You perfectly summed up what makes sketches so good. They just have so much... personality. I loved all of the tips to bring some of that personality to a final drawing ❤
oh i always add some rust texture on my coloring to make it look kinda similar to watercolor. Also huke's old works had these textures and its look so cool
I have a question as someone who prefers too draw on paper I always love my sketches but I always am really shaky and I struggle to actually finish the piece with line art so I always leave them as sketches but I wanna learn how to actually “finish” the art piece
so uh can anyone tell me what brush she is using in the first tip? Ever since seeing it for the first time i have been trying to find something similar because I absolutely LOVE it :D
That's actually really interesting. One time when doing a commission, I made a sketch for the "rough draft" of the design, and I show them. They really liked the sketch. But it was just an idea, so when I did the outline, it was in a completely different style. I was trying to go for more corporate look, but they said they liked the sketch. So I drew an outline specifically for the sketch... and then they said "no, like that actual sketch" they just wanted me to clean it up a bit. I couldn't believe it, the sketch was even better than what I first thought it would be.
Happend to me a lot. The sketch often looks better than the end result. Just like the video and your comment, i think it's the stokes and the messy part of it that makes it authentic, so i recently make my drawing looks "messy" when i do the lineart
Sometimes i use the sketch AS the line art! Just colour normally and let it rest on top, and colour the sketch layer as well to fit the drawing, it's really fun! :)
Ooh, this is pretty good. I’ve never thought to do this, since I only really draw on paper for now. I do wanna do digital art one day, so seeing how having similar matching color hues works is great for me in advance. I probably would’ve struggled if I didn’t see this and just tried without understanding how to make color hues match well beforehand. Thanks LavenderTowne! I hope your weekend is going well!
That’s amazing bro!! Hope you get far with your dreams. Maybe one tip is that the hardest thing about digital art is adjusting, in my honest opinion. Having to learn all the tools and commands take a lot of effort for newbies. So at first it may be hard, but with the hang of it. You can create and explore with different styles. High hopes for you!
Lol but this is actually a good idea. Like how people use washi-tape to add more instrest to their art, you can cut some sandpaper to make the handle of the knife more instresting.
I remember having an art book filled with sketches because I was too afraid to do line art because it looked like a TRAIN WRECK 😭 This helped a lot, tysm!
I used to have this problem- it got so bad that with my new sketchbook I commanded myself to always finish my sketches no matter what. What helped me was choosing colour palette in advance to avoid the stress of messing up inking, and investing in some good quality inking pens that make the lineart pop! 🖋️🖋️🖋️
What I learned is to draw a sketch and erase the messy lines while going over with cleaner lines to make a sketchy line art, it takes away the painful lineart process and makes drawing so much funner, better and easier for me
I did that and I like it but for some reason my brain isn’t happy with it cuz lines need to be “SMOOTH” and “CLEAN” But I like it sketchy I just.. I CANT ALLOW IT
@@pixility5612 i struggle with this when in comes to something i’m drawing looking simple i like simple art it’s just not good enough when i’m drawing it
Same here! I have naturally shakey hands so I often prefer my little chicken scratch, then I just erase all the extra lines. It's really fun to color, especially when the "line art" is kinda see-through, it mixes the colors better for me
Also, putting a bright bright color underneath everything can help you catch the tiny holes that'll appear when you work with light colors on a white canvas
@@billcipher8645 I think it depends on the piece itself! :) If you're going for darker colors, black may be a bit too dark to see anything but if not then go for it! I tend to use light gray and then habbitually paint the background black or white to catch anything. But tbh, it doesn't really matter much in final piece
Yes yes yes! I tend to use green! Sending WIPs to my friends would usually result in jokes about hurt eyes though, haha. (And eventually got on my nerves, so I still use green but a slightly less bright green.)
Oh, I do so love your shorts with tips! "Find a brush that you like" is way harder than it sounds. I feel like I've been struggling for years, and still have no idea. What brushes do you like to use? Are they in Clip Studio asset library?
I know this will sound like a huge time sink, but as someone who’s just recently gotten into digital, I find that doing small little sketches and then lining and coloring those can help!! so, like, draw just the head of a character, duplicate it a few times, and then select a brush, line one, select another, line the next, etc. It’s really hard to tell if the brush will actually work for what you want if you’re just swatching/scribbling with it, as opposed to really lining it. Plus, if it’s all the same sketch, it’s easier to compare the brushes!!
@@eleanormlodecki2383 basically, you add a layer underneath the base colors and fill the drawing in a color of your choice. after that, you lower the opacity on that layer (moderately, not 100%) so that the base colors are visible, yet still blending into the color of the underlay you did. i'm not too good at explaining things, but i hope this helped!
