Heeeyyyeee this week's video is here fresh out the oven! Had a lot of fun with this painting, hope the tutorial helps! Here’s the timelapse video for the full painting ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tp8JwzW7Qow.html. You can still get my brushes for free here cubebrush.co/mb (first in the list) for a little while and you better have a great weekend or else...
Hey Marc. I can't find the one brush you used for the shading in your brush set, called 'Skin Cavity' (I paused the video to check). I have tried them all and it's not amongst them. But I guess it doesn't matter so much. I think what I have to learn is edge control.
@@forgottenecho2163 i think just learning digital art by yourself is more effective, tbh. the teacher (at least our teacher) only taught us the basics, she never mentioned anything 'bout the proper (or at least the easier way) to shade and highlight and whatnot.
@@milesprocrastinates9547 Oh, that's good to know, I just self taught myself how to shade and highlight in a week or two, but when we were learning how to traditionally in Art Class, we barely got anywhere. I think it's better I rely on myself to learn.
I used to think i open too many layers too (~100), until i saw a girl with 3xxx layers in my art community. Now i just open as much layers as i prefer, bc i have known a legend
Me: How to do that? Him: I got a tutorial for that! *5 minutes later Me: How do I do that? O.o Him: I also have a tutorial for that! *5 minutes later Me: How to... Him: I got you bro 😂🤣
Man, I just started painting digitally, and it's so hard. I have more difficulty on the technical aspects like brush setting, layers, and all the tools, there's just so much lol. Thanks for making these videos Marc, helped me a lot :)
Yeah, same, one week ago I found a brush that matched with me and it was like my drawing improved by a lot. In fact I took an afternoon to just paint color, merging them with different brushes only to improve my technical aspect, also customizing shortcut, trying to figure if my workflow was ok like that and all.
@@Malik_Mlk problem w most tutorial vids they only focus on what tablet you should use, what drawing app etc., when starting digital art. They also talk about learning anatomy, learning all the basic stuff that you might have already learned traditionally and only a few tutorials focus on which brush to use, what opacity is, pen pressue stuff, layer, tools etc., I'm so happy I've found a few yters focusing on this.
Young artists nowdays are so lucky to have older artists explaining those kind of stuff. I started digital art almost 10 years ago and I remember how difficult its been at the beginning cause there werent as many tutorials as today. So great job! Keep going
Well i started digital art like 5 years ago and i learned mostly from observation. Im not the most patient person so i never watched tutorials or went to art classes
I started digital art about 14 years ago and back then I watched a lot of speedpaints that helped me out. Sure I guess I lacked the commentary and explaining parts, but only getting to see another artist's process helped me a lot in improving myself. I'm not at a professional level but I like to think that I "get by" as an artist at least
Here are the different steps of the video: 4:20: SHADING (multiply) 8:30: tint/reflection (hard light) 10:50: lights (overlay low) 14:45: polish (go back to tint layer and add glow)
I’m not even exaggerating this is probably one of the better digital art tutorials on RU-vid. So many tutorials get into the knitting gritty but the hardest part is knowing even where to start. This tutorial goes over everything in *just* enough detail that it’s both extremely helpful and simple(!). So that way we can get started and dive into more in-depth stuff once we have the basics.
I've learned so much from you. I usually paint with traditional media, but the things you teach translate to oil painting as well. Thank you for your lessons and great videos!
@@lura4518 >>>>>>>>lines top most layer >>> flats with local colour (the bottom layer) >>>>> in shadows layer he duplicates the flat layer and uses hue saturation to make it all white, then shadows are rendered use multiply >>>>> tint layer 50% gray hard light initially, use light gray as well as brighter colours relative to the flats layer (He offers a free download of the PSD file in one of his other "5 steps to colour video" find it in the description, you can study the tints layer in more details there) >>>>>> before lighting he reduces the brightness of each layer (make copies of each layer before this as backup) >>>>>lighting primary overlay with warm brighter colours relative to flats layer >>>>>lighting secondary overlay with cooler colours >>>>>>>>>> final polish is going in all the layers shadow, flats etc and playing around with the colour balance and curves and all that. >>>>>>>>>> normal layer on top just to add the finish touches if required
this is a very helpful tutorials for someone like me who's starting to get into digital illustration. i even wrote it on my notebook so i can re-read it whenever i need your pointers. thank you very much!!!
