How To Create EPIC Scale In Art

[@TheCivildecay]

12:34 I think birds are great to add to a epic scene because they usually nest/rest at places out of reach for humans. So adding them gives off a sense of "people shouldn't be able to reach this place".

[@vexumvii3559]

/r/birdsforscale

[@jeremias-serus]

Yes thank you for restating exactly what he said.

[@flameinfiren5565]

Pidgeons are mad about this

[@elliotthood1719]

This is used EVERYWHERE in art for Magic The Gathering

[@johngrey5806]

What do you mean, people shouldn't be able to reach this place? People climb Mt. Everest and go to space. Why shouldn't people be able to reach bird flying heights?

[@milan.mishra10]

Dude this was so well made. Holy shit. Can't imagine the effort it must've taken to edit this. Keep em coming. 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@RexelBartolome]

ifkr the dedication...

[@northwind6199]

Seconded. Instantly subbed just from this one video and how structured it was, and I'm normally stubbornly resistant to adding new channels to my feed. (Hopefully their other videos are as good as this lol)

[@DanySan550]

I know right? It's just perfect, how calm he talks and explains each piece, I enjoyed every second of this

[@AXLplosion]

Showing how you apply those principles in practice is super helpful and illustrates each point so well!

[@martians1028]

Wonderful 3d art tutorial, completely software agnostic, widely applicable, love it

[@schwif]

THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST TUTORIALS I HAVE EVEN SEEN. THE FORMATTING OF THE VIDEO WAS BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED, WELL DONE!!!

[@AlexandroGusso]

i've been having a hard time doing scale renders and with this. Damn so usfull! Love your channel. Big fan from mexico!

[@CriticalGiants]

Cheers, glad to hear, also something we struggled with but this really put everything into perspective :)

[@shreyaspai3791]

I just randomly stumbled upon this video through YT recommendation. The video is very well made. The editing, pacing, narration, music, the voice itself..everything is on point. I would just like to thank you for showing those absolutely incredible artworks as examples as I had no clue these artists existed. Hopefully they all have an Artstation account that I can follow!

[@seiffooh]

Not only am i a concept artist, but also a teacher and in all my years of learning art and interacting with both free and paid educational content never have i stumbled upon something so clear, organized and simple discussing such a complex topic! please keep going, this is gold!

[@neillberthalon4284]

Fr, this is sickkkkk

[@tomh.6261]

Love. Love. Love this! I see your number of subs skyrocketing in the near future!

[@CriticalGiants]

The honor! Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@TruthSurge]

15:13 "and that's pretty much shit!" what the.... ??? oh, he said "and that's pretty much IT." whew. These are all important concepts to know and implement. These images were all great and great job on putting this vid together!

[@PrivateLZG]

I think bringing the camera down to the ground looking up is pretty much THE most important thing for creating scale. Of course, there are Pieces that don't use that, then the Field of View combined with distance from the object can really make a difference. Far distance + small FOV makes such a difference but is really hard to do in drawings, rather than camera photos, so references are great! Incredibly well made explenation! Very nice Video ;] ‎‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

[@cryzz0n]

THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST TUTORIALS I HAVE EVEN SEEN. THE FORMATTING OF THE VIDEO WAS BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED, WELL DONE!!!

[@satisfactiongamer7385]

Agree with you on that

[@roothdragon7616]

Very educational and well made! But I have a question - about your square cube law. “Double the height - quadruple the weight.” Isn’t it 8x the weight? 1x1x1 cube = 1 unit of volume 2x2x2 cube = 8 units of volume Assuming consistent density, and doubling all dimensions, that would be 8x the weight, not 4x. Right?

[@Vazgriz]

That's correct. It's called the square-cube law because when multiplying size by N, the surface area increases by N^2 and volume by N^3.

