If You're a Beginner Artist - WATCH THIS!

[@umerhayat3d]

1:22 the best advice for all of us, this is very important for all the artists to know

[@celticbabs3105]

i just enjoy watching your artwork come to life before my eyes. I also love how you do a lot of painting over the 3d assets which is something I'd like to do more of. You're an inspiration!!!

[@ImadAwan]

Thank you very much!

[@tavaroevanis8744]

Imad, your channel was the spark that ignited my pursuit of concept art. Thank you for your inspiring work, and I look forward to more inspirational videos!

[@CausticCaterpillar]

Thank you for brining up school. A lot of people in the industry say don't go to school its not worth it, but for a lot of people, the structure of school is important. Some people need to have the assignments to follow in order to help them improve and stay on track. Great video!

[@ImadAwan]

Glad you found it helpful! Thank you!

[@seannarro92]

It's been almost two years since I found your channel, and started to draw in a somewhat realistic style. Last year unfortunately was bad and I feel like I haven't learn anything, but this year I will be better. Thank you mister, you're as good as you was when I found you.✨

[@ImadAwan]

Wow, thank you!!

[@Riverwind5]

I just started way too late in life, but have slowly been able to convince myself to enjoy getting better. It also, oddly enough, helps to have a job currently that I desperately want to get out of so there's motivation there. But honestly, if I can kiss a little rear-end, having been able to find an artist such as yourself that is approachable and willing to help has been an amazing discover for this tool that waited too long.

[@jaffasholva7738]

Great advise. I have been wasting more than 20 years of my life. Past 2 years i've been learning blender for fun and got back into drawing. I noticed my drawings improved a lot because of blender. I seriously never knew i could get better at something. I just gave up real quick at anything and always told myself i could never reach the level of artists i admired. So what's the point, nobody is going to pay me for my garbage. I still doubt everything, but i did notice progression. These kind of videos really help. I tried many other motivational videos, but all they really tell you is just to become a millionaire or get up at 5 to start running or hit the gym lol

[@ImadAwan]

Great to hear your thoughts! :) thanks for sharing!

[@ashfield4313]

The hardest part of learning art after 3 years is trying not to give up hope on being a good artist when I see how little I have improved. The only thing that slightly helps is that the artists I look up to have made amazing artworks 12 years ago, which means they have likely been painting for 6+ years before that and the stuff they're coming out with now is likely a product of nearly 20 years of art practice. The issue then becomes if I have the resolve to spend 6 years or longer before I stumble into something that qualifies as "good"? I hope so.

[@corn_the_dog]

I also was learning for around 3-4 years and only recently have started making actually good stuff, the thing is that it is a very long journey, but you don't really feel the sense of time. You keep working, take a break, switch to something else, get inspired, start again and so on in circles until you realize that you've been drawing for years, and now you have an actual taste and intuition. You'll get there, just keep coming back to it and don't overload yourself at the moment.

[@mato579]

don't think, do it if you enjoy it.

[@gor764]

This is probably your best piece

[@ImadAwan]

Thank you!! 🙌🏻

[@yashrajanshukla7790]

Just want to say two words.. Thank you imad.. Thank you for giving this gem content

[@ImadAwan]

You’re most welcome 🙏🏻

[@mohsyn029]

This is amazing video.... I really want to learn about your brushes library. Thanks for share you amazing experience.

[@ImadAwan]

Glad to hear that! DM me on Insta about the brushes

[@HogwartsAlumniHere]

I wonder if I can call myself as self-taught if you taught me so much

[@ImadAwan]

You can still call yourself that, yes ;)

[@teds935]

I really don’t understand why people call themselves ‘self-taught’ as a title of achievement. The title suggests that you’re unwilling to seek help or get advice on your art?

[@rollingcrystal1]

Assalamualaikum Bhai, I'm amazed to see your work. I have some knowledge of Photoshop (like photo manipulation) . Can u guide me how to develop my skills in ur way ? Jazak ALLAH

[@riellerthecreeper]

Great advice, thank you. About to start my last semester of college for a digital media degree and for my senior project, I’ve been wanting to do something similar in your video. I’ve always been afraid of what comes “after” school and how to do it, career wise. The advice you gave really helped me in multiple areas.

