MY COMPLETE DIGITAL PAINTING PROCESS

[@AbyssalSoda]

Traditional Art Level 8: Hyper Realism Digital Art Level 2: Still not understanding how to blend

[@uncreativename775]

Same

[@le_tomboy1592]

What is Level 1 because I don’t know jack shit about digital art. 😅

[@amna0alhawaj]

What's traditional art level 10? 😂

[@identikited]

Le_Tomboy I feel you ;-;

[@Player500-1]

Le_Tomboy same out of no where I just download Krita and now I'm wishing I would've just stuck to pen and pencil idk where to even start 😩😂

[@alydiaforten5011]

"I have a really good understanding of anatomy." This was so refreshing to hear. I get so demotivated when I hear skilled people constantly talk about how bad they are at said skill, completely waving aside the skills they've clearly gained in the process. I'm also sick of hearing, "i cAn oNlY dRaw A STiCk fIguRe" like, this self-deprecating humor was comforting and charming the first time I heard it, but now it's just overused. I want to see it be more socially acceptable to be visibly proud of your accomplishments. I guess what I am trying to say is that I appreciate people who take the time and effort to not only study a skill, but to take a step back and recognize the great extent of what they have achieved. It is more motivating for me, too.

[@caseybruh1124]

I make jokes like this with my friends, who are okay with these jokes, as a way to cope, but I agree, when people with influence, like KZbinrs, make jokes like this, it can make people unmotivated and think that their art is bad.

[@gillettewow4667]

I agree. Please should be proud of their accomplishments, you don’t realize how much you grew until you look at a piece a month ago. Being proud of your work does not make you cocky at all! I wish people could see that’s it’s okay to be proud! Just be open to improving even more!

[@sinistrecigogne]

I hate that stick figure thing. When someone irl finds me drawing and tells me I'm good they often follow it up with that bs and everytime I want to grab their throat and tell them everything I think. What's the point of art ? At its core, what is it about ? It's about expressing yourself. Expressing your feelings, your overall mood, anything. Can stick figures be expressive ? Yes. Can stick figures convey a feeling ? Yes. Stick figures are not bad at all.

[@MrQwerty2524]

Wow... that's actually a really smart comment. I always lose track of how far I've come, only focusing on that which I have still to learn.

[@MrsClarissa3112]

That's so true! Also when someone (aka me) is watching the video and thinking: How the f does this look so easy? Am I just dumb? And then she says she is pretty good at it, that kind of tells me: no, you're not dumb or untalented, it's just that she already have mastered that skill and you haven't (yet).

[@didismith2244]

Sara: Draws a beautiful masterpiece Me: Draws something that that looks like Shrek’s cousin

[@dudewtf4603]

So true bro,😂😂

[@mikao]

shrek IS a beautiful masterpiece therefore, his cousin would be too

[@layniebuggg]

DiDi Smith saaaaaaaameeeeee

[@marthathurston1217]

Me, too! I can totally relate!

[@unorthodoxic4691]

You drew a picture of me??

[@drowningtoast3911]

jeez i wonder if ill even be able to comprehend this in the future. i use krita too but only just completed my first lineart. yare yare daze

[@dicks.and.clicks.6509]

Jotaro confirmed

[@maginimartini7954]

muda

[@Maddie-hg8ts]

we have located another

[@nkechi4635]

@Alternatively Queen jojo's bizarre adventure references

[@RadioactiveHax]

I wonder how your art is right now

[@InLiquidColor]

Digital art has always been so completely fascinating to me as a traditional artist. I love what you said about it being it's own art form, and your piece turned out so lovely. Thanks so much for the shout out at the beginning as well! 💜

[@rubayatraiyan9477]

#ignored

[@hansnystrompastor8690]

@@rubayatraiyan9477 Yeah, just a couple of hundreds of likes

[@powerpuff4ever]

I love your channel! You’re my watercolor inspiration

[@kb-ih7ni]

@@rubayatraiyan9477 was that completely necessary wow you are bored and ironic #ignoreduntilsomeonejusthadto

[@kb-ih7ni]

I've been doing traditional sketching (not even painting just sketching) for years, and only just got into digital art last year. It's such a different medium (at least for me) and I'm still having a hard time.

[@patronsaintofpoison]

SHE USES TWO (2) BRUSHES. DID YOU HEAR THAT, PEOPLE WHO OBSESS OVER DOWNLOADING BRUSHES??? SHE ONLY USES TWO (2) BRUSHES!!!

