How to render digital art using layers - BRUSHES included - Beginner friendly tutorial 

Thanks for watching! Here's a link to a folder containing all the files you'll need to follow along with this tutorial: www.dropbox.com/sh/r6cyfbhp1ihdipd/AAASVLgvxu53pVy-YCVmTcsma?dl=0

Once again Marco is making tricky things look effortless.

As a self learner for many years, I can tell you that, this approach is the most effective and time-saving method for illustration! A lot of professional artists have kept it secret to the other learner. I read many issues of ImagineFX magazines, and no one really share this kind of approach, instead they just blur away the details and useful information. I am now really glad to learn this method finally properly, and it help me paint a great deal faster and keep my works consistent. Thank you, Marco, truly this is the most important tips for all the beginning artists on RU-vid so far.

Ah this is the kind of thing that was really lacking when I was beginning, not knowing where to start, or what to start from. This kind of handholding approach you see more often in actually paid classes with a huge time alloted to it, and people starting out don't even know that it exists most of the time. A lot of channels talk about fundamentals on a high level, but don't dig in what it means to do them on a moment-to-moment basis for the markmaking process. I'm sure this is gonna be a godsend for a lot of people, so accessible on youtube. I apreciate all the effort put into the rhetoric, pacing and clarity as you go. nothing is left to be misinterpreted, but the foundation is there for everything to be expanded upon, for all skill levels. Amazing stuff Marco.

You're the best teacher! Also for anyone who wants to learn how to draw the head, I can highly recommend Marco's 7 hour course he mentions in this video. I wish I found that course when I started drawing heads.

10:02 This is such an important tip, I've been learning painting for like 4 years and this is something I've recently became conscious about. Little things like this pushes your work to extra levels and almost nobody talks about it or even think of teaching it. You are the best, Marco!

Bless papa Marco going out of his usual work flow just to show us how it can be done

God bless you. The depths of RU-vid I had to go to find someone who breaks down the "line art to rendered painting" process. Saved, liked, subscribed.

I've just discovered this video and I feel like I'm going to come back here several times. Thank you, Marco!

this deserves a million views as a beginner digital artist i’ve learned SO MUCH in the span of 18 minutes tysm for this

Also, I just wanted to add that in CSP you can flip the canvas just clicking the flip button under the navigator :) (those two arrowheads pointing at each other :) )

THANK U for describing what the different layer options do to the piece. (screen mode can only go lighter) I loathe watching those really long videos explaining each and every one and still not getting it. I much prefer your manner of explanation. AND THE END? you offer us to do the piece, share to IG, perfect. Very motivational. Thank you

i love the fact that not only do you show us what to do, you also explain why we need to do them

I've never really seen anyone explain highlights as "reflected light that goes straight to the viewer". It's usually just called "that part of the object getting the most light". And frankly the reflection explanation makes much more sense.

as someone who purchased both the human head + color tutorials on marco's website, it's always a treat to see the applications of that information show up in his other videos. strongly recommend for anyone looking to dig in deeper :)

This is by far the most helpful tutorial for me especially that I use clip studio paint. I've been looking for a tutorial that simplifies transitioning from grayscale to color and this is the perfect tutorial. Thank you so much really 😭😭😭😭

I love PewDiePie but I really wish this was the most subscribed channel, I have never seen anyone teach art like this in RU-vid, usually they leave so many little things out it becomes a major issue in keeping up, but you don't leave any detail behind, truly skilled

I've been doing digital art for over a year and this is one of the most important videos I've seen yet. Also you're very clear on your layers which so many tutorials aren't. Thank you so much.

I just want to say a huge thank you so much! I am super new to art and I have never even thought to import line art and then use multiple different layers like that to actually render the full piece. I've been trying to do it all in one layer for colour and it was a nightmare, this method is so much more relaxing and really gets you thinking about how the light interacts with your subject and all sorts of good things. This is such a good beginner friendly video, you have my gratitude!

HOLY CRAP!! Where have you been all my (artistic) life?!? I swear, I learned more art theory from this video than a TON of books!! Thank you so much!!

This is going to make me an art god. This should be found when looking for a grayscale to color tutorial

I've been through countless different ones, but this is the absolute best beginner's tutorial video for digital painting.

I was searching for a video on exactly this topic a few days ago, you're a life-saver, Marco!

Now, see, this unequal division of real estate is what continues to feed the Light-Shadow feud.

This is one of the few tutorials that actually helps a lot. Thank you!

you have just decoded the digital art world to me and then sent me on my way with a ship, shanties, crew, and, goods. My dude, thank you

Thanks. You are a really great teacher.

OMG! so much information delivered crisp and to the point! Awesome!!!

Late to the party here but I'm confused about something--in a couple of more recent RU-vid videos you've demonstrated painting with value-only first. However, a while back you made a video where you spent quite a while explaining why you prefer to start with colour. (Which I think makes more sense to me too.) Have your preferences changed or is there a specific reason you use greyscale first here? Regardless of the reason, absolutely loving your work, really meaty and helpful, thanks so much!

This is probably one of the most helpful videos on rendering paintings I've watched so far! Appreciate the content, but was wondering how do you make the brush for the hard-soft and flipped hard-soft for shadowing? It seems super useful for shading on the edge of surfaces without using the lasso tool.

one of the best tutorials I have watched, thank you x

For people who don't know what things do in their respective program, like layer modes: Experiment! Have a field day testing everything! Not doing anything won't help you understand what something is for.

