10 DIGITAL ART Mistakes 💀

[@aaronrutten]

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[@jayplayz4229]

*when you forget to do layers and have done your sketch on the same later as your lineart*

[@shanethefox]

Easiest fix for me is to get in the habit of lowering the opacity of the sketch layer just a tad. That way when you're doing your lineart, if your lineart looks transparent you immediately know you're on the wrong layer :)

[@sanuku535]

auć

[@darkfun2481]

*when you forgot you're drawing on the wrong layer*

[@Orchidlettux]

That's me when I was still learning art 😂

[@junequinn1939]

Magic eraser tool helps if the sketch is a different color

[@lowoxurious]

"Don't save your art as a JPEG" My teacher: Remember to save your art as a JPEG!

[@zoux-vtuber3785]

We must fire that teacher Jk

[@thearcanestar]

JPEGs are awful

[@Nicooriia]

I HATE when people ask for a JPEG of the job im doing for them. Sometimes, apparently, the software they need it for only accepts jpeg, or png is too heavy, so I make multiple copies in PNG, then many copies in jpeg trying to safe as much of the work's resolution as possible. I cry each time something is saved in jpeg.

[@pauldanoluvr4206]

Hey we have similar profile pics owo

[@thearcanestar]

@@pauldanoluvr4206 not me I have a servine as pfp

[@bomg1188]

Is everyone just going to ignore how terrifying the picture of the robot was?

[@paramnesiiia]

@Moto-g boi ur wrong

[@mom0367]

@Moto Man wut

[@statchue]

Meh,still better than my art.

[@black_horse_lover2655]

I like it.

[@cacklegag3284]

I thought it was awesome

[@masterofgaburincho]

My digital art is already a mistake.

[@tiffanychan5737]

mood

[@Varies16]

Don't say that

[@bonkeito]

MasterofGaburincho r/relatable

[@DogeisCut]

Thats deep bruuh

[@sanuku535]

my life is a mistake too.

[@tigerprincevincey]

I'm so glad this isn't like all the other "Digital art mistake" videos that are floating around. This one was actually helpful and didn't shame on a person's style of art by calling it "bad" and "unprofessional/childish." I've seen far too many videos where the creator says "ALWAYS color inside your lines. If you don't it will look like a child's drawing" but some peoples' art style is a lot like how clip art in Microsoft Office is; lines, and vague coloring in. That doesn't make it less of an art piece than a digital painting, imo. Art is art, and everyone has a different style. This was extremely helpful, especially the part about destructive editing!

[@blumen1126]

Ninten-doing! I'm a beginner too and I'm into digital art. You don't really need very expensive materials for working on digital art in a good way. So you don't need to buy the best tablet and a computer. What I use for digital art is an app which I installed in my phone called Ibis Paint X, but if you don't want that app, I suggest you Mediabang and a digital pencil ((the pencil is optional)). That's enough for doing amazing art, I hope I helped you! ^^

[@blumen1126]

P.d: if you ask for traditional art, only paper, two pencils (example: HB and 2H) and an eraser for sometimes do brights. I don't suggest to a beginner to start with markers or color pencils since colors are very difficult and in traditional you can't go back. But with the pencils, you can always erase and start again, and you don't have to get worries about colors :3

[@blumen1126]

Ninten-doing! Yep, but it doesn't matter if it's small, you can really draw. But if you don't want a mobile phone, get a tablet you have in home and install the apps ;)

[@jadefrenance6373]

your right i mean if they say hentai is art it is art hahahaha

[@rameshgorai3144]

I agree

[@jajajahahaha5309]

Him: Look at this apple *shows a really realistic apple* Him: iTs rEallY fL4t Laughs in stickman

[@kirito-kun4178]

XD

[@RAiNiNg-]

Glad to know I’m not the only one xD

[@bunskero]

So ya just don't know how to draw?

[@ameliasoldierpng]

@@bunskero it was a joke

[@jeefberky9101]

Kind of a buzzfeed-y title, but still a very helpful video Unlike buzzfeed

[@AP-xe4qj]

So true 😂 buzzfeed never helps.But the title is kind of like a buzzfeed video tiltle 😂.

[@LincMinecrafter]

Spencer Genovese OHHHHHHHH!!!

[@seineevee]

The shade 😂 😂

[@jinwu7788]

Number5 will shock you 🤔🤔

[@ArtisticallySpoken]

What do you mean buzzfeed isn't helpful!? You mean you don't find it helpful to cut your bagel in an arbitrary, messy fashion? Or see a guy try vegetables for the first time and act like a brat over it?

[@cokeandcheese.6617]

"layers are ur friend." but sometimes they just like to ruthlessly betray you.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Dang, I've been doing art forever and I still sometimes make these mistakes.

[@Alex-ve6ey]

Micah Buzan your stuff barely counts as "art" dont kid yourself

[@FRTKU]

@@Alex-ve6ey have you look at his channel

[@polin1710]

@@Alex-ve6ey his art is amazing so stop hating on him.

