for about ten years now and only just upgraded to cintiq this year! Don't be afraid of a cheaper alternative to grow your talent with!
me: woww this video is cool, and he seems nice
me: sees keith at 1:35
me: i love this guy
*me*
It's _Keef_
@@LaNoir. yes.
*YES*
bruh anyone that makes vld fanart deserves my love U_U
especially klance lmao
This is honestly the best tips on digital art video I've seen so far. Thank you so much, I need to try them 😊
This was SOO helpful! I used to think that you would need to erase the extra strokes, but now I know how people make their art so neat! Thanks!
I’m only halfway through and this has already been a massively helpful video! I love how succinct you are, my biggest pet peeve is a video that spends half the time beating around the bush, but you get the point right away. Great stuff!
Чувак, ты создал самый понятный альманах по диджитал рисованию. Ты прекрасен. Спасибо
I just got a wacom intuos medium recently and for the moment I am pretty satisfied. I don't make the best thing ever at all , but your a big source of inspiration! Thanks you to be here ! ( why did I thanks you about that xD )
U told us to be here yesterday so I'm here
I have no questions and just wanted to step back and thank you for all these amazing videos and live streams😀😁😘
For someone like me who is just starting out, this is a real game changer!
Tip that I use: when sketching make different sections different colors:e.g: hair =purple, face =orange arm=Red etc.
Make sure to keep them all in one layer and they have to be highly saturated so you don't confuse it with the line art or color blocking layer, lower the opacity on the sketch obviously.
Hopefully it helps you.
One thing that I’m suffering with:
When I draw art in my sketchbook and import it into ibs paint x
*and I forget to change the layer and end up drawing on the photo I imported ;-;*
Oof
Relatable. XD
HAHAHA once I merged my sketch layer and my final layer together and I couldn't press the undo button so minutes of my life were wasted I could not for the life of me fix it
I do the same thing
THE PAIN. I'VE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES AND OH BOY
*THE PAIN*
I'm not the best artist, but something that has helped me a lot, while taking a lot more time, but saving a lot of headaches: name your layers. Name them based off of what they are. (I work in Krita) I do a super basic just getting the pose down "pre-sketch", and then I make another layer for my sketch or "revised sketch". I make another layer for my line art, and then under that I create "clipping group". This is pretty much a folder that you can set to have all of your layers clip to the bottom layer (make sure to turn on alpha lock for new layers!). I name each layer within that group, simple things, like "hair", "hair shading", "skin", "extra details", etc. This is a lot easier for me, especially because my work isn't super super detailed like the maker of this video (I'm still kind of an amateur). Thanks for reading this, hope I helped!
Also, if you are curious, I use the $50 Gaomon M10K 2018 model, and it is AMAZING for its price. To be fair I haven't really had anything to compare it to, as it is my first drawing tablet, but I do recommend it 👍
This was honestly the most useful beginners tutorial ive ever seen! Other people tend to make everything so over complicated that a beginner like me cant follow, but this was nice and easy :)
i have watched SO many videos about this and FINALLY.. yours is so easy to understand and so well explained i LOVE you thank you
Me: My traditional art looks nice, I should try drawing digitally!
Me when I draw digitally: _that's the same feeling when I just started to draw..._
Me too😆
Congrats on 500k Laovaan! And thanks for the video! The tips help a lot already,
Thank you so much 💕
I both hate and absolutely adore this video; it describes all of the different digital art techniques I spent three years teaching myself; this is a really insanely good video, it describes the struggle of digital art perfectly well and I love it!! Makes me feel like this is one of the best videos on youtube, it was amazing!!
I draw on small phone
With my big thumbs
And my art still had perfect line
Im using IbisPaintx
Same
Same
I only really have experience with screen-less tablets and I’d say that it does give you good hand-eye coordination, if that’s even the right phrase?
I’m from England I should know words-
I use iPad but from the way it sounds, it does seem to increase hand-eye coordination.
I'm noticing the editing slowly improving (: A lot of time clearly went into this video. I don't draw, but this was still enjoyable! Thank you
The blending brush tip just instantly improved the piece I am working on right now. Thank you my lord and savior! This video was sooo helpful!
Wow amazing tips- please do more!
If you're using csp, i also recommend using vector layers for lineart! That way you can transform lines without a loss in quality; i love it!
*clicks reverse image*
Absolute NO mistake
Your drawing skills are just out of this world!
The subtitles and your video saved my career as a digital artist. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
5:59
Laovaan: **explains the difference**
Me: **doesnt see a difference**
Same bro
9:38 I thought I understood how to use these and BOY WAS I WRONG. Going over the Layer Blending Styles was insanely helpful! Thank you so much! I learned a lot from this video and I don't even consider myself a beginner lmao
Do the Crayola marker challenge! I’m a broke artist and I have to use cheap markers so it would be great to see if someone as skilled and refined with markers as you are could create good art with Crayolas. It would also be a good comparison of the two in how they work with the appropriate techniques like using a Pentel water brush and even trying to blend them like you would with Copics
THANK YOU!! So many videos are terrible at teaching beginners how to use these sort of tips and leave me confused and frustrated. This was aclear, easy to understand and shows everything by example and it helped SO much.