[@ImadAwan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@allanalves9094]

Master of the Masters!

[@ImadAwan]

No way!!

[@midnightopera]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience. 👍

[@ImadAwan]

My pleasure!

[@LoroofTheWorld]

Daaaang this art looks goooood!!

[@ImadAwan]

Thank you!!

[@computer__eyez]

As always good advice. What struck me was… the subjects were posed in Daz 3D, rendered and then imported to photoshop for the vfx. Initially, I thought you drew it from scratch like you’ve done before. BUT… watching you paint on the subject, to give it hair, features.. etc. Gave me the idea, how I can do this on my iPad Pro. I can pose 3D models with the *Shot Pro* app, that has very limited 3D models, with preset facial expressions and preset clothing (not as elaborate like DAZ 3D) *But* I can change the clothing and expressions once brought into Affinity Photo for my iPad. Thank you for this! I really do not enjoy searching for hours, for images, for photo manipulation ideas. I wonder if there are *facial expression* brushes. I’ll have to check.

[@ImadAwan]

Might create a tutorial doing this on an ipad as well! 😁

[@computer__eyez]

@@ImadAwan oh shit…. You do that, and it’s game over. You will end up creating a whole new generation of artists. iPad apps For 3D Model Posing & Photo Manipulation: *Shot Pro* you can animate here as well, it’s a pre-vision app. powerful. I use it daily for game mechanic prototyping and game design documents. *Magic Poser* just posing models *Affinity Photo V2* photo editing/manipulation) it’s good alternative to photoshop - powerful. Your brushes will work on it. Photoshop on iOS is crappy. Don’t use it, you will be disappointed - Affinity Photo is centuries better.

[@ImmortalMomentsArt]

Thanks for the excellent advice, so well broken down! And it was very interesting to see the whole process from Daz to Blender to overpaint! Wonderful peek into your process!

[@ImadAwan]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robmasters3569]

Loved this but there were some bits I didn't understand because you didn't explain how you were doing them. I'm mainly talking about the effects with the brush where you used a brush preset to distort some of the lighting effects. I was compelled to subscribe and I will watch all of your channel and return on a regular basis. thank you for creating this video. your work is exceptional :)

[@qalandaremamstudent]

Thanks for the advice

[@ImadAwan]

Any time!

[@irehman7]

I wanna see time lapse of your work as 60 sec shorts.

[@ImadAwan]

That’d be cool!!!

[@noobmaster3793]

I tried taking tests for the artschool twice and failed both my trial and part what hurts the most is second time I actually tried and I just wasn't good enough so now ik I've to get it done the hard way myself... It's hard, I can't find motivation I fail and fail again but I really don't have anything to do it's Art or nothing Idk how am gonna do it but failure is for sure not the option I can't step back now. Thanks for uploading motivating videos pls keep posting ❣️for people like me Thank you

[@ImadAwan]

So glad you found this helpful! 🙏🏻

[@zuchfayalfa3907]

Inspired my yours concept art and Martin deschambault and brad rigney yours my favorite artist

[@ImadAwan]

Thank you so much!

[@laurentglass8634]

Thank you. This is really motivating. I'm feel alone. It's really hard to stay motivated. You're really inspirating ! Thanks.

[@ImadAwan]

You got this Laurent!!!

[@WNFDraco]

Thank you

[@AHMEDMOSTAFA77]

Really love your work man, keep up the good work!

[@ImadAwan]

Thanks, will do!

[@omardraws]

Great video! Thanks for making this 😊

[@ImadAwan]

My pleasure!

[@tonyviento3633]

Thank you for one more inspiring video!

[@ImadAwan]

Thanks for watching!

[@ArthurGermanovich]

Не останавливася! У тебя наикрутейший контент!!!

[@MarcoZeekRibeiro]

great video thx for sharing

[@ImadAwan]

Thanks for watching!

[@jeffersonbombay8744]

time to hit the 3d realm 🙂

[@ImadAwan]

Better late than never!!

