UNDERRATED ART CHEATS FOR BEGINNERS 

do yall want a vod for phone users? 😳

In 51 seconds you managed to teach me, a color blind person, how to make cohesive color palettes - something that has taken nearly 30 years. Thank you.

It’s honestly refreshing to be watching an art tutorial mixed with jokes here and there Hearing jokes about the shared suffering we all have as artists makes practice less agonizing HAHAH Thank you for sharing your knowledge my g

Here are Some of koolen's tips you will hear in all of her videos 👀 1. Eyes are one eye apart 2. Take a reference( in other words cheat) 3. Draw only attractive people 4. Make the lips 'juicy' :')

Omg I literally just got done watching another video of urs and thought “I wonder when she’s gonna upload again” then this pops up literal seconds later ☠️ time to learn more at 2 am. 😩👏🏼

For Medibang users! The "Lasso Fill" tool in Medibang is a brush called "Fill" and it works pretty much the same way. Hope that helps! Edit: there are a few asking about what tool it is in other art programs. Unfortunately, I don't know. Sorry!

Another one for smoother lineart. Curved line tool. Just set a point a line starts and the points it curves and an end point and goodbye shaky lines. Godsend especially if you draw on mobile

I use Krita for everything but I have used Clip Studio in 2020. The importing a pose from an image was so fun to use. And from now on I will in fact be calling Goten and Trunks "Lasso Tool and Paint Bucket".

Kooleen never fail to make us simp for her oc's. ALSO.. consider adding juicy lips

I think I commented on this somewhere before, but for me there is no cheating in art. I realized this very early on when I was working on an art project at my school and visitors came up to me and saw me using Scotch tape on my acrylic painting to get sharp edges. They looked at me stupidly and asked if that was allowed. And at that moment, it "clicked." I hadn't even thought about whether that was cheating and that's when I realized that you should never do that. In art you do what you enjoy and you can take the easiest way to reach your goal. You want to express yourself and the way there is also part of your expression.

I was literally watching this vid at 5 am in the morning and my whole family was asleep, I tried SO HARD not to make a sound during the liquify tool part (7:03).😆I honestly love how she teaches us stuff while being extremely funny at the same time.

I swear you're vids are funny and helpful at the same time! ✨

I'm literally making a piece after a hiatus for 2 years, and then Koleen posts this. I feel dumb but thanks to this I learned a lot. ;w;

Omg! This is actually so useful! Thank you Kooleen

4:48 Kooleen: it only colors da clothes lasso thing: colors some of the hand too

7:23 yes make Eren's lips ✨️THICK✨️😂

i've been struggling how am i supposed to apply my chosen color palette and then i stumbled on this video. goodness kooleen you're saving me so much 😭

i’m so happy i found you . i’m looking at art videos since years and your teaching is the first that resonates so much with me . i’m finally improving so much also thanks to your brush that you are using !! thank you so much for making me having fun again while drawing ^w^

Nice! Gonna be using that color palette trick from now on, I usually adjust the overall image in the color balance option which is very late in the process lol.

6:24 "You have to constantly be using that tool to remind yourself that you suck!" 😂😂😂😂

Kooleen has a very nice voice- its calming in a way! :D

**cries in traditional art without even an eraser**

I have been using CSP for so long and I never knew about the lasso thing and the ctrl to change perspective. I could've saved SO MANY HOURS

2:08 yeah thanks, really helped me

My favorite part in a paint is choose the color palette and this is so 🤯 THANKS 0:54

I DONT HAVE CLIP STUDIO😭😭

I finally got motivated to draw once again after hearing you say that my art sucks. I suddenly wanna do all these tips and prove that I suck 💖🙏 i love you

3:09 Yo the nose is fricking in the forhead lmao

5:06 i'm doing homework rn but the way I Immediately went onto clip studio to get this brush omg thank you

1:31 *cries in ibispaint*

Wow just wow a 8 minutes and 23 seconds video from kooleen taught me better then my art teacher who I have to pay $20/hour 😭😭😭

Thanks for the tutorials they rlly help

Almost 5 years of drawing digitally, and only now I've come to learn what the anchor in the transform tool is for. Thank you

Thanks Koolen if not for your drawing hacks I'd probably give up on being an artist a long time ago lol

omfgggg, that first tip about the "vibe" colour has literally answered the mystery ive been looking for the answer to for years, and you explained it in the perfect way for my smooth brain to understand 😭😭😭😭👏👏👏👏 tysm

I'm a beginner and your videos helped me a lot. Thank you 💕

The palette trick is absolutely awesome and I can't believe I haven't heard about it before. Thanks!

