If you work in black and white, don't forget the power of texture!

[@loudsketching]

Oh this is very helpful! Never thought to use texture to help create contrast with similar colours before. I've been struggling with this for some time now, thank you. :D

[@cormarcormar]

7k likes and no comments? i just shat myself💥

[@bruex2277]

In pixel art this is called dithering It's really useful because it allows for extra shades without adding more colors (in pixel art you usually work with a limited pallette)

[@ZanderSabbag]

I am colorblind and I have been so much in favor of doing this in conjunction with color. I may not know where red or green is, but I can damn right tell where spotted red is vs the checkered green! That’s such a rare QoL thing for people to do tho, which I understand, we are a minority, the default is not taking us into account.

[@AtreusChampionLoki]

It's so helpful!!🎉

[@ThePandaAgenda]

there used to be specific guidelines on how materials should be painted in heraldic art I bet there’s a norm for manga as well

[@mischief5905]

noted

[@srjskam]

​@@ThePandaAgenda In black and white heraldic art Argent/silver/white is white, Or/gold/yellow is dots, Gules/red is vertical lines, Azure/blue is horizontal lines, Vert/green is left diagonal (\), Purpure/purple is right diagonal (/), Sable/black is horizontal+vertical or just black. These varied a lot in the past, but the modern convention is this. It would be possible to add a feature to comic readers that would hatch colors according to this or some other scheme... There are already apps that let you do it live with a phone camera, but that would probably be a bit cumbersome way to read a comic.

[@ThePandaAgenda]

@@srjskam imagine haptic touch screens for manga :o

[@SereneStudio]

It really takes a master of the craft to present complex ideas in simple terms. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@francookie9353]

I'm so annoyed that AI is going to make skills like this one obsolete too.

[@joaorafaeloliveira1781]

​@@francookie9353how?

[@lykonic1763]

Holy shit this is actually one of the neatest Photoshop tricks I've seen thus far... Can't wait until I get to the point I can actually make use of tricks like this with my own digital art, once I get out of the learning and familiarization phase.

[@DoctaM364]

I freaking love bitmapping. Especially in printmaking and serigraphy.

[@astro-knot9598]

Had to do a quick experiment with this technique and it fixed one of my old drawings! Holy moly!!

[@Tabf11]

holy moly🐁

[@OmnipotentNoodle]

Im not an artist, but i still think its just super fascinating to learn how the hotdogs get made. It really deepens your appreciation for the effort and thoughtfulness that goes into stuff like this, and how even the smallest details serve to tell a story or set a mood. :)

[@waffleaffle231]

I love learning about this sort of thing! I've got a poster of a dragon that was drawn by a comic book artist, and it's so cool to be able to learn about and see all the little details that went into it.

[@SentinalSlice]

Hotdog

[@SleekHeroo]

​@@SentinalSliceHotdog!!

[@blackwell4701]

​@Nny_777 "how the hotdogs are made" is a metaphor for "process of something"

[@plurality-reality]

"how the hotdogs are made" IM USING THIS NOW THANK YOU !!!!!!!

[@35milesoflead]

When I was at school in the 80's and 90's there used to be a product called Mechanical Tint for pen and ink work. It was like a transfer with check shading, line shading, etc.

[@jrframes]

I saw a video of someone using something like this for their manga so I'm sure it's still around.

[@SunlightAldo]

i love when as an artist you find a helpful artist tip that youve subconsciously been using for years. been texturing art like this forever because of my old love for dragon ball and one piece manga didn't know about Photoshopd halftone feature tho!! thats hella cool

[@-beee-]

Such a fantastic demo in so little time! Thank you!

[@Meeegl]

I love the junji Ito ish squiggly lines, I think they’re a perfect representation of dread

[@SlightlyStoopid1988]

Dude I love watching your content, I always wanted to work on or make a comic, I am very creative and have art skills I just let life distract me in some positive ways but a lot of negative ways and fell away from a passion. ANYWAY! Just saying I enjoy your art and your perspectives on things and these videos may just light the fire under me to get back into art, so thanks man.

[@badinkstudios]

We just hope we can help inspire people!!

[@jitome4159]

Ooh, that's an interesting way of creating contrast and tones

[@Megan-sr4du]

ARGHHH I've been waiting for this video, and it was SOOO EXCITING AND SATISFYING to hear your opinion (I love how you went into detail, i needed this rant lol) because it's EXACTLY what I was thinking when watching the show😭😭

[@KoniWorx]

You can actually use the same logic without halftones. It's a matter of contrast in patterns. So if you have a design with any horizontal lines contrasted against vertical lines, you'll get shapes out of that. Just felt like mentioning this because a lot of beginners take advice at a surface level sometimes. "Halftones is the answer", while in actuallity it was the contrast of patterns.