[@nope9669]

I'm gonna sound dumb...but English isn't my first language, what's feathered round brush? Is it the same as airbrush?

[@Kineticboy2K1]

@@nope9669 A feathered brush produces an edge that goes from solid "paint" out to less. The hardness of a brush is the percentage of feathering, ie. a brush with a hardness of 0% has the most feathering where a brush with a hardness of 100% has no feathering.

[@elise2399]

idk downloading brushes is pretty fun tbh

[@ajax3474]

@@elise2399 yup, and it's fun to experiment with them :D Like ibis paint (I draw on my phone or tablet..haven't touched a computer for drawing in years) has a 'one stroke dragon' brush that looks like the body of a snake. It's fun to mess around XD

[@Sema-er7en]

Personally I think that using only a few brushes is easier than experimenting and using a lot of textured brushes. I use 2 airbrushes for everything , and one normal and one with taper on.😊🤷🏻‍♀️

[@opalskycreations]

1. Do a rough sketch 2. Create lineart using a reference to get accuracy proportions (flip the canvas once or twice to check proportions) 3. Add a dark grey background and add rough values in greyscale, focusing on the lighting but don't go too bright. Keep things soft and painterly, avoid using pure white and keep highlights for the end. 4. Be patient and take your time with the piece until you're satisfied 5. Use color dodge to lighten brighter areas 6. Paint colors using the soft light adjustment layer. Duplicate this layer and turn down the opacity. Play around with the color adjustment curves. 7. Clean up the details (I'm not quite sure how you would replicate this gray scale to color technique in procreate 🤔)

[@cherry_orchid]

Thank you so much for this! I was so confused on how she made the colors look transparent on the grayscale painting.

[@darkmelusina8388]

Thank you, I screenshoted this

[@somniato7759]

I was like "Oh, the Moon's a button. Haha, it reminds me of Coraline." Sh*t, it is Coraline.

[@celestep.4419]

Yea I had a similar reaction💀💀💀LOL

[@TylPhumin]

my problem is, I am rly slow, so after a few hours (like 12) I get rly impatienet, but if I leave it be for a day, even if it's just "going to sleep", I know I will prolly never pick it back up again, unless it's something with a deadline x.x >,

[@xanderjakeq]

I get impatient by 30 mins lol

[@vilhelmasbanys9012]

Do what I did. Instead of working 12 hours a day on a piece, work 3 hours a day. From my exp it helps a lot, because you see what needs to be solved much earlier and teaches you patience

[@TylPhumin]

@@vilhelmasbanys9012 So you mean, I only do sketch and outlines and then leave it in my folder to rot? I personally believe my patience is one of my biggest strengthes. I can also pull a 24h piece in one go if I am focused enough. I just hate dropping the work, just "to get a break" when I know I won't pick it back up again. There are like 10 times as much unfinished works as finished. Which is kinda bad, for someone like me, who has to have everything "complete" and stuff x:

[@gracew9465]

I do the exact same thing. I really rarely finish a piece that doesn't have anything to do with a deadline - like one I wanna do for myself ?? And when there is a deadline, I usually do it late and I halfass the last bits of it :///

[@jupiterbee]

@@gracew9465 never related to anything more

[@tarekmegahed1423]

8:51 "maybe the problem lies in your face" I felt that :'(

[@wissal6032]

She said Base* ;-;

[@xxbabypandaytxx4165]

I think she said base

[@ClownyChui]

I just noticed it was coraline it took me like a while to figure it out

[@sadserenity573]

Never thought I'd see you here

[@vava9433]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jafHenV9brdlo80

[@racheldeed816]

Same lol

[@mayatvftv]

Ohhh i see it now (by the way im a small youtuber)

[@mayatvftv]

@Luca KELLY what the heck

[@Sabrina-qr6fv]

I tried this technique and let me tell you , This is one of THE BEST painting tutorial ever 😂♥️♥️ It really improved how my paintings look like and It made me better understand shadows and lights !! (Please don’t mind my terrible sentences I’m French 😅..)

[@moonbathed]

lol no ur english is pretty good🌸

[@MebiManga]

Uses krita: Check. Left-handed: Check. Ohmy this video appeared in my recommended feed and it taught me so many tips and tricks for Krita. Thanks so so much for the video!!