[@yrussq]

Nope. The fact you double the height does not mean you double the other dimensions. With a ^2 law you have to enlarge the square sides by ~1.4. 1x1x1=1 -> 2x1.4x1.4=4 -> 4x2x2=16

[@zenleek2129]

@@yrussq If you only double the height, the weight is only doubled too. He probably meant doubling all dimensions

[@sportenapfeltorten2095]

@@zenleek2129 "He probably meant doubling all dimensions" Yes thats what he meant, Thats also why the way, antman grows (in the marvel movie) doesn`t work. He would just collapse.

[@yrussq]

@@zenleek2129 Do you have a problem with reading or what? I wrote all the calculations above from which you can clearly see the weight is quadrupled. Think in 3d, not 2d. Doubling all of the dimensions has no logical sense. It's ineffective and pointless from architectural and structural point of view. It's not a f#ing Minecraft game)

[@sajidahnaf]

I absolutely can not get over how well put and well demonstrated this video was! thanks a lot also, tons of great artists mentioned in the video, I found 6 new artists to follow while watching this one single video

[@Sharingan200790]

where can i download those type of images to make them my new desktop background? thanks everyone

[@UnsealedWings]

Here, I'll save you 15 minutes. Go into Blender, Spawn a cube, press S and drag your mouse. Congratuations, You've created epic scale.

[@FinnReinhardt]

I inherently enjoyed this Video!

[@gaminghunter800]

Amazing, Please make another video on another Topic

[@todaysnews-7]

excelent video bro

[@VRDivision]

so much covered in 15 minutes, you are a legend! love your videos man

[@JakeWolven]

I'm a painter, not a 3D artist (yet) but this was still immaculately helpful. Excellent job describing each process, using relatable examples, and then applying it to your own world to show its effect. 100% going to send this to my artist friends.

[@ivanjakopan3]

The way he says what is he ading and it just appers,is how people think digital art is made

[@asquarem2]

8:00 That looks like Earth Kingdom from The Last Airbender

[@mapopi-mm]

That is some amazing production value, masterfully explained!

[@NebMotion]

i've learnt so much in 15 minutes..... gonna try out these composition techs

[@tobik2627]

Is all or most of this art made in blender? By the way, amazing video!!!

[@LaszloIvanyi]

To be honest I'm not convinced about the overlapping clouds in your picture. I have a sense that the aqueduct is at ~30-40m high which would make the intersecting clouds with the tower at ~100m maximum. That's never a cloud layer hight in clear weather, so I find it overwhelmingly distractive from the rest of the image. I expect a big building but it's not a colossal or epic building that reaches the clouds. I think the problem is with the details. Based on the size of windows on the building, this feels like a ~20 story height where you placed the overlapping clouds. I'm not concept artist, but I'd probably add a similar building in the background far far away maybe on a mountain and intersect that with a cloud. This just looks too much on the flat ground level to make the ~100m cloud / tower intersection believable. The piece itself looks good, just that clouds up close I find a bit strange.

[@قناةأصواتالطبيعة-س8ز]

Maybe he's at the top of a mountain.

[@hamidmohamadzade1920]

one of the best tutorials I've ever seen

[@JoshuaBuntaran]

what music are u using in the background? its so nice the way u put it

[@HalkerVeil]

OR, are those just really tiny humans.

[@brunocastro4558]

How can you make such a theme so clear for us ?? Simply amazing, thank you so much.

[@Mama-pt7lm]

You gained a sub, moar content pls :) !

[@Vexcenot]

You made mi IQ feel a little bigger Thanks

[@alexandershuaibu]

This video is amazing..... all started from the default cube

[@warlandheroes6394]

oh my god you're right, he didnt delete the default cube!

[@DoctorMadness]

Such great information concisely and entertainingly delivered. Thank you for the education! Subbed P.S. you built some great architecture!

[@ScorpiosaurPrimeYT]

14:15 YEAH!!! PACIFIC RIM!!! Striker Eureka, Otachi, and Mutavore! :D

[@CharlesPrithviRaj]

Beautifully done. Knowledge shared is knowledge gained.