[@surrealbogs_]

Alex L .......are you serious right now??like have you even viewed it you may not like the stile but it is art and better then me !

[@noctlosis]

666 likes owo

[@leafamphii.]

7. Not saving often enough Jokes on you, my art program autosaves

[@leafamphii.]

well autodesk sketchbook and I’m on mobile if my device crashes and I reopen it my progress is still there

[@BenFrankarts]

Procreate too. Also Affinity.

[@bbangdesal]

zoe kas medibang and ibis paint bought have auto save too

[@hellvaliant]

@@Zoe-ge9oo krita also autosaves

[@calvinwithouthobbes]

Jokes on YOU my prgramm crashes when it autosaves.

[@syniee]

I never knew how much saving my art as a jpeg data could ruin it. Welp thanks for enlightening me!

[@igorthelight]

More techical advices for you: * Save as PNG if you need only one layer (with transparansy). * Save as TIFF of PSD if you need more than one layer (with transparansy).

[@No-mn9pd]

Although the saturation loss is extremely exaggerated in this video.

[@jolumaya4557]

Mistake No.11 Drawing on the wrong layer. DX

[@sylpes]

I hate when i draw on the wrong layer and find out when i accidantly ruin a drawing ive been working on for days

[@MV.]

iii_greentea same but months for me : (

[@RockyRandall]

Just recently started, and yep. All the time!

[@Ryusuta]

This is a BRILLIANT guide for beginners. Every single lesson here is one that I had to learn the hard way via trial and error, so having this as a reference for new artists is super useful!

[@aaronrutten]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@sugaryskittless6731]

I’ve been doing art for many years but I still make these mistakes tho -_-

[@raddrew42]

"keep your tablet parallel to your screen" *laughs in screen tablet*

[@pyrougj]

Cries in Ipad Air

[@mothsilkz]

* cries in phone *

[@notsocrazytank707]

*wrathfully shrieks in screenless wacom*

[@xshii_0033]

*cries in mouse*

[@williamwasp7951]

cries in poor

[@celestemccormick4901]

WHAT!? Ok, I stopped it barely 2 mins in because the hue pointer changed my life and I needed to say something! Since I have barely even started with digital media, I think you saved me a lot of heartache. My other favorite pointer was changing resolution. I cried a little for your stick man because, using Photoshop through the years, I've had to learn those destructive issues the hard way. THANK YOU AARON! :)

[@sparkyrave]

I hate that moment when your drawing something that’s not supposed to be on this other layer you have but you accidentally draw on that other layer T^T

[@corvidGarden]

Or having finished all the shading and going to change the blend mode...only to find out that it's on the same layer as the coloring :,)

[@WinterCrafter]

Who the f doesn't use layers.. lol

[@WinterCrafter]

Thanks for the heart dude :D

[@rambo3rd471]

Drawing on one layer isn't that big of a deal. In fact, it might be better in some situations.

[@rambo3rd471]

It's quite common for artist to get caught up in many layers. The biggest problem is it can waste a lot of valuable time. I know many digital artists who work with hundreds of layers. Now if you make a couple of mistakes on a few of them, just having to search through all of those layers to find the mistakes and correct them waste a lot of time. Marc Brunet (creator of cubebrush) frequently uses only 1 layer and he doesn't have any problems doing it. It's all about your workflow and what you find best to work with.

[@rambo3rd471]

Plus it just simplifies your art in general. The more layers, the more complicated your project is to work with. There's nothing wrong with using multiple layers, nor is there anything wrong with using one layer. It's all about what you are doing and what works best.

[@jesslynbrigitta5859]

Me

[@kaiidk7360]

*does sketch* *does line art* *deletes wrong layer* *does line art again* *deletes wrong layer* *Dies*

[@fandomenthusiast6441]

ctrl z

[@вик-ж1ъ]

Undo button

[@Potato-if7hh]

*laughs in undo button*

[@ashuri2900]

*does ctrl z but didn't work*

[@Ocer.]

CTRL + Z???

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

*when you can’t find that mark on your drawing because of all the layers you have-*

[@Ofejiro.]

Haha,that just happened to me today

[@julia-jv9gp]

I hate when that happens lol

[@akina4575]

Yeah I hate that too, like I have to press that eye thing of each and every layer and do it 10 times and then I notice in which layer the mistake is and all of my arts have like 50 layers

[@normalliz156]

So true XD I have to hide and unhide all the layers until I find it

[@bokutosvolleyball3091]

I have like 80 layers most of the time lol

[@iszotic]

Mistake #2 is due to subsurface scattering in soft surfaces like hair, skin, pulp, wood, etc, pretty hard surfaces don't have this hue shifting property, like metal.

[@Miniaturegeek]

I always like to watch different videos that have tips for beginners. Because while I'm not completely new to this process there is almost always one new thing in each video. The changing the hue for shading was very helpful thank you so much.

