5 Digital Artist MISTAKES that Stop you From Improving & EASY FIX

[@chukukaogude5894]

6:31 is on point, I started digital painting in 2020 and got pretty good watching both traditional artists and digital artists on YT. The thing that helped me jump in skills was understanding their process then applying it to create my own reproducible process that I can look at to analyze my skills and get better. I posted a self portrait on YT to show everyone how I could go from nothing to something in a years time. Of course, having that pandemic time was a huge factor at the beginning. I then switched to painting every 2-3 hours every morning from 2 am to 5 am. Then during the day when I had free time, watch video on YT about painting at 2X speeds. THEN on week ends just paint ALL day. One thing that helped me move faster was realizing not to cling on to one painting and start over when it starts going south. I tried to keep it as close to traditional painting as possible. Meaning #1 No undo, paint over the error #2 No layers or special tools, just one brush and improvisation #3 No color picking, mix or choose the colors by eye #4 DO NOT BLEND choose colors that show a transition instead of blending. #5 Go into the painting knowing it won't be the best and it will fail. This way I don't spend too much time trying to salvage something already lost. Failure is a learning process not something to avoid. I've been flopping so bad on landscape composition XD. I found some YT vids on the stuff finally. I am trying to get my skills up so I can do my year 2 panting up by July lol.

[@Paintable]

Keeping it close to traditional is a great approach. I like to say that 'Finished is better than perfect', finish a drawing learn what you can from it, and move on to the next one 👌 Good luck with your landscape endeavors! 💪

[@Lola_in_the_Black]

So true and I'm sure helpful for beginners :) I'd just add to mistake 3 that "shading with black" doesn't only mean using literally black but also using value slider towards darker and using that very same colour just darker - I add it only because many beginners I talked to did it and didn't realise that they basically do the shading with black :) Also: zooming in too much is digital version of drawing on paper in shrimp position with face lying on the table xDDD

[@Paintable]

I love that it's called shrimp position 😄

[@Lola_in_the_Black]

@@Paintable In my language we call it turtle or snail but shrimp seems so accurate :D

[@paperplanenomad]

Great tips! The L-recipe is so handy. I definitely struggle with zooming in too much...but I'm working on it! Thanks for this video!

[@Paintable]

You got this! 💪

[@allapolanco2462]

Saffron brush = best brush! Thanks for the tips!

[@Paintable]

😁 Agreed!

[@Loading_1134]

Omg I actually learned something in this video!! Usually videos are not very useful but this one was very helpful😊👌

[@Videoaddict345]

The smudge tool fix is highly useful.

[@LionOfKingston]

6:10 COMMUNITY/TECHNIQUES. I NEEDED THIS . Which is right. That's why I take my time I don't rush for brushes like you said without knowing the knowledge of using

[@2creates1]

Thankxx awesome tips that I can apply instantly, with optimal results👍

[@Tresormak]

Thank for for the amazing L theory

[@jelicajeremic6831]

Hahaha, this was amazing, absolutely loved it! Subscribed!

[@Paintable]

Welcome to the community 🙂

[@NiiYen]

Thank you so much. As a beginner I made all of these mistakes and your videos are a great help. I appreciate your time and effort in helping beginners in our art journey

[@cheeseburger347]

Brilliant

[@josefismaellaude3969]

The best tips given for me! thank you so much!

[@AzureSymbiote]

Thank you very much.

[@maianhnguyen1661]

the smudge tool tip is incredible! Thanksssss

[@Paintable]

You're most welcome! 😊

[@CrescentMond]

So right as I was hearing "zoom too close on my art!" I was actually zooming in on a WIP. Ooops XD

[@Paintable]

😁 I know right? It's a hard habit to shake.

[@Katsumotoo1000]

Absolutely amazing video. Straight to the point, utterly helpful stuff. Thank you amigo! you have my support throughout your YT jorney

[@Paintable]

Thank you, appreciate it! 🙂

[@antonioblanco3086]

Thanks!

[@Ray-uu7cs]

I was looking for a way to fix the smuge tool thank you ✨

[@Paintable]

You're most welcome 🙂

[@iiiKomi_Korneriii]

This is quite helpful! I've never learned about the L tip. I have also been working with black colors so it's been confusing how to use it correctly

[@Paintable]

Thank you, Alexandria! 🙌

[@samanthaperlado1341]

Mistake no. 4 hit me hard like a highspeed car crash :> I bought this $8 premium brush set from this certain artist I really adore cuz I really like how he does his line art and sketch, so I'm convinced that his output is from his brushes only BUT I WAS WRONG... :< Recently he posted a video how he does his sketches/line arts that pops really well without colors. It turns out he maximize the features of an art program he uses for line art plus his amazing skills and experience accumulated for years he worked on a very high, fast paced, demanding market :> Tho I'm not disappointed buying the brush set because its contents are very handy for me ^^

[@Paintable]

You are definitely not alone there. 👌 Nice brushes are great to have, but they're definitely not the key to great art.

[@ninasartnibbles345]

Awesome tips David! The zoom portion is a little hard for me because I’m legally blind and need to enlarge things to see them more clearly but I’m sure I can find a work around so I don’t actually pixelate the image. Thank you!

[@Paintable]

Thank you, Nina! 🙂 You can try having the Navigator panel open when painting, that way you can keep an eye on your painting as a whole even when you're zoomed in.

[@Yoymiwacom]

Nice new intro David!

[@Paintable]

Thank you, Jose 🙂

[@Jezz_Mcfly]

"Magic Brushes" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Sanctum1972]

The last mistake nails it and I blame Apple for opening the Pandora's box when iPad came out. This resulted in too much pinch and zoom among digital artists destroying that sense of scale and because of the 12.9 size as the maximum, it's not cutting it. It should be 15.9 or 16 inches to allow more room to reduce 'pinch and zooming'. This is why I think larger screen tablets like Wacom, XP-Pen or such are superior as dedicated focused devices for such digital art projects and are practical.

[@queen_ch3rry]

**raises hand** I definitely zoom in too much! One other point that wasn't touched on in the video BUT I have slowly discovered is a place that may not be a mistake, yet where time can be spent unnecessarily, is on "perfect" sketches. I used to think the only way I could make a good painting was to have all my lines connect and make sense. No loose edges. This caused what I see now to be a lot of unneeded stress, because even with stabilizers, I don't have the steadiest hand for flawless lines. So I would spend hours, even a couple of days, just sketching my base. These past few months, as I've been upping my skill level, I've paid a lot more attention to my favorite creators (like SamDoesArt, for one good example) and realize many very great digital painters use loose sketches and add up the details in the final renderings. Since the bulk of my art does not have any major outline that shows at the end, I was basically wasting so much time, dragging out my process, all for it to be covered up in the end! Leading back to the topic of your video, this is another reason it's important to watch our favorite creators create! Great and very useful advice :)

[@Paintable]

What a great achievement that you were able to break a habit that didn't help you. 👏

[@familyunionjourney1407]

Hi, I just saw a beautiful photos that you posted on Pinterest. I would like to have your permission to use it

[@abrakadaver_]

For some reason my smudge brush makes photoshop laggy, any idea why does that happens? I have an 8 GB ram and GTX 1060 if that helps

[@Paintable]

There are a couple things you can try: Zoom in where you want to smudge, that's sometimes enough to fix it. Or merge all your layers and turn off the "Sample all layers' feature in the upper toolbox. Or you can try turning off the brush spacing in the 'Brush settings'.

[@amanhelios]

you move too much !

[@Johanna12345]

thank you!!