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I love the result. I would like you to try watercolors, I have only seen that you use thick mediums, which are covered with dense layers, but I have never seen you paint in watercolors! it would be sublime👌💫
Many products including water based paints contain Glycerin, which increases the water retention capacity. Evenness of drying 13:40 being an associated property. As usual a great result to cap off a great adventure story. Loved it!
I think partially what makes artist's favorite materials their favorite.... isn't that it's a groundbreaking material but that it's incredibly consistent. If you are animating a film.... you want consistency. You don't want everything to need to be redone because it's not identical
Ex graphic designer here. Wikipedia's explanation that poster colors are for students is only half right. The paint indeed used a lot in schools, because they are more controllable than watercolors, vibrant, and affordable. The other half, my lecturer in uni told us that poster colors, are created for designers pre-computer, where they needed to color the artworks (hence 'posters', logos, lettering, all things that are usually solid in shapes, less artistic than a painting) EFFICIENTLY: less chaotic than watercolors, dry faster, opaque in one swipe, doesn't change in value when dry like gouache, less mixing needed to get certain colors for branding consistency and faster working (thus the many color options), comes in vibrant colors less used in paintings but definitely eye catching for ads, dry matte unlike acrylics so great for reproduction, and cheaper. Even now, design students are starting their color theory with poster paints before learning about RGB. Sadly ad agencies now of course no longer use them, therefore without mangaka and manual animators using them (so few of them now that still choose to color manually), I believe poster colors quality will later go downhill to cater only to students. So contrary to wikipedia's explanation of 'cheapo medium', they were the standard for ad industry deadlines and budget, hence understandably also why anime studios rely on them as well: imagine you're trying to recreate 50 frames of the same sky, rather than mixing watercolors, share them with your team, with everyone having different stroke styles.. it's more consistent if you work with poster colors, just use what comes in the tube or mix a bit, and the opaqueness is really forgiving with different strokes.
Question- were these pretty much industry standard for this type of education and about when were you in school for graphic design? The reason I ask is bc my mom went to school for graphic design in the 80s on the east coast. She recently passed so I can't ask her and my grandmother pays no attention to anything and has the memory of a goldfish(no shes not sick just oblivious)... Either way I had never heard of these paints until today so interested to now if this would have been something she used. I have a portfolio of her work but I don't think any of her instruments are around. I get what you said about wiki but that doesn't really tell how mainstream they were like were they a staple in this field esp for students or more just one medium/brand of many that could have been used.
about not showing brush strokes, there is also a matter of scale. Usually anime bgs are A4 paintings showed on a big or giant screen. Search for: Youichi Watanabe INTERVIEW NICKER COLOUR CO.,LTD. It's an interview where I've read about this
I’m an animator that works with paints and the consistency of poster paint is perfect when you have to paint hundreds and hundreds of frames! Heavier consistencies like acrylic become such a chore after a while!!
Something particular about Nicker is that they focus a lot on the pigment particles having the same size, hence the fact that when they dry they generate a more consistent, uniform finish, the same with gum arabic, they use a very fine gum without impurities, this It arose because the anime industry required it to have more consistent results.
They use gum arabic in them? I only ask because I do Nihonga, Sumi-e/Chinese brush painting, Gong Bi, Chinoisserie, etc so I am very familiar with all sorts of Eastern paints and pigments and usually a glue is used in the binder made from animal skin (rabbit, although lately some vegan options have been made available!) I have noticed that all my Eastern paints dry so much faster than my Western style paints. So I'm wondering if Nicker also has some glue in with them too? I have them and love them and just assumed they did🤣 I never bothered to really get an ingredient list.
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 Most Asian companies aren't very open with their formulas. Gum arabic is used. Some unknown random additives are responsible for the faster drying time and few other qualities. Mostly you would have to deduce the additives from warning labels and chemicals that you can't use anymore undisclosed. As an example, fairly sure they would have to disclose xylene/toluene (at least in EU), but dunno if either was ever used in waterbased paints.
@leohuxtable439 makes sense. For instance the rabbit skin glue sticks I use for my Nihonga only say that they are a "superior quality rabbit glue" on the package, buy don't have an actual ingredient list on it. There might be more info if I really dug deep, but honestly, I'm not that curious. I obviously realize it's not just rabbit skin in a stick, lol, but a whole host of ingredients, including gum arabic, that create the formula so when I add my own crushed pigments and water it makes paint! Maybe I'll have my friend at the NH forensics lab run some through the masspec!! Actually she might already have the results of some in the library they have of materials 🤣🤣🤣
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 in general the laws are much more forgiving in lack of disclosure when you don't have to eat the, sucks for the curious consumers
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 My other comment was deleted for mentioning a brand's website, I realized, basically Nicker uses gum arabic, the ingredients can be found on the internet,
As asian teen in the 2000s, I grew up using poster colors and never heard of gauche until my mid 20s. The well-known brand we've got here is Sakura, everyone who needs this type of medium uses and suggests this brand to others because it's decent quality and so affordable even for the middle-schoolers. One downside of poster colors I find is it's so heavy if you have many colors. I used to carry them to school in a big modified lunch bag with cross-body strap. lol
Same! These were the paints I used in my first art class and were the only paints I had for a long time. I also had a tube version but the glass tub was more common.
When you ask “why does the paint dry faster?” And my mind immediately went to “duh these artist have tons of cells to make and need to work fast” but you were actually wondering about the “how” of it. Cool video and thanks for the demo! Love gizmo!
As a gouache artist, it's always lovely to see people talking about paints like this! Poster colours are technically a type of gouache, and I think both mediums (the same medium?) will take any recognition they/it can get haha They're so incredibly versatile!
I would like to see him despair of watercolor. And I don't mean that in a spiteful way, but in an entertaining and funny way. Watercolor is in a completely different league.
Kinda, but not really. Most common form that uses similar paint would be Posca paint markers (thinner version). Poster paints aren't a uniform group of paints. They're usually somewhere between gouache, modern tempera and acrylic paint. Posca, Pilot and some other random Japanese paint markers use poster paint instead of acrylic, even though they're often referred as acrylic paint markers. For paint markers using poster paints allows better flow without sacrificing too much opacity. I don't know how they do it tbh. Nicker in general uses less finely ground pigments than typical gouache brands. So it might have something to do with the binder, something extra in the formula or just more finely ground pigments when used in markers. Anyways what most poster paints do better than other mediums? Drying time, opacity, easily thinned without extending drying time too much and usually doesn't shift value while drying in unexpected ways. Some brands lift easily like Nicker and some don't at all. Similarly they behave differently when used on paper. Some require a gesso equivalent and i assume some don't bind properly when used on top of a layer of gesso. Fairly sure none of them are lightfast and the brands that bind on hard surfaces (glass, metal, etc.) all scratch off. edit: in most parts of the western world they're not really worth using, since here they're not the cheap alternative
@@JadyLester Depends on the brand. Nicker and Sakura at least reactivate. Early wet on wet washes don't lift as easily once they are dry. Poster paints have about half a dozen common binders. The ones that use gum arabic and/or dextrin behave most like gouache. edit: The old Sakura Poster Colors reactivate. They also sell new Sakura Poster Colors that are waterproof.
