I almost entirely ditched line art a couple years ago and it clicked so much better! For the longest time I thought it was something I was supposed to do. I didn't enjoy it and it didn't look right to me finished and after pulling away from it I prefer my process 😁 I still love line art in other people's work and styles but it just wasn't worth it for me. I still have a lot to learn and seeing your process broken down is helpful, thank you!
I’m actually very good at lineart, but I’ve realized through painting, you can actually improve your lineart. The lines you create essentially reflect how you perceive the shapes of a form.
Precisely! My lineart improved Greatly after I abandoned making lined sketches and pieces and laying out the shapes first. The lines bring emphasis to the existing shapes
For early students, before painting directly with shapes, it's important to improve your knowledge of form and perspective, especially if you're struggling with drawing (not line art), don't skip it ✨
I'm a new artist, having properly started learning less than a month ago, and these past few days have been extremely frustrating, as I feel like I'm constantly fighting against my own lines, even in the sketch stage. I have less issues with that when trying to draw on a paper, but on digital, it still feels like I'm in ice covered with soap. I spend more time trying to get the lines not looking terrible than actually constructing the proportions and shapes. Seeing your method, and the results gives me a lot of hope. I'll definitely try that! I also realized how similar this method is to the method used by a lot of pixel artists, a more 'painting' approach, rather than drawing lines.
I absolutely hate doing lineart because it never felt like art rather like data entry. By lineart here I mean the excessive cleaning up part before flatting
Painting and drawing are both about 3 things Line quality Shape design Edge control You can try to skip one but it will show where you’re lacking in the final product, they are all related and interact with each other
I agree with this, i also skip the line art step. Often the line arts design just becomes a prison for the creativity i want to put into the final result. I feel much more comfortable starting with 2 or 3 colours. I then start carving out shapes until im pleased.
Nevermind, I figured it out! .abr files can be imported into Procreate!!???!!!??!?!?!?! I legit just dragged and dropped it into there and it has them in there to use as brushes...
For me, I gave up on line art long ago and realized that my digital paintings looked a lot better without it. But i still draw a decent sketch and lower the opacity by a lot, then paint in the layers under the sketch
Just got into drawing, spent DAYS trying the looming method and ended up literally crying over my ipad. Feeling worthless. This video is so sweet, i'll be happy to try this. THANK YOU
Personally think this approach is a lot easier when you already have a reference or make one via 3D or photograph, I find it much harder to do this without one, since most painting classes already have a model or something you study from. I tend to just draw from imagination and paint underneath if I want something painterly, which has led to results I'm happier with.
I'm a graphic designer, trying to find my illustration style has been cruel. In graphic design, they teach us how line art is cruicial when it comes to designing professionally. I've tried probably 10 different line art styles and all lack something in my taste. Drawing with a pencil on paper is SO much more fun for me. Anyway- I tried no line art last night. For the first time ever, my art actually FEELS like my art. Not some modified version of my graphic designing skills. It's been hard trying to seperate the two. I've still got more practice to do, but Im getting there! This video has really helped me SO much ❤.
This was very reassuring, as I've discovered that I tend to work with shape first, line last-- after discovering silhouette shapecarving as an approach to concept art. That approach took over everything! Thank you for an inspirational video!
lineart is work with paper media but for the life of me , i can not used it for digital , there times when the line art is the reason i abandoned multiple work because of the mood and the prep for it just too much time consuming, but at the end you just seeing a hint 5% of it
Thanks for the reminder, I used to make a lot of art but I stopped because I got hurt (tendinitis) so it hurt to draw for a long time & I was very discouraged but I love painting so I can't wait to paint more like I used to
Thank you very much for this video! Much appreciated as I intend to paint without any line work in ther future! Even the first 20 seconds were already that good that I immediately pressed the like button!
haha I absolutly recommend even for Anime Artists to try out the Leyendecker methode. Yes I am an Anime artist and I have the best time in my life drawing things by shape and then basically sculpting out shapes. Do I sometimes add lines to seperate things? Yes but u can always make them blurry so they are not that visible and it helps a lot. Great video :D Funniest thing to me was to find out that there was already an artist in the past using no lines while painting these great and stunning artworks.
Love the look of lines, but despise making the lineart like me? Lay down your base colors and turn on the border effect. Render as normal, and then just add any lines in areas where you need them.
hi thx for the tips ❤ I wanted to ask,what is the app that u use next to procreate to put all the reference together?it would be really helpful i hope youre having a great day !
Thank you. While I love using lines if I’m trying to approach a different style, I find that most of the time, I do better without. P.s. I love your style. Do you use a brush/line stabilizer for such smoothness?