[@placto9512]

Artists never stop improving. That's why i watch these videos, even though im confident in my drawing.

[@ghenesapaulma1963]

"Use layers." Bob Ross incarnates in the digital-art world: Hold my beer.

[@tofidu]

Hee hee yeah

[@cloudy_chaos]

Correction: Hold my paintbrush

[@Nevara_]

Rob Boss.

[@morgan9348]

Bob Rob

[@jayamarillo1554]

@@morgan9348 Sorr Bob

[@crystaliteotaku4377]

i save my files as a jpeg... *im sorry i was born*

[@awkwardartistplays3139]

XD

[@possessedloneliness1253]

Xd I save mine in PNG thou •~•

[@indigoxalis]

Thats fine lol Most of the images on the internet are jpeg. You should save to png only if the art is large, detailed, has a transparent background, or if you plan to sell/print it. Jpegs are good though-- the quality loss and saturation issues in this video are pretty extreme. Png take up more space, so I would save any art that is cell shaded, less detailed, or that you plan to post on places like Instagram or Amino as jpeg.

[@phaneserichthoneus8895]

Actually, PNG works very well for low-detail art, too, such as the flowers in the end of the video or something with lots of solid colors and smooth gradients. A PNG from that kind of art would be tiny in size and much smaller than a JPEG with zero quality loss. And JPEG doesn't play nicely with solid colors, especially red. Facebook could take a lesson from this and use PNG for a lot of the artwork people upload. Not only would the art be perfectly pristine, it would take up less storage space on their drives. But Facebook doesn't seem to have learned that yet, so they're abusing their own servers and bandwidth by forcing all images to the JPEG format. Speaking of JPEG, it's too bad JPEG2000 never caught on. My old Paint Shop Pro 8.10 (released October 2003) can save as JPEG2000, and while there's still some loss to detail and quality, it's not as blocky as the JPEG format that still seems to be the most-used format on the web.

[@danilopez8349]

Same

[@miss_fandom7707]

1st mistake: incorrect use of tablet Me: *laughs in poor* (I'm just using Ibis paint x and an Android phone and my fingies xD)

[@pinkdonutguts8579]

Same

[@retrotek0409]

Some fabulous art can be done with Ibis & Android. My daughter used that for 2 years. She learned a lot about layers & shading & more. After seeing how she improved so much, I saved up to get her a 2in1 laptop for Christmas. The art tablet will come later. For now, she is learning to use pc art programs. Your day will come. Keep practicing & saving your money. Every birthday & Christmas request money toward a pc & drawing tablet. Good luck.

[@salmaeldyasty6036]

Saaame

[@surajrai655]

Meh too!

[@ninapatel8085]

Same I don't even put it on a desk

[@mr_cleavers_monsters]

Worth it for the adjusting hue when shading tip alone. Good work, sir!

[@mr_cleavers_monsters]

Hi fella. I use an 7 year old iMac so I'm probably not the best person to ask!

[@mr_cleavers_monsters]

Sorry I couldn't help. The little advice I can give (which you probably know anyway) is to get a graphics tablet. I got a Wacom and, after the initial learning curve, it's brilliant!

[@mr_cleavers_monsters]

I got the large Intuos 4 a few years ago and it's great with Photoshop for digital painting. The trickiest thing about digital art is drawing curves. In real life you spin your paper so you can work with the natural rotation of your wrist. Obviously, you can't pick up and flip your Mac monitor, but the Intuos has a rotate setting to spin the image on the screen. If I remember rightly, there is some kind of rotate screen keyboard shortcut of Photoshop but it's always much more organic to do it with a dedicated controller.

[@gabrielvegan3524]

if your using Photoshop hold down r for the rotate shortcut

[@paulelpers1411]

"Let's call this 'dumb'". Best line of the video, and such a good, dry delivery.

[@ray-cedavis2961]

Some very good info about jpeg vs png saving formats, but the tip about resizing an object as a smart object to retain its form/data is absolutely BRILLIANT!!!

[@rasberrypiesoda3426]

?: The line shows up. Me: Ok. ?: Also don't add the details. The print won't show it. Me: But- ?: Accidental lines have special powers.

[@creepywaffles4783]

That’s what my band teacher says except a accidental in music.

[@Glade4]

I dont even draw but I make these mistakes?

[@dkjcb3993]

lmao

[@KasumiRINA]

Answer 2 years later: YES, and 2020 happened because of you too!

[@Rackune]

Do I look like I know what a "JPEG" is?! I just want a picture of a got'dang hotdog!

[@jane6547]

W H E E Z E

[@LincMinecrafter]

Rackune XD you want your dang hotdog

[@xBlaster]

Twitter in a nutshell

[@alumilynn]

@serendipity r/wooosh

[@lillism8534]

All I could think about when he was talking about JPEG images lmao

[@optimuscries9869]

THIS WAS SOOOO HELPFUL, THANK YOU!!! I really wish more channels would make more of an effort to edit, rec quality audio, and plan a script for what they're going to say. It becomes harder to find helpful videos when mediocre tutorials outweigh the good ones. I just had to say this because I've been searching for hours how to do one of the things in this vid.