Animators actually wet both sides of the paper when using these paints (Nicker themselves even have a tutorial on their TH-cam channel and Kazuo Oga demonstrates this in a few videos too). I'd be really interested how your impressions/technique would change if you tried it!
I know you said you have seen so many others making Studio Ghibli recreations but i would absolutely love to see what you would do with a creation from one of their films but in your own style just like you did with Alice in Wonderland.
Time is money in Hollywood. Makes sense they used a fast-drying paint. As.a watercolorist I get frustrated having to wait for my layers to dry before I can move on. That alone makes me want these paints! Besides they look gorgeous & fun to work with! Thank you for the beautiful demonstration 😊
I use a hairdryer sometimes when I become too inpatient. Otherwise, I just work on another part of the painting while the other area dries. Have to be careful not to move the paint around with the hairdryer.
The main benefit of Nicker paints is the way they photograph, because they are designed for animation. They are meant to dry fast and super flat, to not cause glare in the photo frames. Most paints that dry fast contain a siccative agent; a chemical that speeds up the evaporation of water media (or curing/oxidation in the case of oils/alkyds). Gizmo! Don't get them wet and don't feed them after midnight.
Homie ya gotta try painting with these on an acetate sheet! Animation paint like this was supposed to be formulated to not seperate when painted on a clear plastic animation cell. I wanna see how it reacts! (Note, acryla gouache is a good alternative for this)
there is definitely a difference between poster paints in western countries, and poster *colours* in Asian countries like India, Korea and Japan the former is just a synonym for kids' grade tempera paint that usually comes packaged in bottles, which kids are then given to use for fingerpainting and other little art projects, whereas poster colours are as you said - simply a variant of gouache that is used in industry settings and is formulated for this reason to dry faster
It should be noted that poster colors are designed for a special paper (TMK Poster Paper) that has to be fully saturated with water. It creates extreme blendability and extends the drying times.
I used to live in the Philippines and this was my introduction to any type of paint. And yea i used them in elementary school and high school. I only had the basic colors and learned how to mix colors at an early age. 😊 super nostalgic to see them here.
It makes perfect sense that this paint is famous for its use in animation. It is already the correct consistency out of the box, so no need to make sure everyone in the office is using the same consistency. It dries quickly so you can paint you panels quickly. The color is consistent and leaves a uniform finish so that the color will look the same from one frame to the next. The reason this paint is legendary is because it fits the use case of its medium so perfectly.
Thank you for demonstrating these paints. I was a graphic designer, years ago, turned visual artist for several decades and these look great. The wet consistency is uniform among the range and they dry flat and superbly opaque. I would rather use these than artists gauche for the perfect flatness as well as drying speed. Watching your experiments makes me want to start painting something entirely different from my using oils for so long!
These look very fun to work with. And the speedy drying time makes sense if it’s often used for animation which can be a very time consuming process….having your paint dry several times faster would monumentally impact efficiency. I’m keen to see you give it more goes and getting more comfortable with the medium.
Thanks for testing these colors out. Of course it’s good for the large backgrounds that they dry so evenly, but I can not imagine how the artists can paint big washes so fast. Really a very quick drying time. And born in 1981 of course I know Gizmo. Nice painting of him.
They are simple poster colors. larger pigments than gouache, high density, fast curing. As graphic designer who did learned a bit the old school stuff, i love them.
I barely have any memories before seeing Gremlins and I still have my Gizmo sitting on my dresser. It's the oldest thing that I have that isn't from one of my parents. Even when I left home at 19 and threw away all of my old stuffed animals and toys, I couldn't get rid of Gizmo. On a side note, I use primarily acrylics and oils, but one of my friends does a lot of water colors and I wanted to try. These Knicker paints seem really cool. And I definitely have to give them a shot in my airbrush.
Loved your take on Poster Colors, and seeing the beautiful work of Kazuo Oga again with the footage used. Brought me back to my childhood with this piece haha.
I got this set off amazon and they are really interesting to work with. Poster color sits on top of the paper, even higher than gauche because of pigment particle size. When you combine this with pure watercolor, which has pigment that is so finely ground that it sinks into the paper, you can get some really weird effects. The poster color will look flat like a cartoon while the watercolor can feel more "deep" and almost three dimensional. They blend together in weird ways and you end up some surreal effects. I think this set is worth buying for sure, especially since it is rather affordable.
I love Gizmo!! You did a wonderful painting of him, I'm glad he was the debut for your new paints. Gremlins is a classic from my childhood, glad to see him gracing the internet!
thank you for sharing your experience with nicker poster paints! 😊❤❤ im a background artist who uses traditional medium for coloring and yes you are right, paint, takes a while to dry and the amount of effort and time you have to put into it is a bit overwhelming especially when you’re rushing for the deadline… it’s crazy😅
There is something beautiful knowing that these paints they used are marketed as "student grade" and they were in the hands of the most talented illustrators and animators. You don't need "industry standard"/"professional grade" products to make masterful work.
I was obsessed with Gremlins as a kid! I had a plush Gizmo, a hard plastic Gizmo and Stripe, the entire set of Gremlins books and records from Hardee’s, and a bunch of other stuff like coloring books and stickers! Seeing you paint Gizmo make my heart sing!
I think you may be overlooking the whole point of poster paint or colours - to make posters with. Posters are large thin sheets of paper used to advertise something e.g. a movie or event. We used them at school to paint large posters or banners. I suspect the paint needs to dry quickly so the thinner paper will not crinkle ot buckle but stay perfectly flat, as in the anime backgrounds. Its a practical choice for its use
Please make more paintings with these if you have a chance, the end effect is absolutely wonderful, the paint quality is so good it looks like digitally painted, I love it
That's an absolutely beautiful portrait of Gizmo and those paints really seem to fit with subjects that are either more whimsical or more fantasy (Like Gizmo) And yes, I saw Gremlins as a young child, in the Theater.
I've been an anime fan for more than 2 decades... I jumped on it as soon as they were shipping the 36 colors set to canada! It's my best black, my best teal, my best ocre yellow, my go-to white and pretty much the only Opera rose that I can scan correctly. You can cure them on a small palette or use from the pot, you can see the mat artist leaving all the pots open on the desk and have a traditionnal paint saucer to reactivate it. Diluted, they are mostly 100% transparent with still a good pigment load, and 100% opaque from the pot. It's like having the photoshop opacity slider irl! I think the only negative point they get from me is from the lightfastness, like most gouache, it's meant to make a prototype, to scan, photograph, etc. Like they do in anime. Do you really think Ghibli would use student grade paint??? I mean... really?
Ah... Thank you! That's what I was most wondering about, lightfastness. Otherwise it wouldn't explain why such a versatile medium isn't more popular. Does it only lightly change in colour value, like gouache, or does it crack/bleach out?