[@AlwaysDr3aming]

"I wish the hand turned out better." Girl I cheated on my last digital drawing and just got a royalty-free hand and slapped it in my picture XD pro tip: *don't do that*

[@monsebp3817]

Always Dr3aming lol why not? , it's understandable when you still don't know how to draw

[@beautygurugals7033]

monse bp by doing that you wouldn’t really be learning anything. it’d be much better for your skill if you drew from a reference or at least traced the picture of the hand and understood the structure from it. also it probably looked weird lmao

[@monsebp3817]

BeautyGuruGals I agree with the part of tracing it to understand it, but there a moments when you just can't draw things right and instead of wasting time in a simple hand ,for example, I think you can "cheat" and add an image, you are going to color it either way. We are no professionals and there is nothing wrong in doing that, it's not about hating your drawing it's about enjoying the process and the final result.

[@porrrnesianparrrapio3111]

pro tip, if you're doing sth like making a comic . do that. it reduces your workflow especially if your comic contains a lot of panels per episode/ chapter

[@charlottesmom]

If it was for your own personal use, why not.

[@philmehrart]

I'm so jealous of people's ability to draw like this. You are SO GOOD

[@kaizen9329]

Sara: maybe the problem is in your face Me: How do you know sara

[@celinechan2721]

Ms Meme _ lmaooo 😂

[@aaliyabatool244]

Joke's on you boi cause she said "base" not "face.

[@sweetestaphrodite]

SKSKKSJS MEEEEE

[@KatyaXx0]

The face is all thats drawn.. duh ?

[@radioactive_angel]

That's beautiful!! I love Coraline too. I've started painting in greyscale after I have realized I have a difficult time painting edges and value. I have a fairly good grasp on color, (I adore vivid color), but it didnt look right sometimes. Your videos help so much. I've improved so much in just two days after practicing with value. Thanks so much! Couldn't do it without you!

[@trishaagr]

make sure to experiment and research colour! use colour in scrap pieces to build your confidence

[@Urza26]

@@trishaagr What does scrap pieces mean?

[@GenreChowderStudios]

Snazzyaxolotl Art Progress is usually so slow, but it’s amazing when you can see an almost immediate jump in quality, isn’t it? 😱

[@radioactive_angel]

@@GenreChowderStudios IKR! Rare, but great feeling 😂

[@radioactive_angel]

@@trishaagr will do! Thanks for the tip

[@artistaroundtheblock2047]

The problem with traditional art Digital artist:”Darn it I don’t like the colors oh well remove them and start coloring again.” Traditional artist:”The colors are horribl🤯😡...oh well onto the nest piece all hope is lost!”

[@ascend2046]

with digital you can also just adjust the rgb within like 1 to 2 mins lmao

[@canalcerrado2433]

The problem with digital art, you dont have a painting, you have a screen😂

[@somestingyontheinternet683]

Well yeah thats why traditional painters are way more skilled than digital ones will ever be

[@hvislysettaross.]

good job with the ctrl+v

[@BananaDynastyX]

@@canalcerrado2433 Lmao did you cry before typing that?

[@amym7663]

Warning about grey scale painting: I really wouldn't recommend grey-scale painting for anyone who doesn't know how to/isn't good at painting with just colors. The reason being that this method of painting often makes a disconnect between value, hue, and saturation. When you paint traditionally (watercolour, acrylic, oil, encaustic etc.) value, saturation and hue are all taken into consideration while putting down color, generally, darker values are cooler hues, and are less saturated, while lighter values are warmer hues, and are more saturated. These can always be changed of course and often are depending on distance, atmosphere, lighting, etc. but knowing how value, hue and saturation all connect and utilizing them well together is pretty crucial in having a colored painting look interesting and not flat. Also, traditional painting allows you to learn how to neutralize colors (you mix the opposite colour! not Black!), mix colors and teaches you about how hues seem to change with value, so it's sort of the best way to start painting. That being said, you can still learn some pretty good color theory by painting digitally if you think about the things I mentioned earlier, however, painting with grey-scale is a pretty surefire way to not achieve that. What grey scale pretty much does is reduces all shadows to a darker value of the same hue, and saturation, and all highlights to a lighter value of the same hue and saturation, this often makes things look very dull (she executed it pretty well, but she also added in different hue in the highlights after) To bring 'life' into your painting you should be using different hues and saturation based on the shadows, it can look ESPECIALLY lifeless on skin. See how the hair was just colored in with a very saturated ultramarine blue? This is exactly what you want to avoid (typically), and different areas on the canvas should vary in saturation, by adding a saturation filter to the whole thing there's less emphasis and everything becomes more flat. Finally, you can't translate this method into traditional painting and you miss a lot of knowledge by going straight to learning this method. The only way I can see this to be applicable is graphite with watercolour. I've tried it before and the only thing that came out nice was the still lives (WHICH ARE SORT OF SUPPOSED TO BE BORING BECAUSE OF FORM, this is probably why grey-scale then colour worked so well haha). I tried it on a portrait too and it looked awful. So in conclusion, please don't do this as a beginner

[@easilydistracted5192]

I used to love traditional art for how "hard" it was, but the arts have traditionally always received innovations in media positively. Artists aren't craftspeople that have to master a physical production, their job is to design images, feelings and meanings.

