Design Cinema - EP 70 - Let's Draw: Morrowind & Oblivion

[@Janos.Artzone]

8 years later, became a concept artist because of Feng and still watch the old videos when I'm low on inspiration. Thanks Feng ✨

[@artfiasko6525]

The quantity of Feng's knowledge is simply mind blowing! Thank you so much for sharing all the knowledge and for all the inspiration. I can watch these "lessons" over and over again an still learn something new through it.

[@CodyTurcotte]

Having watched the previous sixty-nine videos, this video is I would say is the best one. Seeing how you work, and produce this, and watching all the steps you go through when making your design, is the best way of learning.

[@fankuje]

What is amazing about all this drawings is not only the craftsmenship and educational value. I love to watch your videos while drinking tea in the evening, put the music on in my headphones and feel the moods you create with your works. It feels like I'm part of the world that you create with your paintings. Amazing!

[@thegrokewillgetu]

"Ehhh, Lets just leave it like this." ;D I love how chill and nonchalant Feng is. I'm re-watching my favorite episodes today and this one defiantly is on top. I know it's not about brushes but I actually started using the chalk one from the PS and fell in love with it, all because of FZD videos.

[@AreopagiticanEco-Nationalist]

Feng, I can't thank you enough for these vids. You're awesome.

[@rf21able]

Its amazing how excited I get when I see a new Design Cinema to watch. Thank you so much Feng for taking the time to do these!!!

[@yashanepomuk2094]

I really like the way you just talk about the decisions you make while painting and the "babbling" how you put it! It´s so informative and makes it even more fun to watch! Thank you again :)

[@iyadart]

Playing your videos on a side screen is becoming a daily ritual to me when I do design. I know there are lots of great concept artists on youtube, but very few of them care enough to volume down the music and explain what they are doing or why they took such approach etc. Mr Feng, your casual talks have massively boosted my speed and designing quality over the past 6 months, so please just keep posting videos, no need for editing, you may think they are too casual or need more refining, but to me, I treasure every word you say! because it comes out of deep knowledge. I've been struggling for 11 years in the illustration business... thank you for saving my career!!

[@Yann_Moax]

Combine video game and drawing in the same video. BEST IDEA EVER

[@pangmanification]

love real time workflow! not just visually seeing it come together but the real time thought process.

[@argentconcepts]

you know... I simply could watch content like this just about every day. Amazing.

[@MisterGutsy108]

I really liked the more casual vibe of this episode. And if they're easier to produce and that means you can make more of them, I'm all for it :)

[@fakirgnome]

Thank you very much for taking the time and effort to show us your working and thinking progress! I truly enjoyed this episode, it is really insightful and helpful to see other people work.

[@lewfraga1845]

Another fantastic video - love the real time to hear your thoughts as you're working through ideas and making choices.

[@TheLooniLundi]

Oh man, I can't believe you did this! I've been waiting for episode 40, and you did that what I love the most. Can't thank you enough for all you have done for us.

[@fishnolle]

Beautiful as always Feng! Really do enjoy these real time videos the most! Keep making stuff awesome!

[@Juliusfree4]

its amazing how you express your thought and all decisions while painting. very helpful thank you

[@NerezaDarkBlood]

Thank you for the 70 videos and for more episodes to come. You have been a fantastic inspiration to my self and my own work and I find it fascinating and inspiring to see other artist techniques and skills. though the years even just these free lessons has helped to improved my own work. I hope to be able to one day save up enough to afford to travel and do the full program. but until then I will be working at my craft and aiming to improve further. Anyway I just want to thank you for taking the time to do these for us.

[@artfx9]

Thank you for the video and work you put into the art, Feng!

[@Finnkist]

This new video format is perfect for having on while I practice, inspires all sorts of fresh ideas too, thanks Feng!

[@ProxCyde]

"Done! Ship it." Haha.. You gotta keep this series going man. I've been drawing last couple of weeks just for color study, and I suck sooo much. I've been afraid of colors for too long. Once I lay down a color, I'm afraid to smack another one in there. It often becomes quite dull.. But it helps to watch these lengthy videos though! For inspiration as well. So keep it up.

