Painting A Lush Waterfall Cliff - Digital Painting Tutorial - Concept Art - Custom Shapes

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In this tutorial, we're going to look at creating and painting with custom shapes! Check it out. :)
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[@Deflexis]

"Happy Accidents" This is just the cherry on top for how good this channel is!

[@tomslater2062]

Walid, you inadvertently have one of the best ASMR channels out there. Your voice and affect are more soothing and mesmerizing than Bob Ross - the Great Master of ASMR. Thanks so much for sharing such quality content. I am humbled!

[@icercano]

Great tutorial and great teacher. Many thanks for share all of them, it's a big gift.

[@billjones3720]

My favorite Concept Art channel by far. And thanks for all the useful tips and tricks!

[@AV-ck4kn]

Oh my goodness, this is honestly the best youtube channel out there. Like seriously. You have the most amazing digital art tutorials for free and are a great and fun person to watch and listen to, and you reply to basically all of your comments!! You work so hard, and put so much effort into your videos. You deserve 2 million subscribers. Hope you get there someday, and looking forward to your next video!! (hope it comes out soon)

[@WalidFeghali]

I appreciate your kind words a lot! Thank you, and I hope you continue to enjoy the videos. :) Best, W.

[@joseoliver2420]

I appreciate your time and professionalism in giving us the best of your art to be better at what we like. Greetings from New York!

[@dearmeow26192]

you are the best man.

[@AkshayKumar-tz9ev]

You are a great teacher buddy🙏🤟

[@somayajulapraneeta7502]

This is beautiful

[@daeris_art]

I LOVE your tutorials. I get sooo much out of them. Looking forward for next one!

[@hopskotchSunDAY]

Always amazing to see how many layers and corrections are made even at a professional layer. Too many people think you reach a point and you can magically draw exactly what you want at any time. Not really. It's always a constant push and pull, combining everything you know and those aspects you are experimenting with. It's always an adventure. Good work. So pretty. 😊

[@WalidFeghali]

Definitely true! Thanks. :)

[@sc4r3crow28]

Great video ! I did not know about custom shapes before. Would be cool to see a video on how you draw mechs and spaceships

[@JayPenrake]

Oberyn Martell. Where have you gone? Your content is flawless.

[@rozettanameless]

It's really cool for matte painting

[@harshit7033]

Dope as ever!

[@israelbarroso2451]

Excellent tutorial. Good job. I´m going to try myself shapes. Thanks a lot.

[@TheYun77]

Really interresting video, thx for sharing this

[@ErikaTanith]

Wow, you make that look so easy! I'm really looking forward to following you and watching more of your videos. Very inspiring. Thank you.

[@WalidFeghali]

Happy to hear you're interested! Stay tuned, Erika :) Best, W.

[@ribberjak778]

Great inspiration! Love your work, won't say no to more videos like this. They are easy to follow and you have a kind voice, easy to listen to (Y)

[@WalidFeghali]

Happy to hear that. :) Stay tuned! Best, W.

[@acem73]

Que lindo quedó

[@misiroheito5216]

Great stuff, bro, thanks for sharing!

[@MadMonkeySeeds1]

dude you are a great from the heart teacher,..i learn everyday from your videos! thnks :)

[@WalidFeghali]

Love to hear that. Best, W.

[@DaveyBakerArt]

Nice work dude!

[@WaseemFitness]

جميل يا وليد الله يعطيك العافيه ..

[@mandarpipalia5425]

Honestly man you just nailed it with your concept skills, I ended finding digital painting tutorials here. I am preparing a portofolio at the moment and your tutorials are like miracles to me.......Thank you Walid.

[@WalidFeghali]

That's very nice to hear Mandar. Hope they help. Best, W.

[@Thirsty_Fox]

This is great stuff, Walid! Looking forward to following along more closely when I get a break from engineering studies. Cheers from Canada!

[@WalidFeghali]

I know the pain haha! :) GL

[@Thirsty_Fox]

Thanks! I ended up getting the Nektar LX-88+ and Imperfect Samples based on your review and I'm quite enjoying it. :-)

[@shadowdragon217]

This was a great help like the rest of your videos, I would love to see a Tutorial on how to make castles/ buildings.