[@itshaitime2089]

I've wanted to achieve this painterly style for sooo long but I'm incredibly impatient with my art, I'm slowly learning to let things sit and to go slow and this tutorial is amazing for me

[@gracedeming7028]

ugh this makes SO MUCH SENSE to me and is the first time I'm seeing this approach to digital painting. Thank you for sharing!

[@barbi2503]

IM HAVING THE STRONGEST BURST OF INSPIRATION NOW WOW

[@dragonessfluff]

Not even half way done and the art goes from a 0 to a sudden 500

[@koriscribble362]

U mean 500 to 10000000

[@mejeancline9268]

This rendition of Coraline is ABSOLUTELY. STUNNING.

[@bonnytaylor801]

My students will love this. We have been drawing on black card stock to change the mind set of drawing on white paper. Now we just got tablets and their drawing program is on white paper. Your technique will help quite a few students who like the black card stock drawing activities. Thanks for the help. My students will love you.

[@keyraherrington4434]

i didn’t notice she was drawing coraline until the end of the vid lmao it’s sooooo god omg

[@VimeleosZen]

I suddenly had the desire to try painting digitally but it’s really difficult for me. Even with different ways: greyscale to color, lineart guide at the strat or directly painting in color. But painting and drawing traditionally I’m very good at, it was self taught and my process worked because it depended on what was comfortable for me. I think I have to find what works for me by making so many mistakes, though I’m quite impatient so I’ve been frustrated lately with trying.

[@ampinstein]

This was great, I learned so much in just 15 minutes, especially how to break a piece down into the separate layers. Painting greyscale and then colouring it afterwards is something I'd never have thought about. Thanks!

[@PowerMechGuyTechMasterEarl]

That looks glorius! Your shading is excellent. Thank you for showing the entire process. God bless you!

[@cacklegag3284]

Now this is a real Art tip video!, It shows how you begin, how you shade and you even throw in some helpful tips!

[@vicshellyss]

Also if you're right-handed you can have a finger on ctrl for color picker and a finger on shift for brush size, when you're in the brush tool, shift with pen/click-drag allows you to quickly change sizes por ojo

[@nemesis6015]

me ten minutes in: why does the moon have holes...? OH ITS CORALINE

[@alex225gamer8]

Coraline is my favorite movie since it’s release, and I’ve never seen such realistic art work of her, I fell in love with this the moment u said it was her lol

[@aboringperson7877]

I watched this so many times, it gives me different inspirations each time i do rewatch! Awesome keep us update girl!!

[@Jotom87]

Everyone has already given you every compliment on this tutorial by now, but thank you very, very much. This was very helpful. I feel like I could cry, this made so much sense to me.

[@salalal7491]

I'm just trying painting for the first time, I've always drawn with lineart and cell shading and stuff like that. I've always been scared to try painting cuz I'm a noob xD But now I'm trying

[@JayAndNightASMR]

I think the part about rushing in the end to get it over with amd noticingmistakes, also goes back to the start of the video about using a ref and setting up a solid foundation.

[@leemander]

I really love your technique for painting. I’ve always spent too much time on painting with colors that never even looked good, so I think I’ll try painting in gray scale to see if that helps!

[@KnitThruTheNight]

FINALLY!! FINALLY SOMEONE USES KRITA it is so hard to find videos like this where people are using Krita.

[@AdalineHeals]

Your voice is so soothing that I listened to the whole video while I was working on my own digital painting 😂💖

[@RocketChild]

Wow! It makes such a difference working with greyscale before adding the colour on top.

