Imaginative Lighting In Action - Feeding The Glompy

[@glorytoukraine5524]

You know, I was so afraid of learning color that I tackled human anatomy first. That went on for years. You have been one of the people who have finally helped me make a breakthrough into this field, and I thank you for it.

[@victorllanos2311]

I recently discover this channel and immediately I said “this is one of the unique treasure I may found to learn properly”. Thank you Jeremy! I love this piece of work

[@LightingMentor]

Thank you so much Victor!

[@wenofzen]

WOW!!!!! You are a pure genius :-) Thank you a gazillion for sharing your process!

[@vampireantihero]

Courses take a ton of work to put together, so it makes sense that you haven't had much time for youtube. It's nice to see your stuff pop up when it does! Also, I love the Glompy creature design, it's really cute!

[@stefihallstrom4066]

Thank you! That was a lovely learning adventure! You're beautiful and I appreciate you sharing your skill!

[@sarkany888]

Finally, I got to see an honest creative process! I hate when people show perfectly figured-out sketches and line art. I want to see their struggles lol.

[@StoryTrades]

Thank you so much for sharing your processes and wisdom! Not sure what it is that makes your advice click in my head so well, but I’m very thankful for the work you put in to share all this knowledge (and for free!)

[@Shallsoar]

Love the process of this! It is often too tempting to rush the artwork, without the fun and exploration it requires!

[@Jonnelss]

Loved this process, it was so fun listening to the choices you made! That chonk of a creature looks so cute too 😂

[@veikksandy6865]

I really appreciate that you show the whole process of how you create these masterpieces!

[@liteningstrike12]

Your point about doing quick lighting sketches really resonated with me, especially with client work where I over-refine an idea I don't even know they'll like. you've given me two ideas for how i can improve my workflow: 1. Think more about the composite and final product and work from the top level-effects down (there's no use putting so much detail into certain parts of the scene if they end up with a blur put over it at the end!) and 2. At the very beginning of the process, start over several times to explore new ideas -- if those different clean slates all converge to similar things then I'll know its a good idea worth pursuing, and i have more options to show to the client in the connecting phase

[@LightingMentor]

Yay! I'm so glad this has given you some ideas. Yes, starting loose allows for so much more iteration and then only spend the time on final polish on the idea that is the best of the many options explored

[@camillequeen111]

I have just started watching your videos yesterday, I am amazed at how inspired i am because of it. I have been in a few photoshop and adobe classes but nothing has been as helpful as this channel. I have started setting up my computer stuff while I watch video after video of yours. In each one i learn more and more and i cannot wait until i can acually draw along with you! Each video has been so inspirational and calming that they are good to watch and pay attention to or even to just put on as background noise as I do something else, keep up the amazing work

[@LightingMentor]

Awww.... Thank you Camille! I'm so glad you're enjoying my channel

[@chillarttalks]

looks great Jeremy! Quality over Quantity. Looking forward to your new content

[@micaharmart]

I would love to hear more about your technique about painting the light forest then deciding on local color. The way that’s I’ve been trying to do it is to paint all the local flat color first and then go in with lighting afterwards. It’s an ok process but I light the idea of doing the lighting first because that is what I struggle with, and I think it is a bit more important to the overall composition

[@LightingMentor]

Yes, this is a big subject for sure and something that not many artists do. I think often when we think about local color first we limit ourselves. There is no right or wrong way to do things in art, but there are ways that are difficult and ways that are easier. I for sure will talk more about this process of thinking as it completely changed the way I approach coloring

[@micaharmart]

@@LightingMentor Awesome! I'm looking forward to seeing it! Also I just noticed all the auto-ccomplete errors in my original comment...haha I think you got what I was trying to say, but wow, I really should have read it before hitting send.

[@thistlepatch]

@@LightingMentor Sorry to butt in but I've kinda been thinking about this lately! I kinda feel like painting local colour first is "painting what you think is there" vs "painting what you see"? I know detaching from perceived form towards what I actually saw in front of me definitely helped my figure drawing... I don't know though 😅 I'm still trying to figure everything out. On another note I'm very curious about your course! I'm stuck recovering from an injury and doing nothing so it would give me something to do :)

[@BewbsOP]

That feel when the "rough sketch" is still better than anything you've drawn, despite trying to do art for years T_T

[@3dchick]

Love your process videos! I learn so much!

[@egomod]

glompy is sooooo adorable!! 🥹😭

[@fuzzydragons]

LOVE those ears thingies, the creature is so cute🥰

[@Sydney_Jones]

I don't even know what the video is about yet, but it has a like from me!

[@Luna-in5nb]

You are so inspiring! :"D Thank you for your videos always

[@mayabh7]

This was so interesting and informative, thank you so much!