[@aaronrutten]

That's nice to hear. I appreciate your kind feedback and I'm glad the video answered your question.

[@Gleamiarts]

Ninten-*DOING!* 1080p is best to start with

[@obbyalana6534]

6:15 Unless if your drawing program automatically saves even though the device crashes 😂 -coughcoughIbisPaintXcough-

[@ghostsarechill8595]

Yesss

[@riopuff]

Try Medibang paint UwU

[@wahuigi7443]

Bluebell Frost medibang does it also

[@ST4RFRAGMENT]

Yep

[@Chaosity_the_artist]

I use ibisPaint X uwu

[@squintygreeneyes]

i’m right handed and my wacom tablet is always slightly to the right. it does not affect my hand/eye coordination at all. right in front would be weird, thats like saying my mouse has to be right in front which would also be weird

[@pansyxlily4887]

IEatModels Same! My tablet is small, that makes it easy to hover over even if it's beside my keyboard. It's easier for me too

[@PanRokador]

Exacly the same. My tablet lies exacly where my mouse was suppoed to be and I'm prefectly comfortable with it. It's all about preferences tho.

[@cheezball3327]

There is another, better worded comment on this topic but to summarize, "tilting my tablet is fine" isn't really a valid excuse because having your tablet not parallel with your screen just encourages bad habits. Its less intuative.

[@animatedawesome5550]

@@cheezball3327 what if it works better for you?

[@cheezball3327]

@@animatedawesome5550 then learn to do it the right way until the right way works better for you. This is a matter of technique, not preference. The only person you're holding back is yourself. Then again, maybe the difference isn't that great. You'll never know if you dont try.

[@genericname6444]

This is like one of the best, least judgemental art mistakes video. Props to you for creating a damn a useful video

[@Donfrejo]

Woah I’ve always done JPEG will do PNG from now on

[@caninotinsertmyname7961]

Same omg hahaha

[@jona7164]

Before I still had a grafic tablett, I heard in a Gimp Tutoril Video, that JPEG have lower quality than PNG, so I always used PNG... ImA half year before I made a playlist cover for my Spotify Playlist, I saved it as PNG like normal opend Spotify and I wasn't able to import it. After a half hour I checked it only can import JPEG...

[@giulliadellasara1887]

Me too! I didn't know it could be so destructive!

[@cleof1503]

Shift your hue... mind blown. Thank you. Update : Smart object ... i use this in photo editing all the time .. i would never have thought to use it for this!!!!

[@neshiah4747]

Point of note: when shading a shadow with a red hue red is universally understood to be WARM-using green would have been correctly described as “cooler”.

[@aaronrutten]

+Neil Macleay It's relative. Red is cooler than the selected color. It wouldn't have made sense to add green or blue to that drawing.

[@mikabreto]

If working with the hue wheel it means that a hue slightly to the right of the original hue is warmer, and one to the left is cooler, allowing compensation for the lower half of the circle (if you don’t, then it looks like the directions reverse.)

[@mjsimunovich013]

Thank you Aaron. In all honesty there are some artists who forget these things and I'm one of those who has forgotten these things at times.

[@prejudicedpizza2764]

Thanks a lot for making this video. I'm studying Graphic Design and I'm hoping to do digital art and I was *not* taught some of those things in class, even when working in Photoshop.

[@SuperPoser573]

Really? That's the 1st thing my school taught us was "Constantly save your work"", and "work in layers".

[@davidloudermilk8177]

@@SuperPoser573 but what about changing the hue when shading and highlighting? I wish I was taught that earlier (from school or finding this video a few years ago when it came out)

[@dawn6597]

You have no idea how helpful your videos are. I'm planning to get a drawing tablet but I wanted to know everything about them and how to use them first. You helped me so much with that. Thank you.

[@dawn6597]

Aww. You noticing my comment makes me feel really happy inside. You're the best artist advisor I know. Keep up the great work!!

[@aaronrutten]

Thanks, Lauren!

[@marcipotts7397]

Great information and very helpful to me especially the part about saving as a jpeg vs png, thanks so much Aaron!

[@aaronrutten]

You're welcome, Marci!

[@igorthelight]

Call your project folder like "My Project (no JPG please)". It will help you to remember not save as JPG.

[@teilamckendry5729]

Thank you so much for that shading thing. Finding anything on the internet talking about shading without being overly complicated and confusing is impossible and it's such a relief to have such a concise, useful explanation. Would you believe out of every video I've seen I never knew to change the actual color? 😂

[@aaronrutten]

Admit it. Were you guilty of any of these? If so, you should subscribe to my art channel for free #DigitalArtSmart tutorials: kzbin.info

[@TheGreatWolfYT]

Aaron Rutten when I firstly got into digital art I saved my first drawing as JPG beacause somebody told me it's better that way, but since I'm a perfectionist I kept zooming in on the saved file and I kept seeing those blocky patterns. 'I didn't do these' I thought and I chosen PNG since then and didn't care about that person's advice anymore. I'm happy that I found, at last, some material that supports my choice, thank you!