[@natureventure7739]

Subscribed! amazing content :)

[@GryphonDes]

When making your own custom shapes, remember that they are just B&W, all the delicious details in a brush are easily lost -- try a quick Levels adjustment before you make your path it should help a lot ! That said I am really adoring your style and your material! More insights on your approaches is hugely welcome!

[@WalidFeghali]

Great tip! :) Best, W.

[@Prince_Charming_1]

Awesome tutorial! Great contents! Just subscribed to your channel!

[@EliseWongCreations]

A friend in a forum recommended your channel. This is amazing stuff!! Subscribed!!!

[@WalidFeghali]

Happy to hear that, Elise! :) Best, W.

[@JuanCarlos-nq8jr]

Amazing as usual

[@WalidFeghali]

Cheers!

[@CliffordsStudio]

I've got to say you have some really awesome artwork! I've been working digitally and in concept art for a few years now and I mostly work with characters and props but after watching your videos I definitely need to try out environments again. Love your work. I'm looking forward to seeing much more!

[@WalidFeghali]

Happy to hear that Clifford! :) Characters are really fun, but so are landscapes. Best, W.

[@CliffordsStudio]

Yea I definitely agree. I feel like when you paint a character or a weapon/prop its kind of the same style but when I try to paint a landscape its a whole different animal and art style. I really just need to sit down and try it again haha. Thanks for your tutorials. It's awesome to learn from fellow artists. Also can I ask how you learned your craft? Did you study it at school or are you self taught?

[@WalidFeghali]

I am self-taught through many years of practice, going from trying to mimic the mountains and landscapes drawn in the mangas I read as a kid, sketching during classes at school and what not, to working professionally with it. :)

[@CliffordsStudio]

Thats amazing man! Yea I went to school for graphic design so all of my digital painting is self taught so its inspiring and reaffirming to know you taught yourself all of this. Keep up the awesome work, I love your channel!

[@SprinklesProject]

Dude! You fucking rock!! Loved this tutorial!!

[@WalidFeghali]

Cheers man! :) Best, W.

[@donutguy1281]

Stellar art, I just came from your Nektar Impact keyboard review. You're artistically proficient in many fields I see.

[@WalidFeghali]

Hey! Thank you. :)

[@lisamaier9984]

YOU ARE SO APPRECIATED! Wonderful tutorial art work! Thank you for your time. Wow, this was a great and helpful tutorial as far as using shapes and textures. It would be great to make another one. I never even knew what the shapes were used for...how cool. I struggle with the texture so this really helped me a lot. Thank you. "My AWESOME tutorials"!!!! You rock!!!!! P.S you could combine one of these drawing with lighting and shadows?

[@MattproThe]

You always make easily what i want and i can't achieve hahaha, you're an amazing artist ;)

[@MattproThe]

I comment 1 hour ago, i want to show you what i've done with this technique mateodebonis.deviantart.com/art/Fantasy-Landscape-Practice-722831862?ga_submit_new=10%3A1514668248 Thanks Walid.

[@WalidFeghali]

That's really great Mateo!! Definitely keep it up. Beautiful. :)

[@jamiesullivan1543]

Your work is always so impressive! Thank you so much for these tutorials they have helped me out so much, I'm looking forward to seeing much more!. Was just wondering whats a good way to practice environment concepts and improve those skills? Is it through just lots of practice or are studies a more effective way if your just starting out in environments?

[@debilami]

it's a good video, for sure.

[@WalidFeghali]

Thank you! W.

[@JuanManuelOsuna_art]

Wow, this technique is amazing, i would like to access your custom shapes , seem very useful for painting landscape, a greeting from Spain !

[@myman8278]

I love this so much! I am wandering if you are going to make a custom shape pack like your brush pack. Keep it up

[@WalidFeghali]

Hi! There will be a custom shape pack as well - or rather a big concept artist pack with a lot of things! Stay tuned. :)

[@Synadiome]

A big thank you from France, your videos are all very inspiring and helped me progressing a lot! Do you plan to do a tutorial for more urban scenes? Like a cyber punk city or something like that? Anyway keep doing like this you're amazing! See ya'

[@WalidFeghali]

You're very welcome! Yes, I will be creating more urban environment tutorials soon. :) Best, W.