[@che_erieari]

Wow, ive never come across an artist who starts with tones and colours after it... The art process of grayscale to colour is very interesting :3

[@Jenterke]

It's an old trick though. Like, medieval times old. The thing with it is that the shadows are always a darker/muddier version of the midtones. Picking a different color for shadows is possible, but would be doing the work double

[@flyingdordish1160]

This video is a godsend!! As someone who did a lot of traditional painting, I found colouring digitally difficult because I couldn't physically and visually mix the colours/paints. Your video made me realise that I can just do everything in grayscale then add colours easily on the computer. Thank you + your Coraline looks bomb!!! ^^

[@crystalcanon4307]

This honestly has been more helpful to me than any other video I have seen thus far. Such helpful tips thank you 🙏

[@1hinita]

whoa painting in greyscale is genius! with greyscale alone i can see where the lighting works!

[@breggsgonzales2924]

10:38 my jaw just dropped right here. at first i was like, why isnt she painting first then adding values later? (cuz that's how i do it... :^D) then after this part I was like... DAAAAAAMN JUST LIKE THAT? i actually take too much time adding values because my "darker" shades are a bit different but this just makes so much sense. and makes it a lot easier. damnnn.

[@MandraRyna]

i was mindblown when i saw you do all the shading firstly and then just put simple color on it

[@crumui]

Another left handed artist whoooh! :D

[@nyxicide]

Crumui *left handed high five*

[@crochetdogtrainer]

She's actually ambidextrous. She paints with her left and writes with her right. She posted a video of her drawing in a sketch book and you can see her switch hands. It's really interesting. She's a rare specimen 💖

[@heccinifel833]

@@crochetdogtrainer "rare specimen" lmao

[@kennedyschaaf3419]

Crumui :0 HIIII!!! I’M LEFT HANDED AS WELL!!!

[@crumui]

@@crochetdogtrainer Oh wow this is awesome :OO

[@nieznajoma.0]

I love this calm, classical but emotional and chill music in the background... It's so calming

[@chesterzjester7629]

Well, it's been almost a year since this video was posted, still extremely helpful! Thanks! Also, great painting!

[@eschelar]

I'm a photographer and very experienced retoucher learning some sketching skills for fun. I mostly do product photography for work. Your work flow is really very advanced and there's a ton of stuff that most people don't see. Indeed for the drawing side, I am still essentially a rank beginner (using a tablet). The content is great for people learning who have a flair for the stylus and fabrication of imagery from light and shadow. It's beautiful to watch, although I learn very little about your fundamental techniques. A very nice intermediate to advanced level tutorial from my perspective, although for many people, they might see it as the opposite. Enjoyed every minute of it!

[@taylorschultz1015]

This piece turned out amazing, 🖤🖤 I loved watching your entire process from start to finish!

[@morphman86]

I've been drawing on-and-off for about 2 decades. Casually enough that I'm nowhere near the level of skill shown in this video. I have followed so many art channels, yet today, for some reason, two channels in a row, with widely different art styles, have shown me something I've never seen anyone do before: Shadows and highlights before colouring. How have I missed this technique for so long?

[@user-lz2tc8tb5d]

Thanks, i'm a beginner in digital paint (mobile) and your fan subscribed from Brazil (sorry for my bad english)

[@ashleym.7233]

* has great spelling but says English is bad*

[@kamilybp4531]

brs vão dominar o mundo

[@sananassananas301]

your english is great lmao

[@Jenterke]

you should be sorry

[@jeremytjahjana7508]

she literally draw what i consider a masterpiece in 20 minutes, look at the clock from the beginning.

[@altcut02]

The clock went from 4:55 to 6:40. Not sure how's that 20 minutes 🤨

[@jenobi7266]

A little late to this video, but I just want to say “wow”. Amazing tutorial, thank you.

[@NanenMauricio]

Very helpful! Ive loved drawing traditionaly forever and the last years Ive been gettin into digital drawing, videos like this make me want to get better at it even more!

[@MsPoliteRants]

I just dont understand how using only greyscale you can make everything look like a different color. It's just.... Befuddling. So much skill. I know you're in school now but you've been doing this since your channel started.... How did you learn value like this? Also do you ever use traditional paint in grayscale and then add a glaze of oil or something to add color similar to digitally?

[@TheBaralinChannel]

Something I've learned from Computer Games Art in university is that there's a hundred different ways to achieve a satisfactory outcome. Some people do it with colors straight away, others do values, others use selections and isolate areas to paint - dozens of ways all with different but good outcomes. It's a matter of experimenting! You can find your own way with enough practice. I myself am bad at colors so I prefer the value approach as well, being a traditional artist that went into digital about 2 years ago!