[@Sketchblopp]

Partly guilty on the JPG thing, because PNG doesn't work with pictures in CMYK. Luckily many printing shops just use the original psd nowadays or do their own magic on RGB-files, so there is only little loss when printing. (If it is not for printing, I use PNG of course. :) )

[@alexmehler6765]

always save your file as krita , psd or whatever .. and export with jpg 95% quality for web , make it smaller than the resolution you painted in , if you analyse really high quality anime in still frames you can still see the brush strokes of the artists or 3d objects shining through here and there .. the becomes more evident the higher the resolution , little blur or downsampling goes a long way

[@lorr8221]

For no.10 so I don't make that mistake, is let's say layer 2 in front or behind layer 1?

[@-shift-8076]

Aaron Rutten I

[@verycoolguy3457]

I’ve done 100+ full drawings on my computer and I saved them all as jpeg... kill me now.

[@IAmScottD]

Aaron, Nice piece. As an amateur artist wannabe, this was very valuable to me. I really am grateful that you share your expertise. Best, _Scott

[@aaronrutten]

Glad you enjoyed the video, Scott!

[@rudizine5488]

I know about the difference between JPEG and PNG but i never thought i could use it so save my artwork. Thank you for the advice!

[@chrysophylax7199]

Take a shot for every mistake u makin

[@victorcutiaguilar9738]

You want me to alcohol poison myself?

[@Gamma_Radiation]

I'm drunk

[@hirokatsuvictor8755]

Luckily I didn't made those mistakes, I just self taught myself

[@kourtney1896]

IIMMA DrUNk! wooOOOOHOOoOOOOO

[@sunshi4929]

ded

[@LOGOASSASSIN]

Thanks for being so clear, methodical and pedantic, lots of very important points and not just what tools do. AND not mute:)

[@kittenanime8249]

I can't write or draw when a piece of paper or tablet is straight in front of me, i always have to move it slightly. :(

[@Lvci123]

Same! My tablet always has to be a couple of cm next to my right half otherwise I can't draw properly! :D

[@lairfite]

I got my laptop right in front of me and the tablet straight to the side of it, works totally fine I don't thing that's such a big deal, If I draw or write with the paper or whatever in-front of me my wrists like locks themselves. Everyone have different ways of working and for some of them the "mistake" can be useful...

[@canned_can_chan4590]

i place mine like how people place their mouse

[@HaruTheGyaru]

Kitten Anime Move your screen as well! that way it it all be at an angle to your body but still parallel to each other.

[@lucaskaraniauskaspaz5256]

that depends on the people . i use a wacom draw since its small i have it to the side and my left hand on the laptop keyboard for all the hot keys

[@RudyAyoub]

I just saw u comment on a roberto blake poll haha!

[@creaky_swings]

number 9 changed my life what the heck

[@beazt6112]

I'm starting to get into Digital Drawing so I'm really sure to be aware of these mistakes

[@zJericho101z]

I cant draw straight on to save my life allways have my page at an angle.

[@HaruTheGyaru]

Opt1mystyq Move your screen as well! That way it it all be at an angle to your body but still parallel to each other.

[@HaruTheGyaru]

Opt1mystyq EDIT: I actually found out there's a position wheel tool that moves the "paper" on the screen so you don't have to move your tablet or hand position. LIFE SAVER. Also, I always turn up the "smoothing" with the inking pen to make lines smoother. Don't know what I would do without these two things lol

[@LemonMoon]

Then use it more. Just use it for everything, barring video games (unless you really want a challenge), so that you can get used to the feeling of the tablet.

[@FreeSpokenOne]

I've made my share of these mistakes when starting out and others later on. One thing is for sure, making a mistake and spending hours correcting something or starting over is a fast teacher! I'm glad you refreshed my memory on resolution and destructive editing. Very easy to forget important factors in making clean quality artwork. Nice tutorial as always Aaron!