Yay the homie Gizmo, I love the Gremlins! It's cool to see you using these legendary paints, never knew they existed until today and always thought Studio Ghibli used watercolor. When you said poster paint/showcased them I was like ah yes good ol gouache! No wonder the animations look so beautiful, vibrant, and smooth, I want to try these paints now💕🔥
I never watched gremlins or remember much from back to the future, but gremlins are so iconic that I still know they exist. I really loved the video, I had no idea that these were the paint's professional's used. Thank you for the video
Now I want to try this paint too 😂 and I do know the Gremlins, I watched the movies many times as a child. Well done Alpay, I love that after of those years being an artist, you are still very curious and exploring 😊 thank you for sharing ❤
I did not go into this thinking I was gonna see the hommy Gizmo!! LOVE me some Ghibli movies, but your old movie paintings hit me right in the nostalgic feels. Pretty sure we have to be around the same age and had similar taste in movies as kids. Outstanding work as always!!!
@@AlpayEfeHey man do you think you can make a video about mixing paint, how to match your reference's color, basic color theory and tricks you use on your artworks? PS. I love your videos, keep like that 👍
I love paints like these. I paint with all kinds of gouache from school quality to higher grade stuff and I am always amazed at the things you can do with them. People looking down on these kinds of paint and putting oil paint on a pedestal is just ignorant.
That turned out absolutely amazing! I swear I'd watch a whole series just on these paints alone. I really hope you do a sci-fi painting with these, I'd love to see how these paints turn out. Also, I do in fact know who/what Gizmo is, Gremlins is amazing!
I've never been so intrigued by watching paint dry! This video is so well done, even with the interesting Gizmo painting choice LOL I adore Studio Ghibli and to learn more about the specific paints they use is really insightful and intriguing. Thanks for putting this unique video together.
Since they dry so quickly, they can be layered much easier than watercolor and only blend when you want them to. They really are nice paint and perfect for animation painting.
Amigo si supieras que eres mi ejemplo a seguir,me encanta tu trabajo, aprendo mucho de tus pinceladas,la soltura y la confianza con la pintas,saludos desde Cuba
i've always been curious about these paints , as far as lightfastness goes .. traditional gouache has come a long way , with improved lightfastness , but not sure about the poster colors .. I'm a watercolorist , and a gouache artist .. thanks for this first dive into the world of poster colors .. Norakag 👍
i really loved the Gizmo painting! Especially after have just finished rewatching the movie Gremlins. You did a great job! The colors truly are bright and blend a lot easier.
I remember being frustrated with how quickly poster color dries. My art teacher moved me from doing primarily water colors into using poster color and it was like learning to paint all over again because I couldn’t use the same techniques at all. Also because PC dried so quickly, it made it very easy to layer a new color on top and like you said, it dries very evenly, which is nice. I also think PC looks more chalky and it adds to the vibrant color. It looks very good for cell painting styles or anything where you have high contrast/shadows.. Can’t wait to see what you paint next with it.
There are some colors that are not produced in the set anymore that the studio uses as well. You need to mix them to get the colors the studio still uses.
I've always been curious about poster paints, they look a lot closer to regular gouache than I would've thought, so I think I'll stay poor and stick with my jellies haha 😂
Gizmo turned out beautifully! Also havent been licky enought o paint with guache before but poster colors are definitely a great medium to work with due to how fast it dries. You can get work done much much faster than you would with water colors due to the wait times
When I visited the Ghibli Museum there was a mock-up of the artists' desks including the paint pots. They had a strict no photography rule and it killed me to not be able to take a pic of the paint pot colours!
I had no idea those animations were done by hand until now! I thought they were digital art, that is amazing that they could hand paint it and have it be so consistent
Many studios did move to digital art from the 2000s onwards, often in a phased implementation (ex. 2D + CGI for complicated scenes), but 2D animation had been around for roughly a century prior, they used various kinds of physical media, depending on the art direction choice for each production.
The paint is probably mixed with some amount of alcohol in its thinner instead of water or combined with water. Alcohol will dry faster and it also prevents mold growth.
Hearing your view on these paints makes me want to buy them even more now especially how they dry fast because I always have the problem of painting before the paint dries so my colors mix and it can get pretty messing so hearing that nickers dry faster really could be a game changer for me when painting ❤❤❤
This is such a unique video! Thank you for filming this and allowing us to join you and see these beautiful paints=) Aww, Gizmo, brings back memories=)
Love this! I get it with the background in movies and shows the color and the work put in is worth it. I have been looking for something that explains this. Thank you so much for this video it led me to finish a longer search. I love all the movies! I still listen to the ending music.😊😅
Not quite a good comparison, better would have been a quality gouache like W&N or Lefranc Bourgeois, not a Gelli gouache which is more like school paint, except that it has a load of glycerine. Western style gouache used to come in two formulas, designers and artistes, both came in tubes but could be missed and diluted and the designers came in printers ink colours before we had digital, whereas artists gouache focused more on pigments. I could not find Nicker anywhere back then though I knew about them. My guess is a western style gouache would be very similar in drying time to these bottled varieties.if the Nicker or any diluted and bottled gouache thicken up you can loosen them with a little distilled water, you can even leave them open, watch the great Ghibli man himself using them that way…. And used carefully they will go a very long way. I still have my 3 dozen or more colours from 1985-6 only two of them are no longer rewettable, the tubes long since dried out and decayed but the paints are with those exceptions, a rose magenta and a pthalocyanine blue green, in great condition. Those two colours are naturally very transparent and would have needed opacifiers and binders to make them consistent with the rest. Pick opaque colours where possible. But then again you have the Nicker ones, they will be lovely to use, you have the best.
Intriguing, thank you for sharing this. I didn't really realise that there is an actual CMYK gouache palette that may help with true color reproduction. The reproducing process confuses me, like what pigment could you use, which is a good scanner, how to photo editing/clean-up in CMYK color profile, then a print test, and more edits before the final print!! 😂 Also modern printers kinda have expanded to include more don't they? I'm seriously out of the loop. 😅
GIZZ!! My boy! this looks really cool man. I know you said you were painting something no one asked for, but let me tell you this is exactly what i needed to see.
Heres my explanation for a few things about this paint, as someone who is currently studying animation. First of all, the difference between poster colour and gouache is where they sit on a scale of opacity. The four main paints on this scale are: watercolour, gansai (a japanese paint similar to watercolour or gouache), gouache, and poster colour. Watercolour is the most transparent on this scale, so the process for watercolour painting involves a lot of layering. Poster colour is the most opaque, which results in some properties that make it considered "cheap", like its lightfastness and quick drying. But these properties are actually what make it perfect for the use in animation. The requirements for painting for animation are quite different for illustration. Animation prioritises speed (hence why the quick drying is so important), while the longevity is not very important (because once the production is finished, the paintings are not useful), so the lightfastness isn't an issue like it would be for fine art and illustration. Another thing that makes poster colour great for animation is the ability to buy these tubs of paint in bulk. When you're painting with gouache, it often comes in small tubes which are quite expensive by the ml. But if you look at videos of anime background painters' studios, you'll see very large tubs of nicker poster colours (probably at least double the size of the 14ml tubs in this video), because these are cheaper by the ml if you're buying in Japan. They quite expensive outside of Japan tho lol One last thing is that the process used to paint in this video isn't the recommended process for painting with poster colours. If you watch some videos on youtube (just search nicker poster colour and youll find them), the painters start by wetting the paper strongly on both sides, because this helps achieve really smooth blending. Blending is actually one of the most important skills when painting with poster colours, beginners or juniors at the studio will often spend hours practising blending paint to create a gradient for a sky. Poster colours can achieve really smooth gradients that look almost digital, though it does require a lot of practise.
