shiny car rendering: layering strategy

[@Thesketchmonkey]

Great technique Scott, thanks for sharing!

[@Edyorke]

Just finished reading "How to Render" and this really brings a lot of the thought processes together nicely. Knowing the rules is not too hard, but applying them so consistently takes a lot of practice.

[@scottrobertsondesign]

Yes. When you fill a path to a layer you get a very clean edge. It gives you a much better edge than making it a selection and then painting in it. Also paths allow you to refine the line drawing.

[@damianmucaro786]

This was great Scott! Thanks for walking us through your setup! Very interesting!

[@picosdrivethru]

i love how your renderings look better than 3d, I've been learning form your dvd's and just got your book.. I didn't know how to paint before, but now I feel like I'm sculpting in photoshop.

[@gabriell16bishop]

Thank you for sharing your time with us Scott. I've learned more from this video than a semester in school.

[@scottrobertsondesign]

Option one is already full and I will not have time to teach another section this year. Option 2 gets you 100 days of access to all the tutorials ~18 hours of lecture demos and the layered PSD files and notes + reference photos. I think you also get to view the crits from the live course.

[@scottrobertsondesign]

This was done using a Wacom Intuos 4 and my lap top. In my studio I work on a Cintiq.

[@RowmanSailor]

Wow. Thank-you much. Between your videos, I am reading a number of your books that I received in bulk. Thank-you for putting those together, too!

[@WUGO321]

Hey Scott, thank God you're back! Greetings from Gemany, Holger

[@shamwowofdeath]

Really great stuff, I love your use of layers. I hope you feel better sooner rather than later.

[@masterxeon1001]

man this video is mindblowing! I learned so much that my brain cant begin to process it! ouch my braaaiiin!

[@StefanMarjoram]

Fantastic film - thanks Scott. Learned two very valuable lessons - darkening the values for the colourize to work properly and the colour balance tool for cool shadows etc. Now i just need to be able to remember it all!

[@محمدعليحوماني-ه5ف]

the first one for me it work to hhhhh

[@krishernandez87]

Thank you very much sir your the sole reason why perspective has become easier to understand. Thank you

[@mattgamer]

Great tutorial. Thanks for these. Huge amount of knowledge you're sharing. So kind. Appreciate it.

[@jonnyronnyroker]

Absolutely awesome tutorial, great depth of information! Thank you Scott!

[@scottrobertsondesign]

I have a Macbook Pro for demos when I travel. I use an Intuos 4 with it. I upgrade lap tops every 2 to 3 years it seems. I just get the best thing I can afford at the time. My studio machine is an older Mac Pro tower with a 30" screen and a 21" Cintiq.

[@tsalbwoble]

Scott mentioned that the reflective rendering info from the schoolism course is actually all in his "how to render" book coming out soon. Less money because it is static pictures instead of watching him paint realtime but same info. If you go on amazon right now you can preorder the book and save even more.

[@FracturedTheory]

Great tutorial! Can't wait until the next video! I check up every Friday.

[@MrRossT1]

THANK YOU! :D TheSchoolism Course was EXCELLENT! :D

[@infectious44]

thank you very much for this tutorial! You cant even imagine how much did you helped me! :) Keep up the awesome work!

[@PCBOX-cs8zv]

for 2022 students : never stop

[@edkeefe]

Hi Scott great as always even with jet lag you communicate beautifully.

[@CODBlackOps6WALKTHROUGH]

21:51 glossy paint looks beautiful

[@scottrobertsondesign]

Yes, the self taught class will still be available then.

[@laggtastic]

Well as far as I know, paths are used a lot for selections, especially curved ones which are hard to do with another selection tool. When you have a path you can make a selection of it, and save that selection. That allows you to go back in those selections you made before without having to re-select everything you did in the early stages :)

[@artofgh]

This is just a sketch out of my...sketchbook. Sketch? Scott, its line art masterworks! Enjoy your freebie fridays pal. Awesome stuff!

[@unrealhabitat]

Thank you Scott! This video helped me a lot with rendering, I will get the book after I finish your other book: How to Draw, which is well explained and technical, just what I needed to sketch out my future 3D designs.

