Randall Mackey

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@CripleMusic 19 күн бұрын

Hey man , hope you and your family are well, and i know this is unrelated to your channel but their is a channel uploading your old families reactions videos with new trailers on the top of them, thier channel is called "Unlimited Reactios" just thought id let u know man👍

@HonneyBunn13 Ай бұрын

What do u do for work

@felishiarae332 Ай бұрын

I am that person who did shadows with multiply! And I’m here looking for a better way and I so appreciate what you share here, this is so great!

@jonas-by5uc 3 ай бұрын

ok this is an absolutely amazing idea !! A few years ago I had a class about the poet Arthur Rimbaud, and in one of his letters he wrote something that really stuck with me : "Poetry is the capacity of seeing the extraordinary in the mundane" ( i'm probably butchering it but you get the gist) And he took the idea of seeing a sunflower in the shape of a mosque. And this is basically the same thing but translated to drawing and design and yeah, i just think it's really beautifull and poetic and such a good idea ! So yeah thanks a lot, i'll make sure to try this !

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

It's such a cool thing! I saw this in a Scott Robertson video years ago, and it blew my mind! And you put it so elegantly!

@jonas-by5uc 3 ай бұрын

thanks again for an other amazing video ! It's quite incredible that such good advices are not more widespread. The idea of just working for the things i'm pationate about is pretty much the only reason i can manage to keep studying. The idea of maybe creating someone's favourite videogame is worth it, the idea of writing someone's favourite poem is worth it

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

If you gamble of yourself, you can't lose. And you will probably find someone else to be all in on whatever it is you make. And if you can find one, then there is likely more...!

@nolanxart 3 ай бұрын

Seems like you're tapped into some fundamental wisdom. Thanks for another awesome video! 🔥

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

I just think we should take our own power back, because it outpowers anything they can come up with! Thank you for checking it out!!

@nolanxart 3 ай бұрын

@@RandallMackey Couldn't agree more. 🙏

@Ghostlicht 3 ай бұрын

Huge fan of this video! Years ago, I remember some artists talking about how devs should adapt to different tools and how digital artists should learn 3D, in order to raise their chances of being hired. I think this was great advice, back then! Given the industry's current state of affairs, I now believe that same group of people will adapt once more, by learning how to become project leaders. In fact, this is already happening, as year after year we see more and more successful projects produced by 1-3 people. It's definitely a much more challenging step, but I believe that it is the way and how the industry will heal. On the topic of dedicating ourselves to our own project, I absolutely agree on that too. I've never been in the industry, so for what it's worth, it's just my opinion. Yet throughout the years, I've learned to separate the product from the producer. When I was a teenager, any job position at Blizzard would've been the ultimate dream, whereas these days not so much. To be fair, I can see myself settling at some point in a smaller studio with its own niche project, as opposed to a big IP. I know what I like to do and what I'd like to build, whether it will open more windows of opportunity in the industry, I can't say. Still, I know that'd be the most healthy way to approach the path to art success right now.

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

This means everything to hear. A Wizard being true to their magic, and not so ready to sell it, if it was even an option! And I do believe this is the new "Learn 3D" advice! That's a great comparison! You should totally slip into our Discord. We are all about actually doing this! And it's open to everyone, along with access to learning and tools! Thank you again!

@nolanxart 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate how deep you go here while making it simple and easy to comprehend. 🔥

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! That means a lot more than you know!

@jonas-by5uc 3 ай бұрын

this is so funny because i'm learning web design in school, and i litteraly had classes that explained something really similar than your video but to design websites, like break down the website in smaller approchable components with a well defined purpose and things like that, and i realized that yeah, it's really usefull to design websites lol ! But i never thought to apply this to any of my creative processes xD makes me wonder about all the other things i've learned and that might be helpfull to develolp my creativity and help me be a better artist/creative ! Thanks a lot for the eye opening video ! thanks a lot for your work !

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

Of course! Thank you for checking it out! This has been massively helpful to my level up, so I wanted to pass it on! I am glad you found it useful!

@jdhdragon12 3 ай бұрын

Wands up!

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

YESSIR!!!