I see other comments mentioning this, and I want to reiterate! Use TMK poster paper and work very wet your first layer. Like soaking wet, totally saturated with water. Let it dry a little so it's evenly moist and then start painting! I hope your future experiments with this paint work out! ♥
Woww, first time here! I love your video. I used to draw and paint a lot when I was a kid and stopped during high school but your video made me remember why I loved colors and painting so much. Great content! Keep it up!
Wow! Love it so much! Looking foward to a part two with these paints! The final piece turned out incredible! Gremlins is one of my favourites since childhood; I have many Gizmos around the house 😍 absolutely loved the reference!
Gizmo is so cute☺️I’ve heard of these paints but have never heard anyone talk about how evenly and fast they dry, makes me want to try them, thanks for sharing
I am really amazed to know that people, artists in particular have not heard of poster colours. These were some of the first paints, that we were introduced to in schools. They are water based, usually come in bottles, as the name suggests used to be used to paint posters, are vibrant, dry fast, thry dry even in the bottles - but can be revived by adding water, have bigger pigment size - which makes it cheaper than others and are not as chalky as gouache. Most of us used to consider them as watercolours in bottles (which they are technically) growing up. It is a fun medium to use, try it out.
I have been creating Anime style landscapes , scenery or just anything in Anime style and I absolutely love the process 😍, for sure poster colors and Gouache are the way to go, to create such stunning Anime effects 🎨
I love how he came out. Your gizmo painting is just wonderful. Make sure not to feed him past midnight. I loved this movie as a child and studio gibbli films are my favorite. So to see the paints used by them in action is a privilege. I'm a traditional illustration artist myself and I've always wanted to know the type of paints they used for those films and now I do. So thank you for this wonderfully made video and you are very talented keep it going. ❤
Hi! Gizmo was my favorite character when I was little, he is super cute! The paint looks awesome! Also very educational about the Poster Color paints, thank you!
How appropriate that you painted a character from the best Christmas movie so close to the season! My local cinema's doing a rerun of the original Die Hard and Home Alone, but honestly I wish they'd have had time for (or been able to obtain) Gremlins as well
I love these paints. From what i understand they're higher pigment load, more consistent pigment size, faster drying, but less lightfast and less optimized for other archival qualities. the paint will crack and peel up in a relatively short period of time. and IIRC the faster drying time is because they use an odourless solvent of some kind instead of water. i had a couple pots of mine dry out (poor seal when i closed them unfortunately) but i added water in to reactivate them and the drying time changed. also seeing Gizmo as a choice of subject brought a smile to my face.
Yes I definitely know who Gizmo is. I watched every Gremlins film. One of my favourite bits in the first one. Is where the old lady is sent flying up the stairs through the window in the chair lift. As a kid I couldn't stop laughing. Your painting by the way, is incredible. It's made ne want to try these paints. Thank you so much for sharing.
Ah, your videos are always such a day-brightener. Also, the subjects that you bring a new life to are all to often ones picked out of my best childhood and teenage books, screens, and imaginations. And they're never far from me at 44yrs either. Love this Gizmo💚🤎 TTFN.
Idk why , but these paints are making me emotional. I work with watercolor , gouache , and ink. Trying these paints is going down on my bucket list 🥹❤️
This was amazing to watch! I'm glad YT recommend me this video. I'm not much of a fan of Studio Ghibli (I like some of their movies but I don't rush out to see them) yet I can see why these paints made their backgrounds so beautiful. I would love to see you use them more (and Gizmo was a very adorable surprise. I haven't seen anything for the series in years, but I knew before you mentioned it.) You mentioned making another painting at the end and all I could think of is "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" if I had any means to paint that would be something I would use the colors for ('78 series or the movie Arcadia of my Youth - both would work nicely with those paints in my opinion)
Wow, you are a very good painter, that's a nice gizmo. I'm impressed with the paints and the painter, great video. I'm checking out some of your other videos right now😊
As usual, a very inspirational video, a fun and nice reference and painting. These colors seem like a wonderful starting point, for someone who is willing to dive deeper in the world of painting, cause of their ease of use. Are there any similar European poster paints, beside the usual gouache? Keep up the good work!
I am getting a newfound appreciation for poster paints. When i first decided to get serious about making paintings, I bought Camlin's Poster paints for students. They were cheap af but super easy to work with. After i somewhat understood how colours work, I switched to the watercolors i use now (Camlin's artist range). They were almost as thick as acrylic but since they are water based, it is easier to correct mistakes
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I love the result.
I would like you to try watercolors, I have only seen that you use thick mediums, which are covered with dense layers, but I have never seen you paint in watercolors! it would be sublime👌💫
Many products including water based paints contain Glycerin, which increases the water retention capacity. Evenness of drying 13:40 being an associated property.
As usual a great result to cap off a great adventure story. Loved it!
I think partially what makes artist's favorite materials their favorite.... isn't that it's a groundbreaking material but that it's incredibly consistent. If you are animating a film.... you want consistency. You don't want everything to need to be redone because it's not identical
What sort of Paper do you use to paint on?
This definitely screams for a part 2, take a scene out of the game cyberpunk 2077, it’s definitely colorful and vibrant! I’m following up!
Ex graphic designer here. Wikipedia's explanation that poster colors are for students is only half right. The paint indeed used a lot in schools, because they are more controllable than watercolors, vibrant, and affordable. The other half, my lecturer in uni told us that poster colors, are created for designers pre-computer, where they needed to color the artworks (hence 'posters', logos, lettering, all things that are usually solid in shapes, less artistic than a painting) EFFICIENTLY: less chaotic than watercolors, dry faster, opaque in one swipe, doesn't change in value when dry like gouache, less mixing needed to get certain colors for branding consistency and faster working (thus the many color options), comes in vibrant colors less used in paintings but definitely eye catching for ads, dry matte unlike acrylics so great for reproduction, and cheaper. Even now, design students are starting their color theory with poster paints before learning about RGB. Sadly ad agencies now of course no longer use them, therefore without mangaka and manual animators using them (so few of them now that still choose to color manually), I believe poster colors quality will later go downhill to cater only to students.
So contrary to wikipedia's explanation of 'cheapo medium', they were the standard for ad industry deadlines and budget, hence understandably also why anime studios rely on them as well: imagine you're trying to recreate 50 frames of the same sky, rather than mixing watercolors, share them with your team, with everyone having different stroke styles.. it's more consistent if you work with poster colors, just use what comes in the tube or mix a bit, and the opaqueness is really forgiving with different strokes.
That's really cool and interesting, thank you for this explanation
Additionally, there is a difference between poster colors as a category and poster colors meaning these specific colors
Question- were these pretty much industry standard for this type of education and about when were you in school for graphic design?
The reason I ask is bc my mom went to school for graphic design in the 80s on the east coast. She recently passed so I can't ask her and my grandmother pays no attention to anything and has the memory of a goldfish(no shes not sick just oblivious)... Either way I had never heard of these paints until today so interested to now if this would have been something she used. I have a portfolio of her work but I don't think any of her instruments are around.