[@scottrobertsondesign]

Thanks!

[@StevenWillis4development]

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[@proedits7017]

Where from i can get how to render book.

[@scottrobertsondesign]

True but that book a long way off still and it will not include all of my layered PSD renderings and some techniques are just best conveyed in video form.

[@anthonycoito]

Awesome tutorial! Great technique, learned a lot thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.

[@pianoREADERchannel]

That's a beautiful render! Do you have any videos on youtube that explain how to use paths in Photoshop?

[@BorisMitendorfer]

Cool, I love the explanations and I learned something new! Thank you!

[@soundcanal]

Thank you, Scott! You have a great week. :)

[@doruksimsek2690]

This is just awesome, great work!

[@k0walsk]

Loved it once again, thanks a bunch for doing these.

[@RobertMarzullo]

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing!!

[@airrunkle]

Is there a reason why bounce light from the sides of the car do not bleed similar hues onto the ground plane? Is this to keep the focus on the car instead of the entire environment? Or maybe you wouldn't see those because it's a skylight? Great video as usual!

[@edwardcomelab8263]

Oooof. 04:10 Mind Blown!! Thank you Mr. Robertson

[@lotdproduction]

Awe-some! Scott, you're a Godsend! Thank you some much!!!

[@linkdude64]

Thanks for posting the video! Makes me want to take another crack at doing photoshop.

[@hawk08ht]

I am still trying to figure out perspective. Looks fish eye 4 point one that you enjoy most drawing in :D

[@Muk1R1]

Finally, ur back, Fridays havnt been the same, osum tutorial as always.

[@uknowmotdy]

if we use too many paths, it will end up looking like a cad 3d, model .Please let us know how to achieve a more of artistic free hand feel, while avoiding making it look like a 3d model and pitfalls to avoid while achieving this, thanks

[@hawk08ht]

umm why u made Paths? to keep paint inside different body parts?

[@dougieladd]

Hi Scot... another awesome insight into layer strategy, light and pure genius :). Question: do you ever do any internal car rendering tutorials? Dashboard/Seating etc. That would be interesting. Also, have you ever done any architectural drawing/renderings? Thanks again... awesome sharing.

[@lukamilic]

Thank you so much for this :) Car design is life for me.

[@allluckyseven]

Great video, Scott! Let me ask you something. Did you make the paths as you needed them, or did you make them all at once, before painting?

[@DesMonDLee24]

Hi scott! i am so interested in ur Schoolism course , there are 2 option.. 1st is : With Video Feedback Get personalized feedback from Scott Robertson. with video is it mean like face to face instruct something like that? and personalized feedback means i will get feedback from every drawing i draw? and how long is this full coruse last? and how much is it? and the 2nd option is selftaught..100 days and can access the videos?is it like tutorial or something?

[@7justice21]

Awesome videos!

[@PonteRyuurui]

mind fucking blowing

[@geekgeneration]

looks awesome, thanks for sharing

[@SpeedHero]

I really enjoyed this Scott. :) Thank you.

[@a.alberti6513]

How big is your actual pencil sketch?

[@joe94c]

I feel like there are too many big jumps for me. I did the photo room environment and then a car body appeared. what about the bit in between?

[@scottrobertsondesign]

All the steps are in my next book, How to Render. This video was just a high level demo of layering strategy in Photoshop. Showing every step here would be about a 2 or 3 hour video.

[@joe94c]

Scott Robertson that's fair enough. Do you have anything on youtube? My funding as a student doesn't really allow for much at the minute haha

[@RemovdSande11]

Hey Scott, I am following your gnomon lectures and was wondering: - what ellipse templates are you using/ should a student get. - what type/brand of scanner do you recommend to scan in black/white sketches for use in Photoshop ? (if possible within the 200 dollar range).

[@artisticalias484]

Are paths done manually or is there some way to put paths to lines similar to whats done with the magic wand tool?

[@TGTID]

For the best result, manually is always the way to go. But there are other quick options to getting "paths" on a shape.

[@stuartfeldman]

Really great!