[@serentique]

You can't really recreate this techinqe in traditional. You could try glazing, but the colours wouldn't be as saturated.

[@angelique2406]

hey griff, the way my art teacher taught it was to always create a middle ground piece of just grayscale (between the rough draft and final piece) then use it as reference for your final!

[@jauxro]

@@serentique I feel like you could put colored films over a grayscale painting and then take a picture - it wouldn't be fully "traditional", I think, but it wouldn't be digital.

[@iyah8272]

my co artist said she learn how to grayscale because she uses to draw and color with graphite and charcoal in traditional, it was like she was applying the method in traditional thru digital

[@el_mahnuel]

I think listening to music while drawing helps calm the nerves, so you don't get easily impatient. Although it would eventually run out if steam but then you could do other things like surfing the internet, maybe checking out other artists platforms to get more inspiration, and also simply just walking around the house. Sometimes you just get tired from sitting in one place or being in a particular position for so long.

[@unprofishional]

Well that was thoroughly informative and entertaining. Glad to see another video from you! Just to let you know though, the skillshare link in the description is broken for me; I'm pretty sure you just need to remove the semi-colon at the end.

[@kale8975]

Alright so I first came on this video to see how I could apply things to Krita and while watching I was like Oh she's using Krita? Okay. Wait, left handed? Hey that's like me. And then looking at profile and seeing Huion: AYYY Anyway thank you for all the help you unintentionally gave; it was really helpful :)

[@DrAdnan]

Love this breakdown. Now I need to practice!

[@NGAnpanman]

I hope I learn and eventually get better in sketching. I'm not knowledgeable about drawing. But I'm always fascinated about art, especially digital art that's why I want to learn it.

[@fvunders]

Me: oh this looks so cool I might try digital art Also Me: *causally ignoring the fact I n e v e r draw or have any art skills at all*

[@sayaingirl21]

As an artist struggling with moving my painting techniques onto a digital platform this is an awesome tutorial. My problem was using brushes that weren't compatible and always gave it that stiff feeling like you mentioned. Thank you for making this it helps a lot.

[@grimapothecary7072]

I love your video I have one question does the paint tool you use blend colors together or is it a layered effect of the soft under painting (or both)

[@SaraTepes]

It doesn't blend colors itself! I just accomplish smooth shading because I used a soft underpainting and I use very light pressure when blending

[@grimapothecary7072]

@@SaraTepes Thank you so much! I tried the technique for my final and it worked perfectly with the style I was going for.

[@florencenn9557]

@@SaraTepes Awesome video! what graphics tablet do you use?

[@camilateixeira2281]

I was so pissed by the fact my paintings wouldn't just look good from the first layer of color and your process of adding more color layers just... blew my mind!!! Thank you so much!! I'm certainly going to be applying that in my next pieces! I can't believe I hadn't thought of that (because I am used to doing values layer and applying them to the colors and duplicating them until I get somewhere close to what I wanted, instead of the other way around) Thank you so much I think you saved my poor little soul from going mad with my paintings!!!!

[@tsouma3147]

Really love this piece!! Just a question though. Did you make her neck so thin by accident or is it your art style? I'm not trying to be mean it just looked kinda weird to me! Great painting nevertheless!

[@iconic1426]

Tsouma its her style

[@xxDianaxx33441]

i assume shes drawing coraline and the style in the original movie had very very thin necks i think she might have gotten inspiration from that

[@gululu_965]

The hair is covering her neck man. It’s obvious.

[@nicolesoullow1798]

Omg doing grayscale first has just changed my entire approach to digital drawing

[@pomragrahamate]

This was awesome!!! Thank you for sharing. How long did it take you to complete in real time?

[@p.9853]

The first sponsor I can actually use, I’m going to try it out Thank you

[@gloriala_plays4422]

I can't believe on the intro she made Coraline :D my childhood idk NIGHTMARE!

[@whyareallmynamestaken1382]

Thanks! I just started digital art and I use Krista too! I really appreciate the help!😄😃

[@cris-du5fp]

this video is almost a year old but your painting process is so fascinating omg

[@ainachan29]

We really have a different art style. Most of the time, I don't follow your tutorials because it's totally not the same with ny process but watching your timelapse / speed paint and listening to your voice is so soothing it kind of motivates me to do arts.

[@tainaka802]

It literally took me like 10 min. To realize where this drawing was inspired from.

[@aortizc82]

It took me almost the entire video to realize the same.