I get what you said about wiki but that doesn't really tell how mainstream they were like were they a staple in this field esp for students or more just one medium/brand of many that could have been used.
about not showing brush strokes, there is also a matter of scale. Usually anime bgs are A4 paintings showed on a big or giant screen. Search for: Youichi Watanabe INTERVIEW NICKER COLOUR CO.,LTD. It's an interview where I've read about this
A lot of people confuse the poster color for kids poster paint which is usually tempera paint.
The amount of work in traditional animation will never stop blowing my mind
I agree..
there is a russian couple still trying to finish a lifetimes work hand made everything
@@promitheas32 I think I've heard of that!
Yes that paper stop motion animation they have been creating for decades!@@promitheas32
24 frames per second. If the studio can afford it, on the ones.
I’m an animator that works with paints and the consistency of poster paint is perfect when you have to paint hundreds and hundreds of frames! Heavier consistencies like acrylic become such a chore after a while!!
Something particular about Nicker is that they focus a lot on the pigment particles having the same size, hence the fact that when they dry they generate a more consistent, uniform finish, the same with gum arabic, they use a very fine gum without impurities, this It arose because the anime industry required it to have more consistent results.
They use gum arabic in them? I only ask because I do Nihonga, Sumi-e/Chinese brush painting, Gong Bi, Chinoisserie, etc so I am very familiar with all sorts of Eastern paints and pigments and usually a glue is used in the binder made from animal skin (rabbit, although lately some vegan options have been made available!) I have noticed that all my Eastern paints dry so much faster than my Western style paints. So I'm wondering if Nicker also has some glue in with them too? I have them and love them and just assumed they did🤣 I never bothered to really get an ingredient list.
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 Most Asian companies aren't very open with their formulas. Gum arabic is used. Some unknown random additives are responsible for the faster drying time and few other qualities.
Mostly you would have to deduce the additives from warning labels and chemicals that you can't use anymore undisclosed.
As an example, fairly sure they would have to disclose xylene/toluene (at least in EU), but dunno if either was ever used in waterbased paints.
@leohuxtable439 makes sense. For instance the rabbit skin glue sticks I use for my Nihonga only say that they are a "superior quality rabbit glue" on the package, buy don't have an actual ingredient list on it. There might be more info if I really dug deep, but honestly, I'm not that curious. I obviously realize it's not just rabbit skin in a stick, lol, but a whole host of ingredients, including gum arabic, that create the formula so when I add my own crushed pigments and water it makes paint! Maybe I'll have my friend at the NH forensics lab run some through the masspec!! Actually she might already have the results of some in the library they have of materials 🤣🤣🤣
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 in general the laws are much more forgiving in lack of disclosure when you don't have to eat the, sucks for the curious consumers
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 My other comment was deleted for mentioning a brand's website, I realized, basically Nicker uses gum arabic, the ingredients can be found on the internet,
Dangerous to paint a gremlin with something that looks that watery :D
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my thoughts exactly!
Lol, took me a minute to get it.
😂😂😂 That is hilarious!
Gizmo is a mogwaï ! Stop hurting its little Mogwai heart now...
As asian teen in the 2000s, I grew up using poster colors and never heard of gauche until my mid 20s. The well-known brand we've got here is Sakura, everyone who needs this type of medium uses and suggests this brand to others because it's decent quality and so affordable even for the middle-schoolers. One downside of poster colors I find is it's so heavy if you have many colors. I used to carry them to school in a big modified lunch bag with cross-body strap. lol
Cool history :-) dispite everything i might try them out
Mine was Buncho poster colours
Same! These were the paints I used in my first art class and were the only paints I had for a long time. I also had a tube version but the glass tub was more common.
When you ask “why does the paint dry faster?” And my mind immediately went to “duh these artist have tons of cells to make and need to work fast” but you were actually wondering about the “how” of it. Cool video and thanks for the demo! Love gizmo!
As a gouache artist, it's always lovely to see people talking about paints like this!
Poster colours are technically a type of gouache, and I think both mediums (the same medium?) will take any recognition they/it can get haha
They're so incredibly versatile!
definitely the most underrated...
I would like to see him despair of watercolor. And I don't mean that in a spiteful way, but in an entertaining and funny way. Watercolor is in a completely different league.
Kinda, but not really. Most common form that uses similar paint would be Posca paint markers (thinner version). Poster paints aren't a uniform group of paints. They're usually somewhere between gouache, modern tempera and acrylic paint. Posca, Pilot and some other random Japanese paint markers use poster paint instead of acrylic, even though they're often referred as acrylic paint markers.
For paint markers using poster paints allows better flow without sacrificing too much opacity. I don't know how they do it tbh. Nicker in general uses less finely ground pigments than typical gouache brands. So it might have something to do with the binder, something extra in the formula or just more finely ground pigments when used in markers.
Anyways what most poster paints do better than other mediums? Drying time, opacity, easily thinned without extending drying time too much and usually doesn't shift value while drying in unexpected ways. Some brands lift easily like Nicker and some don't at all. Similarly they behave differently when used on paper. Some require a gesso equivalent and i assume some don't bind properly when used on top of a layer of gesso. Fairly sure none of them are lightfast and the brands that bind on hard surfaces (glass, metal, etc.) all scratch off.
edit: in most parts of the western world they're not really worth using, since here they're not the cheap alternative
Im getting ready to dip my toe in some gouache. Im wondering if the poster paint, having a similar base, will reactivate with layering.
@@JadyLester Depends on the brand. Nicker and Sakura at least reactivate. Early wet on wet washes don't lift as easily once they are dry. Poster paints have about half a dozen common binders. The ones that use gum arabic and/or dextrin behave most like gouache.
edit: The old Sakura Poster Colors reactivate. They also sell new Sakura Poster Colors that are waterproof.
Animators actually wet both sides of the paper when using these paints (Nicker themselves even have a tutorial on their TH-cam channel and Kazuo Oga demonstrates this in a few videos too). I'd be really interested how your impressions/technique would change if you tried it!
What the fuck? _I_ do this. I didn't even know that was a thing people did. That's awesome.
I'm stoked to try this, thanks for the tip.
wow
I know you said you have seen so many others making Studio Ghibli recreations but i would absolutely love to see what you would do with a creation from one of their films but in your own style just like you did with Alice in Wonderland.
Maybe one day 😄
Time is money in Hollywood. Makes sense they used a fast-drying paint. As.a watercolorist I get frustrated having to wait for my layers to dry before I can move on. That alone makes me want these paints! Besides they look gorgeous & fun to work with! Thank you for the beautiful demonstration 😊
Honestly, buying even a semi-decent heat gun was *life changing* to me with watercolors. It isn't for everyone, but it worked well for me!
same.
I use a hairdryer sometimes when I become too inpatient. Otherwise, I just work on another part of the painting while the other area dries. Have to be careful not to move the paint around with the hairdryer.
Anime isn’t predominantly made in Hollywood
Use a hair dryer to dry it up faster or watch or listen to a podcast
The main benefit of Nicker paints is the way they photograph, because they are designed for animation. They are meant to dry fast and super flat, to not cause glare in the photo frames. Most paints that dry fast contain a siccative agent; a chemical that speeds up the evaporation of water media (or curing/oxidation in the case of oils/alkyds).
