Concept Art Tutorial: Alien Priestess Character

[@jerookaskeroo28]

Thank you for your tutorial, I love your workflow.

[@fowlerillus]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@theopogo9159]

amazing work

[@erickenneycreative]

Dude .. this is the single best character painting tutorial I have ever watched .. i learned so much .. thank you

[@danegoulter4392]

This is great. I like that you don't just say what you are doing, but explaining why and how. It teaches allot 🙂

[@fowlerillus]

I appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed it

[@Rodutchi]

I can't thank you enough for what you provide for free!

[@raymondpcowie101]

Just completed the Art Fundamentals course and am grateful to it and you for reigniting my long lost passion for creating art. Thank you - KUTGW

[@cesaraguilar5405]

HOW HAVE YOU ONLY 1K SUSBSCRIBERS??? YOUR TUTORIALS ARE THE BEST! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING AROUND

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks! I'm working on a LOT of new content so I'm just getting started :) I think you'll like it!

[@DannyMartini]

I've been an illustrator for almost two decades and of all the courses I have watched yours are always some of the most exemplary I have seen. I think my favorites are your environment and architecture courses. Have you considered doing an advanced tutorial where you mash the lessons of the two together? I bet it would be amazing!

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks Danny! I hadn't considered that but I suppose a lot of the same principles apply to both disciplines so that could work very well. Thanks for the suggestion and I'm so glad that my courses have been helpful.

[@DannyMartini]

@@fowlerillus You do a great job presenting things for the audience, taking both new and seasoned artists into account. For example, explaining the process of painting with custom shapes could get repetitive, but you like to sprinkle in enthusiasm or little technical tips. A situation I remember was from your Cyberpunk City demo. You were talking about how the color was feeling a bit monochromatic. So you chose to pull at the cool shadows whilst amping up the warmth of orange highlights. It may seem subtle, but these little details make your lectures akin to paintings themselves. But I digress. Your process is fun and educational to watch. Really hope to see more of your painting processes! :)

[@zexlyn8604]

this is the best tutorial i've seen so far. straight to the point and easy to follow. great video

[@Exterm_77]

This is the best painting tutorial, and caracter concept, that I ever seen on KZbin. Thanks !!

[@pauliSowieso]

I would totally pay for these kinds of video! Well made and totally helpful! Thank you

[@carodame9419]

This is one of the best tutorials i ever watched i will check your website out. This is just too good. Thanks for sharing

[@fowlerillus]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Bezcel]

This is a great video, well done

[@fowlerillus]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zahraaamir6381]

I’ll definitely definitely check your website and enroll in your courses We should stand and do a minute of applause for this amazing detailed tutorial

[@prfz-17-]

I can't thank you enough. Thank you, very much. Congratulations for your work.

[@fowlerillus]

Thank you too!

[@luminousthaw8601]

You really are a good teacher. This tutorial is just perfect, up to the details and nicely done. I really hope you post more tutorials on youtube. They are very helpful.

[@k0micazi]

This was by far the most informative and easy to watch tutorials I've seen, and I have seen A LOT! Fantastic work.

[@Alex-rf4wu]

Really cool video! I wish more people would share their process. Thank you very much!

[@Damagican123]

Great tips! Cheers mate.

[@fowlerillus]

No problem 👍

[@iantnotes3047]

AMAZING

[@linshannon4480]

Fascinating organic and skilled process. Thanks for illuminating the step-by-step process.

[@addisoncorey5636]

Thank you so much for sharing this AMAZING tutorial!!! Seriously, SO HELPFUL! 💕

[@clintwarner3008]

Good stuff 👊🏾

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks!

[@iavelk7721]

omg, it looks so cool! many thanks for your free tutors with many usefull notes

[@fowlerillus]

Glad you like them!

[@HexYan]

Where have you been all my life :D Great job on this tutorial!

[@rosstec6728]

You should do more youtubing... this tutorial is a gem.

[@jeanmarc4956]

hardy fowler i love the way you make art fun... i enroll on your course about photoshop and art fondamental on udemy... you're by far a master at explaining in a fun way art....

[@ravensday1]

Mind blown, just awesome.

[@heliotropicsquirrel550]

Man, this guy is good! Huge fan!

[@evangelinsherly]

Actually u deserve more subscribers....this guy got some serious skills!

[@9kincho3]

This one is brrrrutal Hardy, thank you so much.

[@Sketching4Sanity]

One Love ✊🏿

[@fowlerillus]

❤

[@oceandrivejr]

Hey Hardy, I love your work. Your one of my favorite creature/character concept artists. I'd like to show some of my art once I get them finished. I'm gonna check out your website too :)

[@supreethls]

It's awesome and a great source to learn .. looking forward for more videos like this

[@digitalsketchguy]

You shared some very valuable techniques - thank you so much!

[@erinjones4609]

This was incredibly helpful, thank you :)

[@raffamoreira3727]

Best video process

[@seagrid888]

This really need A LOT more views, and also I think you have to keep adding videos so more people will notice.. doesn't have to be "tutorial" like this (because then people will not buy your courses), just time-lapses would already attract people,, and don't forget to mention your site in those videos. Cheers!

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks Sena! Kind of testing the waters with this one. I'm hoping to create lots more videos in the future and I'm going to try and keep them very quick and breezy but still helpful and informative. I appreciate the advice!