[@yumiro0102]

A lot of people here say they still keep their tablet sideways and "can't" use it parallel to their monitor. It's a learning thing, it won't feel right at first but you just have to get used to it. "It works fine sideways" no, it doesn't. If you get used to keeping it parallel to your monitor, then try to go back to your previous ways, you'll notice why. I learnt drawing digitally, and when I first started out I always kept the tablet very tilted. But with time, I slowly started moving my monitor more and more to be closer aligned with my tablet. And every time I reset my monitor to its original position but kept the tablet where I had it, it was extremely difficult to draw even the simplest line. You can't really pinpoint where you are on the screen when your tablet is not aligned with it. Nowadays I use a Cintiq 13HD, so I draw on the tablet's monitor directly. But out of habit, I still keep it aligned with my computer's monitor. At school, we have Intuos, and the majority in my class are using a tablet for the first time and everyone's keeping their tablets unaligned with their monitor. And I see my old habits in all of them - the constant frustrating Ctrl+Z spam trying to get ONE line in the right position? The difficulty colouring within the lineart or erasing outside it without crossing to the other side? Get used to keeping your tablet and monitor parallel and you'll notice how these struggles lessens immensely. Edit: Another things to add - You can't compare a paper to a tablet, unless your tablet is a display one like mine. A paper has the drawing right where you hold your pen. A tablet doesn't - the drawing is on your screen, not where your pen is. You're supposed to write with your paper slightly tilted, this isn't a paper. And if you really can't draw on a tablet without tilting it, then move your monitor so it's still aligned with your tablet. What's important isn't whether you draw tilted or not, the point is that your tablet has to be parallel with your MONITOR, where yours EYES are. But we could also mention health issues in not sitting properly while drawing with a tilted tablet. Your back, neck and especially your arm and wrist will suffer immensly from sitting incorrectly while drawing digitally. Remember to draw with your WHOLE arm, and not just your wrist. The secret behind straight lines? Speed? Precision? A stable hand? No. Moving your entire arm.

[@aaronrutten]

So well said!

[@yumiro0102]

Aaron Rutten Thanks! At least these people have someone telling them what they do wrong, some of us had to realise it all on our own, haha.

[@D2Kprime]

Something isn't "wrong" simply because YOU don't do it that way. I can draw with my tablet in any position. It doesn't have to be in one spot or another. Comfort-level is relative, not static. I'm right handed but I can "learn" to right with my left. Doesn't mean I'm _supposed_ to do it that way. Not only that, but the sensor-area on the tablet is mapped into the screen so regardless on what position you are holding the tablet it's going to mimic what you do on the pad. Whenever I give tips to people on anything I do I always caution them that this is how "I" choose to do it. There isn't a right or wrong way inherently. There are _do's_ and _don'ts_ in art but you have to explain *why.* For instance, if someone is aspiring to work for a major studio I would say that I RECOMMEND doing x,y,z to increase your chances for hire. If someone is look to sell their artwork at trade shows, anime and comic-cons I would say I RECOMMEND doing these things to stand out from the rest. I NEVER tell someone *not* to do something that I wouldn't. Art is an expression on that person. You might want to retool that part of your tutorial.

[@user-nz3ek2mm7j]

You do realize that just because you find something easier doesn't mean it's the same for everyone else right? It works best for you but other people have different experiences and preferences.

[@inkletsplat9380]

Personally, I use a surface pro, so my screen is my surface. But I digress I did begin my art adventures using a tablet, and made this primary mistake, But I can agree once you get used to it it becomes natural,

[@nolleyramdeer5122]

Hey, man. I would like to say that you have posted high-quality videos. Thanks a bunch!

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

In number 2, I actually preferred the "wrong" one.

[@amritacoin9210]

Honestly its been only a year since I first watched this video, but only now do I understand just how much this actually helped. Thanks so much.

[@ZalyndEvola]

The circle looks real

[@griffinnguyen945]

Really helpful and can I just say that during this vid it started rainin and the combo of your voice and the pitterpatter and my tiredness put me right the hell to sleep

[@arifridwanabriyanto9286]

I like it so much when you duplicate the stickman, and call it dumb because you want to resterized it XD 9.20

[@kotafaolan8208]

Heya... Thanks for this! As an aspiring digital artist, I can't tell you how much videos like this is appreciated!

[@gmcwill]

“Don’t turn your tablet, make it parallel to your screen” *Me, with turned tablet* This is hard.. *sells that tablet and gets one you can directly draw on* 😂

[@TK-nl4lw]

YES YU ARE A TRUE LAD WHI DRAWS WITH A SCREEN TABLET T^T

[@Psychologicallogix]

I’m a beginner to digital art so I decided to watch a bunch of these vids before I start! Thanks!

[@taimdala]

Also, my WACOM tablet is to the right of my laptop and partially under the lip of my laptop (I have my laptop on risers). I have no trouble aligning anything despite the 1.5 foot offset from the center of my screen. My arm is in a natural position relative to my shoulder and not squished to the center line of my torso (which would put too much strain on my shoulder and back). My elbow is bent at a natural angle and my wrist does not have to bend at an acute angle relative to the wrist. If I had my wrist centered on my tablet and my tablet was centered relative to my torso + screen, my wrist would be contantly cocked at an angle and I would very quickly strain everything. I am wondering if anyone else uses the same positioning I use?