[@sivaprakash8683]

Nice tutorial Inking & coloring storytelling illustration from sketch to vector with Krota and livepaint in adobe illustrator kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5fGp2alpKyHjc0

[@kottonkandy0962]

I had to look in the comments to realize

[@Ari-sb9tm]

Coralline??? Right??? If so I got it in first 20 seconds 😂

[@FortuitousOwl]

Also for reference images, if you can’t find what you specifically want with stock photos and such don’t be afraid to just take photos yourself! I do that a lot when I’m drawing like a specific hand pose or I wanna see how a certain type of light would bounce of an eye or hair or something like that

[@rominabenedetti399]

All:Good tips,this portait is fantastic Me:coraline

[@dr.amiraabdelraheem1502]

PLZ what is the program name

[@rominabenedetti399]

@@dr.amiraabdelraheem1502 uhm,I think its Krita,but i'm not sure :3

[@rominabenedetti399]

@@lanasart9014 I know xD

[@rominabenedetti399]

@@lanasart9014 I'm a bit stupid

[@p4rt_t1me_g0d]

I watched because I wondered if it was Coraline in the thumbnail, it was! I love seeing different interpretations of the same characters and different styles in general! Nice!!!!

[@jamietheweeb388]

me sitting here with my 3927 layers for a 10 minute sketch: hears "I used 17 layers for this painting" ... i think ive done something wrong here

[@deadgrape5704]

When I feel bad about my art i watch u and remember at one point you where as bad as me but you became basically the best artist ever

[@nyx1021]

Something I really struggle with is the hair... how are you so good at it? Any suggestions?

[@justform4237]

This is seriously the best tutorial I've seen of this program. The grey scale is definitely an old masters trick so seeing it used in here really helps me understand how to create a successful base. Thank you so much!

[@ReginaBell]

I just realize you were drawing from the inspiration of Caroline lol. I love that movie. Great art and tips.

[@ericacosat4525]

As an artist, I just love this. I really like your explanation and honesty. Props though- I learned big time- I’ve never seen anyone do it that way, in the way you did with lighting first.... truly added an extra frame of thought for me with just that.. if that makes sense! You are extremely talented, too! Subbed!

[@riceahh6235]

Can you do a video on how to draw noses? Im highkey struggling lmao

[@blackvultures1119]

It's already there, unless she deleted it

[@riceahh6235]

@@blackvultures1119 Oh ya

[@KaylaLoveHeart]

I never thought about doing a greyscale then coloring over it with filters. That's actually pretty helpful. And I'm glad you said you only use a couple brushes that are round, makes me feel better than the other professionals that say you need special brushes...

[@SehunAddictSuho]

*sees this* wow i'm so gonna try this now i have the motivation yay! *tries* *fails every little thing* *angry noises* *tries again* *nope* *watches another video* *motivated again* *tries* *fails* *tries again* *angrier noises* so the circle spirals... i have wasted 3 evenings by practically doing nothing but practising with what feels like no results. but hey i guess that's fine. maybe i'll get the hang of it in a week or so...

[@sinistrecigogne]

Okay, consider this : Practice is NEVER a waste of time. Even if this method doesn't work out for you, if you didn't try so much, you wouldn't have realized that. There are a shit ton of different ways to do digital painting.

[@Jenterke]

Dude three evenings is nothing. It will take years to get good. Stop watching so many videos. Draw.

[@d3lta41]

you 're a life saver I drew one punch man following your video and I'm so happy with the result even if it's my 3rd time drawing on a tablet 🥰

[@fudgecake4633]

Tried out the technique, but I found it quite frustrating. I painted it in grey-scale, and put an overlay(?) layer on top, like you have, but I found that my colours were incredibly flat looking, since it's essentially shading with black and grey. Also, putting the colour layer on top changes the actually shade of the overall piece. Any tips on what to do?

[@YVZSTUDIOS]

You should check out that one video of sinix that has a title like "the problem with grayscale" and sycra's video about inherent color value. Because if you set your colors layer to color or softlight etc. but think the colors looks weird it's highly due to the wrong value underneath. Because for example if you wanna have something later in yellow your value underneath has to be much brighter than you might expect, because yellow has a very small range and is located on the brightest side. Long story short: Grayscale is unfortunately a waste of time because it gives you just a preview of your values to make sure the contrast is good. It has way too less flexibility. Just watch the video of sinix to be convinced ^^ btw, I prefer shading on a separate layer to keep the lighting changeable and not "hard coded" into the local values (which should be easy to change if they need to)

[@pinkishtoast3561]

You have to use more than one color or it will be monochromatic, which will make it look flatter. With my realistic drawings, I paint in grey scale then change the levels. After you do that, add in an overlay in a similar but noticably different color, or multiply if the color needs to be darker than the overlay can do .