[@Mightilyoats]

Ahh, so this is how people make that kind of painting

[@Bazzabazeman]

Hey man, your stuff is great! Could you do something about texturing in general some day? Keep up the good work, cheers!

[@WalidFeghali]

Hi! Definitely. :) Stay tuned for that. W.

[@Kittenbombs1]

I been needing to use textures and shapes like this. It looks super handy. I just didn't want it to become a crutch though. I guess once I learn how to draw landscapes with just a normal charcoal brush I would feel more comfortable taking the short cut. I'd be interested to see your process from start to finish with just one brush... Thanks for sharing this video though I did learn a lot.

[@WalidFeghali]

See it this way: You are creating a house. This house is a complex creation of many shapes, materials and structures. Would you limit yourself to only using a hammer to build this house? That would be tedious, annoying and not optimal. I'd urge you to use the tools you have at hand to make your art. There's no need for you to wait with using techniques and tools before having done everything before that. While it's a fantastic exercise to only paint using one chalk brush for a few paintings, it shouldn't be your standard way of learning. Use what you have at hand and you will have much more fun and be creating much more than just limiting yourself. :) Good luck! W.

[@Kittenbombs1]

Thank you for the thoughtful advice. It makes sense, the whole "using just a hammer to build a house" concept. I think you're right and I am limiting myself. I guess I just like making things more difficult than they have to be lol. I will carry your advice with me in my future endeavors as an artist. Thanks

[@rokiranma]

Thank you. This is helpful. Hope you could also give us your own custom shapes hehe! more vids please

[@WalidFeghali]

Haha I'll try uploading them soon! :)

[@evieszemplinski8254]

Hello! Are the shapes uploaded? I tried looking but can't find them!

[@lonewolf-ji5eb]

@@WalidFeghali not yet received your custom shapes pack 😁 Anyway awesome tutorial learned so much . Thank you

[@VirtualTurtleGames]

Really good tutorial, got me inspired to make a little piece that I'm quite proud of. Thanks!

[@deio977]

Walid, i love your work! Love your tutorials! I am watching them and got brushes from Evenant. What device are you using for painting? What tablet?

[@WalidFeghali]

Hi deio977! I'm happy you enjoy the tutorials :D I hope you learn something great. I am using Wacom Intuos Pro Medium. Cheers!

[@deio977]

Thank you, I love the way you are explaining and doing parallels with real life in paintings. I own a Wacom Intuos Art, so is it ok for painting? I want to learn to paint good, for hobby in my free time :( :( I really love digital painting. I will follow and watch all your videos, hoping that I'll learn to paint.

[@merihim666]

Your creativity is huge! Cool work... as always ;) And again i'm motivated :D would You tell me what size is the best for painting? Does it matter?

[@WalidFeghali]

Thank you! Well, you choose! The HD format is pretty good (1920x1080), but you can choose whatever you want. :) Best, W.

[@falcon2point062]

Arigato

[@user-oc4rp4ji1y]

Приветствую.Нравтся ваши работы.Родскажите,какими кистями пользуетесь?!

[@deanmewis]

love this tutorial. are you releasing these custom shapes?

[@WalidFeghali]

I will collect them and release them. However, I don't have that many. Once I have a good set of custom shapes, I can release them for free to you guys. :) Stay tuned on this channel and the newsletter at www.evenant.com/design/ Cheers, W.

[@aksharandharia3710]

I am just a beginner digital artist trying to get into it. Your tutorials are amazing helped me learn many new things and quick ways to do complicated stuff. I many a times face the problem that I do not know the features of photoshop well so I am stuck inbetween painting after I by mistake did something weird or I want to do something in my drawing and dont know how to go about it. Then I have to go to the internet and search about the problem which kind of breaks the focus and wastes a lot of time. So do you know anout any place where I can make myself familiar with the tools and techniques of photoshop. I have tried looking at speed paintings or tutorial videos but in those too the artist just go over some of the things extremely naturally and quickly that they look extremely easy and when I go about trying to do that myself I get lost. So any help will be appreciated.