You have no idea how long I was looking for a useful tutorial on color. There seems to be literally nobody who explains color in practice, everybody just tends to start spewing out color theory. You are a gem, sir. Thank you.
I've been just kind of coloring on a whim when it comes to my digital drawings and while they don't look bad, I just hate feeling like I dont know what I'm doing lol I'm definitely going to try this! Thank you ^^
tint layer 50% gray initially, light gray as well as brighter colours relative to the flats below that layer. He offers a free download of the PSD file in one of his other "5 steps to colour video" find it in the description, you can study the tints layer in more details there.
I appreciate your straight-to-the-point style of teaching. You don't pad your videos with rambling intros or spend any more time explaining a point than you need to. Thank you for following your own 80/20 rule and respecting our time. :)
I always wonder, as a professional, how long does a piece like this take you to complete, and what should someone going into the industry expect regarding efficiency?
Hey Daniel, this was about 6h so far based on the recordings (over a few days), will prob spend another 2h on polish + background. It's a simpler design where what I decide goes 100% so it's relatively quick, but you can expect to spend 10x that if you were working on a promotional piece for a game, or splash art. There's usually a lot of back and forth between the artist and the team until everyone is happy.
@@YTartschool ah reminds me of my breakdown of the reality of design and how CHANGING A DIV COLOR can take a week. One does not make almost any design in one attempt
On the plus side, this video finally helped me understand how digital artists are able to make their coloring look SO good and give their drawings so much dimension. On the down side, now that I know the tools behind it, it almost feels more daunting because I know I have to endure all that fine tuning. Regardless, I'm glad I know now! Thanks for such an informative video!
Clip Studio Paint: Color balance is in tonal correction under Edit, and a good dupe for the brush is the pastel brush with texture removed. Nothing you can do about inner glow that I've found so far, but lmk if anyone has any ideas!
I used this method more as I was also learning this from a professional anime illustrator that uses this in the formal name of Grisaille painting. It turns out that this is a legit form of oil painting that uses the grey as an underpainting then painting color ON TOP. Since then my digital paintings have this level of realism thats very satisfying to watch.
Damn I really needed this! I'm a university student and I try to draw stuff when I'm not busy cramming for a test or doing assignments (which is unfortunately the case a lot of the time). This workflow looks really helpful, thanks!
@@jkuang9548 procreate doesn't have inner glow effect adjustment effect, so I gave him an alternative drawing app that is very similar to photoshop :) I have both procreate and art studio pro- I copy the canvas or layer and paste it to either apps to use different effects!
I don’t know what you mean by inner glow, but if you want to add lights like him, you can create a new layer and set it on color dodge, then choose a dark color to color your lights with.
@@duhck833 look at his other tutorial with the buffed man about lighting, photoshop has the option and if people are using an iPad, artstudio pro also has the same options *cheers
Hey i got lost at 4:20 when you duplicate the layer, change the brightness to b&w then switch to multiply, then u said we're good to start shading. i thought we just have to shade on top of the flats colour layer but then the fastfwd u shade on b&w drawing so i got lost. Hopefully someone help meeeee
Omg the way I was shading before was so stupid, i would get a darker version of the same color then use the blur tool to try to blend it. Imma give this a try tomorrow. Being a noob to digital art is tough lol. I’m taking digital art next year in school so we’ll see what they teach us lol
Your videos are very nice, but I feel that they assume a lot of prior knowledge. I find you gloss over stuff that I am going to guess you either covered in a previous video, or just assume most artists will know, but that, as an absolute complete beginner, is entirely unknown to me. Example: the hard light 50% grey thing. I didn't know any of that, but you went so fast over it that I'm not sure I understand it anyway. Again, I love this resource, but it feels like you're posting for the late beginner to intermediate crowd and maybe forgetting those of us at the very bottom.
With all due respect, at no point did he mention this video is for absolute beginners though. A tutorial doesn't automatically mean it's for absolute beginners. If you find this particular content isn't for your skill level, look for other content that has better value for you? If you feel i'm attacking you, let me flip this around. Imagine if i said "i love this resource, but i feel like you're posting for the total beginners and forgetting those of us that are already intermediate". See? It doesn't work that way. You're supposed to find content that suits you, not the other way round.
tint layer 50% gray initially, light gray as well as brighter colours relative to the flats below that layer. He offers a free download of the PSD file in one of his other "5 steps to colour video" find it in the description, you can study the tints layer in more details there.
