Painting with the Lasso Tool! 

8:40 oh my god THANK YOU for acknowledging that brushes DO matter to an extent. Years of watching art tutorials and it’s always kind of bothered me that nobody will say it. Yes it’s true that you can technically do ‘anything’ with round opacity brush but there are certain feels, textures, and workflows that require specific brushes and brush dynamics. If brushes didn’t matter, even the most advanced artists would always use the hard round. I also think it’s kind of annoying how every artist says you shouldn’t need to use their brushes and should make your own. Yes that is the eventual goal, but the brush engines in photoshop and even procreate are too complicated for a beginner or even intermediate (IMO) to understand how to create a brush that does exactly what they want without experimenting with other people’s first.

Really amazing demonstration. The way you work with the shape dynamically in your composition is fascinating to watch. Thank you for this awesome lesson!

Just wanted to say I really appreciate your videos! You make good points and they’re relaxing to watch

Thanks, really helpful, hope to experiment with the lasso a bit more.

I’m quite new to digital art and I really like the results you got here. I’ve tried some similar ideas, but without the same effect you got. I think I will continue to try and improve on what I’ve started with; I REALLY like what you’ve done.

Another gem lost between the rocks... Keep the videos coming, you are amazing!

These pieces turned out amazingly, I am only just discovering this technique as well. Keep up the great work man ^^ How do you pick out such wonderful colours for your compositions? it ends up so balanced.

I think using this along with some simple or complex perspective grids would make for some stunning looking pieces

I've never thought to use the lasso that way and the pieces turned out gorgous! Thank you for sharing

I just found your channel and I'm honestly feeling so inspired after watching this! I'm a character artist, have been for like 15 years (started when I was 5, but have taken it seriously ever since), and I have this problem where I can ONLY draw characters; I'm at a complete loss when it comes to scenery. So now, about two years into the planning of a comic series, I'm here struggling to figure out how scenery works and feeling inadequate because, for the first time in as long as I can remember, I have no idea what I'm doing as an artist. Your videos have genuinely comforted me and given me whole new ideas about where to start, so I really hope you keep it up with this content!

Excellent and informative. Thank you. You just leveled me up with your lesson. Thank you!

I really love your colour choices. I never know which colours to pick or where to put what colour.

wow........

Such a blessing!!!!

Trying to discover this technique for myself in order to think more in terms of shapes and to possibly be more efficient with painting in the beginning - I really appreciate your point about not worrying too much about this process if you don’t like the style, but that it is still useful in blocking out composition and value structure and stuff like that. Great video, very encouraging; thank you!

Nice art!

I love the pièces... and the colours! I dont understand how it works but it sure does wow!

awww this looks so pretty!

Superb man, really inspiring work! Keep on working like this! :)

"Lazzuuuu tool" xD

I need to try this!

Inspiring !!! Thank you !!!!

Yes please

GRANDE CRACK

Great Work ! Well narrated - nice tips :) Good job √ Thanks

Very nice work. Was the intro made w/ AE?

Hi Sam, thank you very much for these videos, they are very useful and I'm getting a lot out of it. Also, it's very satisfying to see your painting process! It´s beautiful. I have a question about the lasso tool and I wonder if maybe you can help me. Whenever I use the lasso tool it leaves a residue of the first color used just slightly outside the edges of the selection. Even if I erase the content it will leave that line behind. Have you come across the same problem? And if so, how have you fixed it? Thank you in advanced.

as someone who is better at drawing than painting, the lasso tool approach to painting is VERY useful. on a side note, do you have tips or videos or suggestions of people who have used the lasso tool approach to foliage? this is where I stumble using this approach...

I love your work! Can I ask what brushes you used for the first two paintings? I'm new to this, and I'm having a hard time finding some larger abstract/splattery brushes I like to use. *insert blerb about what you said about brushes*

Is this possible in Procreate? Really seems like a more loose and relaxing way to paint.

Is it still as beneficial if i go for complex shapes that are not similar to their basic structures? Like if i wanted to draw skinfolds on a man's face with lasso tool is it okay if just draw the entire shadow as one continuos shape caused by the folds ? Rather Than i multiple discontinuous shapes that change values according to the intensity of light? Or basically should I go for details with the lasso tool?

I'm differently going to try this. I've been studying digital painting lately and this one is just so special! By the way, can you do something like a portrait using lasso? That would be interesting.

What about using grid lines to make sure pieces are in good perspective? Do you use them

how did you draw outside canvas?

Lassouue

Hello, I want to ask where to get the brush like yours?

osumm

How do you get those straight lines with the lasso? I cannot do it? Is there a command or something?

What software do you use?

you use mouse of tablet ?

What brush pack?