Gizmo! Don't get them wet and don't feed them after midnight.
Even if the paint itself isn't special the artists who use it are what make it legendary.
Homie ya gotta try painting with these on an acetate sheet! Animation paint like this was supposed to be formulated to not seperate when painted on a clear plastic animation cell. I wanna see how it reacts!
(Note, acryla gouache is a good alternative for this)
I'm not sure nicker was ever used on the cells, just the backgrounds... It's not flexible enough to be used on plastic I think....
Yea this isn’t cel paint.
Ah okay, sorry bout that! But it would be fun to see someone use cell paint too!
Ya homie yo bro 🙄
there is definitely a difference between poster paints in western countries, and poster *colours* in Asian countries like India, Korea and Japan
the former is just a synonym for kids' grade tempera paint that usually comes packaged in bottles, which kids are then given to use for fingerpainting and other little art projects, whereas poster colours are as you said - simply a variant of gouache that is used in industry settings and is formulated for this reason to dry faster
It should be noted that poster colors are designed for a special paper (TMK Poster Paper) that has to be fully saturated with water. It creates extreme blendability and extends the drying times.
I used to live in the Philippines and this was my introduction to any type of paint. And yea i used them in elementary school and high school. I only had the basic colors and learned how to mix colors at an early age. 😊 super nostalgic to see them here.
i live in the philippines too! id love to learn how to use these better so i can produce better art assignments for school
It makes perfect sense that this paint is famous for its use in animation. It is already the correct consistency out of the box, so no need to make sure everyone in the office is using the same consistency. It dries quickly so you can paint you panels quickly. The color is consistent and leaves a uniform finish so that the color will look the same from one frame to the next. The reason this paint is legendary is because it fits the use case of its medium so perfectly.
Thank you for demonstrating these paints. I was a graphic designer, years ago, turned visual artist for several decades and these look great. The wet consistency is uniform among the range and they dry flat and superbly opaque. I would rather use these than artists gauche for the perfect flatness as well as drying speed. Watching your experiments makes me want to start painting something entirely different from my using oils for so long!
You might be better off with using 'Acrylic Gouache' (try Turner brand instead of Holbein)
These look very fun to work with. And the speedy drying time makes sense if it’s often used for animation which can be a very time consuming process….having your paint dry several times faster would monumentally impact efficiency.
I’m keen to see you give it more goes and getting more comfortable with the medium.
Thanks for testing these colors out. Of course it’s good for the large backgrounds that they dry so evenly, but I can not imagine how the artists can paint big washes so fast. Really a very quick drying time.
And born in 1981 of course I know Gizmo. Nice painting of him.
Yeah it’s very impressive what those animators are capable of 😄
Wet paper (both sides), thinned paint and large brushes for big washes. Those early layers don't lift too much with that technique.
They are simple poster colors. larger pigments than gouache, high density, fast curing. As graphic designer who did learned a bit the old school stuff, i love them.
Jelly paints have a little more glycerin content, which gives them their peculiar consistency, which is why they take longer to dry.
Probably to improve the work time and life of the paint in the palette. It's a student grade gouache at best.
Based on this video, I like the final color/pigment of the jelly paints better
In a recent review an artist mentioned that jelly does take forever to dry, I have the regular gouache and to me they dry fast.
I barely have any memories before seeing Gremlins and I still have my Gizmo sitting on my dresser. It's the oldest thing that I have that isn't from one of my parents. Even when I left home at 19 and threw away all of my old stuffed animals and toys, I couldn't get rid of Gizmo.
On a side note, I use primarily acrylics and oils, but one of my friends does a lot of water colors and I wanted to try. These Knicker paints seem really cool. And I definitely have to give them a shot in my airbrush.
Loved your take on Poster Colors, and seeing the beautiful work of Kazuo Oga again with the footage used. Brought me back to my childhood with this piece haha.
I got this set off amazon and they are really interesting to work with. Poster color sits on top of the paper, even higher than gauche because of pigment particle size. When you combine this with pure watercolor, which has pigment that is so finely ground that it sinks into the paper, you can get some really weird effects. The poster color will look flat like a cartoon while the watercolor can feel more "deep" and almost three dimensional. They blend together in weird ways and you end up some surreal effects. I think this set is worth buying for sure, especially since it is rather affordable.
I love Gizmo!! You did a wonderful painting of him, I'm glad he was the debut for your new paints. Gremlins is a classic from my childhood, glad to see him gracing the internet!
thank you for sharing your experience with nicker poster paints! 😊❤❤ im a background artist who uses traditional medium for coloring and yes you are right, paint, takes a while to dry and the amount of effort and time you have to put into it is a bit overwhelming especially when you’re rushing for the deadline… it’s crazy😅
Was looking at these paints back in art school. Never could find them. This is amazing.
There is something beautiful knowing that these paints they used are marketed as "student grade" and they were in the hands of the most talented illustrators and animators. You don't need "industry standard"/"professional grade" products to make masterful work.
I was obsessed with Gremlins as a kid! I had a plush Gizmo, a hard plastic Gizmo and Stripe, the entire set of Gremlins books and records from Hardee’s, and a bunch of other stuff like coloring books and stickers! Seeing you paint Gizmo make my heart sing!
I think you may be overlooking the whole point of poster paint or colours - to make posters with. Posters are large thin sheets of paper used to advertise something e.g. a movie or event. We used them at school to paint large posters or banners. I suspect the paint needs to dry quickly so the thinner paper will not crinkle ot buckle but stay perfectly flat, as in the anime backgrounds. Its a practical choice for its use
Please make more paintings with these if you have a chance, the end effect is absolutely wonderful, the paint quality is so good it looks like digitally painted, I love it
That's an absolutely beautiful portrait of Gizmo and those paints really seem to fit with subjects that are either more whimsical or more fantasy (Like Gizmo)
And yes, I saw Gremlins as a young child, in the Theater.
I've been an anime fan for more than 2 decades... I jumped on it as soon as they were shipping the 36 colors set to canada! It's my best black, my best teal, my best ocre yellow, my go-to white and pretty much the only Opera rose that I can scan correctly. You can cure them on a small palette or use from the pot, you can see the mat artist leaving all the pots open on the desk and have a traditionnal paint saucer to reactivate it. Diluted, they are mostly 100% transparent with still a good pigment load, and 100% opaque from the pot. It's like having the photoshop opacity slider irl!
I think the only negative point they get from me is from the lightfastness, like most gouache, it's meant to make a prototype, to scan, photograph, etc. Like they do in anime.
Do you really think Ghibli would use student grade paint??? I mean... really?
Ah... Thank you! That's what I was most wondering about, lightfastness. Otherwise it wouldn't explain why such a versatile medium isn't more popular.
Does it only lightly change in colour value, like gouache, or does it crack/bleach out?
As a fellow Canadian, I'd love to know where you ordered them from? Thanks!
where can i find them ? do you have a link thanks.
Poster colors were my whole childhood and now I get to know that there are people who have never heard of them.
Same. As an Indian, our whole childhood was posters, so I was shook to know that it's not a common experience...
