How to get BETTER at DRAWING / Blender's Grease SECRET Technique

[@SaHaRaSquad]

No matter what program, being able to rotate the view around a face etc is so incredibly helpful I would recommend it to anyone. When learning how to draw the head I can just look how certain curves and shapes look from the exact perspective I’m drawing. I’m always a bit worried if what I’m practicing is actually accurate or just seems to look right in that moment, and a 3d view helps a lot.

[@PolyPaint]

Totally agree! Sculpting is another way to learn shapes. It forces to think about physical shape not being loose like you can do in 2d.

[@katokianimation]

that is why life drawing and sculpting was still the important skill for artists even after the camera got mainstream. without practicing poly modelling i couldn't draw from imagination or being able to animate head turns

[@AwkwardPain]

Been trying to get a good workflow for creating a 2d/3d animation and each time I think has fallen short mostly to do with my lack of skill as an artist. This will for sure help me understand form and shading a lot better in perspective! Thanks for sharing.

[@PolyPaint]

Cool! Consider this as one of many tools in your possession in achieving your goals! 💪

[@tiredbones5985]

I have been working a long time on my workflow and I believe I have just finally nailed down one that works but I am still trying out different options for fun. lemme know what kind of style you are going for and maybe I could assist.

[@nosirve9458]

the fact that blender is free/maintained by donations is so amazing

[@PolyPaint]

Yeah, you can literally do whatever pro studios are doing for free now

[@nosirve9458]

@@PolyPaint As a community is our endeavour to help them, they so great. And also artists like you that share knowledge for free. Man it makes me feel like even that bad things happen there still hope in humanity and I think it's the path we should share and aspire to. I know it's minor details, like, a "just a 3d software", just a "video", just a "line of code", but those details make life feel so much better.

[@PolyPaint]

@@nosirve9458 same! It felt really nice when people actually cared about what I was trying to share. That motivates me to share even more

[@CSAATechArts]

Thanks for the video! I've been trying to get better at 2D sketching using a 3D reference. I never appreciated how Grease Pencil could help until I watched your tutorial. Really, really found it very helpful. Hope to see more. Cheers!

[@PolyPaint]

Glad it was helpful! More is coming soon !

[@VerikArt]

Interesting use of Grease Pencil. Thanks for showing :)

[@PolyPaint]

My pleasure 😊

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

I have been sleeping on Blender way too long. This is incredible.

[@PolyPaint]

oh yeah. The more i work in it, the more incredible things i discover

[@dijdesignandgame]

I set up my method a little different than this video today, but it was because of this video. I have been 3D modeling for like 8 years, and drawing for maybe 3? This is totally going to level up my studies. Thanks!🤘

[@PolyPaint]

Fantastic! Glad to hear this!

[@ypotryll]

Thanks for making this. I'll have to give grease pencil a decent shot again since I'm returning to Blender now from a few years' break. I admit I hardly touched it since its introduction. Also not too long, not too short, informative and good enunciation. Subbed.

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks a lot! Blender is a great tool. GP is a tiny part of it and from what i saw online, it will have major update soon. It will get even better

[@mikedunn2989]

This is brilliant!

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@101touchapps]

that image plane is dope

[@Safirasama]

Wow, thats are amazing tips! I am using Blender for storyboarding, but I never thought to use it for usual drawing practice. Will definitely try it! Thank you!

[@PolyPaint]

Awesome! Give it a shot

[@unaddan]

you are a bless to the community.

[@PolyPaint]

aww. thanks!

[@dradrawe]

Thank you ! This is such a cool workflow for training and more :o

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks for watching! Glad you like it

[@sergpeppper]

For a long time I want to switch to blender for small animations with layers. often it is necessary to make advertising banners with some movement or presentations with storyboard for the speaker, and have to do it in powerpoint or figma or in adobe. I dream about blender and work in linux. Your lessons inspire me! Do more!

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks a lot! Will do more!

[@icedriver2207]

Really liked this video

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks! Much appreciated !

[@OleksiiChernik]

Thank you for this video. It gave me several amazing ideas!!!

[@PolyPaint]

Great! I'm glad it's helpful!

[@wolfgangd3653]

This video is so underrated.

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks a lot!

[@CrimsonKnight_Gaming]

This is so great omg

[@PolyPaint]

Glad you liked it!

[@sleipnir_8364]

the canvas on the camera made so much sense. were all the brushes default on greasepencil?

[@PolyPaint]

I think for the most part i used default ones. I also tried brushes by Sophie Jantak. There are some cool free brushes available

[@ДмитрийПетров-у1р]

Спасибо за ролик, очень информативный

[@PolyPaint]

Спасибо!

[@MonsterHat133]

very informative video

[@PolyPaint]

Thank you!

[@yingyangyolo9343]

Any tips for a bloody beginner? Do you recommend any books?:)

[@PolyPaint]

Depends on your goals. I started with fundamentals and tried to follow art-school program. Then just started doing my own drawings and analyze what's missing and looked for tat info. Now, you can easily learn the same from KZbin. There are lots of cool and respected artists on this platform. You can check couple books tho: Scott Robertson "How to Draw" , TB Choi book about characters, [LEZHIN] Point Character Drawing by Taco and books by Marcos Mateu-Mestre. but again, there are lots of cool videos that cover the same topics.

[@kilutica3D]

Thank you for Awesome video 😊

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks!