[@taimdala]

I found that mapping my active area of my tablet properly to my screen does most of the work for me in terms of cursor placement. I have my tablet set to have all four corners match the four corners of my screen. Cursor postion on screen matches 1:1 the pen position on the tablet. Hand-eye coordination does the rest of the heavy lifting and I don't need to center my torso+tablet+screen for accuracy. When drawing with analog materials (pen and paper, etc.), I can position the paper and the pen at angles natural for my body and ergonomic needs. Those angles aren't the same as the ones used for my tablet, but I have no trouble switching between the two methods. Is this normal?

[@taimdala]

I haven't any recommendations for you, alas, because I do all my work on my laptop. My current laptop has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. I don't have a separate monitor. However, I can say that when I switched from my old laptop with a 1280 by 800 pixel screen, everything I made to those measurements got TINIER on my 1920 x 1080 screen. Both laptop screens were 15" screens but obviouslly, to fit 1920 x 1080 pixels in the same amount of space as my old laptop, the resolution turned out to be finer. I'm not an expert. I just know from personal experience that the text and menus in CS4 on my old laptop was easy to read. On my new laptop with the finer resolution, the text got TINY and now I have to use reading glasses to read the same thing. It's not just my eyes getting old. I had both laptops running the program simultaneously and I slapped a physical ruler on both screens to measure the text. YUP! the same text on the newer laptop was actually smaller because the resolution was finer. If you're looking for a monitor with good resolution, I would recommend a minimum of 1280 x 800 pixels. That's what my old laptop with a 15" diagonal screen has. It's likely that new laptops today will have a much higher resolution than 1280 x 800 pixels, so if you get 15" screen on your laptop, then chances are likely your resolution will be closer to 1920 x 1080 or even higher. The sales information/laptop specs should be able to tell you what the screen resolution is. I haven't shopped for a stand-alone monitor, but I expect the screen resolution will be described in the same way as any laptop would. I hope this helps, Ashutosh Bhosale! Good luck!

[@taimdala]

Ashutosh Bhosale I think the best thing to do is to shop monitors and compare them side by side. Read computer trade magazines and read product reviews. Try looking up monitor reviews on KZbin! ;) Marques Brownley is a really good reviewer of tech and computers. He has his own channel on KZbin. Give him a try. ^_^

[@taimdala]

Ashutosh Bhosale You're welcome!

[@Spamkromite]

Mistake 2 made me improve my way of colouring. Thanks for the tips!

[@tetochimenya]

every time i draw with my tablet straight in front of me, i feel like it makes me draw worse on the computer compared to the side

[@jen.k9936]

I've been doing digital art for almost an year and those are some really good advices.Thank you so much for sharing cause this will help me a lot as I am still considering myself a beginner 😄

[@tricky4557]

When somebodys mistake is better Than Your Drawing

[@Casual_Talk]

Fantastic for beginners, hobbyist, and professional digital artist. Thank you! 👍🏽😎

[@consumebees1404]

So it’s pronounced “J-peg” and not “J P E G”? *surprised pikachu face*

[@ballcockfiend]

Yup. Just like PNG is pronounced 'ping', and GIF can be pronounced either way (gihf or jiff.) On that topic, I pronounce it as jee eye eff, as like I pronounce PNGs as pee enn jee.

[@KasumiRINA]

@@ballcockfiend you pronounce PNG like a human but saying GIF like a JIF outs the Martian in you! xD

[@noyoucant8862]

@@ballcockfiend who pronounces PNG "ping"

[@wulver810]

GIF is pronounced "G-if"

[@nightshadelopdiemis5998]

Despite this being helpful to those who make the mistakes mentioned in this video and being important basics, the title is not really applying to people who passed the beginner level though... It should be called '' Digital art errors made by beginners''. Im kinda confused why the title is on german, is there a translation function ?

[@largestink4414]

Yes there's a translation function.

[@princesslegarreta913]

Mine was in spanish.

[@xavbrylle3452]

One thing that attracts audience is the captions. I loved it.

[@nokiot9]

5: I always put too much detail. Unless it's a HUGE canvas or print it's useless. 6: I never use JPEG unless I'm completely finished with my illustration, it flattens it and you lose all your layers. Which is a disaster for an evolving piece. 7: YES save. And increment by date/time.

[@ballcockfiend]

@@wowashuwow Step one: Don't buy a new monitor. Just use whatever you have on hand. I use a big ol' clunky monitor from Ye Olden 90's/Earliye 2000's Dayes, and it works just fine!

[@rhtplantservices3300]

Only just started out on my digital art journey and most of the tips on here helped me massively and I'm glad I watched it first

[@MarceloSchultz]

Very interesting points man, I honestly made some hahahah! let's improve!

[@klfanderson2491]

Thank you for this! ... I was given a gift of a Photoshop 101 class by my wonderful co-grandma and wondered what an old hippie artist could possibly do with such learning. Well, a decade later, I'm still at it and having a blast creating digital art! While a lot has been learned the hard way (including more than one of the mistakes you mentioned), you've brought up some really good "rules of thumb" I hadn't heard, yet, and explained them so well that I'm going to start incorporating them into my work right away... Well done, Aaron!