[@pascasurajar9319]

25:51 super agree hahahaha :D

[@evieszemplinski8254]

15:23 how did you change the colors and add those shapes so rapidly?

[@oof4553]

What art style are you using

[@mw2rocksmysocks100]

Hey Walid! I was just wondering if you had any updates on that course you said you were making? I'm very interested in taking it :)

[@WalidFeghali]

Hi! It's been a lot to do lately in other areas of Evenant and in my personal life, but I am still working on the course. Hopefully ready by Q2 this year. :) Stay tuned! W.

[@mw2rocksmysocks100]

That's understandable! Thanks for the reply!

[@envarin888]

seems to be something wrong with the brushes page on the site. there's no download button and some code exposed in the first paragraph

[@samuelhuber8661]

hey dude is there a way you can create your own mountain texture custom shape pack, or link a few cause i cant seem to find any good ones.

[@WalidFeghali]

Hey! In this video you learn exactly how to create your own mountain texture custom shape pack. Check from @11:50 and you will learn how to create those. Just find a great looking mountain photo you like and create the shapes out of that.

[@samuelhuber8661]

Okay Thanks!

[@patrickallen1330]

Hey I love your vids and they have really helped me out with my concept art but I have a problem that I was hoping you can help me with. Whenever I make a custom shape and use it there are a bunch of blue dots that come with the shape. I am guessing they are like a line path or something. But they make my computer super slow since there are like hundreds of them. When I watched you video I saw that when you used custom shapes the dots didn't appear. I am going to guess you turned it off. How did you do that? Thanks in advance for the help. If anyone else knows please do help me out.

[@WalidFeghali]

Hi! Yes the way to do this is to select the Shape tool, and up in the left part you will see a dropdown list with "Shape" "Path" and "Pixels". Choose pixels when you want to "paint" with the shapes. :) Best of luck! Walid

[@patrickallen1330]

OMG! Thanks so much for the help! It was bothering me for a while and I could never really use the custom shapes for anything. Thanks!

[@xTiger77]

There isnt a download link anywhere on the brushes page you linked. Any help? Would really love to use them!

[@WalidFeghali]

Hey, if you go into www.evenant.com/design/, a popup will appear for you to get the brushes! :)

[@kyledesilva1589]

Great tutorial Walid. Do you think you'll set up a patreon?

[@WalidFeghali]

Haven't really thought of that. Not sure yet!

[@tearstoneactual9773]

Can you cover spaceship/starship design more in detail?

[@WalidFeghali]

That's a cool idea. Thanks for the suggestion! Best, W.

[@tearstoneactual9773]

@@WalidFeghali - You're quite welcome. Truth is I used to draw ships and such a lot back when I was younger, in traditional media. I wouldn't say I w as terribly good at it, but ... sci-fi and space ships has always been a huge love, and I wanna be able to do it better. The same is true for designing weapons, both modern, futuristic, as well as fantasy. I loved drawing swords and such for my D&D game ideas and worlds back in the day as well. I've got some theory under my belt for doing it now. Your tutorials are always so clean, and inspirational. Easy to understand, and they kinda make ya wanna (want to) just go draawww.. and paint.

[@lonecody]

how are you getting your shapes filled in with black?

[@WalidFeghali]

It's up there in the top left settings of the custom shapes tool :) Best, W.

[@alexandrajohansson6047]

Vilken del av Sverige är du från? Är från Piteå, Norrbotten. Så kul att se en skillad svensk :)

[@VincentHendriks]

Awesome, why do you mirror it every now and then though?

[@WalidFeghali]

I do that to spot issues with my composition and design. It should read properly from both sides, and also once you stare at an image too long, it begins to look "natural", so it's important to flip it to spot any errors. Best, W.

[@VincentHendriks]

Oh I see, had no idea haha. Thanks!

[@user-oc4rp4ji1y]

Можно ли,найти вашу сборку кистей-которыми работаете?

[@vyros5]

Could you perhaps someday make your custom shapes available for download or purchase?

