Also, you need to practice certain things to get better. Like right now I am doing small practice in my sketchbook with different things I want to learn. Just take your time and try not to beat yourself up. You will get there if you keep up the practice and have fun with it.
Can also use it as a type of blender. Like have it low opacity between different colors sometimes. I started doing that recently and had some good results with paintings. Reminded me of traditional erasers where you can use them for blending too.
I want my erasers to be able to shoot death lasers and make me brewed coffee and also drive me places, that's what's more I want from you, eraser tool.
This is actually really good advice bcs i know alot of beginners focus more on texture and indifference than clarity which tbh is the most important thing in art since the whole point in art is to talk to the audience through pictures.
I haven't seen the video yet, but I remember something a wise youtuber called Sam said "They always ask what brushes do you use, but they never ask *how* do you use your brushes
5:08 Meanwhile as someone who has only drawn for a year seriously and digitally, I am still only sticking to 1-2 brush in my workflow because I'm too afraid to step forward with the endless options of brushes.
I appreciate this so much! You saying -"without the brush fighting me" made me realize that the brushes I use ARE fighting me when I'm trying to get that initial base sketch. And maybe by finding more streamlined brushes I wont be spending so much time on making the rough sketch! I was getting too caught up on trying to use fancy brushes, because I thought that's what all the professionals were using, but now I'm excited to simplify things down
Actually, the more painterly you want your paintings to look, the simpler you want your brushes. A lot of amazing and talented digital painters I know only use the round brush cuz that's all you need.
@@fadhilanansyah3005 the "Watercolor" brush in Medibang (at least on mobile) is pretty awesome, very versatile even without pressure. Not perfect, not reading my mind, but very useful.
When I first started, I downloaded and got a bunch of brushes and I really had no idea how to use them. Now I only use three brushes, one for sketch, on for lineart and the other one is for painting. Much more efficient and makes me realize it’s about your skills, not brushes. Brushes are just a small part contributing to your painting, like how I prefer using this brush rather than that brush because I feel more comfortable with this.
This is true, but, let's try to take their perspective, maybe they asked about the brushes, they want to try, it might suit them, i was in that line before, i asked some of my fav artists and i did try some of those brushes, and now i found what suits me, and now people asking me what brushes i used, i called it a cycle of brushes 🤔 but its true that some of those have that kinda thought as you said, they thought that the brushes is the key of the painting, they sure not Learn 🙃
I used to ask this a lot back in the day. I use ibis paint and because of the huge variety of brushes, I was overwhelmed. I sticked to just the ones you find at the start of the brush tab and I was not satisfies with the ones I used so I asked the artists I knew about their brushes. It really did help me find brushes that suited my style and I got the hang of it. I still ask around sometimes when I'm really struggling.
OH MY GOD THANK YOU!!! Iv been having a hard time go doing a brush that works well for me and I made it way to complicated on my self, and now I’m gonna start from square one and build out from there. Thank you again!
I appreciate this video so much. As someone who exclusively uses the defeat round brush, it's really all you need to communicate the different shapes in a painting.
Another great video! I liked the point on using just a few brushes and seeing what works best. As a beginner, I'm in that process of getting comfortable with using a few brushes for digital art :3
I totally love hard round, i still like to play around with different textures but I'm glad to know that I am not being boring by just adoring a simple brush !
I use Procreate and my most used brushes are the 6B Pencil (For everything,drawing,smudging and erasing), the Narinder Pencil (for sketching) and the Monoline brush(whenever I need crispy clean edges). (sometimes I use some watercolour brushes for the background, but mostly 6B Pencil)
Digital artists: what brushes do you use? Traditional artist: what pencils do you use? Photographer: what camera do yo use? Designer: what software do you use? Editor: what software do you use? Gamer: what's your PC specs? And more and more..
Isn‘t „What Brush do you use?“ just the poorly phrased question for how some detail in an image was achieved? They don‘t really care about the brush but about making hair look cool, etc.
i was looking for someone to explain whether i need to use bucket fill or some other brush, to fill up my gaps, i got to learn that from you thanks man
This is the first brush video that doesn't summarize by saying "it doesn't matter", the brush doesn't make the artist like you said and a lot of artists including myself when we began were like oh brushes will allow me to do xyz. personally I love the painterly style so I use a small variety of brushes and change size to create a more painterly look. I think digital as a whole can look unnaturally smooth sometimes ( I think its called banding ? ) if that's your intention absolutely go for it but if you use it everywhere it then the piece and make it look plastic and makes it harder to create a focus. What I noticed Sam does is create a very smooth area for the focus but then uses very strong expertly managed edges and lighting to create variation. Then I noticed he uses some brush variation and lighting in other areas to create visual interest. I just love this style of art.
