Just casually taking a 2 year break 😏tbh I just got really busy with life but I hope I can make more of this kind of content more often! Appreciate u for sticking around :)
This is genuinely the best splash art tutorial I've seen ever I can't believe how underrated your channel is, I hope the youtube algorithm picks up on it soon !
One of the best advises of all the video was the "if you keep trying to get one part done but it doesn't work, do some other part and get back to it later". I am aiming to be this talented and experienced, so this hits hard. Most people think that splash art (as one of the most demanding art pieces in industry as it is) is made by people that have every detail figured out since the sketching stage. When the truth is that the profesionals have not the hability to do it right away, but to have a HUGE solving-problems skills and LOTS, and i mean L O T S , of hours in learning the basics and iterating with it. And yet they struggle. I take this as a gold worth lesson. Thank you
I've done splash arts for a card game so I have a lil bit of experience, but I still really struggle to get the backgrounds to a good level of finish. I would love to see a video about how to approach the backgrounds, see if and how photobashing techniques are used etc.
I’m fr getting desperate bro, splash arts are my goal for art, hopefully I can come back sometime in the future and say that I’ve made it. Thank you for the tips 🙏
Simultaneous contrast is also known by James Gurney as "counter change". His blog still features the post on the subject. Generally a lot of these concepts were skimmed from masters, and translated into modern terms so I'm not surprised this one has a new(er) name, but it's just funny seeing it since it's such a great abstraction of reality for the sake of impact. At least I take plenty artistic liberty to introduce clarity through value separation with that method
57:11 RAAAAAAH YUTO SANO'S TEETH DRAWINGS❗❗🗣️ btw I really loved this video and how informative it is about splash art, I want to make this type of art for some character I like so this is really useful, waiting for part 2 patienly. Thanks for bringing this content buddy 😺💗
One thing that i would suggest is studing basics of photography ( I mean getting familar with them). Honestly, 70% of the time (at the very very least) you were talking about things that i studied in photograpy classes during my first year at uni. Things like what is dynamic, value, depth, high key and low key and visual language. ( look at this, drawing classes were useless compared to these lol) And the reason is that photography focuses on how things look great on paper while when you study drawing you get stuck in trying to draw things that look like something and we forget the rest I am looking forward to seeing your next videos! ( i hope i will get to see something that useful about concept art too some day in the future hahahah)
19:45 You can also generate a lens flare in photoshop - I usually make a new pure black layer, generate the flare (filters > generate > lens flare) and then follow from what he did. You can then mess around with the hue saturation and colors with ctrl+u and ctrl+b. Thats what I usually do when I want a specific lens flare to fit my image. Hope this helps!
Hey man, nice video but I've got a problem with daz 3d. Everythings works just fine until I get to the lights. The luminous flux doesn't seem to be working. From 1 lumen on it just blasts the brightest light imaginable. I would be really thankfull if someone knew what is going on
Woah!! I saw ur akali painting video ages ago when i tried making my first splash art (and not doing so well lmao) But dude, ur amazing, and these videos are so inspiring and informative, thank you so much and please keep painting!!
Thank you so much! this is so helpful. I wish you could become my mentor. I feel like I have been close to becoming splash art level for years now, but I just don't know how to bridge that gap.
I use blender for 3d, works for me just fine, is there any reason to switch to DAZ or something like MAYA maybe there is some features i don't have? Othrewise i wonder why you use DAZ when blender is much more popular and well known for being an easy software?
I really like your process and how you explain each step. I would like to know if there will be a video explaining the handling and distribution of the layers in PS working with such detailed illustrations, how to optimize processes. thank you very much ^^
Another thing about drawing with references is that it makes you better at drawing without references. If you have to draw a horse from memory the result will be much better if you've drawn 20 horses from reference.
Incredible video and art, inspired me alot! Would be nice if you make a video explaining your render process and how you use each different layer mode!
i havent touched a pencil in a couple months why am i here? i havent finished a single digital piece why am i here? will i ever be the artist i want to be if i dont even draw?
This upload was perfect timing! I've been practicing with studies of league Splash Arts and I want to attempt my own soon. I also did not know PureRef had a grayscale setting; Thank you!
As a fellow artist, ive always wanted to draw in the LOL splash art style. Its super good and they are inspiring to look at. Keep up the good work and thank you for this video! Someday ill get there :D
I had a few questions, what is the canvas size used for splash arts, and would you say all splash artists use some amount of 3D modelling in their work? I’m not sure about others, but I’ve never seen 3D modelling used in Bo Chens videos for example, and was wondering if for his case he would just heavily rely on technical references and his own experience/ skill? Thanks for the amazing video
Usually the splash art canvas size can get pretty big like up to 8k pixels and yeah 3D isnt absolutely necessary, its just a very good ref incase you need it! For a senior like Bo Chen Im not sure he uses and if he doesnt its probably because his fundamentals are strong enough!
Amazing tutorial! One thing I was wondering, where do you recommend to look for inspiration/references? Especially now that the internet is infested with AI slop, I feel like the only good place is looking through your favorite artists' social media, but that makes it pretty difficult to discover new things.
yeah thats true, I dont necessarily agree with AI art but some of them could still be used as good ref(since they r derived from amazing artists), but I usually go with my fav artists or just look in artstation or pinterest in general
great tutorial! really like how you went into details and explained each step thoroughly. Though I can't open your brush pack on gumroad for some reason, is it a zip file?
The brush pack is an abr. file so you gotta import it into your photoshop file to use it! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3EB5COfW4Rw.html&ab_channel=MrWelcome
Tons of great advice in this video. Here is a follow up question though, if you don't mind: When you go through all of those steps with great reference and create one splash art after another... Is that how you get automatically better at it? Or should we compliment all of this with other ways of practicing to get better at splash art?
Great question, its a mix of creating original pieces and doing studies. Depends on which youre weaker at, most ppl tend to be able to copy photos and do studies really well, but find that making original pieces can be a lot more difficult. Do more of whatever youre weaker at :)
hey man, after the grayscale - color, is it just 1 layer paint over? or do u follow certain layer structure? very very goooood video btw. i learn a lot.
The part I most liked about this was hearing about your struggles. It's quite ensuring to think that no matter how much I improve, those types of struggles will never go away, I can prepare for them and just get my headspace worked on.
Honestly this is awesome, I'm trying to make this my career without going to the conventional art school and I feel like you are incredible at explaining! Thanks for everything and new sub :3
Every human being on planet earth should watch this video and I've been missing out there should be no other persons missing out on a video like this for over TWO FREAKING MONTHS??
i wish another video, this level of rendering is amazing and you should be proud from this painting. I like a lot how much patience you have for everything and the fantastic technique. You have a very big fan right here
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Love your art 💕💝 I use the same programs when I illustrate and Blender as well. They’re all so helpful in the creation process
I'm trying to get into the industry and all of this info in super useful!! Thank you so much for sharing❤ Really puts into perspective what I might've have been doing wrong with my illustrations and helps me build a more solid workflow!
Thank you for this simplify and depth explaination about creating splash art game character. Really helpful tutorials and i wish that many people notice your YT Channel.
This is an insanely well-crafted video! The tips in this are extremely helpful for an intermediate artist like myself; it works as a reminder on how the basics can come together to create a piece that tepps a story while also looking sick as hell. And, of course, the humor is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much! Subscribed.
As others have said this video is gold man thanks! Would love to see you explain your render process and how you go from what looks like hard brush block in to the smooth finish of materials while maintaining good edge control
This is so incredibly cool to watch. Thank you so much for taking the time and making the effort to break you process down in this much detail. That must've been a lot of work I can't wait to see more ♥