[@androthebot]

15:10 "And avoid leading lines you could by accident create something that appears bigger than it is just from the surrounding area" what do you mean by this???

[@fredricklwanga2598]

If a certain someone handed you a dollar for every good thing you have done, I think by now you would buy the Monalisa.

[@SuperSky9]

Simple: They portray big things big and small things small, REGARDLESS OF THE CAMERA ANGEL.

[@Mash-NL]

You just need to add a banana its not that hard

[@randomreality9925]

great videos Love from India

[@TackerTacker]

Birds! The answer is birds.

[@hoodio]

conclusion; banana for scale

[@mavlok5728]

Amazing video, one question, what program did you use to make this epic scale art?

[@Sedryn_]

Clear and to the point And with some amazing artwork. I subscribe and look forward to seeing more. Much, much more!

[@gregfoster126]

good video, what song was used at 6:13???

[@chrisdvo9910]

Thanku, u cracked up my workflow and showed me how to organise myself better. And as always..... selfmade assets seem to work better then those I bought. Cause I can controll it. Thanku so far. I feel inspirated, to work on my ancient Dungeon I am preparing for .... nahh.... this will only confuse you^^

[@cupcaketv5673]

Aweaome, tysm! What exactly is the difference between contrast of size and recognizable scale? Is it just that there isn't as much relatability in contrast of size as there is in the recognizable scale?

[@cherryblossomx4463]

How do you find the art you put in this video? I’m always struggling to find other art that has the elements I’m looking for. Thanks for the video!

[@Dachusttin]

.Contraste de tamaño (poner algo chiquito para que se entienda el tamaño de lo grande) .Angulos de camara (tirarla para arriba, como si lo miráramos de abajo: al menos generalmente, pero mas opciones según distintos usos) .Composition (o mostrar todoo así se entiende bien lo enorme que es, u ocultarlo parcialmente para que la imaginación lo agrande aun mas) .Proporciones (square cube law, hacer que tenga sentido, compensar y balancear) .Escala relativa (consistencia en cosas chiquitas/grandes, agrandar/achicar lo que haga falta, modificar según sea apropiado para que nos parezca cómodo a la vista) .Repetition (repetir el objeto en cuestion ayuda a hacerlo parecer mas masivo, que ocupa mas, que en nuestro mundo seria antinatural pero ahi no) .Textura y detalle (mas grande algo, mas “áspero/crudo” es, y sumar varios detalles ayuda muchisimo, varios ejemplos famosos) .Perspectiva atmosférica (efectos atmosféricos como niebla etc y sobretodo nubes convencen para ver que abarca tanto que un solo clima no le basta etc) .Escala reconocible (meter algo que sepamos el tamaño para poder contrastar, pájaros/pescados o humanos por ejemplo, cosas familiares en lugar no familiar) .Efectos especiales (conducta del polvo, moho, agua, etc respecto al ambiente, como reaccionarian con algo asi) .Errores comunes (contrario a fotos de cosas pequeñas, el lens focus se mantiene estable y consistente, todo bastante “afilado” en general; ojo con repetir mucho porque confunde escala; y cuidado con “lineas” de perspectiva que se formen porque pueden modificar mucho la percepción)

[@R.Daneel]

Just FYI - In North America at least, Greeble @8:45 is usually pronounced with hard Es "GREEblee", not GREEbull. English is fun. Wiki says they're called "nurnies", too. That's a new one to me (apparently popular with the 'Babylon' 5 team).

[@t-poison1731]

Holy I just found this channel and this video was very easy to understand and informative. Definetely subbing

[@deletedddddddddd]

if you still feel bad about your art, most concept art isnt even drawn by the artists, its photoshopped, using real life textures and recolouring and stretching it maybe... professional artists love to keep this a secret and make you feel bad about not being able to make art even comparable to them. no one tells you concept art isnt even had drawn... its just photobashing...