I use similar brushes bc these are just simple and easy. They don’t have any weird texture and u can easily control where the edge is. There are some texture brushes I use but only at the end for some smaller details
I’ve been having some trouble getting into digital art because of how different the brushes and process is to traditional mediums (I’m used to using watercolors) so I’ve been trying to fine tune my brushes to make them work for me
I typically used dip pens, rounded tips, air brushes, and maybe a pencil brush. But sometimes I'll switch with an alcohol marker brush, or use my own little sketching brush. Which is mainly used for adding blush or cheek color oddly enough
I've really been wondering about different types of brushes and as a beginner they seem so...I dunno- intimidating? I really like that you broke down their uses and why you'd want certain brushes to do certain jobs. I was also wondering, knowing what you know now: what is the best way for a beginner to effectively learn an art program? I recently decided to dive into Clip Studio Pro, and it seems like there's so much to learn, it's a lil overwhelming.
I love simple like ballpoint pen (with no angle sensetivity use) brush for lineart. To paint i like to use different textured brushes. Each artist have their own way to create. Thats cool.
Back in the day i thought that i needed textured brushes to make my paintings look better, it took some time to realize that it was just me that sucked haha, now i feel like the basic round brush does everything i need
Oh, I use clipstudio paint and I thought I was just an art noob for using the round brush 90% of the time. It's really useful especially since I'm just getting into digital painting so I don't yet know how to use other, more complicated brushes and techniques effectively. The round brush can almost always make something look good :D If anyone here is struggling to find a good, simple set of brushes that you can rely on to carry you from the sketch to the finished product of a digital painting, take this video as your incentive to narrow down that complicated brushset. Sam doesn't just make these brushes look good and easy to use because he's great at art--I'm crap at it and they work for me too! Get yourself a simple hard brush for sketching and a round brush and that's really all you need! -and don't even look at watercolor brushes unless you want to spiral out of control and forget what you were trying to paint in the first place-
So much of art is like this as well as so many non-art things, just like he said it's not what brush you use but HOW you use it. Same with when people ask artists "what brand of paint are you using" "what type of pencil/paper" etc.
I use an art app on my phone (ibis paint x free version) and don't use a stylus either. The trick is practice and experimentation. I don't have a specific art style yet because I am not done experimenting but for a long time I used the most simple of brushes and got a wonderful result. It really does depend on what your looking to show in your art. I watch ads to temporarily unlock brushes I like or want to experiment with and currently my favorite for coloring is the pen fade option because it's similar to your round brush. I don't think Ibis has pressure opacity options but even at full opacity the brush is still a little transparent on one stroke. I'm still experimenting with line art and don't have a fave brush for that yet (I've had ibis for YEARS and I'm still figuring it out so patience is key lol) but I hope this helps for people looking to create a similar style to Sam on Ibis Paint x and without premium
Sam is a very good artist he controls every brush at his will. I recommend beginners to get accustomed with the default brushes first, Hard round and soft round especially, if you can bend these brushes at your will other brushes becomes very easy Note: Sam mostly uses Photoshop and wacom because these two things are accustomed very well, photoshop and wacom gives you a prominent line quality, strokes and blending that Sam seeks, even though Sam will sometimes paint in procreate but his near and dear will be photoshop
I just put earphones in close my eyes and listen to his voice. BOY YOUR VOICE IS SO FCKING RELAXING AND PERFECT AHHH when this alarm cam I got a heart attack tho
I've been trying with ibispaint for two years and for some reasons I can't use it on tablet. So I'm using photoshop rn and it's exhausting not knowing which brush to use. You just saved me Sam. Didn't know round brush is such a perfection.
FZD Brush is just a Soft Round Brush then put the size to 1-3% and you have a good organic/architectural brush for linework. It just always boils down to techniques and fundamentals.
I mean I mostly use hard round, airbrush and watercolour brush in Clip Studio with acceptable results, but I occasionally wish to get a bit more bite or texture without having to manually create it or fight against hard round's tendency to leave artificial circular marks that you might want to obscure. Haven't found many good all round brushes so I stick with the above, but there's nothing wrong with wondering what exists beyond that i think. :/
well, i like my toothbrush and hairbrush. i use them daily. next on my list is probably my paintbrush, that one is cool too. i do digital art a lot which is more of a stylus than a brush
I usually just sketch on paper I'm old fashion. I use rOtring products I love their pens and pencils. But I do go on my tablet every now and then, when I do I literally use the exact same brushes.