We had poster paint in the UK at school etc too but it wasn’t as good as this. Bright and fun, though.
@@FelineFurKinposter paint in western countries is more of an analog to kids' grade tempera paint
Yay the homie Gizmo, I love the Gremlins! It's cool to see you using these legendary paints, never knew they existed until today and always thought Studio Ghibli used watercolor. When you said poster paint/showcased them I was like ah yes good ol gouache! No wonder the animations look so beautiful, vibrant, and smooth, I want to try these paints now💕🔥
I love everytime I see your special art. You inspire me so much thanks for your videos to inform all of these people ❤💙
I never watched gremlins or remember much from back to the future, but gremlins are so iconic that I still know they exist. I really loved the video, I had no idea that these were the paint's professional's used. Thank you for the video
Gizmo is sort of my childhood hero!!!! And this video give me a big thrill to paint again... thank you
Now I want to try this paint too 😂 and I do know the Gremlins, I watched the movies many times as a child. Well done Alpay, I love that after of those years being an artist, you are still very curious and exploring 😊 thank you for sharing ❤
I did not go into this thinking I was gonna see the hommy Gizmo!! LOVE me some Ghibli movies, but your old movie paintings hit me right in the nostalgic feels. Pretty sure we have to be around the same age and had similar taste in movies as kids. Outstanding work as always!!!
It's a good day when this man posts
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@@AlpayEfeHey man do you think you can make a video about mixing paint, how to match your reference's color, basic color theory and tricks you use on your artworks?
PS. I love your videos, keep like that 👍
I love Shinhan and Nicker poster paints. They are so wonderful to work with. Thank you for this video. Much ❤ from Nashville, TN USA 🇺🇸
I love paints like these. I paint with all kinds of gouache from school quality to higher grade stuff and I am always amazed at the things you can do with them. People looking down on these kinds of paint and putting oil paint on a pedestal is just ignorant.
That turned out absolutely amazing! I swear I'd watch a whole series just on these paints alone. I really hope you do a sci-fi painting with these, I'd love to see how these paints turn out. Also, I do in fact know who/what Gizmo is, Gremlins is amazing!
I’m envious of anyone who doesn’t know Gremlins - they have the pure joy of watching it for the first time! Lovely painting of Gizmo!😍
Eighties nostalgia meets painting meets semi-scientific research. What’s not to love 😄
I've never been so intrigued by watching paint dry! This video is so well done, even with the interesting Gizmo painting choice LOL
I adore Studio Ghibli and to learn more about the specific paints they use is really insightful and intriguing. Thanks for putting this unique video together.
Wow, you have balls. Painting a gremlin with watercolor is impressive
Since they dry so quickly, they can be layered much easier than watercolor and only blend when you want them to. They really are nice paint and perfect for animation painting.
Amigo si supieras que eres mi ejemplo a seguir,me encanta tu trabajo, aprendo mucho de tus pinceladas,la soltura y la confianza con la pintas,saludos desde Cuba
1:33 so real for smelling them, we all know that paint smell
i've always been curious about these paints , as far as lightfastness goes .. traditional gouache has come a long way , with improved lightfastness , but not sure about the poster colors .. I'm a watercolorist , and a gouache artist .. thanks for this first dive into the world of poster colors .. Norakag 👍
SPACE DANDY is what you should paint next, definitely takes advantage of the colors and vibrancy they provide. That is my favorite Gizmo btw ☺️
I LOVE space dandy, my absolute favorite anime ❤ amazing suggestion
i really loved the Gizmo painting! Especially after have just finished rewatching the movie Gremlins. You did a great job! The colors truly are bright and blend a lot easier.
I remember being frustrated with how quickly poster color dries. My art teacher moved me from doing primarily water colors into using poster color and it was like learning to paint all over again because I couldn’t use the same techniques at all. Also because PC dried so quickly, it made it very easy to layer a new color on top and like you said, it dries very evenly, which is nice. I also think PC looks more chalky and it adds to the vibrant color. It looks very good for cell painting styles or anything where you have high contrast/shadows.. Can’t wait to see what you paint next with it.
The moment I saw how easily the white pen glided over the paint, I was sold. Added to my Amazon order, can't wait to try these!!
There are some colors that are not produced in the set anymore that the studio uses as well. You need to mix them to get the colors the studio still uses.
The vibrancy of those paints makes my eyes very happy
I've always been curious about poster paints, they look a lot closer to regular gouache than I would've thought, so I think I'll stay poor and stick with my jellies haha 😂
Gizmo turned out beautifully!
Also havent been licky enought o paint with guache before but poster colors are definitely a great medium to work with due to how fast it dries. You can get work done much much faster than you would with water colors due to the wait times
When I visited the Ghibli Museum there was a mock-up of the artists' desks including the paint pots. They had a strict no photography rule and it killed me to not be able to take a pic of the paint pot colours!
I had no idea those animations were done by hand until now! I thought they were digital art, that is amazing that they could hand paint it and have it be so consistent
Many studios did move to digital art from the 2000s onwards, often in a phased implementation (ex. 2D + CGI for complicated scenes), but 2D animation had been around for roughly a century prior, they used various kinds of physical media, depending on the art direction choice for each production.
The paint is probably mixed with some amount of alcohol in its thinner instead of water or combined with water. Alcohol will dry faster and it also prevents mold growth.
Hearing your view on these paints makes me want to buy them even more now especially how they dry fast because I always have the problem of painting before the paint dries so my colors mix and it can get pretty messing so hearing that nickers dry faster really could be a game changer for me when painting ❤❤❤
This is such a unique video! Thank you for filming this and allowing us to join you and see these beautiful paints=) Aww, Gizmo, brings back memories=)
Love this! I get it with the background in movies and shows the color and the work put in is worth it. I have been looking for something that explains this. Thank you so much for this video it led me to finish a longer search. I love all the movies! I still listen to the ending music.😊😅
Not quite a good comparison, better would have been a quality gouache like W&N or Lefranc Bourgeois, not a Gelli gouache which is more like school paint, except that it has a load of glycerine. Western style gouache used to come in two formulas, designers and artistes, both came in tubes but could be missed and diluted and the designers came in printers ink colours before we had digital, whereas artists gouache focused more on pigments. I could not find Nicker anywhere back then though I knew about them. My guess is a western style gouache would be very similar in drying time to these bottled varieties.if the Nicker or any diluted and bottled gouache thicken up you can loosen them with a little distilled water, you can even leave them open, watch the great Ghibli man himself using them that way…. And used carefully they will go a very long way. I still have my 3 dozen or more colours from 1985-6 only two of them are no longer rewettable, the tubes long since dried out and decayed but the paints are with those exceptions, a rose magenta and a pthalocyanine blue green, in great condition. Those two colours are naturally very transparent and would have needed opacifiers and binders to make them consistent with the rest. Pick opaque colours where possible. But then again you have the Nicker ones, they will be lovely to use, you have the best.
Intriguing, thank you for sharing this. I didn't really realise that there is an actual CMYK gouache palette that may help with true color reproduction.