[@Urza26]

Actually on hindsight, I think what he did is a simple, but efficient way to get nice colors... just slap existing photos that you personally like, especially ones that has nice colors... It's one of the main things I learned from this. I was pretty much like you, sticking to mainly monochrome

[@ProxCyde]

I'm afraid that it might create a bad habit, using colors from photos.. I don't want to be dependent on other photos in the future. Maybe it won't create such a problem.. I've just tried to avoid it as much as possible at this stage.

[@JonathanMcNelly]

Neeken you shouldn't see it as a bad habit or something you'd become dependent on. if you don't want to take colours directly from photos, then it is still important that you just have a quick look on what the colours are like in a certain setting or time of the day. The more you study the colours in the photos, the more you will learn which colours apply in which situations. When getting better, i don't think any way of helping you improve is bad. and in the beginning, any technique you use or learn is probably gonna change so much in the future that you won't rely on stuff you do at the moment anyway.

[@ProxCyde]

JonathanMcNelly Fair point. I guess I was thinking more of color picking when I posted that reply in January. Not sure why, cause that wasn't the point of the other guy. >< But yeah, I agree that studying colors is a good thing. I mean, how else could you learn what colors go where if you don't look at them. But for instance, even though I know the theory of keeping shadows cool and lights warm (or the other way around), I'm still not able to get the colors to look right. Or natural. I don't really paint much anymore though. Even though close friends tell me I'm too harsh on myself, I still don't feel I'm getting anywhere. Curse of creative perfectionists? :p

[@brandona8467]

I would definitely be interested in viewing more of these. I appreciate seeing the thought process and your applied knowledge. Please, keep them coming.

[@alcaminhante]

This is incredibly helpful to me. I´ve always been a traditional children book illustrator and for years now i find myself still having dificulty doing my transition into the digital realm. This was very insightful to me. Thanks for posting. Realtime is the best.

[@markwan6162]

I love your videos, man. Inspirational. Your chat is good, and your filling-in-while-you're-thinking commentary is all good, too. Major props. Keep it up.

[@bloocheez3]

Loved this. The real-time stuff is interesting on it's own merits, and there's lots of nuances that are lost in a sped up video that we can see at play here. I vote for more of these.

[@apepmedia3059]

It's always a pleasure to watch.

[@ScrewstonAlex]

yes! More Let's Draw vids, with character design, map/landscape design, video games remakes designs

[@Steve81M]

This was really awesome. I would love to see more videos like this, revisiting some older IP's and even newer ones. Watching in real time made it even better in my opinion. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks Feng.

[@N3gativ3Spac3_Casual]

Definitely liked this. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@trixietootie]

I look forward to more of these! Really enjoyable and inspiring to watch.

[@overnightgrowth]

This is great I hope you continue the series.

[@KseniyaKArt]

This is definitely awesome!! I'm so glad I found this! Thank you so much. It's especially interesting when you talk about what goes on in the real world and industry...

[@sinnad07]

Yes, Feng more vids like these in real time. I think it helpful for us to see your workflow in real time and see your thought process when you paint in. So yeah if it cuts your editing time down I think it's a win-win situation. I don't mind long vids either. Thumbs up up if you guys agreed too.

[@TaiChiKnees]

You make it look so easy! Fascinating to watch you work and I loved how you talked about the reasoning behind scale within games and I also really enjoyed (as always) your running commentary about composition. Composition is something I've always struggled to understand well and listening to you talk through it is extremely valuable. Thank you!

[@Andrey23857]

Yes Feng it gives a lot of inspiration and many various ideas comes to the head thank you Feng keep going with it

[@814200]

Great video, Feng! Really enjoyed this non-technical one and I think it's a great idea to continue this series. Keep them coming!

[@jtrapschuh]

These videos are really helpful! Please continue to share your style and technique!

[@Midknightalpha]

Great Video Feng Zhu, the ability to see what is created in real time helps give expectation to my own time frames.

[@MrCe4YT]

i highly recommend Mirilis Action for recording it's more stable than Camtasia and after Recording it has a better quality. I'm using it quiet often. Sorry for bad english Great vid Feng, thank you for your hard work!

[@patayaicetea91]

Thank you for all your effort, Feng!

[@TheMisterYaoi]

Wouldn't mind watching 2-3 hours worth of this. ^^

[@seothis640]

I really like this new format. Truly feels like I'm sitting beside a professional watching him work. Your thought process comes across slightly better in real time too. I also think that it's important to see you make mistakes and redo things when something is not working for you and it's much easier to see that stuff here.