This is really great. I’d also recommend using clipping masks- they seem scary but a 2 minute tutorial will completely change how you create digital art. Do what makes you happy and play with perspective if you feel as though your art looks to flat. Colour burns and overlays are great. If you wanna learn it, there’s a tutorial.
for so long i tried having that "perfect" clean lineart and i switched between thick and thin because ive hated it either way, only to realize that i loved it a bit messier and varying in line thickness, texture, etc! but of course thats just for those of us that do. creating art that YOU love is always a journey and it changes! just have fun w it
@@notatallfunctional yes! Erasable colored pencils rock! Also you can use colored pens or inks for the final lineart, or just stick with the colored pencils. For copic proof and water proof, I recommend Dr Ph Martin's Bombay India inks (they come in many colors), Sakura micron pens, copic multiliners, Tombow Fudenosuke, Sharpie Pen (not the ultra fine marker, but the one that says pen on it bc the marker is not alcohol marker proof) and Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens. All of these will not smudge with watercolors or alcohol based markers, meaning you can color your drawings with wet media.
Them: *has a good line art pen* Me: *aggressively tries to recreate it in IbisPaint* Edit: guys this comment was made months ago I did a buttload of research💀 but thanks for the advice anyways
Something I recommend for a more interesting line art is to use a pressure sensitive brush so when your line goes down put more pressure on it therefore making a thicker and when your line goes upwards don’t put a lot of pressure, therefore having a thinner line. This is my secret to add depth.
I used to do that when I had a phone thar had a pressure sensitive screen. Now that newer iphones don’t do that anymore (and I draw digitally pretty much only on my phone) I had to adjust my strategy. These days I make multiple passes on my line art. One to capture the information in the sketch, and then the rest to add depth and texture. I’ll kind of sketch over lines and corners I want to thicken so it has a slightly random but fairly consistent thickness in those areas
"Dont be afraid to make your linework a little sketchy" this is something I do. A few years ago I hated doing linework, so I'd end up just coloring sketch. Now, I either refine my final sketch to make it cleaner or draw sketchy/textured linework
I literally felt like a god when I "discovered" the multiply and overlay layers as a kid. They became incredibly useful for my scanned sketch and I just toggled the contrast and luminescence.
dude tinting art (thats what i call putting one color beneath the whole thing, idk if thats what its called or not) is a great way to unify your colors. i consider myself to be a begginer but trust me on this one, tints are _lifesavers_ xD
If you have a heavy hand like I do and struggle to make nice weighted lines, I suggest drawing with a brush without pressure sensitivity, then manually adding weight where you want to express weight or overlap ! (for reference, I often use the gel pen or a less smoothed version of the monoline on procreate at 1% or 2% size). I find that it's easier to edit lines that don't have weight to them, and it helps me be less precious with my lines because it still feels like a sketch.
I do that too!! It takes longer than if I could work with pressure sensitivity, and started as a workaround for me because my new phone doesn’t have a pressure sensitive screen like my old one did, but honestly I like the result so much more.
Out of all the art tips I’ve seen by different artist, yours are by far the best. I think it’s because your tips don’t cater to your specific art style :)
I really love these short tutorial videos!! I'm kind of an amateur digital artist, and all of these videos are short, sweet, and to the point (great for my attention span). Super helpful, thanks so much!! ^^
Yeah ive learned covering as much of your sketch as possible, leads to your line art looking just as good as your sketch, there's often alotta small mistakes/thing you like that the scribbliness will cover up/create, so mimicking it in your line art usually leads to a result closer to what you imagined
Omg your a life saver!! This happens all the time for me. And idk about everyone else but sometimes when I keep hating my final product, I end up having art block *cough* like I do now *cough* Tysm!!
What if I hate sketches, but can take other's sketches into art pieces I think are good? (I have commissioned ppl just for the sketch with permission to finish it)
after years of drawing (I'm an amature) I finally figured out that in order to be happy with the final result (or even go for making complete coloured pictures) I should not overthink/overdo the sketch. Helps a lot in everything. Roughly sketching on paper and then layering linework/colours in ps and seeing how it turns cool and neat is just joy
Or, keep with the sketch! You don’t always have to be a color artist! I tend to like my sketches that I keep it that way but redo it with a colored brush! Have a nice day!
I have almost everything from this video but all i needed was that handdrawn feel by using different line thicknesses... i always wondered how the hell people did that, maybe i overthink
FINALLY someone who doesn't gatekeep. i've searched high and low for tips like these and literally EVERYONE has said, "i dunno how i do it, i just do :3 go practice!" BETHANY, I'VE PRACTICED FOR 20 YEARS. I KNOW WHAT IM DOING. I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY
People always say to not ink like how you sketch and keep it clean or whatever but..it never looked good and I always never finished art due to the dumb rule Glad you said something about inking it however you want, I finally started drawing once I inked it however I wanted to ink it
Wait I’ve watched this video multiple times but I haven’t ever noticed that you were drawing with your left hand?! (But u could have just mirrored the video, too)