[@ipatek8292]

Thank you very much for this video! I got a question about college part of the video, because I'm currently enroll in Graphic Design Bachelor on first year as a part time study. During the week I casually work at a warehouse, devoting my free time to development art skills, and then on Saturday and Sunday I study at the university. It is hard but I try to give my best. I'm sometimes tormented by the thought of whether it wouldn't actually be better to put all the money I spend on my studies into courses and learn from such sources. However, in Poland there is a belief that to achieve something more you need a university education. It is even said in my circle of friends that one cannot become an Art Director without a university education. Is this actually true? Do people really look at your education that much? Thanks in advance for your answer!

[@andrea_granieri]

I would really like to know more about this Daz 3D studio (which I never heard of) into Blender process

[@ImadAwan]

Noted!

[@dexterkhokhar]

the things took time 🥰

[@javierg.m2483]

What about the future of the industry with the presence of AIs? 🤔

[@Oliver-gammarART]

Great video and awesome artwork 🙌 Do you have a link to the 3D characters here? Thank you very much 🙏

[@ImadAwan]

Thank you! Sure, here you go: Wizard: www.daz3d.com/wise-wizard-hd-bundle Knights : www.daz3d.com/the-knight-series-04-for-genesis-8-males

[@Oliver-gammarART]

@@ImadAwan thank you very much :)

[@MrsAftab-o2l]

Imad how can a sketch artist enter in the digital world. What should be the first step kindly guide bro.

[@meshowzq1430]

Ai now can do most of these arts and more.

[@Sardinasconkeso]

what was the name of the brush you use for the particles coming out of flame? Please do help

[@zishengzhang9389]

good

[@Narque]

I'd Love it if you would stream when you do some art or even upload one of your art videos in full so we can see your full process in real time :D

[@ImadAwan]

Noted! :)

[@gihanseth]

Awesome!

[@ImadAwan]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rdraw2067]

Vejo que você adquiriu o daz studio! I ai você está curtind ele para manipular depois no photoshop ? Como você renderizou no Daz Studio usando o macos ?

[@akibahmed4251]

nice one man

[@ImadAwan]

Appreciated!!

[@backbencher5675]

Hi bro, I am a very huge fan of your work and really inspired by that. I have been sketching and painting for a long time since my childhood but somehow, I still find myself struggling to create my own concept even though it's very clear in my mind but sometimes I lack perspective and I really find my mind getting choked when my drawing reaches a certain level, it just gets blank when it comes to detailing and all that stuff and at this point, I am lacking ideas too.. Could you please advise me something that can actually help me to figure out the issue, I would really appreciate that. Cheers!

[@NameIsDoc]

Hello I am not imad but I am a professor of art. Specifically concept art and previsualization. And trust me when I say I know industry leaders that sometimes feel this. It's a sort of stage fright sometimes by a lack of confidence or by a lack of that initial insperational drive that kicks in at thr start of a work and the more tedious aspects of art show through. Unfortunately the best advice I have is to hunker down and keep going. Art isn't just about passion it's also about determination and flexibility. You need to press on and keep going. It sucks yes but the tedious weird parts of the art are important for many artstyles. Judging by your comment you are not worried about thumbnailing, composition, layout, blocking in, etc etc and are looking for help with handling rendering and keeping up motivation. First off determine your focal points/points of interest. You want the most bang for your buck. The focal points need the most detail. The face is often the most important thing in portraiture. Depending on the artist you are you can ether dump time into those areas first or last. Outside of those areas you don't need much in the way of details. Just suggestions of such. Look at old oil paintings and often you will find that details away from the focal points are half done or almost impressionistic. When you want to add details look up references. Whether it is items you have or photos online. This is the age of the internet use every resource to your advantage. All else fails...photobash or use projectors. There is little reason to get upset about cheating in art. Johannes Vermeer is a well respected artist from the Baroque Period that is suspected of using comparator mirrors, the camera lucida and camera obscura to produce his work. As long as you change it enough.

