Painting Concept Art Environments with Atmosphere

[@Zarzar22]

These videos are priceless for me. Cant believe this is free content man, great work

[@fowlerillus]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@remotecabinstudios]

The music really makes this video epic, peaceful yet inspiring.

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks! That's definitely the vibe I'm hoping for. Glad you liked it.

[@snowxuedietrich8456]

This is so nice to watch, very inspiring. It gives me the feeling of the ocean planet Caladan. 👍 looking forward to the next video. Thanks again, Snow

[@fowlerillus]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelrasmussen1342]

That was, hands down, the most impressive display of environmental creativity that I’ve seen recorded. Remarkably enough as much as I’d love to see it done in real time, the time lapse added to the experience of seeing your creative process as you experimented. I guess my biggest question is this: at what point do you make the decision? When do you say, “there it is… that’s the horizon I want.” And then move on to the grass or the ships or the birds, or whatever. I feel like that’s the judgment call of someone who is absolutely confident in their decision making abilities. And that’s what I truly hope to learn. Thanks again!

[@fowlerillus]

Wow, thanks Michael! I'm glad you liked it. Actually, those decisions are usually made very early in the process while I'm just looking at a perspective grid trying to visualize things. The vantage point and "camera" angle that we choose can have a big impact on how the image feels overall so these early decisions really lay the foundation for the whole painting.

[@АннаМасленикова-к6ц]

Awesome painting process! Great mood! Thanks for a video!

[@fowlerillus]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@digitaleveTTV]

these are carrying me through art school! how is this free?! amazing work :D

[@fowlerillus]

I'm so glad these have been helpful! :)

[@bbrother92]

@@fowlerillus how much spent in real time?

[@xxmegazocker9894]

Im a little late to the party but man, its a shame how little exposure your videos receive. KZbin brought me to you on multiple occasions, im glad it did. Hope to learn alot from you in the future!

[@fowlerillus]

That's awesome! Thanks for the support.

[@loozerzart9109]

I really love the sense of overall lighting here I mean it has more of a natural or so as to say a surrealistic wibe... and the color scheme is way too natural looking just like in real world ... I'm learning a lot from you HARDY! 🙏🏻❤ I still struggle with bringing perspective in blockout/ silhouette stage .... I still lag putting depth and mood in my greyscale silhouettes ... soon I'll upload some of my work in our academy qna😇

[@fowlerillus]

That's definitely something we can work on. I've got some tips that can really help

[@jubler5849]

Its beautiful❤️❤️❤️ Can you make another organic creature artwork??

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks! Actually, that's exactly what I was thinking about tackling next. Glad to hear that you would be interested.

[@SSP.Artistic]

You ar Amazing acually i Leanred a lot sir for you.. i brought you udemy course... its helps me full my portfolio with amazing concept art .. thank you sir.......

[@fowlerillus]

Thank you so much - I'm really glad my stuff has been helpful :)

[@SpiderThoughts]

Great video and beautiful final product too! I’m feeling inspired now after watching that swooping top down view being created

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks Josh!

[@matrix_coding9050]

This is certainly amazing, love your work

[@fowlerillus]

Thank you very much!

[@jayta906]

This is AWESOME man, its cool to see your your style has evolved a bit over the last couple years. You seem really comfortable and confident with this more painterly style and it really shows with your brushwork

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks! Glad to hear it

[@ypesie]

I’m not sure if you’ll see this,I am totally addicted to your channel at the moment. But I’m just curious about the perspective grid you’re using in the beginning of the piece, have you made it yourself or how do you get one of those? Keep it up!

[@fowlerillus]

So glad you're enjoying the channel! I made that perspective grid myself. The vanishing point axis was just make a bunch of straight lines converging on one point. If you disable size jitter and hold down shift you can make straight lines with the brush tool. You can also do this easily with the symmetry tool set to radial. The others were just arrays of straight lines that I distorted a bit to pinch to one side or the top. I hope that's helpful!

[@ardelaflor]

Really great video Hardy!

[@fowlerillus]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@xKessa]

Beautiful

[@fowlerillus]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@HazedShaman]

Fantastic inspiration video as per usual Hardy, on a side note you sound like your a little sick. Or were sick and are coming off it. Love your videos!

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. Wow, good ear - I definitely had a cold when this was recorded.

[@Raygaldhd]

Woow cool

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks!

[@pl2996]

great job!

[@fowlerillus]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@randyruedisueli7470]

You’re killing it lately man! Another awesome, inspiring video. I’ll also need a link to wherever you’re getting your music from. 😁

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks Randy! These tracks come from Audiio.com. They have great stuff!

[@MercerSynthAI]

Amazing

[@fowlerillus]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it

[@rlopez7016]

Question: In a production setting, would environmental art come after concept art? - I think it should but I am guessing as I am yet to land my first gig 😁

[@fowlerillus]

Great question and I think that definitions of concept art can be blurred. This painting is more of a full production painting or a key shot which I still technically consider concept art. BUT in a production setting, I would do several very rough sketches or tonal passes (sort of like you see early in this painting) just to get the idea nailed down and then if my art director likes a particular rough concept, I'll carry that forward to a more finished painting like this. It's usually a very iterative process (so be sure to bill hourly :) Good luck getting that first gig!

[@Elizeus99]

Heyhardy, Where did you get your perspective grid?

[@fowlerillus]

Hey! I made this one myself with a few layers. I turn off shape dynamics and hold down shift to click out the vanishing point axis. The others are just arrays of straight, parallel lines that I distort as a group

[@Elizeus99]

@@fowlerillus Alright that’s useful, Thank You!

[@lavatun]

LISAN AL GHA'IB. . . .

[@fowlerillus]

Spice must flow

[@hakanerozkantattoo]

Hey did you stop using custom shapes ?? :)

[@fowlerillus]

I haven't stopped but I'm trying to work on other techniques to be a bit looser and more expressive. Custom shapes are incredibly powerful though, I'll definitely continue to use them

[@gregent61]

Hi im just wondering what the reason for flipping the image is for, i notice a few people doing it? Thanks

[@fowlerillus]

That can be really useful for a few reasons. The main one is that it makes the image feel new again. It's like you're seeing it with fresh eyes. It helps you not feel stuck and it can make mistakes or strangeness really pop out so that you can fix it. It's great when something feels not quite right (but you're not sure why). When you flip the canvas, those things are suddenly very apparent. It also can make things easier on your wrist. There are certain diagonal marks that are really hard for your wrist to do, but if you flip the canvas, they become much easier. I actually made a custom keyboard shortcut just for this which I highly recommend.