[@UncleSikki]

As a concept artist for Skywind: This is really going to help me out on my concept art for the Skywind dev team, though I'm not working on Seyda Neen. I'll be sure to take these into account when redoing the more alien like towns and buildings around the game. As a fan: This video was fantastic, and it's great to see how you can build something beautiful without having to go completely from scratch, which when it comes to fantasy can be daunting at times. As an artist: I would kill to see you do something along the lines of Bioshock Infinite. I've seen you do fantasy and I've seen you do sci-fi, I would love to see how you handle something that's in-between those spectrums as well as the fact that the art in Bioshock is heavily stylized.

[@LarsRichterMedia]

I literally knew that episode 70 will be released today and now it's here ... Feng I just love you

[@OldmansCC]

Feng, you are amazing, thanks a lot for these videos! I REALLY appreciate all the incredible ins and outs that you share with us. Whenever I talk about art, I always mention your name and pin to you the badge of a king :P. I also like the fact that apart from doing the art, you talk about the business side of things in no bullshit manner. Once again, thank you.

[@Rebelzize]

Thanks for the Skywind shoutout!

[@Maejys]

One of the best Design Cinemas I've ever watched coming from you Feng. Keep it up :D

[@Ronindude]

Thanks for the video, I really love these real time sessions, I learned so much from this. Beautiful work!

[@lllllllllllll]

I like that 'let's draw' concept. It's nice to see something without tons of information on your channel, so I can watch it before going to sleep when my brain is already half turned off.

[@rf21able]

Oh and I really enjoy the real time painting. It shows how your work method and speed, and like you said, your thought flow.

[@breejammet1]

Awesome video, I personally prefer videos like these. It's cool because we get to see how to think as a designer rather than concentrating on how good your skills are, but rather concentrating on the theme and design...thank you so much, really hope to see some more of these type of videos! (:

[@TheSnufking]

I enjoyed this episode a lot! Please do more of these!

[@AndreaTarroniDesign]

For future let's draw style episodes i would suggest: abe's odissey /exoddus

[@SMBPixQuixatocs]

Fantastic video! Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts while working. Thanks!

[@Pocketrobber91]

Great video, this is exactly what I needed. Very relaxed and pleasant to listen to aswell.

[@TheEliteJohan]

I really like this, some of the recent episodes have been repeating things you already said early in the series and such, so changing up the format sounds great. Just being in real time I learn a lot more.

[@PHeMoX]

Very cool! I'd love to see more of these 'Let's draw' videos for sure. Same level of awesomeness to me.

[@DavydWood]

Really enjoyed this and found it so liberating as away to begin a painting...just done something similar as a result of watching this, and will use it to inspire a watercolour or oil painting. Thank you

[@sirnippip]

Feng Zhu! That was a lot of fun! I really hope you do more of these!

[@exexlegolasexex]

For those of us who are not specifically interested in concept art, hearing your stream of consciousness during the painting gives insight into the attitude of a successful creator... actually that's probably good for concept ppl as well.

[@undercurrent32]

Great fun! Still enjoying the real time aspect so much. I try and think with you and get happy when I notice the same things to work on next as you do. Like an exam on eye skill kinda haha

[@Groaznic]

As soon as Feng says "let's see what we have in the photo reference library" you peel your eyes, you know some shit is gonna go down. "Just slap some photo on it. Done! Ship it!" :D

[@hugod1000]

Just found your channel, always hated fast forward / timelapse you never get anything out of it , this is much better.

[@Rostas]

This was amazing Feng! Do more "Let's Draws". I think it's a direction you should take because it seems like something fresh and fun to do.

[@basiator2]

Thank You very much for this. Your drawing and painting is very inspiring for me and so relaxing, Zen. No doubt that you need to continue with "Let's Draw" videos. Btw, I learned much more from you, just watching your painting, than from my teacher. ;)

[@iamnachman148]

Awesome video!!! Definitely would love to see more of these "let's draw" episodes. Here are some games id like to see (not all are fantasy) - Knights of the old republic 1 or 2 - Day of Defeat - Baldur's gate 2 (top down possible?) - Unreal - Zelda Ocarina of time (done in your style) I love your videos Feng, Please dont ever stop.

[@JayJapanB]

Hey, FZD. How about doing designs for Half Life 3? Given the popularity of speculation with that game I think it would make a really good video topic. Pass it on to Master Feng if you can. :) Keep up the hard work, guys. We're all enjoying it!