2:22 WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN BROS

YOU SAVED MY LIFE IVE BEEN MANUALLY COLOURING ALL MY DRAWINGS UNTIL NOE OMFG

I'm literally not using any shortcuts when drawing.. i use lots of em everywhere else, 3d modeling, gamedesign.. everwhere, but I refuse to use it in drawing for years now and heck idk why

0:48 That was so helpful thanks-

With the color pallet trick, I make my pallet then on a new layer set to color blend mode with a low opacity I wash the pallet with the "vibe" color as a clipping mask then merge those two layers same effect but it keeps the contrast of the original colors. Where just lowering the opacity as you did will lower the contrast of your pallet

Kooleen savage time: "......I'm not saying that your art look less crap than it already is." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I died with that statement.

It's 4:05 rn and I watched this cuz I was bored And I realized this helped me so much! Thank you :D

I didnt know that we had a lasso fill in csp .Thanks for the enclose and fill tool as well it's much more better then the other version that I was using that wasn't compatible with low opacity lines

koleen's videos literally changed my life

I'm still struggling with drawing the eyes but this is really helpful!!!!

BRUH I JUST LOVE UR CONTENT AND VOICE SO MUCH, I NEVER REGRETTED SUBSCRIBING U😔😔THIS VIDEO WAS SO HELPFUL, TYSM U'RE A LITERAL SAVIOR 😭❤️

Hi Kooleen! I just wanted to say thank you for being so beginner friendly! I’m in the beginning of my digital art(and art in general having done only sketches on paper before) journey and have watched a lot of ‘teaching da for beginners’ videos but i’ve always felt like I can’t apply their advice to my art because of lack of any formal education in art. I’ve always felt like in order to draw I have to know something I don’t and I couldn’t even tell what it was. But once I’ve stumbled upon your channel my art has become so much better. You encouraged me to switch from paint tool sai to csp and I finished my first digital illustration the day I downloaded csp using the brushes you recommended ( I’ve never finished my illustrations before because midway I didn’t like how it was turning out and it demotivated me to finish it). Thank you for making digital art world look less dense and hostile.❤️

I'm an absolute beginner at art ( im literally just on the art fundamentals part) but yt recommended me this channel, and I just LOVE IT. makes me want to draw faster so I can move on to digital art and learn more from you.

0:39 changed my life

THANK YOU!!!!

I love all your video and tutorials. They're all very helpful and so accurate! You've helped me a lot thank you so much! On the next video, can you make Full body tutorial? I've been struggling to make the proportion properly. It would be nice and very helpful! Tysm

Can't tell what I love the most: the tips or your voice ❤️ great video!

5:50 Actually happened to me sometime, when I was writing something with my pencil I tried to press ctrl + Z. It felt so weird trying to undo but not being able to do it💀

I love that moment XD 1:50

Me who uses ipisbaint : QwQ this is fine.

The first art video that actually gives useful information and not just common sense 😩✨

enclosed fill thingy is called "magic wand" on ibispaint X

that color tip is GAME CHANGING for meeee !!!!

3:37 eddsworld.

Thank you so much for these tips. You're a real life-saver. I had no idea about the anchor point for the transform tool, or using keys with it. I loved the tips on palette, and using a background color helped a lot. I love using the lasso tool to fill, but I didn't know about enclose and fill. Off to go get it! It'll teach me to remember to keep my lineart layer separate from now on. Again, many thanks! Smile 😊 .

Wait so I thought the Instagram post size was 1080 by 1080. How exactly are those dimensions you mentioned better for posting on Instagram? I always just make a large 2000 x 2000 px canvas and then size the canvas down to the Instagram post size (or Twitter, etc) and then post it like that. But it's admittedly tedious and I might be too dumb to realize a smarter way to do it lol.