[@IcedMag]

Very informative and cool process!

[@HaddytheCreator]

amazing work- this is beautifully rendered- thinking about checking out your courses

[@rewrdwerd]

画的真好，非常实用！

[@fowlerillus]

谢谢!

[@caitlynajh]

Seriously amazing.

[@jonmoore7387]

this is wicked i was follwing drawing n made massive improvement thank u. :)

[@MrSmithe11]

Awesome video.

[@ArthurAsPedras]

very inspiring!

[@CowboyBoomBoomSlim]

I love it! Can't wait to start one of your courses. I do wonder if you got some quick tips for us when it comes to anatomy and lightning. Thanks for this great tutorial video!

[@moldysann7083]

Thank you so much Hardy! This has helped me a lot. Found this digging through Character Design tutorials. Now that I discovered your website today I have enrolled in a few courses to really get me going. Although I am curious as to how to create that splash background? Thanks in advance and hope to see new content soon :) Take care

[@kevingregoire2764]

Wow. Really amazing. Very inspirational.

[@fowlerillus]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TheDimotheus]

Nice!

[@charlesbanzai]

Great tutorial, i'm more inclined to doing shapes first and then draw over. Do you present characters as line drawings first always?

[@fowlerillus]

Actually that is definitely something that I have been doing in recent years (this video is a few years old now). I love working directly with shapes wherever possible

[@gpaddock2000]

Hello, this is amazing thanks so much for your help. Before you began sketching did you draw some thumbnails or sketch traditionally on paper to brainstorm this pose or is coming up with these ideas on the spot just something that comes with experience!

[@leonecartelreborn9628]

Can anyone tell me what brush he's using when it comes to the values and skin tones ?

[@fowlerillus]

For this one it is a chalk brush that came standard with Photoshop. It had a 3% angle jitter on it and pen pressure set to brush size jitter. I hope that helps!

[@fizfizfizfiz]

how to do that grey gradient background silhouette?

[@roardinoson7]

You are a god

[@fumeihakka1894]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!

[@yisus2056]

I just started with digital art and I'm struggling a lot coloring and using the smudge tool. I think it's looking cool but when I turn off the line art it all just looks like a blurry mess :c

[@fowlerillus]

I definitely get that. Line art does a great job of holding the forms and keeping everything coherent and it takes a lot of confidence in your value rendering to let the lines go. Good luck and reach out on DPS if I can help

[@lethanhnguyen4884]

more tutorial, please :)

[@swapnendudutta5543]

19:00 how you painted the red ??

[@fowlerillus]

The important part is to create a new layer and put it UNDER the value layer. That under layer is where I paint the reds (more in certain areas than others to give the skin tone modulation). It doesn't cover the values but just gives a bit of red underneath.

[@TheDreamXable]

Hi, i have a problem with value / skin tones parts, how do i achieve my brush to do the same thing as you do in the video? Mine is like overlaping, and i can't create a proper transition between values simply because it's becoming chaotic with each stroke.. I suppose it's something in the brush settings, but can't find it anywhere

[@fowlerillus]

I know what you mean. All of that overlapping transparency can get really noisy. My suggestion would be to lower your flow and opacity and build up tone more slowly. Lots of taps of the stylus. When it is many low opacity brush strokes overlapping, the overlap noise is not nearly as noticeable and the overall effect is a smoother tonal quality (but not so smooth that it becomes uninteresting). I would tinker with those settings until you find a tone quality that feels right.

[@TheDreamXable]

@@fowlerillus oh, i see now.. thank you very much

[@PhreakPhantom]

The layer where he starts to paint the red in is a normal layer above the linework selection?

[@fowlerillus]

Yes, that's exactly right

[@wolf-marks9353]

Are you going to make more videos in Udemy?

[@ntone888]

how do you get such a steady smooth ink layer? mine always look terrible :(

[@Justin-sf4ti]

Quick and confident brush strokes will really improve your ink work, if you take more time to draw a line it will come out all wiggly, hope this helps you a bit!

[@_threedog_3318]

visit his courses at udemy he has more courses in there i have learn alot at that

[@allen57]

please do more of the environment painting courses,

[@gainalque413]

How many "cools" was that?

[@fowlerillus]

A drinking game is born!

[@MetalDoraemon6]

What kind of brush you use for values?

[@roshanradhakrishnan330]

This is extremely underrated....:D Thank you so much for this!! learnt a lot

[@mukendrarathod5602]

Awesome! Very helpful!

[@fowlerillus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@iamarpanghosh]

Amazing work @hardy . I watched almost all courses in udemy. they are awesome . I will recommend them to others

[@aandredaandred3378]

13:22 Speaking as someone who sort of wandered from traditional to digital media, this is so true!

[@onggianhiem4303]

i love your video, why you stopping upload new videos?

[@steveyoungwork]

Hardy's courses are really fantastic, I loved each one. Hardy's method of teaching is first class. Not only is he comprehensive, but he goes in to detail with each demonstration.He also dose mini tutorials, that teaches you the foundations of each subject before your moving on to more complex concepts. Without a doubt his course are worth every penny. I cannot recommend these enough.

[@fugosfork7907]

I wish i could be this good one day

[@jimmyhilliard3228]

So glad I found your channel, most informative and comprehensive video I've seen on digital painting from start to finish. Thank you so much for making this!