[@zlovredniyTip]

I think one of the points he made in his video is the danger of jumping onto a hype train. Its an easy way to become popular in short term but does not really help that much with improving and becoming better.

[@adampugsley4660]

Loving this series Feng, Really interesting to watch to re design older games, definitely continue this!

[@kilerden]

Thanks! Hope there will be more to come!

[@lBIGMOMMA]

Yes, Fallout 4 would be completely amazing so many people would want to see that with all the rumors going around about it. Even though we actually know it's in development it'd be cool to see some "concept art" regarding it.

[@RedBlade3]

Loved it! Definately would like to see more of Let's Draw!

[@36SOAD817HMC]

I don't like when you merge photos to make a painting. But I cant deny how great it looks over all, some of the best digital art out. Great work keep it up.

[@gamaboy21]

The mixture of doing video game-based pieces real-time is really wonderful. Talking over recorded bits do seem to wield more... Tips and suggestions; but real time conversation with the audience while working is, in my opinion, a bit more helpful and more satisfactory to watch.

[@AndreaTarroniDesign]

I really like this method for fzd cinema, it's very true and instructional...thanks feng

[@ttrudeau83]

These turned out great, would love to have seen you working on some of the details too instead of the magic time skip to the final piece! :)

[@zombieno1]

Thanks for keeping the fire going.

[@progste]

the mod you talk about is morroblivion and is done already, they are doing skywind now (the same mod in skryrim) =)

[@T1JumpTIX]

*Fallout 4* is another game made by Bethesda that is rumoured to be in the works, perhaps we can see a let's draw on the Fallout 4 IP.

[@nawangsherpa3209]

thanks Feng for sharing your knowledge on design.....

[@nathanwirth5570]

Excellent work as usual Feng! Keep these videos coming

[@Komodojou]

Great job! I especially liked the Morrowind picture. Since you asked for suggestions, I'd definitely be interested in seeing you do something like this with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series.

[@RobBurden]

I love this idea and hope to see more of it!

[@Floatharr]

Very enjoyable! Since it's not as information-dense it's good for painting along. Suggestion for next episode: I've been curious about what the mineshafts, mountains and fields of Minecraft would look like with modern graphics.

[@CKrsnadeva]

Thenks for another great demo Feng!

[@robohobo296]

Hey Feng, these were fun to watch. Its good to be able to see your style of painting. The real-time is good too. The time-lapse ones make it seem like you are a magician! Also I would love to see some re-designs of Abes Oddysee! Maybe characters because they are so cool. But it had some pretty awesome backgrounds too. Alternatively a Half Life game would be so sick. I think Valve were supposed to make one but its taken forever. Tanks Feng!

[@dylan-de-graaf]

I really like this concept, very cool designs too!

[@basedkira]

Stop! you violated the -- whoa

[@7rICk]

Hey, I think your videos are better this way than with the speedup, thank you for making all your videos too!

[@patz5553]

Loved that video. didnt skip even once. Thanks!

[@ashlynartificia]

Oh god please do more! this was so fun to watch while drawing :D

[@konradkaminski8878]

Great episode Feng, more real time please! It's great to see you paint without it being sped up!

[@Neceros]

Oh! I would love to see you design in Fallout 4, which is rumored to be under development.

[@TheEliteJohan]

Unless they've released WIP images or such that's just fanart though.

[@viviondioline]

Craig Mullins did a perfect job on his own.

[@TheEliteJohan]

Mr.Mingo Wasn't he hired though? Feng wouldn't know much about the game so it wouldn't be a solid concept piece in any respect.

[@NevReign]

Brilliant, as usual. Keep up the good work man!

[@javisartdesign]

thanks! Very inspiring!!

[@tomaszjasinski9163]

Feng, that was awesome!

[@PhlioNihm]

I really like this format of sharing and would welcome more like this if you decide to go this route. It's easier on you, and it gives us a real time, real world example of something we might actually see. Love it, and thank you!

[@fluidever]

Nice process and good result BRAVO!!!

[@omairjamal3027]

Really helpful! Thanks FZD!

[@maybeobsessive]

This was amazing to watch! I'd definitely like to see more of these 'Let's Draw' ones. It was awesome to start with Elder Scrolls too (: