Scott Robertson: Inspiration and Techniques

[@scottrobertsondesign]

This is true. You're not always guaranteed success but most times the experimentation pays off in unexpected ways as long as you keep an open mind.

[@Ashm00r]

You have no idea how much what you do has inspired me, it turned my life around. Thank you sir!

[@ghap4a]

Sir, you sure you don't waste a second in your video, almost one hour and everything is so amazing VALUABLE, I couldn't take my eyes away from the video and I wanted more and more. I simple cant believe. So upset when the video ended. Thanks a million for this awesome post!!!!

[@strati5phere]

Mr. Roberton, this never gets old, your work is more than inspiring, I hope all is well for you are your creative adventures!

[@cxrichxdnc]

I don't mind the length of the video. This was by far one of the best and most informative vids out there as far as tackling the question of how to come up with an interesting design. Thanks for this Scott. Cheers!

[@davisoncarvalho3940]

1 hour from experiences collected over a lifetime! I feel honored to have watched this! Thanks Scott!

[@IIRemy]

A new feng zhu video, and an hour long scott robertson video, this is going to be a good day

[@Realitydenizen]

There are a lot of people whose art is totally intimidating to me, like Naeem whom you mentioned I watch closely. Your creativity with tools is totally intimidating. There is some incredible artistic genius in this strangely obscure field.

[@andysoccer1010]

Scott your are such an inspiring teacher. The techniques that you are sharing are invaluable. What I love best is just seeing how you think. Keep up the great work, you are such a gifted artist!

[@LyleTrush]

I keep saying "your a genius" the entire time I watch this video! Thank you so much for all your teachings Scott! It's really helping me improve as an artist and designer!

[@sixstringtyler117]

Just wanted to say that you and your friend Feng Zhou are two of the most inspirational and helpful artists I've ever seen. Thanks for doing these tutorials!

[@andycjin4955]

*Feng Zhu :)

[@sixstringtyler117]

lol face palm.... :}

[@RowmanSailor]

Why did you post this!? Now I'll have to watch it dozens of times, trying out all the tips and tricks to create new designs! Scott, thank you for taking my time and helping it to make me better.

[@Romanamon]

Just realised I did something similar to this subject back in high school. I went to a museum where they had a lifelike stuffed tiger. I did some sketches of it, then used the sketch to form the basis of a Tiger mech. I loved that project.

[@BenFung]

Thank you very much Scott. My mind is much more open after viewing this tutorial.

[@bisamianto]

You should be awarded for inspiring so many people! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@DesignInNature]

This is REALLY helpful, although a bit discouraging at times. Concept design is moving forward VERY fast. Tons of other professionals are now moving on to designing straight on 3d software, while by the time I'm done learning to paint in photoshop on my own, people graduating from Art center out gnomon will be years ahead of me. So sad such good schools are so out of reach for a working man with a family, such as myself. Still, awesome that Scott takes the time to post these for us. THANK YOU!

[@Romanamon]

Invaluable info, Scott. Thank you so much for doing these videos. If my future career is even half as eventful as yours, I'll be a happy man.

[@shadycharacter2380]

the wallscaping technique is brilliant for environments. puts a whole new perspective on it.

[@SmithysArt]

really open my eyes i will be watching this again thank you for sharing

[@Morporgx]

I thought Feng is my favorite teacher .... But after subscribing to Your channel I'm confused.... Thanks for sharing, and please, keep them coming! If ever in Poland-Silesia, free beer on me!

[@christullochmccabe.7769]

That was awesome! That really made me realize that there are no bounds to where and how you can get inspired. My camera will never again leave my side!

[@mmotorheadzzz]

I can't wait for your books to come out... I swear, you could write a cook book and I'd still learn something about drawing from it. Thanks for all your DVDs and videos and everything else you've done.

[@MikeNmurdoc]

This is sooo helpful. I'm moving from modeling to concept art, and am having a hard time inventing LOTS of shapes fast, as opposed to continuously refining the shapes i'm given. Thank you SO MUCH! I owe you a beer

[@Landscape_Architecture]

Unbelievably inspiring. I haven't drawn a line in years, but I stumbled upon your channel and I have now dished out 4 pages with sketches while watching some of your videos :) Thanks!

[@MikeoWar]

This was an epic upload Scott... So many ideas... I need to grab a pen and write everything down. Thanks a million.

[@RKronso]

Every part of this is amazingly innovative! I don't throw around the word genius, but this qualifies easily.

[@julioguedespereira]

Thanks for sharing all this information Scott! Greetings from Brazil!

[@dannyhood66]

This is so cool mind blowing. Seriously!

[@Septix]

Mr. Scott please make a book about suits and characters, that would be so awesome and amazing, I would definitely buy. Also thank you very much, learned so much and my inspiration meter is full :) Much thanks and respect.

[@scottrobertsondesign]

From Wikipedia: "The Fresnel equations (or Fresnel conditions), deduced by Augustin-Jean Fresnel (pron.: /frɛˈnɛl/), describe the behaviour of light when moving between media of differing refractive indices. The reflection of light that the equations predict is known as Fresnel reflection." My slang for it is the "fresnel effect" which is basically that when your line of sight angle of incidence becomes more parallel/tangent to a reflective surface that surface will appear to be more reflective.

[@ahtiandr]

wow! Just wow! Whole hour of awesome tutorial from a great artist and for free !!! Thank you a lot! I have also ordered some of your art books.

[@StefanMarjoram]

Fantastic! So many clever ideas. There's never an excuse to be lost for inspiration now. Looking forward to trying some out - particularly the wall photos and zoom-blurs. Thanks Scott!

[@thisisitisntit]

Whoa! This is full of very useful information. Thanks, Scott!

[@Steve81M]

I can't believe how eye-opening this was! It made me want to run outside with my camera and find walls...and just everything. These were all such great ideas, thanks Scott. I love the visual I got from "get in there guerrilla style, do it and then quickly make your escape" so funny.

[@dreamrepublik]

Thanks Scott, I mean it! Thanks for sharing all this, you are the best!

[@MaddSketchonline]

you have been such an inspiration to me sir, for like over 10 years ^_^. thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@TGTID]

Great stuff! Happy to see that you use alchemy. It's so under the radar and underrated. Works magic!!!

[@ДенисПлахотя-о2ч]

Looking forward to buy this brilliant editions of books

[@soundcanal]

Hey Scott, this is, for me, a ground-breaking video. Thank you heaps!

[@JustinSlick]

Wow, this is so damn inspiring. It's pretty clear that one of the best ways to make unique, original work is to come up with unique, original workflows. I really need to experiment a bit more and see if I can use my tools in ways I hadn't thought of before.

[@arthurimages]

Wow this is the best informational video i've seen in a while. I'm a photographer by trade and I do a lot of composites so I love your piece on the inverted wallscapes!

[@prancingrobot]

Even those of us who do graduate from ACCD and are working it's still very hard to keep up with the methods. What you learn going through the program by the time your done, something better will come up. You always have to be learning and adding skills to stay competitive.

[@cerkuenik]

WOW...what a inspiring and informative lecture! thank you very much Mr Scott!!!!

[@SP2718]

Depending on how you look at it, you could argue that every great designer in the world taught themselves and taught themselves correctly. A couple years at art center will not make a person better at design than someone self teaching who is completely dedicated to the craft. I would love to go to design school, but I can't afford it either. It doesn't matter. If you work all day everyday, you're guaranteed to break through the competition, in my opinion

[@horaciosalazargomez9488]

Hi Scott! Excellent post! It's one that I liked the most! Thanks for sharing it! All your techniques are quite interesting ways for inspiration... I've never thought in any of them before; but now I'll surely use them very often. :) Have a good one!

[@reie4208]

Superb techniques!! Thanks for sharing your amazing inspiration!

[@vnmribaya]

Thanks Scott! great video, I've learn a LOT with this one. Really Thanks a lot, for sharing all this knoledge for free, you r awesome man!!!

[@JasonScheier]

This is awesome Scott! A nice refresher from when I took a few of your workshops! Thanks for sharing.

[@Ronson2k9]

Totally cool. Love the creative juice workflow that I've watched with your work. Really inspiring.

[@NeroNequam]

Wow! Thank you so much for this video. I'm feel depressed but at the same time motivated, after watching this:)

[@CoyotePark]

This is absolutely amazing... Thank you so much. Very many kinds of inspiration points and techniques all in one video! wow!

[@HarelJann]

Thank you very much for sharing your design technics! much appreciated!

[@josenevarez8079]

Great information on inspiration and techniques, thanks for sharing. I have tow of your books and are amazing!

[@analogueRobot]

I appreciate how he uses all the none autodesk product to create his art!

[@AvishekBanerjee]

Brilliant techniques sir, just totally loved all your amazing ways to get things started. I will try these, and may be I can come up with something. I got to learn so many nice fun ways to get interesting shapes.Thank you again for sharing your design process with us. :)

[@jeffelliott435]

"Get in there guerrilla style, do it, and then quickly make your escape"; hahaha, that's awesome. Thanks for sharing your process, it's really inspiring.

[@LaLiLuLeLoX]

26:14 is freakin beautiful. Freakin beautiful. All your work is golden!!

[@wblake1]

I know that 3D models are important for various applications, but if the end product is just a 2D illustration, then I'd say Mr. Robertson can do very realistic renderings even with a pencil and Photoshop, so I'd say he could live without 3D-modelling.

[@therustyone7]

Great lecture Scott! I love happy accidents! Thanks for the insight into your creative process.