[@fudgecake4633]

Thanks guys!!

[@nikozalive]

this helped me understand a lot about digital art, because i've been researching and wondering a lot on how artists make their art look a certain way

[@MsPoliteRants]

Also I don't understand color curves. I don't understand the points along the curve and why more can be added. I know logically it's something to do with highlights, shadows and mid tones.... But I can never get it to do anything I imagine I'm trying to do.

[@YVZSTUDIOS]

I highly encourage you to learn about color correction in that case. There are very great tutorials that explain curves adjustments using Photoshop for example. But don't worry curves are curves. It's the same with all programs. Basicly what it does is if you drag to the left you add the color your currently are. For example if you select the Red channel only and drag from the midpoint to the left it will add red to the midtones. If you pull it to the right you add it's opposite (according to the RGB colour system) which is Cyan. If you work with the RGB curve it's basically changing the contrast/ brightness (and a bit if saturation and color in the background to make it look normal). Dragging it at a point up will make that range bright, down to make it darker. Hope that was helpful :^)

[@MetalBrunette13]

Thank you so much for this video. Digital art has been something I've desperately wanted to improve on, but I haven't found a process that's been comfortable for me. You have given so many great points and tips in this video. It honestly helps.

[@loone2177]

I am the only one to prefer the black and the white ??

[@serentique]

Loone Neloo yeah the colours ruin the atmosphere, theyre too saturated.

[@ashwaqgaming4821]

No you’re not the only

[@wrenlaws4362]

I prefer the color only because it is coralline and she wouldn't be coralline without the color

[@powerpuff4ever]

Liberty Laws true! I love the greyscale version but Coraline is supposed to be brightly colored compared to a gloomy and muted surrounding so I feel like the color choices were intentional

[@passingstorm5896]

Thank you so much for this. I went to college to make art and graduated with a BFA in painting. But I have literally never touched digital programs for more than touch-up photo editing. Learning to paint digitally is a whole different ball game and the process was intimidating, but seeing your walkthrough caused me to break through that wall.

[@marloweschenk8097]

3:50 how do you go from white lines to black?? 😭help

[@kennedybowlin3713]

I’m confused too😭😭

[@kumarvishal1996]

Someone please tell !!

[@Jenterke]

@@kumarvishal1996 cmd + i that's photoshop 101 for you

[@satan3034]

J. M. It’s Krita.

[@Jenterke]

@@satan3034 It will be the same likely

[@artofafghanistan5842]

i love which brush you use! nice video and nice explanation. Hopefully next time you can also show how you select and create new layers and if you can delete and change the layers after creating many of them.

[@secretname2670]

i personally master the sketch [really good at traditional art] , but i miss something in the colouring so it has weird like borders that totally dont fit my drawing style at all , i cannot do the shading in krita , the lighting here is harder and i feel really lost someone help?

[@Jenterke]

lol from how you think about drawing (compartmentalizing sketching, taking style too seriously, etc) I am pretty sure you do not master sketching. Less commenting, more drawing: your questions will resolve themselves.

[@MysticCreature]

Thanks for this video. I'm currently working on painting a cover for a chapter book and have kind of made up my own techniques as everyone has their own as you mentioned. I do love that you remind your audience that it doesn't matter how long you spend on a piece or an aspect of that piece if it looks good to you and fits the specs of the project then just stop. I find I have to force myself to stop as yes formal illustration training conditions you to be this "arteeest" and filling you with guilt if you bring a piece to fruition and it takes half the time. I also agree that walking away is a mandatory practice as working on something for hours can subject your brain to blocks and make it difficult to keep things in perspective. Adding to that I admire your particular candid candor (somewhat redundant I know) where you express that you seemingly get bored at times and just want to get it done. I love that honesty as I'm in a similar place. Although I love what I do sometimes I want to move on. With every finished piece more is learned and there's always more to learn.... And at times you just want to do something completely different. I'm thrilled to have found your channel. I'll be coming back for more videos. I see you use Krit to paint. Is that the free version of the subscription? I use and love Clipstudio Paint over most others. I have Krit but am such a slave to the familiar that I think its more of learning the interface then anything else. Anyway, thanks so much again for this. Back to painting!