[@ShrikeGFX]

nice tutorial, but what bugged me is that you did not adjust the bakes color to your car color , cold yellows dont go with warm yellows / oranges

[@prathvisingh9206]

Can we get your brushes please ?

[@Fnzldesigns]

Is it possible to be a concept artist/ digital painter by being self taught? Im 16 so ive got time to train myself. I really want to become an artist but i doubt art school will be an option. im thinking am i just wasting my time. are you self taught btw? If its possible not going to art school could you give some advice in to which areas i should be working on like anatomy,perspective and form. currently im learning the human figure. what else should i consider? Any advice will be appreciated:)

[@shamwowofdeath]

Were you planning on releasing this picture somewhere? Because i would love to have it as my background.

[@StickyDiceOfficial]

Thank you so much for doing these...

[@doomguy606]

Beautiful car!

[@Playlistdrawing]

Very instructive, thanks !

[@johnnguyen5120]

please do workshop in New Zealand

[@artistjosephtubb]

Amazing video! Do you use a tablet? if so what type?

[@MarinadeXx]

Amazing work

[@DPoquito]

anyone see the chrome version in between paint types at 22:01, That looks the realest out of them all

[@Fnzldesigns]

Great advice here. just wish i could afford the schoolism tutorial. too expensive for someone my age :) but keep up the great work on this channel

[@williethomas5821]

I need help with my car design

[@MahmoudJomaaDiko]

Incredible

[@precision_aerial]

Thanks for the good video

[@7justice21]

I'm still trying to master your rendering dvd's lol. I don't think I'm ready for this subject matter.

[@sssyntax]

AMAZING!!!

[@brettskim9493]

I'm just starting to render cars digitally, and I have a couple questions. Did you sketch it in sketchbook? Then import it in photoshop? And do u have a video of your sketch? I'm having trouble making mine look professional

[@motokelana]

can you give us how to rendering real motorcycle or superbike(not sci-fi)? thanks a lot.

[@f1chtl]

amazing sketch, i just have 2 questions. 1. did you use a template for the ellipses of the wheels? the lines look so fine and precise, i always get fuzzy lines. 2. is there any free programm i could use for this kind of sketches? i dont need all the fancy functions of Photoshop etc, i qould just like to try it out.

[@scottrobertson2755]

Yes, ellipse guides used on the pen sketch. Maybe try Sketchbook Pro.

[@f1chtl]

thanks a lot! Ill give it a try.

[@anton.unseen]

Your car doesn't have mirrors and it's honestly driving me up the wall!

[@scottrobertsondesign]

+EyeOfTheTiger Think of it as a toy, like a Hot Wheel. ;)

[@anton.unseen]

+Scott Robertson Haha yea I guess so. Big question that is really limiting my drawing at the moment; I can't get my perspectives right. Every now and then (1 in 100 sketches) I get the perspective just right, but most of the time I can't quite get it right. Do you have any videos about getting perspective right? Thanks

[@scottrobertsondesign]

+EyeOfTheTiger Yes, I wrote a book on the subject. Check it out, called How To Draw.

[@anton.unseen]

Thanks, might look it up now :)

[@junkomonokuma]

+Scott Robertson 6dyvgr|

[@scottrobertsondesign]

Mostly because this is a pretty quick production style rendering and not a full blown illustration.

[@hawk08ht]

hahaha same here, but if you can master that then Photoshop is easy easy infact more fun and saves you ton load of money vs buying £200 worth of copic or pro markers :D ( well Scott used Pastels in DVD but same stuff goes with markers)

[@AlexCastillo-sv8qk]

Mind blowing! This was extremely helpful

[@gasparandrei]

thank you

[@brentlio5578]

Gotta go to art center!!!

[@Adventuresause]

sick

[@hawk08ht]

Ah cool cool, guess Illustrator now needs to be merged with Photoshop :D . Thank you

[@incdraw]

wizardry

[@imaginaryfloods]

2020!!

[@HesteBremse]

Thank You very much. - BTW very nice car - a bit Asian ;D

[@moonpawooe7134]

HELLO

[@hammondthink7947]

This guy...

[@MrRossT1]

???? Use whatever works, man! :)

[@moonpawooe7134]

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