[@AttackArtDawnLIVE]

I need a tutorial for how you did that on photoshop

[@fkapps]

Contrast! Love it

[@Tastethemall]

Awesome video just as always! You guys always give me the motivation to continue with my art. I hope you never stop making art and videos😊

[@badinkstudios]

Thank you so much!!

[@bl00dyyt33th]

This is incredible, amazing work🖤🎀 thank you

[@layzchi]

Bro this is so good 😭😭

[@dovelugosi]

Back in the 90's Akira Toriyama wrote a manga to teach the basics of Manga to children. It was of course filled with jokes about boobs and how he himself is a loser. In French it was titled L'apprenti Mangaka = the mangaka apprentice, and there is a chapter about trame (the tiny pattern to give dimension and contrast), I remember he explains exactly the same thing is you just did and he also shows how to enhance a powerful movement thanks to the patterns and how to scratch it with an exact blade. The whole book is very interesting, there is a chapter about pen nibs.

[@shinyshinyyshinyyy2197]

I’ve been playing Metroid ll (the first Gameboy version, grayscale) and noticing a lot of this! It’s fascinating, their use of contrast makes it graphically better than the first metroid game imo. And then add in that custom color palette for the Gameboy Color… ooomfh

[@badinkstudios]

I love LOVE older video games as a reference for limitations in color palettes and creative work arounds

[@shinyshinyyshinyyy2197]

@@badinkstudios Right! It’s awesome, the innovation in the 80’s-90’s is incredible

[@magorzatazebrowska1654]

I have photoshops for years and didn’t know about this option! You’re saving my life lol

[@Animiyu_Official]

Omg ty! I'm making a manga and i really got no experience! 💜 💜

[@danchoo5415]

Oh this is exactly what I need! Thank you!

[@Doodsinho]

Insanely good tip. I'll for sure remember to use this when I see fit from now on. Thank you ❤️

[@ch_grape8]

T amo Coffe gracias por traerme recuerdos con esta peliculaza. Me dio sentimiento que falta poco pa los 800k, amo verte creceeer💗

[@Byrdstar6423-un3me]

Love the tips!

[@Nina.draws_]

Her look just screams “tf u just say.”

[@Drekromancer]

That's insanely cool. Thank you for showing us the process!

[@nandap.n4715]

Your way to find the easy step are always amazing

[@allexmussen9107]

It's such a small change but it makes sm difference

[@dexuspillarmen7703]

I knew there has to be one better way to do textures instead of doing it by hand

[@Aldgri]

I can tell this would be very useful information if I were an artist

[@floofXD]

this gave me a headache but i feel like its worth it bc that looks cool

[@blank6204]

This is a GAME changer thank you so much.

[@LDAR]

Honestly looks so good without the lineart

[@Seevawonderloaf]

This is genius. Literally genius

[@alexjohnson6069]

Art makes me happy

[@greeny.official]

i think texture is commonly overlooked w newer and/or digital artists!! i especially like the dissolve blending mode in photoshop for a more dotty (?) gradient

[@jaydun6106]

you keep dropping these goldmines in my shorts and i never see them!

[@zephyrias]

Ahh thank you for this!! I want to do manga style toning in my comics for web viewing, and most of the tutorials or guides caution to avoid it entirely. I think there can still be some advice taken here to apply texture to the grays. 👍

[@ladykoiwolfe]

This is still very useful to remember even for an artist that works solely by hand, like myself.

[@TTB_07]

It also gives that "static tv" feeling, cool asf

[@JamieNorrish]

this is honestly an incredibly tip, I'd have never thought of this myself, I'll have to see about finding out an easy way to do this on ibis paint which is my most often used software

[@fangirl1234fangirl]

Wow thank you for teaching me something new!!!

[@Short_est]

This hurts my eyes and it’s also amazing

[@ThatOneGoldenGun]

Dang that’s sick, I hope I can be in this kind of business one day

[@gentlescrubswoosh]

This is so trippy but very helpful

[@theoverseer393]

Thank you, for such easy and digestible information

[@Kat.iz.actually_goofy]

You’re voice is very calming :3

[@launcherx2044]

man if only krita was this good

[@ИванУстал]

This looks so cool

[@alexoxo1]

There’s also a very subtle glow around her near the top of her hair

[@Kb-gh2rk]

Actually, this is really insightful and neat. Thanks for the tip.