[@TTangelTT]

This is really great and very inspirational. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!

[@TheLex1972]

This is absolute gold, thanks for sharing!

[@gawakotoclothing]

Wow! Sir you are a genius! Thanks for the tips.

[@ilchobogdanovski]

I realy love everything you create.Its amazing

[@torchit2302]

You, Sir, have a beautiful brain! Thanks a gazillion!

[@monkeyzeetube]

Thanks Scott..Very inspirational.

[@handsson]

that was inspiring on so many levels...thank you very much

[@Rikco.337]

Very helpfull .. it gives me a lot of new starting points for my own projects.. thx very much!

[@AdamSondel]

Thank you Scott, this is so much inspirating me! You got great imagination!

[@Gboythunda]

I can't wait for the books either. I actually dream about owning it.

[@upstartclient]

This is so amazing! Thank you Scott!!!

[@vp3841]

Thank you for such a helpful video, Scott!:)

[@tony_eight]

wish you would start doing these free tutorial friday videos again Scott. very inspiring actually :D

[@camofirefly]

this was a brill video! I learned so much.

[@scottrobertsondesign]

Al.Chemy is free, and Photo Booth comes as a free program on Mac laptops and iPads.

[@DesignInNature]

That's kind of my original point stated differently. Even the guys who get trained by seasoned pros end up having to play the catch up game. Imagine how someone like myself, who can only afford to self teach feels. Back in the 90's and early 2000's, self taught artists made it just fine because the demand for concept artists was booming; pros were very rare to find and therefore companies didn't mind training you 'on the job'. These days self taught artists are almost rejected from the get go.

[@xx_PCCR_xx]

Thank you very much for all of those great tips!

[@SP2718]

Thanks so much for this it has been extremely helpful for me

[@cymek]

This is pure gold. :)

[@MedusaVFX]

That was very insightful! Thank you.

[@MrJohnThornhill]

that was brilliant I'm inspired. Keep reaching out!

[@Maker_Star_Hero]

Fantastic! I especially like alchemy.org! the whole talk is incredibly inspiring!

[@3DSurfacing]

Great videos, not many talk about design techniques.

[@blinkymon]

It's Friday in Eastern Europe as well. xD Thank you so much for posting this!

[@cokerson]

Very inspiring. Thank you.

[@charlie1872]

Any chance you could do more of these and demo how you did them? Challenging for a non trained person like myself but so interesting

[@Franckiefresh]

Hey Scott, great series. Like how you talk and approach the 'thinking part'. I'm more 2d minded i guess, i've used 3d once or twice but when i use a 3d program i feel like a fish on the beach. it takes me hours to just come up with a simple grey box model. let alone texture it. I wanted to know why do you use Modo? and how does it compare to sketchup, maya etc. is it simpler or has it got different options..

[@stuffystuff1661]

I feel like it doesn't matter how random your source material is, the more you modify it, the more cohesive it is with your style. Most of these characters and vehicles are very different from each other, but they look like they'd fit into one universe, and the best way I've found to break that mold, is to copy as a exact as possible stuff from real life, There's also the tendency to choose source material that is similar, I suppose that also plays an important role.

[@pigin007]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEE! thanks Scott

[@iamdouze]

thanks for these awesome tips ! i can't seem to configure my brushes to get these half-painted and half-geometric style you have on your textures. Do you have some links to get the same photoshop brushes, as you have ? (yes i feel like a noob right now)

[@117lionhartgordon]

you should try mandelbulb 3d, has loads of textures and inspiration designs it's free as well

[@HS-eq3gk]

Amazing video

[@bcostell69]

Very smart, thanks for sharing

[@jueningsoh2158]

You have great inspirations and imagination! Maybe you could design a mech animation?

[@HotPocketEXE]

I've been hearing more from different 2D designers/artists that they seem to be worried with how fast 3D modeling is getting and potentially making 2D art assets obsolete somewhere down the line. I'm curious what your thoughts about this are Scott, as someone strong in both mediums. Personally I think paintings and lineart have a certain charm that can't be mimicked in 3D so I'd really like it to stick around (and since I hope to be a 2D artist myself someday).

[@greatveemon]

I saw some of your preview on your How to Draw with Thomas Bertling. The cover was great. :D I read some table of contents and the chapter 06 gets my attention? I wondering if the orthographic view that you will sample on this chapter have all the views and the reference is fully detailed(graphics, doors, engine, etc..) and then this informations will be translated correctly on perspective.

[@BanchiArts]

Thank you for your classes...I find that I am too stringed with my style.

[@MJoeyDesign]

Damn man. I love you.

[@RemovdSande11]

great video Scott. Are you planning any online workshops/classes ?

[@scottrobertsondesign]

I'm sure you can, give it a try.

[@miguelcarvalho1960]

Amazing trickery :D thank you