This is so helpful omg, I recently just got a drawing tablet and I’m glad I found this video. Thank youuuuu, you are a blessing 😭😭
I'd combine cliping mask method with the one used by Webang group mask(forgot the exact name), wich is imo more flexible than than cliping mask alone.I tend to use rarely cliping masks, I just prepare the piece with group masks(wich takes a few years xD).
The layers structure would look something like this(for me):
Group[Shape of all the characters]
-Group[shape first character]
--final touches
--effects
--light/shadows
--color
--sketch[I slowly erase it during values stage by merging the layers
--values
-Group[shape second character] just like above
--final touches
--effects
--light/shadows
--color
--sketch[I slowly erase it during values stage by merging the layers
--values
Ofcourse inside the char groups you can make other shape groups for accesories or w/e you want.I would recommend to watch one of Webags videos to actually understand what I'm saying, if you're interested.
@Sterling Archer Hmmm, depends what kind of animation you want to do.
If you wanna go frame by frame animation wich takes "a bit of time", you definetly need to start with basic rules of drawing, after you're decent enough with these, go ahead and break the rules.
I, will try to start learning more after effects for animation, wich is not frame by frame for animated scenes.Wich is "simpler" than frame by frame.Plus Spine or Dragonbones(free) for character animation.
I asume you wanna do something like a novel?If so prolly the second part makes more sense.Maybe if you throw in there Live2D...
There are many things and decisions that I don't have the answer yet for myself xD
Artschool is a great place to learn the fundamentals, but plenty of artist do think nowadays it's a bit useless.As you can focus from home to learn what you want pretty much for free over youtube.
As of the software itself.If I'm not wrong in Clip Studio Paint you can do animation too, frame by frame animation.Not sure about it tho.
Imo.Just try deciding on what you wanna do.You won't be able to do it all, I learned that the hard way.
Depends on the kind of animation.As a comic artist it wouldn't be hard to learn frame by frame animation, since you draw the same thing multiple times, it's extremly time consuming, but it can get amazing results.If you're interested in frame by frame animation I would recommend watching some videos of:
th-cam.com/channels/QSskW1S07KnC3m91hEgFOw.html - Jesse J. Jones
th-cam.com/channels/4Qvpti1dS1KKC7PLyLl__g.html - BaM Animation
th-cam.com/channels/BZUcC_0ktWqj_CJi2w3-QQ.html - Howard Wimshurst
6:15 " mom look! Its my drawing! Its in the video!!!! "
Okay. Nice one I'll give you that
I’m brand new to digital art as a whole and I’ve been looking for good tip videos or tutorials and this one is by far the most helpful. Thank you so much!! Also I love your art and art style!!
I know this is kind of old, but I needed this, specially the lineart part, I knew I felt something kind off when trying to do smooth lines in Photoshop! It's just so weird transitioning from traditional art to digital art, but with these tips I feel more motivated :>
*sees Keith*
*eyes enlarge*
Me: *HE KNOWS WHAT THAT IS!?*
YESS
OMG YES ME! I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH COMMENTS AND IT WAS RIGHT WHEN KEITH WAS ON THE SCREEN SKSKSKSKKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSK *insert fangirl attack here*
And i honestly just pushed on the video because the thumbnail looked like Shiro ^^
I WAS THE SAMEEEEEE EEEE
Sameeeeee i was fangirling and everthing i actually screamed out the window HE KNOWS WHAT VOLTRON IS!!! And everybody was just staring at me
@@whome8297 XDDDD
This is exactly what I needed right now. Thanks.
I have been drawing for 45+ years and I find it is relaxing and it helps with my anxiety. I have just recently started a channel about drawing digitally but I would love to be as good as Laovaan. I love the comments he makes about the fact that there are numerous ways to do the same thing digitally, like drawing a circle and the statement about using different apps and programs. Thanks for the time and don't for a minute believe that you cannot do tutorials, I would just like to see a real time drawing from start to finish to allow me to see the steps used. Anyways thanks for being willing to share your talent.
Me: Skips or adjust steps because they’re “too hard”
Also me: why doesn’t this look similar to the tutorial?
I felt this
I use a Apple Pencil and Procreate on my tablet it works really well!
Kaitlyn Newbern I use procreate and my finger since, I’m poor ;w; but that’s ok!
To draw a perfect circle, everybody knows you have to draw an head in first... 😂 Good video tho! I'll use all your tips when I'll begin!
Aha a spongebob reference
One thing that drastically boosted my workflow was switching from a intuos tablet to a cintiq, the intuos was great and all but being able to see your drawing as you make it just feels amazing and makes drawing far more fun.
I love all the characters he drew, I mean... Aoba, Kirishima, Link & Sidon, Rin...
Danke, deine Videos helfen mir sehr! 😇❤️
Did I see Dabi from BnHA or was it just me?-
Dabi is my fav character so-
MoonLight The FunTime Wolf SAMEEEE
OMG SAME
Dabi is *everyones* favorite character....
I saw it too...
At which time stamp?
THIS IS ACTUALLY HELPFUL. IM A BEGINNER AND IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR WHAT IM SUPPOSED TO DO OR KNOW WHEN DRAWING DIGITALLY THANKS A LOT!