[@amsalik]

thank you for sharing.... much appreciated

[@Scary_good_magic]

Hi Jeremy! I just started watching your videos, I'm 21 and I had never considered myself to be good at art before this year. But I've been putting in a lot of work just drawing in my sketchbook, and on stickynotes at work when I can. I finally decided to take a drawing class for the first time this quarter at my local community college and I've been psyched about it. About a week ago I found your channel as my girlfriend is an artist and she recommended it to me. I feel so proud of myself as I've made so much progress and stepped into the world of digital painting. You really have something awesome going on here and I'm psyched to keep growing as an artist while I watch your videos on repeat haha! I am also wondering if you are ever planning on talking about the basics of lighting again, you briefly covered it in your Art of Unseeing video, but mentioned that you would do a deeper dive on specifically atmospheric light, which is something I have trouble wrapping my head around. Thanks so much friend!

[@subhankitbasu620]

Hi Jeremy, can you make a video on your 2d to 3d and then back to 2d process, would like to see it very much and learn your unique thought process and explanation, your are literally the best art concept explainer on youtube !

[@LightingMentor]

That's a great suggestion! I will indeed make more videos about how I use 3d for this channel. Thanks for the suggestion

[@chinnerchilla]

Im so excited for the course! Yaaay

[@ggill1313]

Would love to see these shorter videos alongside longer form videos.

[@hosseinrezapour251]

hi from iran. i saw your gnomon course when it came out. i think it was a decade ago.practical light and color. it was an excelent course. and i learned alot. i watched most of your youtube videos. i must say i respect colorists. i really really really am curious in how block in in 3d can help your imaginative artwork. in a proko course mr iten the instructor explained about 3d maquettes a little. very briefly. can u make a vidoe about this subject. i will appreciate it. or if you talk about this subject in your course i will defiently buy it. even tho its difficult and expensive to get a credit card in iran. but based on your gnomon course it must be worth it. keep up the good work. good luck and goodbye

[@patricksimonsen7662]

Hi Jeremy! I really love the way you look at color and light! (found your channel a few days ago). I am VERY new at doing art, and you have inspired me so much to learn and create! something about the way you see things and explain them, makes it all so much clearer to understand. Then its time to move it to the intuitive side :) Being very new in digital art i have a question though. i dont really know how to formulate it, but basically i am having a little difficulty knowing the why's, where's and when's of blending.

[@tomasm1233]

Beautiful

[@autumnparks]

Really cool and helpful! Thanks!

[@abdallawagih6491]

amazing ❤❤

[@user47948]

I was pleasantly surprised to get a notification of another video so soon. Question: What program did you use to make the 3D sketch?

[@LightingMentor]

I use Maya for all my 3d work and Arnold as the render engine

[@sergio_tellez]

That was great! Thanks a lot for sharing the process. I have tried 3d with blender but it has been just too tricky for me. A second try to finally get to understand that software is in my plans for the near future. I discovered that I like 3d, but blender is kind of... hell, for me. Cheers.

[@LightingMentor]

Yes, 3; programs are a true beast to learn for sure, so much bigger than 2d programs. Wishing you Blender luck

[@justanotherartist5646]

Amazing vid! How do you figure out lighting for fantasy creatures/etc if you aren't using 3D software? I want to master lighting as well, but not sure how to do so without having render references of said thing I'm creating which isn't always ideal or accessible.

[@LightingMentor]

Great question! I find that the ability to draw totally from the mind comes from lots and lots of studies from life in order to slowly absorb the essence of how light works. The more you can paint from observation the more you'll have an internal library in your mind. But there is a process for transitioning from painting what you see to painting what you imagine. My soon-coming classes focus on how to make that transition

[@ianmac9984]

Amazing

[@heph4estus570]

New vidd again? Lesgoo

[@amsalik]

i dont know if i should ask this question or not... but as a learning traditional artist ( oil color landscape and still life ) .... i really struggle to bring this type of glowing effect on an object.. eg if there is a bright lit orange on a dark background no matter how good i match the tone value and light... but it looks dull ( in photoshop you just need a layer and put in add mode ) and you can paint that glow which really bring the subject pop.... any tips and tricks for a learning oil painter will be much appreciated . thanks

[@LightingMentor]

Hi Majid! Really great question! Each medium is a bit different for how to achieve these kinds of results and I think traditional art takes more planning than digital. My only suggestions is that you check our James Gurney's youtube channel as he does amazing paintings that have rich lighting that are all traditional. I know he recently had a painting with a lens flare in it and he used a series of washes to add the lightening effect

[@amsalik]

@@LightingMentor i love james work, i will continue with my struggle, thank you very much for replying and sharing your thoughts... your work is simply amazing, watched almost all of your videos. best !

[@grimsonforce7504]

Can this be done without using 3D? I was really excited to see the process until the 3D portion.

[@LightingMentor]

Yes, I didn't really use much 3d for this and could' have done it completely without 3d. I just thought it might be fun to explore the tool. I haven't shown much of my 3d work here on this channel yet

[@viktoriab4293]

Thank youuu

[@hamzazad5258]

This is a tough one

[@xdghost1913]

hi Jeremy, Can we have discount code for early users ;p

[@LightingMentor]

Absolutely! Here's one for Courses... COURSES50OFF

[@xdghost1913]

@@LightingMentor Thank you