[@isith-hh7ot]

If you double the height you are only doubling the weight If you double the size you are quadrupling the weight

[@yrussq]

Very nice video! Aaand you've completely missed the most important part which is lighting. Lighting is the main thing that makes us recognize the scale along the gradually washing colors due to atmosphere(not dust), very particular ambient occlusion patterns, scaling detail/light density and scaling details themselves. The last one is the reason your own image do not work that well. Too slow scaling of people, bricks pattern waaay too big, the difference in brick size of the opposite sides of building is insignificant, difference in brick size between the right tower and left tower is insignificant(which shows the distance is relatively small). And the lighting.. Big? Yes. Epic? No. Flock of clouds won't fix it ;) I recommend to check out some Antoine Collignon work - he is one of the very few who gets this right. Without anecdotical flying birds - just with the lighting. Beautiful production and some awesome lessons you have there! Keep it up! Best regards from Russia

[@maheshd7796]

That cube, really transformed into... Something!!

[@samdzn]

love this! Can't imagine the effort it must've taken to make this! how do you make those artistic clouds in blender?

[@BersArsamakov]

Пф... развел палемику. Берешь делаешь модель. отправляешь на ревью, ждешь присылают актуальный список того что не так. Исправляешь отправляешь снова. И так до победного)

[@dochormones8718]

Bro this channel ... 🤤 Exactly what i needed, thanks for the good work !

[@AmolLalSao]

Can someone explain the "Relative Scale" better with more good examples and in-depth explanations, please?

[@helpmireach66subwith0video9]

OMG new sub for sure This is what I'm looking/searching for 🔥 0:00 can u pls tell me this artist name?

[@sxppy-9991]

Number 1: Become a artist Number 2: Learn to draw Number 3:Give up on drawing because it's too "hard" Number 4: watch yt video on amazing artworks and wish you could do that Number 5: learn and stay dedicated to improve your craft Number 6: Make the world's most astonishing picture and earn billions Number 7: You are now the world's most successful artist and have a wife and 2 kids Number 8: get hunted for your talents by aliens to draw and portrait them Number 9: become a secret agent who is on the run for his life from both aliens and interstellar beings Number 10: save the world from an evasion and become the aliens God Number 11: Wake up and realized it was a dream so now I am here telling you a story and still not able to draw 🙁😖

[@jyc8291]

Addendum to principle #8: bottom in full light, top in shadow. High-rise building tops in the shade of some off-screen cloud seem to be ubiquitous nowadays. 😉

[@ikaz]

🤕 Hufff... How dare you!!! Every transition pissed me off. I wasn't ready man😞

[@rzrbk]

All the art shown in this video was made on blender??? Tbh, I couldn't figure out if it was 3d art or 2d art.....

[@padosh420]

Isn't what you call satellite perspective just orthographic perspective? With vanishing lines almost non existent and all.

[@TorkSlanter]

7:51 I almost didn't recognize Ba Sing Se, it legitimately didn't hit me until after the image flashed away, then it hit, like... "Those were earth bender trains! Wait a second!"

[@TobbeDraws]

don't understand the last point with the leading lines? Aren't they helpful, can't really imagine a case where they are counterproductive? Great video btw

[@captainkid1073]

So well explained, thank you so much for the effort and the value provided.

[@justajaunearc7851]

How to create scale: Add a natural reference like a person, animal, and have it small in the midground while whatever you want can be colossal in the background. Bam, scale.

[@kengmingliang2161]

Thanks for the video, it helps my animation backgrounds

[@campbellwinslow6986]

Ooh ooh I wanna guess before watching. Is it adding a lil guy with a staff, but making him really small? I feel like thats the trick, i see it everywhere. That and greebles. Final answer 🤞

[@sim2g]

I'm amazed, great video, excellent know-how shared. Thank you! Like. Following.