The reproducing process confuses me, like what pigment could you use, which is a good scanner, how to photo editing/clean-up in CMYK color profile, then a print test, and more edits before the final print!! 😂
Also modern printers kinda have expanded to include more don't they? I'm seriously out of the loop. 😅
GIZZ!! My boy! this looks really cool man. I know you said you were painting something no one asked for, but let me tell you this is exactly what i needed to see.
Heres my explanation for a few things about this paint, as someone who is currently studying animation.
First of all, the difference between poster colour and gouache is where they sit on a scale of opacity. The four main paints on this scale are: watercolour, gansai (a japanese paint similar to watercolour or gouache), gouache, and poster colour. Watercolour is the most transparent on this scale, so the process for watercolour painting involves a lot of layering. Poster colour is the most opaque, which results in some properties that make it considered "cheap", like its lightfastness and quick drying. But these properties are actually what make it perfect for the use in animation.
The requirements for painting for animation are quite different for illustration. Animation prioritises speed (hence why the quick drying is so important), while the longevity is not very important (because once the production is finished, the paintings are not useful), so the lightfastness isn't an issue like it would be for fine art and illustration. Another thing that makes poster colour great for animation is the ability to buy these tubs of paint in bulk. When you're painting with gouache, it often comes in small tubes which are quite expensive by the ml. But if you look at videos of anime background painters' studios, you'll see very large tubs of nicker poster colours (probably at least double the size of the 14ml tubs in this video), because these are cheaper by the ml if you're buying in Japan. They quite expensive outside of Japan tho lol
One last thing is that the process used to paint in this video isn't the recommended process for painting with poster colours. If you watch some videos on youtube (just search nicker poster colour and youll find them), the painters start by wetting the paper strongly on both sides, because this helps achieve really smooth blending. Blending is actually one of the most important skills when painting with poster colours, beginners or juniors at the studio will often spend hours practising blending paint to create a gradient for a sky. Poster colours can achieve really smooth gradients that look almost digital, though it does require a lot of practise.
I see other comments mentioning this, and I want to reiterate! Use TMK poster paper and work very wet your first layer. Like soaking wet, totally saturated with water. Let it dry a little so it's evenly moist and then start painting! I hope your future experiments with this paint work out! ♥
I‘m very curious how this will come out
I am entranced by the way you sketch! This is my first vid of yours and I will be watching so many more! So great!❤
ooh...11 minutes you just posted this..i was wondering why this didn't get more like
Dude I'm with you I'm LOVING this
Woww, first time here! I love your video. I used to draw and paint a lot when I was a kid and stopped during high school but your video made me remember why I loved colors and painting so much. Great content! Keep it up!
Wow! Love it so much! Looking foward to a part two with these paints! The final piece turned out incredible! Gremlins is one of my favourites since childhood; I have many Gizmos around the house 😍 absolutely loved the reference!
Gizmo is so cute☺️I’ve heard of these paints but have never heard anyone talk about how evenly and fast they dry, makes me want to try them, thanks for sharing
I am really amazed to know that people, artists in particular have not heard of poster colours. These were some of the first paints, that we were introduced to in schools. They are water based, usually come in bottles, as the name suggests used to be used to paint posters, are vibrant, dry fast, thry dry even in the bottles - but can be revived by adding water, have bigger pigment size - which makes it cheaper than others and are not as chalky as gouache. Most of us used to consider them as watercolours in bottles (which they are technically) growing up. It is a fun medium to use, try it out.
I have been creating Anime style landscapes , scenery or just anything in Anime style and I absolutely love the process 😍, for sure poster colors and Gouache are the way to go, to create such stunning Anime effects 🎨
Thanks for the amazing video, Alpay!
Cheers from Brazil!
I love how he came out. Your gizmo painting is just wonderful. Make sure not to feed him past midnight. I loved this movie as a child and studio gibbli films are my favorite. So to see the paints used by them in action is a privilege. I'm a traditional illustration artist myself and I've always wanted to know the type of paints they used for those films and now I do. So thank you for this wonderfully made video and you are very talented keep it going. ❤
Hi! Gizmo was my favorite character when I was little, he is super cute!
The paint looks awesome! Also very educational about the Poster Color paints, thank you!
I love watching your videos as I clean house! They’re very soothing and uplifting! Keep it up! You are SO TALENTED
How appropriate that you painted a character from the best Christmas movie so close to the season! My local cinema's doing a rerun of the original Die Hard and Home Alone, but honestly I wish they'd have had time for (or been able to obtain) Gremlins as well
I loved this, cants wait for part 2!!! Also the Gremlins were a big part of my childhood and gizmo is such a cutie!
That's incredible the difference in drying time as well as how uniform the colors were in comparison.
I love these paints. From what i understand they're higher pigment load, more consistent pigment size, faster drying, but less lightfast and less optimized for other archival qualities. the paint will crack and peel up in a relatively short period of time. and IIRC the faster drying time is because they use an odourless solvent of some kind instead of water. i had a couple pots of mine dry out (poor seal when i closed them unfortunately) but i added water in to reactivate them and the drying time changed.
also seeing Gizmo as a choice of subject brought a smile to my face.
Yes I definitely know who Gizmo is. I watched every Gremlins film. One of my favourite bits in the first one. Is where the old lady is sent flying up the stairs through the window in the chair lift. As a kid I couldn't stop laughing.
Your painting by the way, is incredible. It's made ne want to try these paints. Thank you so much for sharing.
Ah, your videos are always such a day-brightener. Also, the subjects that you bring a new life to are all to often ones picked out of my best childhood and teenage books, screens, and imaginations. And they're never far from me at 44yrs either. Love this Gizmo💚🤎 TTFN.
This just reminds me again to trust the process and try new paints. I love this.
Oh my goodness.... the end result is .... I'm speechless
Of what I know, the Poster Paint has a cornstarch base that speeds up drying time.
Beautiful work bro! 🎉❤
Idk why , but these paints are making me emotional. I work with watercolor , gouache , and ink. Trying these paints is going down on my bucket list 🥹❤️
This was amazing to watch! I'm glad YT recommend me this video. I'm not much of a fan of Studio Ghibli (I like some of their movies but I don't rush out to see them) yet I can see why these paints made their backgrounds so beautiful. I would love to see you use them more (and Gizmo was a very adorable surprise. I haven't seen anything for the series in years, but I knew before you mentioned it.)
You mentioned making another painting at the end and all I could think of is "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" if I had any means to paint that would be something I would use the colors for ('78 series or the movie Arcadia of my Youth - both would work nicely with those paints in my opinion)
I Love captain harlock 😍
Aww Gizmo!!❤️
Wow, you are a very good painter, that's a nice gizmo. I'm impressed with the paints and the painter, great video. I'm checking out some of your other videos right now😊
As usual, a very inspirational video, a fun and nice reference and painting. These colors seem like a wonderful starting point, for someone who is willing to dive deeper in the world of painting, cause of their ease of use. Are there any similar European poster paints, beside the usual gouache? Keep up the good work!
I am getting a newfound appreciation for poster paints. When i first decided to get serious about making paintings, I bought Camlin's Poster paints for students. They were cheap af but super easy to work with. After i somewhat understood how colours work, I switched to the watercolors i use now (Camlin's artist range). They were almost as thick as acrylic but since they are water based, it is easier to correct mistakes