[@raythelog]

I am so shook by your set up but I have been trying to figure out how you do the first thing? Setting up the image as an image plan so on so forth and changing your view, is there anyway you can do a slower version or maybe write out step by step?

[@PolyPaint]

The image planes are now moved to Add-Image-Image as planes on the top panel. And you dont have to add any addons for that starting from blender 4.2. To change view I'm using shortcuts. in my case its F1-F4 but im using industry standard shortcuts, may be different for default keymap.

[@raythelog]

@@PolyPaint THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS

[@karlamichelle4946]

this are all great techniques but what if I dont know how to model my own characters can this method still be applied

[@PolyPaint]

You can get some free stuff on Sketchfab or other 3d platforms. Or you can buy some 3d scans if you wish.

[@THUNGUNS]

This seems like a cheat code for getting good fast haha. Would you recommend a minimum art skill level down before using this method? (would it be more ideal if the artist studied perspective fundamentals, skeleton before using this process?

[@PolyPaint]

That would definitely help. I would recommend that in any case. You can still learn fundamentals within blender. Instead of models , you can have some primitives to study. You can always mix doing both, study some primitives and then apply it to simplified human model to see them in action

[@wwritza666]

Great❤

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks mate!

[@Imagine_IE]

Could you do something similar in Clips studio paint. Mostly the part of dropping assets in the canvas and just drawing what you see.

[@PolyPaint]

@Imagine_IE idk how good the 3d engine Is there. Blender is pretty fast and flexible, but yeah, photoshop also can do 3d but it’s not really user-friendly 😅. Don’t own CSP and never used it tho.

[@ypotryll]

I use it regularly, but by comparison Clip Studio Paint is way more unwieldy controls-wise for their 3D features (might be biased since I started with Blender before CSP and being used to those controls already). Ultimately for me Blender is best for dedicated studies as described in the video while CSP is best for being in the middle of a detailed project and troubleshooting a difficult pose.

[@MARI-SPORTS2005]

Full video beginner ❤❤❤

[@TommyLikeTom]

To summarize this video: Use 3D objects and videos as references. There really isn't anything more to it than that. All he says is use 3D models and videos as references over and over again in different ways

[@monomodel-n1g]

спасибо братан)

[@PolyPaint]

💪

[@TendaiFrancisChiura]

It didn’t work for me I’m using Blender 4.3 can you make a tutorial for new version please🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@PolyPaint]

Hey. Should work the same way! The only difference they made from 4.2 version is the to add an image plane, you should go Add - Image - Images as planes from the top menu. Everything else remained the same from what i know. Could you specify what didn't work in your case?

[@titaniumwhitepeach7208]

А можно пожалуйста гайд на кисти, а то я до сих пор не знаю как пользоваться мягкой кистю чтобы цвет не наслаивался пока я ею крашу

[@PolyPaint]

У наборе стандартных кистей есть Airbrush, но я никогда её не использовал. Изза того, что Grease pencil это что-то вроде векторного рисования, добиться смешивания цветов как в растровых редакторах будет сложно. Это не невозможно, но нужно искать какие-то обходные пути, например, рисование в шейдинга в текстуре вместо Grease pencil. Но в этом случае уже проще выгрузить это в редактор и риосать там.

[@titaniumwhitepeach7208]

@@PolyPaint спасибо за ответ, я цвета смешиваю кистью F pencil (карандаш), вроде виходит но времени много трачу, просто нравится идея векторой графики в том, что я в любой момент могу заново отрендерить картинку в любом разрешении без потери качества. В таком слуае попробую на CSP пересесть, а блендер буду использовать для анимации

[@PolyPaint]

Я для растровой графики использую Криту. Тоже бесплатная программа и для рисования ничем не уступает фотошопу. В CSP, на сколько я знаю, есть некоторые фичи, которых нет в фотошопе или Крите.

[@titaniumwhitepeach7208]

@@PolyPaint про криту слышал, надо будет попробовать

[@et_puis]

why does it obliterate the CPU? when i use reference option i have no issues.

[@PolyPaint]

Depends on a model and lighting complexity I guess. 😅

[@Dr_Holiday]

i was doing something similar to this and now I don't see lines when drawing 2d but full 3d object

[@PolyPaint]

Hey, that may be caused by many things. One of which could be that you exited the Camera view if you previously was in it. Extra details would help to determine the cause.

[@Dr_Holiday]

@PolyPaint hey. I was meaning that I don't look at 2d when drawing I basically imagine the 3d form of it

[@PolyPaint]

Ah! My bad! Yeah, same for me! Sculpting also helps a lot to get this understanding even better.

[@ShuripustaILK]

Ultra Mega Cool!!! ( ╹▽╹ )

[@PolyPaint]

Mega thanks!

[@jonatasalmeidasantana8863]

You deserve more. If i had more money, i would contract you just to animate infront of me while i could just watch. But i live far from you, and don't have the money to go there, or to pay for you to animate. One day, i'll leave this corrupt country, so i can earn money somewhere else, and i'll be the one to donate you 100 dollars at least. One day, remember. One day

[@PolyPaint]

Thanks a lot. I appreciate that! Keep achieving your goals 💪

[@thebuniverse6739]

clip studio has that already though :P

[@PolyPaint]

Never used it. It doesn’t have full potential of 3d tho from what I know

[@cakger1012]

There's no freedom there boi 🤑🙏🙏🙏