@NowServingPlastic 3 ай бұрын

Hey Randall! Just finished this amazing video, sorry it took me so long to cut out some time to watch it. Super happy that I met you that day in Denver and was able to connect with you. Thanks again for the moth creature pin!

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It was such a pleasure to meet you as well! Thank you for taking the time!

@RyanZeroCorrigan 3 ай бұрын

Hey! I know that guy! Beautiful poem!

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

So good!

@codyTheArtist 3 ай бұрын

You are very welcome! Thanks for inspiring me!

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for being the Wizard that you are!

@jonas-by5uc 3 ай бұрын

always so happy to see new videos ! thanks a lot !

@RandallMackey 3 ай бұрын

Of course! Thank you! Loads more coming!

@jonas-by5uc 4 ай бұрын

this is by far one of the best videos/channel/advices i've found on youtube. Thanks to you i've started drawing again and focusing on just having fun, not caring about what drawing could bring me and not worrying about failing ... and i've never drawn so much ! Mind you i'm not good nor are my drawings but i keep going back to my sketchbook and my black pen (on your recommedation lol) no matter what. To be honest, I've been fighting a pretty serious depression for some time (i'm medicated and followed don't worry) and it's been a very, very long time that i've felt something that truely helped me liked that. So i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart, from one wizard to another.

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

This is by far the kindest and most wonderful feedback I have ever received on any video ever. Thank you so much, and I am so glad it meant something to you. Please know you always have a place with us over on the discord. We have a community of people just like us, aspiring wizards with quirks and things, determined to fizzle spells until we cast a banger, and another...and so on, with the mission of shining light the whole way. I was new to discord myself, and a bit intimidated, but it's actually not very intimidating, and what we can do there is wonderful, with the most wonderful part being a family like us. It's free, not for profit, and all about this! Either way, I am so happy to hear this! I have a ton more coming, most it actual usable hard skills...but wanted to why to be here first! Thank you again. This is motivation of the highest order, and a fulfilment of my own promise...that the light you shine shines back onto you. That moves me to tears of gratitude. Peace to you, Fellow Wizard!

@jonas-by5uc 3 ай бұрын

@@RandallMackey Well I thought that your might like to know that your videos at least helped one person lol ^_^ And I joined the discord a few days ago (i'm Cirano over there) but i'm not really used to using discord on big servers so i might be a bit shy lol. Thanks again a lot for your amazing videos, i can't wait to see what comes next !

@obelisk398 4 ай бұрын

i like that brooch

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I designed it!😊

@leahparadox 4 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! Thank you! I am starting to get into color work. This is very helpful. Also, really dig your style!

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

Of course! It's why we are here! I am so glad it's useful! Keep casting those spells! And thank you so much! ☺️

@DigitalArtcast 4 ай бұрын

Great video Randall, do you feel like ProCreate is getting to a stage it will replace Photoshop entirely?

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

For some things, yes. For some things no. PS is still way more robust, required for prints, and I like it still for icons and small stuff, because you can set the actual pixel diameter of a brush. That said. I use Procreate almost exclusively now. All the actual drawing, painting, and artwork can be completed easier, smoother, and faster in Procreate. An iPad can't be touched for its value in power and portability. Moderate gains in power from something like a MSP or laptop running PS sacrifice mobility, and are just not as smooth and consistent as this set up! Hope that helps!!

@jonas-by5uc 4 ай бұрын

i'm what you might call an "eternal beginner" when it comes to drawing and this might be one of the best videos about the subject i've seen

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

Well thank you so much! This means everything. And I love the way you put that! "Eternal Beginner". I think we should all hold on to a bit of that!

@meghanndoyle7925 4 ай бұрын

I saw the full video yesterday. Simply put, awesome. For years I've had this specific series of ideas that I couldn't pull together. For the first time the project has momentum, and is finding a focus. I've made more progress in the last day than in the history of the project. Truly, thank you!

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

This is so amazing to hear! I always caution against over planning and under executing, but sometimes a framework is necessary to get a big thing off the ground! Feel free to join us on discord as well, lots of wizards already there, working on their things, and willing to help/feedback, or just cheer! I am so glad this was helpful to you, and I can't wait to see what you craft!

@Mr.Nimster 4 ай бұрын

How do you shade without coloring over the outlines? Do I duplicate the outline layer and put it over the shading layer or is there a better way? Thanks in advance.

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

I keep my line one layer, and my color on a layer underneath of it. I am painting in all the shading on the color layer. It's an advanced coloring book when you work this way. I do all the line work first. Do a solid fill layer underneath within the lines, then ALPHA LOCK that layer for the remainder of the coloring and rendering. I will typically apply the fancy layers (hardlight/overlay) over both the line layer and the color layer, which I DUPLICATE first, then merge, then CLIPPING MASK those layers over the painted layer. I hope this clarifies! Feel free to ask away, it's why I am here!

@leo_mars 4 ай бұрын

@@RandallMackey Thanks for the process.

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

@@leo_mars of course! I am planning a video covering my process more in depth soon!

@RicardoZambrana 4 ай бұрын

@@RandallMackey Dude, you just saved my life. No one has ever explained the process as straightforward and as clearly as this humble comment. My deepest gratitude!

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

@@RicardoZambrana this is why we are here! Feel free to join the discord, it's all about leveling up, not me flexing!

@katealbi7943 4 ай бұрын

True. Same principle in my mind is less of taking the play seriously and more of making the production playful, especially when I want to make games or tell stories 🥰

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

I love this! because, yes, I love tackling big projects, and in fact am undertaking my largest yet, and that of course requires planning, production, and goals/milestones...but it is so much easier, and a better product, when play is built into your system!

@katealbi7943 4 ай бұрын

@@RandallMackey Exactly, we can actually tell when a game is a product of this kind of mindset, because it passes the vibes to the players as well.

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

@@katealbi7943exactly!!

@nolanxart 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. Time to bust out the pen!

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

YES! This is what I love to hear! Get that level up!!

@viggostar 4 ай бұрын

😂

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

lol. facts

@icarus._ 4 ай бұрын

i am by no means a beginner artist, but i have been really stuck the last month. i didn't create anything the entirety of july and the first five minutes of this video just motivated me to open my sketchbook! thank you!

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

YES! I love to hear this!

@salasart 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting Ideas!

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope it was helpful!

@David3DAnimations 4 ай бұрын

very like this idea 😍

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

It will make your creativity so much more!

@mythfits 4 ай бұрын

This was an extraordinary treat! Thank you for loving this mysterious pattern and sharing your vision with us.

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! This means the world to hear!

@mythfits 4 ай бұрын

@@RandallMackey absolutely... you achieve the adventure you describe in the telling of it... and I deeply appreciate that you are doing what you love, seemingly without expectations. It feels like a very honest offering to your fellow creatives- a genuine wellspring of wonder and joy. I just shared it with a friend who writes fiction and builds worlds.

@iammraat3059 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

You are most welcome. Thank you for checking it out, and I hope it is useful! I did end up putting up some visual aid resources and cheat sheets up on the Discord!

@darro00 4 ай бұрын

A maker and pen demonstration + a lightsaber sketch! Almost to much awesomeness for one video 😂.

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

Haha! Thank you so much!

@Tahasikeri 4 ай бұрын

Very helpful

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

I am so glad to hear this!

@FlowersOfIcetor 5 ай бұрын

Your art reminds me a LOT of that Search for Wondla book series! I never got my hands on the books, but I came across the Find The Difference games online and I remember being *entranced* by the art and worldbuilding. I hold that game as a stellar example of worldbuilding, being able to communicate a setting and a story with only a series of slightly different images and a handful of words. I'm gonna keep an eye on this project for sure!

@RandallMackey 4 ай бұрын

This is super flattering! Tony Diterlizzi is one of my top 5 favorite artists!

@gabrielebena98 5 ай бұрын

Woo it's seem so interestig! I defenetly wanna join!

@RandallMackey 5 ай бұрын

Stick around here and join us on Discord!

@ugtyujuser-yb4eu9jx6v 5 ай бұрын

❤

@emmamarx9284 5 ай бұрын

Awesome advice! I’ve always done iterations but I always go for a higher level of detail right away. I’m gonna try your method, seems far more efficient

@RandallMackey 5 ай бұрын

This is the way! I find it so much more helpful and efficient. It is easy to shortcut to a final design, and for some things probably okay, but in general I find the more exploration I do, the easier it is to find a final that I am happy with!