I've been watching different tutorial videos on RU-vid from different artist. Marc, you're a really good teacher. I'm shocked. Easy to follow, easy to understand, in-depth without making it too overly complicated. You are generous with your knowledge and share it freely. Out of all the artist's I've seen, you truly are the best teacher.
Really cool! What blending mode was the tints and reflections stuff in? or is that painted more as a local colour - like... would you add red to the face (as you would in the local colour section)?
As someone sometimes even fighting with my chaotic process, this more analytical approach to coloring is a real gem to find. Thank you for showing this!
It's kinda similiar to the process I already use aswell... except that I don't understand what the heck I am doing. After he explained everything now I kinda understand why each step is done the way it is
I've been watching your tutorials since last month [also some of the older vids] and I really learn a lot from it. I have a hard time making contrast between shadows and highlights and I didn't expect overlay and/or multiply would make a huge impact on it! Thank you very much for your tutorials I'm learning a lot of new things!! ♥♥
I love this tutorial! As someone who normally paints loosely for 90% of the painting and polishes towards the end, this workflow is so much more clean and effective! Thank you Marc for breaking down your art process in such an easy-to-follow way - I'm so excited to try this out!
VVVvvvvvvvvvvvvvery powerful! :) Marc, could you please briefly explain why did you use Darken mode of brush on Shading stage? I scrolled frame-by-frame your speed-paint of shading on 5:06 and saw, that you have used Darken mode black brush. As I beginner - I tried to paint shades by Normal brush and Darken mode brush, but hmm, can't catch the difference :-/
Hi sir I'm confused in the part of "shading". . after you duplicate the Original flat color and set to hue>multiply the process and the format of the layers become new 00:4:42 I don't know what happened. i just want to follow how you did it. because im kinda suck at coloring.
Constructive criticism? Can you clarify the layers you use, since you lose me right away after making a copy of the flat color layer and turning up the brightness to max. Granted, I've only tried on Gimp, but what happens is that it doesn't become fully white, and then it doesn't seem to be that you're drawing the shades on that particular layer based on what I can see in the pane. Anyway, simple clarification would help out here, other than that great!
I love this lesson on a shading layer! I can stop separating every diff coloured part for shading into like 8 different layers bc of it! This whole video makes me feel I can do much better, thank you!
OK, I'm not sure what's wrong, but I am seriously following these steps to the tee, but I'm brought to an abrupt halt on the shading section. For some reason, after using the hue/saturation adjustment (which I have to clip mask so that it only affects the layer beneath it despite me not seeing his layer being clipped) I cannot paint on that layer at all. Can someone please help me out here?
Hi Marc! Thank you for showing this workflow. What to do when the values of the colors are not so close to each other? For example I have a character with a lot of white. The shading looked decent on grey but when I turn the color layer back to visible the shading looks too much.
I also don’t understand how to tint only the shading since that layer also includes the flats that are all white. The hue slider does nothing for me since it is shaded with pure black. (I use procreate) Thanks in advance!
@@Sp4rklegore The problem is that I shaded all parts first like in this workflow. Only after that the colors were picked. With all light color areas the shading looks too dark.
I LOVE this tutorial. From a light and shadows perspective, it completely makes sense. I was curious, how do you keep your line work so clean and what type of a brush do you use?
On Krita you can add a color mask on the shading layer then you can run over it with the flat colors and it can help with the muddiness that people are talking about
oml this has helped me so much. i have been struggling to shade and trying to figure out lighting and this video really helped get a better grasp of what the process is.
tint layer 50% gray initially, light gray as well as brighter colours relative to the flats below that layer. He offers a free download of the PSD file in one of his other "5 steps to colour video" find it in the description, you can study the tints layer in more details there.
I wanted to ask this if I draw in paper and then line over it its something been doing hole time of drawing but should I start doing the liners in digital without any picture of the drawing under or something?
Thank you for the great tutorial! Being more familiar with traditional media, digital painting still doesn't come too easy to me. Will give your techniques a try!
When I try to create the multiply shading layer, the hue and saturation drop window creates a separate layer that I cannot manipulate. I see artists able to draw within there selected art piece without having to hand draw a marquee around each section and when I try to follow along it doesn’t work. Is there a exact step-by-step to understand what exactly is going on.
ive wtached ur vids before but never like this each video has its perks and i just love tht i take at least one thing from each of ur vids, thanks for teaching me new and diversed things nga mihi