Such a beautiful way of teaching things. Really makes me think that it's very easy to draw digital paintings. Learnt a lot. Thanks

Sadly a cannot press more than one like... It's such a great video man, thank you so much! I have always had troubles with coloring, now I'm sure it will be fine. Hope you will make more videos about digital coloring in the future

Once again an absolutely necessary tutorial, thank you for your high quality work !

Holyholy, this Is a condensed masterclass! Thank you, Marco!

pls i needed this been painting on one layers for so long i- THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m “clumsy like you” on layers every single painting.

I’m so happy that you used clip studio paint :’3

Great lesson

I do not like painting greyscale before color, but this as way more useful lesson than the others I've watched, with a even better explanation than the one my teacher gave me. The warm color trick on the skin is something that I'm stillmconfused about because I never know how to put it on without making the skin very very weird, but I think it is just a matter of practice with portraits and 3D surfaces.

I haven't even watched it and I've already saved it to my favourites.

Amazing as always! The way you teach is so good.

How is it possible that anyone could thumbs-down this video?! These 8 clearly have no life!!

The fact that marco hasnt get 1 milion subscriber is weird. Look at all those premium videos

Thanks for the fun and informative tutorial! I'm definitely gonna check out those classes you mentioned; thanks for taking the time to do these free videos on youtube as well :)

thanks marco bucci

Great stuff!!! 👌🏿🏆🥳

Thanks!It's really helpful!

This is amazing, this is the tutorial I needed to lead me in the right direction

Loved that tutorial! Thank you very much, I'll try it out myself later this day ^^

this refreshed me again. thanks marcoman

Every digital artist I know uses multiply mode and I never do. Not for any particular reason, but mostly because I forget it exists? Oops. I'm definitely going to give this method a go, to see how I like it. It's weird, because. Using normal mode sort of feels like acrylic painting, where as layering darker colors on top of each other sounds more like watercolor. And I've been using watercolor far longer than any other medium.

First time Ive seen Marco do a line based artwork that is multi layer based

big thank you!

This is very useful , amazing tutorial 👍👍👍

5:03 Flipping your canvas is important, but the edit menu is not the ideal solution. That will actually make your program recalculate the entire canvas and flip the pixels, which takes some processing power depending on canvas size and layer number. It's better to use the buttons under the navigator window to just flip the view or go to View > Rotate/Flip

very PROFESSIONALLY prepared presentation. Good Pace. Uses ZOOM, to show where was the cursor etc. Clear voice. Not stupid phrase or nonsensical words. well done!

This is really helpful. Thank you so much! Although mine don't look that good without the line work, I'm still happy with the results. Thank you so much and I'll continue practicing for sure :)

FINALLY FINALLY ITS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED

Thank you this is godsend😭

So video on how you make digital brushes. The texture quality and the look

Hey, is there a tutorial about lineless art?

He did it again.

thank you so much!

Wow! Thanks! Marco

Great tutorial, has always 😊

This is really helpful, thanks a lot!

QUiCK CSP TIP the "9" key is the sort cut to flip the canvas

Deserves more love 💕

Nice, I'll save this for later, from the start it looks like what I do when I need flexibility.

in clipstudio you can flip the view (on the navigator pannel) without actually need to flip the canvas (learn something photoshop)

question: At 3:55 he discusses how to get that exact value without darkening it. is there something like this in photoshop?

There's an older video called "Grayscale To Color Art Process ... and why I don't use it" that seems to use this process, wondering if the criticism on that video still applies?

Is it possible to accomplish this result without the greyscale? I remember a video where you say is better to work with colors first instead of doing greyscale and adding the colors on top, so I'm kind of confused Nonetheless, this was very very helpful!! I really like how you used a lot of filters (overlay, multiply, etc) so we can see how they work! Thank you!!

thank you so much this is so helpful 🥺

I'm trying to follow the tutorial, but ran into a wall when Marco says to use the Hardsoft brush at 1:20. I don't think this is one of the default brushes (at least I can't find it anywhere) and it's not included in his brush pack. What brush should I use here?

prtty helpful

Just curious. Why do you need the layers? I've been a canvas painter for over 30 years and I'm moving into the field of illustration for children's books.

I like to be french and hear "And voilà" :D

Me drawing Digital for about 2 years and a half: *clicks anyways-

Hello Marco how pic colors if u use multiply layer? For shadows?

Beautifull face, intresting method, its as if for me it always seems made by math. all I ever see to paint is color, never shape, thats for another sense( touch), it helps me with all the little enviromental reflections and projections( for example a green glass on top of a purple mantel, holding in red apples on an orange sunset reflected on mc. Escher's blue eyes😆) I just may have too much of a pixeled mind.

Where do I get the hard soft brush I can’t find it in my program

Hey, I saw you had a comment on Sinix's video called "The Trouble With Grayscale" do you know if this method you used has the same issue discussed in Sinix's video?

What kind of pc or laptop are you using Do you recommend this software for older laptops , I have a think pad x1 carbon from 2013 i7 . Could you recommend me a software that would run smoothly on it ? Thank you in advance.

how you are realated to marco bucci of image comics?

thank you marco always epic your tutorials ! i have a question about egg effect... can we classify it as shadow layer or color layer ?

Can this be done on procreate?

3:55 how do you do this in photoshop?!?

wow. what i found! like+subscribe

Which application do you use?

@16:26 Lambert Cosine law?

How long did this take?

What do you think of painting on just one layer to simulate a traditional process? Does it do more harm than good?

Marco using layers??!!

the dropbox link isn't working anymore :(

I want to try this but where do I get the Hardsoft brushes from?

Do you have a layer that fixes one eye running away from the other one? Or will you just call her Entropy and call it a day

how to import the brushes on krita