[@backbencher5675]

@@NameIsDoc thanks for the advice.. i agree with the points you mentioned and i have no issue with the cheating part as i dont judge others by that as long as the end results are fascinating but for me being a passionate artist, i find bulk of my pleasure in procedure so the more complicated it gets, more it fascinates me may be that the reason i lack finishing touch in my paintings? But as you said it's fine to use resources then i might do that at least to reach a point where i find myself good enough to do it by myself

[@sciencetommorow]

Do you think if i finish CGMA track (they have fully designed) i will be able to create good artwork and develop nice skills like pro?

[@ImadAwan]

I think you'll develop your skills and learn a lot. But if you think taking one course will turn you into a full pro, that'd be a bit unrealistic. :)

[@sciencetommorow]

@@ImadAwan thanks

[@INAYASISTEMA]

Выпусти больше видео с процессами создания арт концептов

[@ArthurGermanovich]

Пожалуйста

[@ASDIIOFFICIAL]

that Beard you draw was so satisfying !! you always inspire me great work imad bhai

[@LagLag-qz3wi]

sorry can i ask you ? I used the intuos pro for so long but I want to change to a pen display, do you think the wacom cintiq 22 is a good choice? will 1080p resolution be a problem? is 4k necessary? for concept art

[@ImadAwan]

In my own personal experience, 1080p works good if the size is 13 inches or so. But for bigger tablets, it’s better to have at least 2k

[@sigaming3964]

Best video I like it Love from SI channel sardar ibrahim

[@ImadAwan]

Thank you!

[@xXxslipknot771xXx]

Hey Imad, the discord link doesnt seem to work in the description, says the invite is invalid? Is this more of a private group or anyone can join? BTW, love the content.

[@ImadAwan]

I’ll check! Thanks for letting me know!

[@bilalnosherdesigner]

Make your on digital art course

[@ImadAwan]

Yess

[@bilalnosherdesigner]

@@ImadAwan thank you bro make a course your and explain everything about art who you know

[@MiyamotoMusashi23839]

Nice hair

[@ImadAwan]

Thanks

[@nivellium]

Hair tut?

[@PanjangLengkah]

Cool

[@kokoalmasry]

did you tried before to create some art like this but animated with adobe ae, I think It will be awesome

[@ImadAwan]

Never tried:)

[@kokoalmasry]

@@ImadAwan kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ26hoWGbb1np7s check it

[@theunraveler]

Second! How do you export from Blender to Photoshop and still keep them as separate layers? Usually when I do, its as one image which makes it hard to paintover

[@shaarifnazir2287]

Render them separately or render a clown pass for easy selection. Rendering as separate assets is what would be more useful.

[@ImadAwan]

Yeah I render them separately

[@Xoblaim4289]

I like your video

[@ImadAwan]

Thank you

[@riellerthecreeper]

What program is that you used to get the characters and poses?

[@ImadAwan]

Daz 3d and Blender

[@midiankai]

Ok but what Fleece jacket is that?

[@ImadAwan]

Haha, it’s Marks and Spencer

[@viniciusdesa8051]

I confess that I am very unmotivated with this emergence of AI art

[@ImadAwan]

Don’t let it bother you. Continue what you love to do.

[@DifferentMMO]

So I'm curious. What do you think about AI Art? I would love to see a video about it, many art youtubers have already commented on it. Last year I struggled to keep learning because seeing all those AI Art pieces felt really demotivating. Anyway, thanks for the video, it definitely motivated me! Back to practicing, I guess!

[@ImadAwan]

Great suggestion!

[@chrisnazgul]

discord link not working :/

[@ImadAwan]

Updated!

[@ronadrian6007]

First!

[@ImadAwan]

I can confirm! yes!

[@ricbulow]

"This video may be a bit longer" Video is 11 minutes. Don't give me hope, Imad :'(

[@ImadAwan]

Haha, 11 minutes long. But people only watches 4 minutes of this video on average;)

[@ricbulow]

@@ImadAwan Instan gratification age, eh? I'd personally love to see longer vids, that could be studied.

[@Cyberpunk644]

Photobashing is the same as ai

[@ImadAwan]

Lol,