[@rackstar2]

Great video , but you should probably change your audio recording setup . Your speech is too low/muffled , almost sounds like you're mumbling. I had to turn up my volume much higher than normal and that just made all the other non speech elements unpleasantly loud .

[@MrOffTrail]

At 8:46, the term is “greeblies”, not “greepul”. Listen here from a famous former ILM model maker kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp_Gg3t-bstpg6s

[@Redzeths]

Kinda wish those billionaires in our world, would spend like half their fortune making epic builds to add to the beauty of our world, also creating work in the process.

[@ardmary22]

Oh, my God! I've just found this video and it blew my mind! Great examples! And very fun description! Thank you!!!

[@gabrielgonzalez1742]

Great insights and techniques. Thanks a lot! :)

[@johngrey5806]

Liked and subscribed, but I wish you had mentioned desaturating things in the distance, or due to atmosphere giving them a blueish/cyan tint, to give a sense of distance. I guess this is called atmospheric haze or something like that.

[@nivoivo4390]

This exualy counts for so many things, it might sound silly but I am a minecraft builder and almost everything that was mentioned here is also relevent in minecraft. Exept you ofcorse cant really select one specific camara angle for all of your viewers

[@قناةأصواتالطبيعة-س8ز]

I didn't understand the part about the leading lines 15:06. Could anyone kindly explain?

[@micemincer]

Im glad I found your channel - a content without circus (unlike almost the rest on yt). Good work!

[@davejacob5208]

some of this was pretty unconvincing: the repetition had no explanation whatsoever, don´t see how it adds anything. the clouds in your example picture didn´t help, especially since they look unrealistic (you have birds flying at least in the same hight if not even higher, wtf?) if proportions are supposed to help make things seem bigger, then i would NOT make the part of the builing i can see already become thinner, in this case it would help to have a repitition to show that there IS aa part to this structure that gets thinner, but the structure in the front of the picture is so big that we do not even have these thinner parts within our frame.

[@pixelbogpixxelbog2090]

where did you find all those beautiful masterpieces? Is there a website or something? :)

[@TheCdrey]

I would really like to know what program were you using for showing the cube examples

[@reed_4_ever]

Wakes up, decide to create an Absolute Masterpiece and then leaves, This Editor is a legend

[@lw8882]

I know this video is a year old but the audio level varies widely between some lines. I had to turn the player up just to hear certain sections properly, and then had the unfortunate effect of the very loud transition splash jingle hurting my ears. Please do consider mastering your audio levels to match each other more closely in future.

[@k.wrennn]

BRO.. i kept searching for this kind of topic (large scale scenes) but cant find it and it got recommended

[@bwowzah]

Fantastic video! What you talked about here will help me out a lot with this piece I have been workshoping.

[@Federryan]

I really like your content. Bery informative and insightful. By any chance can i recreate your ilustration and draw it on procreate? I will make sure i credit u :)

[@lycrisMUSICVEVO]

love the relaxing tone , how things are categorized and applied slowy on en exemple 10/10

[@faucetpower1208]

Basically what i was looking for. Need to understand its concepts

[@celeste1719]

This was an amazing tutorial! Thank you very much!!!

[@-Maximo]

where do you get this all art from? im looking for new wallpapers and I love to use this type of epic illustrations but they are really hard to find especially in 2k or 4k

[@gamestarsuqs4878]

very nice video BUT why tf did you remove the small cube man. :(

[@WatOnsonn]

The fact this only has 28k views should be criminal

[@86Corvus]

Everybody and their dog creates epic scale monuments but barely any one has the skill to design interesting characters. Realism is the usual choice and realism is in fact a lack of style.

[@RanenPo]

Does anybody have a source for the artwork at 0:17? The one with the shipwrecks?

[@silademi]

I opened the video for play in back but I couldn't take my eyes from video even for a second