[@Girlupthecastle]

Looks super good

[@discordiadingle3203]

That’s actually so cool!

[@seya7090]

Bruh this is such good advice

[@houseofsacrifice]

Helpful tip! This is great for a comic book style!

[@0Vageta0]

Holy shit I needed this so much ILY❤️ I was starting to give up on trying to value shade because I kept running out of values to differentiate parts, when I moved on to actually doing pieces with backgrounds

[@dantegallardo1974]

That's beautiful

[@Pacster650]

me when traditional artist 😭

[@abbyelectric]

you can actually get screentone sheets for traditional artworks! I believe that's how a lot of manga artists still do it to this day :)

[@MariiiiMarija]

Wow this is amazing. Thank you!

[@orangefroot]

THIS IS COOL. Thank you I learned today.

[@col5186]

Damn I really shoulda used this in art school… impressive digital technique!

[@arkidie]

this is so helpful thank you so much

[@JuarezCall]

You can also do similar stuff in flipnote studio

[@fanime1]

This channel is a life saver

[@thesnortfort]

This is incredibly useful thank you

[@micahclarke-prebble8015]

First second there I thought you were talking about the sandwich pizza I'm sorry my Grable

[@jarancrane2462]

I remember growing up with Flipnote Hatena, and you got 3 colours to make flipnotes, red, blue, and black, but you could only use 1 colour at a time on a page, and I've seen amazing artists do impressive things using the many textures available in that platform.

[@Yaunie13]

I'm making a "western manga" and have been wondering how to elevate it being limited to using only b/w, this helps a lot!

[@xxyoboigxx]

Definitely a very helpful video. Thank you for making it short, sweet, and straight to the point 👍

[@lesserknownname9269]

Wow this is really helpful! Thanks for sharing!

[@vlogfloopers]

Well they don't actually create roughly the same shade of grey, that's the reason why there is a contrast. The reason is the density of the black pixel differs

[@Chickenteriyakibazooka]

wooooaaaahh now I want to try on concept environment arts

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

this is why manga feels more expressive, textures

[@badinkstudios]

Plenty of American comics use textures as well. As do French artists like Moebius.

[@marissas8234]

Omg!! I love this tutorial, thank you so much. I'm trying to get inspired to create art again... But life leaves me little time to myself. Your videos make me want to sit down and try again. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽❤

[@Oretal]

The power of dithering/halftones. I use that technique a lot for my art :]

[@marissa17489234]

Great timing. Thanks, I was fiddling with a screen tone alll week actually

[@yeoldhermit]

Thank you, I needed this since I've been planning to start a manga project ❤

[@batterybroken]

NICE! I LOVE this trick! Omigosh. It’s going to help so so much

[@source3nergy203]

Very helpful

[@source3nergy203]

Indeed past self, 4 month rotation

[@PrestonG14-nd8bg]

“I didn’t know you were that self-aware” LEO

[@_Stray]

this is why you need to decide on whether or not your making a colour image or a black and white image before you start the drawing, they're very distinct

[@mothermaxyne]

i didn’t know i needed that tbh

[@yourlocalennard5446]

That is so cool! I’m gonna do a quick little drawing and try this out!

[@paulinahafer7185]

That is mad cool. I never thought about that but it makes perfect sense!

[@jasonasana4562]

This would be great if you could actually show how you get to the halftone and bitmap configurations -_-

[@shamaraaraujo3204]

That’s so cool!! Thank you for the tip

[@mycattypedthis2827]

i use similar technique for my full color works, i use rough dry medium brushes for backgrounds and smooth/oil brushes for characters (or otherwise depending on the desired outcome effect) it drastically improved my style!

[@Raylik]

I always wonder how to make this technique on paper but this is very useful!

[@SANTIGO_DA_1]

There is a few simple optical illusions that help this play out better. I don’t know the names but I know how to describe it. You got the color one where two colors look like a 3rd or something, then you got squares and a grid making out Brain go “weeeeeee colors and patterns”

[@AutumnsRemains]

Ohhhh thank you for this tutorial!

[@artasky6093]

Omg i loving this!! It's really REALLY make your drawings a lot better! I gonna use screen tone from now on

[@kelli9595]

THATS SO COOL!! thank you for sharing!!

[@sleepysage131]

This is so cool holy shit

[@digitab4446]

GENIUS! THANK YOU!!

[@gu7740]

I've never thought of that! I've learned to shade with lines, dots, but I've never thought of using both to create a contrast. So that's what that's for, and could be used for 🤔