I used a super huge canvas but really zoom out and is a 10/10 experience yes. Good tips thanks!

Even though I don't have CSP, even though I wanna use it but my family's PC can't handle it, even though I don't have the guts to try a new art program, I still watch this video to remind myself of my suffering.

Bless you thank you for these tips! I've been experimenting using the lasso tool to color, but i didn't know about the lasso fill ❤️ this will definitely make the process much easier

listen i thought i knew it all after fucking around with art programs for years but it seems like you learn smth new everyday huh 😭😭😭 LIKE THAT ANCHOR ONE COULD'VE SAVED ME SO MUCH TIME!!!

*sad traditional artist noises*

OK BUT THE FIRST ONE IS SO GENIUS I- 💀

What app do u draw on? :)) great vid btw))

That color pallet trick was the best thing I’ve ever heard in my life and I hate that no one has taught me that b4

The sad thing is, I’m a traditional artist. 😢😢😢

Artist for more years than I care to remember, but the Color trick was so obvious but not seen it used this way. Thanks for the tip,

The tips are really helpful but I got stuck on the enclose and fill tool. I followed the instructions and it only changed the linearts color. Not filling the area I wanted. Help anyone?

5:29 me who colors with Auto Select: 🤨🤨

Moving the anchor like a joint!?? WHAT?? That's cool! Kinda looks like an automatic stand, waving.

Ooooh your art coloring style is quite similar to mine Anyway I use ~900-1000px canvas size cuz it’s easier to blend. my biggest art tip i have for yall is for ppl who can’t draw hands: Always draw hands bigger than they are supposed to be. it just looks so much better i promise lol also, use the blur tool. i used to hate using the blur tool to paint and blend, but now i love it. i used to use like 30 brushes in a piece but now I use 1 brush. And I use the blur tool for blending. It depends on ur style but don’t ever underestimate the power of blurring lol. also if you’re lazy, when you’re rendering, lower the opacity of the brush to around 50%. AND LEARN THE BASIC COLOR THEORY LOL DONT MAKE UR ART LOOK MUDDY AND ICKY And yes pls use the liquify tool it is a life saver

1:17 what about for ipads

bro I really just went on RU-vid and this video was on my recommendations, this is so helpful thank you so muchh

7:29 Wtf? xd?

This...is LITERALLY...the BEST tough love artists video I've ever seen. Thanks for being badass! Take my subscribe!

easily my art crush now

This is why I love Kooleen, I used to suck but now I actually still suck but not as so much🌝 KOOLEEN NEVER STOP MAKING VIDS DON'T LEAVE US!!😭

I honestly never grab a pencil and drew anything before in my life but after watching Kooleans videos im so tempted to grab my wabcom tablet and create something even thought I may suck at it since I never drawn before

ooo kooleen posted some tips for artists! *cries in traditional art*

this vid is great the Liquify tool is something I kinda forgot existed so thank you a lot of showing me the way

The lasso fill is what I've been looking for, thank you!

Vector layers are also life savers

your voice is so calming and strangely reassuring

omg the anchor thing i forgot that existed, tysm for this video btw!!!

lol, I love the "then why aren't you liking it yet bro!" call out it work for me

First time coming to your channel and love it! And your voice is so relaxing.

I love your videos… honestly your tutorials has taught me more things than any other tutorial could.

Transform is a grand tool. I do most of my art on a phone but thankfully the app I use has the transform tool.

loll her distorting eren's face while calmy explaining the liquify tool had me laughing so hard, like the smirk caught me off guard fr xD i love this vid

Holy sheep the first cheat will really help me out I always wonder how people make all of the colors in their drawing kind of 'tone matching" if that makes sense 🤷‍♀️

Oh my god, thank you for this. This will save me a lot of time. And your voice is heavenly

i don't regret clip studio x) thank you so much for all the tips!

the grey bg one is also just nice for your eyes, staring at a mostly white canvas while you're drawing will tire your eyes out faster so if you just wanna relax and sketch smth up grey is much nicer to stare at than pure white

THE FIRST ONE. I REALLY NEEDED THAT WTFFF