[@WalidFeghali]

Will definitely have a free Evenant Design custom shapes pack! :) Stay tuned.

[@incoherentscreaming2085]

How do you remove colors with your brush? Like you'd do with an eraser, It'd be really useful

[@WalidFeghali]

I have my left side pen button on the Wacom set to erase. :)

[@lonecody]

what does set to S mean?

[@DasPstehtFuerPeter]

i'd love to use the 100% oppacity brush! can you update it? :)

[@WalidFeghali]

K 2 da π Will do! :)

[@WalidFeghali]

Updated!

[@melsmneyan8686]

can you send custom shaps pack that you use plese?

[@WalidFeghali]

Definitely on my list. :) Best, W.

[@mikaelseise3954]

Detta måste jag prova på, en fundering har du lagt till egen kategori under former där du sparar det du gjort? Tips på hur man gör egen kategori? Bra jobb du gör och bra utlärning.

[@WalidFeghali]

Hallå där! Jag sparar bara ner alla former jag har i en stor samling som jag kan hitta under Shapes. Det finns säkert något sätt att skapa kategorier och hittar jag det så ska jag dela med mig hur man gör här och på min framtida kurs. :) Mvh, W.

[@mikaelseise3954]

OK, jag kunde inte spara först hittade felet jag var inte inloggad som administratör nu funkar det. Tack för hjälpen.

[@skarletknight27]

hello , Could you explain how to paint a moon?

[@WalidFeghali]

Hi, good idea! I've taken a note to create a video on that. :) Best, W.

[@skarletknight27]

Walid Feghali oh thank you very much!, I have looked for a video that can explain me well, but I could not.

[@pamihmod]

Hey Walid! Are you a muslim, if so, hows your Ramadhan so far?

[@WalidFeghali]

Hi Pamihmod! No I am not a muslim. :) Wish you the very best for your Ramadhan :)!

[@Into875]

I don't think you'll answer back, but I really don't get the point with this kind of painting. I mean, you are so dependant of the different shape you have, and I think If you are only using it you are losing the main aspect of painting? Am not sure about it, this is my point of view, but am not sure people who are using or who will use this method will be able to do the same without using these kind of shape. For example, I am trying to study digital painting, since I am a newbie, I don't think this process will help me for the future, I think it's, in my opinion, just an easy process to do amazing things, but it's not with your own skill you are doing it, so it doesn't count. I don't know if you I'll understand it, if anyone wanna share your point of view I'll be happy to read you all (sry for my bad English)

[@WalidFeghali]

Hey! You have your own freedom to think like this, of course. There is nothing that says that you have to be able to use something to do some great creative work of your own, with any sort of tool, technique or process. If you feel that you won't have any help of this for the future, then there is something that isn't resonating with you, and you should seek for that fulfillment somewhere else. I do think that there is something to be learned from everything, any technique or person or tool can give you something new to bring to your own creative workflow, and it's up to you to decide whether you want to learn novelty or stick to what you already have/know. But that's only my opinion. :) Oh, and the point of this kind of painting is simply that I can through these custom shapes create something new, it's a fun way of creating something I haven't before, and it allows me to use different tools to achieve it. It helps me, and I get something great from it. But I don't think everyone should feel the same way, just like you are. I am happy with the result, and that's OK for me, regardless what other think. :) But it also helps me to create concepts quickly for any game, movie or other project that I'm working on. Hope that gives you a bit of an insight into my mind. Best, W.

[@Into875]

Walid Feghali thanks for sharing your opinion, I understand more now. The fact you tell me this brings me something new, you quite succeeded to change my unilateral point of view. You also bring more legitimacy to use this kind of process, that's cool. It's really interesting to get an opinion of a person who knows tons of things about this field! :)

[@debilami]

you know you still have to have the skills required to produce this. If you don't know where to place the light, where to place shadows, what water looks like, if you don't have a good grasp on the sense of perspective, on the sense of depth, if you don't know about color theory and which color goes well with which color etc..., you won't succeed. One thing I agree with you is that this video is not made for total beginners. Beginners should first learn about all the things I listed.