[@sofiaovalle3175]

Thanks for the JPEG fact!!! Now I know how to keep my drawings with better quality

[@axcolleen]

You nailed it. These are all things people often ignore.

[@jordanmutabazi3823]

I have a disagreement with the first one because the really small drawing tablets feel better on a slight angle.

[@BlazeTheBabe]

Glad I know about the hue, this will make skin texturing much nicer than a plain color

[@klaymonkey9073]

Doesn't lessons under 'Mistake 2' (orange ball) & 'Mistake 3' (apple) actually contradict each other? the orange ball on the left, that "looks kind of flat", has been given the same shading effect as the apple: deeper shadows & highlights. The "more natural" orange ball on the right actually looks more flat due to a lower contrast between the shadow & highlight. But I guess it depends on the type of material you want to convey - i.e rubber vs. brass.

[@AlphaTengua]

i agree the one he called flat looked less flat than the "not flat" orange ball to me.

[@Chichi-ov5pd]

Ball wasn't a great example. Imagine skin, it's not all the same colour so changing the colour slightly makes it look more natural. Hope that makes sense.

[@aranyak1881]

Contrast and brightness are 2 different things

[@dylancostello1103]

That hue tip was actually so helpful

[@0megazeero]

"wrong tablet use" **Laughs in mouse**

[@missseaweed2462]

I fear no man, but that thing... *Mouse* I fear it.

[@princembat]

good informational video! as a digital and traditional artist who used only traditional for the first few years and only used very minimal on digital for the next few....im still very confused about digital stuff so its always nice to have tips and advice! thank you for making this video

[@afrog2666]

"aaargh nooooo, please, no more" hehe.. That`s what people say when they see my drawings, AND when they hear my music xD

[@DeadlyPlays]

I made many of these mistakes, but I've learned from them over time before watching this video. Although, I'll admit that I didnt know about shifting the hue when shading. This video was very informative. Thank you!

[@dnghn.design]

Digital art >> traditional art Its easier and more fun.... imo... I don't use Tablets. I draw strictly on iPad without anything tools

[@yooseul__]

i also moved to digital art because i couldn’t draw the same eyes on the other side of the face

[@slender7last_marcos]

I'm glad to know that after 2 years working with digital art, I've not done most of these mistakes. I just recently knew about the Hue one, which I've already learned, and from watching this, I learned about the resolution thing. TY for that! xD

[@be9902]

11:02 poor stickman hahaha

[@patronsaintofpoison]

Dear Mr. Rutton, Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I thought it was very cute when you were teaching us about destructive editing, and the stick man was frustrated with your use of the eraser! You didn't have to add that detail, but you did, and it made your very informative video a little friendlier. (If tormenting a stick man with amputation can be considered "friendly"... fortunately I dont formally know the stick man, so I can simply assume he was fine with it) I feel confident enough now that I can start my illustrated anthology... I just got a new laptop, I havent been able to really work in a few years. But I have all the equipment I need now (except for a flatbed scanner perhaps, because I prefer drawing on paper like I have been doing since I could hold a pencil, then putting my art into the computer and painting it there) and I have the storys in my head. Great and useful video!

[@xBlaster]

Spanish title is wrong. It says "10 arte digital ERRORES que estás haciendo!" When it should be like this: "10 errores comunes en arte digital" or "10 de los peores errores en arte digital"

[@zeroin0926]

Omg these stuffs are what i gradually realized while practicing but i didnt have it as clear as how its being explained. Thank you so much! Im ... enlightened👀

[@shadosassins]

Thank you for this video Aaron. I'm saving my files as pngs immediately. #deathtojpgs

[@th9667]

@@pixiepandaplush no. U can undo a compression. It's just saving data in a very easy way. Instead of saying " there's a red dot and there and there and there " it just says " there are 3 red dots in that line". That can make errors when u open the picture. That's why it looks a little bit different than the original. But when u undo the compression the computer will calculate how the " there are 3 red dots in that line " would look like without a compression. " there's a red dot and there's a red dot and...."

[@th9667]

@@pixiepandaplush I'm a developer and that's normally how compression with pictures works. Idk why it would be different with jpg

[@giveitapearl3113]

At first I was surprised I haven’t made most of these but then I realized just how one I’ve been experimenting with digital art! It’s been years and it definitely took me a while to learn all of these, with some help from my dad of course (who told me about the png thing when I first started using my tablet). I’m really glad this video exists!

[@priscillanadolny698]

Thank you so much

[@aaronrutten]

You're welcome, Priscilla Irp.

[@lb3805]

This is the most helpful digital art video I have come across so far! Each tip is very useful, and I have learned lots from this.

[@sleepisntreal700]

I always used my tablet wrong... No wonder it was so hard to use lol

[@henseltbrumbleburg3752]

This was an amazing video. Actual tips in stead of abstract advice, I actually learned a lot here. Thanks man!