Speed VS quality Make EXCEPTIONAL art!

[@fuzzydragons]

it was drilled into our heads at uni that we HAVE to meet our deadlines our it will cost us our job, and ok maybe in some graphic design companies that might happen, but it always bugged me that quality was sacrificed in order to meet those deadlines but thats probably why I'm not with a company and can work how ever long I want on a project. I know there can be very quick turn around times between briefs/projects but it often ends up with an end piece that doesnt fit or look right

[@redandblack641]

In the game art program I went through in school, I was lucky enough to be taught how to quickly do matte paintings and illustrations by both a comic book artist who was working in the field and a concept artist in the gaming industry. They taught us the masked method, using clipping masks and photo bashing, and it dramatically sped up the process. The general idea they instilled was to come up with an art recipe and template that you can execute quickly if you have a tight deadline. It's helped me consistently knock out a fan art illustration a week for the past year, and Trent's words about pushing yourself and your recipe/template a little every time rings true.

[@dimifisher]

i believe having some 3d props and modules ready to set up a scene and then work on it in photoshop is mandatory if you want to be fast, no matter how good you are as a painter, 3d solves many things like light and shadows without any trial and error

[@lucasnelson7426]

He did put rock into rap lol.

[@LadySingingWolf]

I'm starting to agree. I didn't do much with 3D, mainly focusing on digital painting, but I've noticed how slow I am, especially when I'm trying to get things like lighting and perspective to look good and even then it never looks quite right. But that changes when I have a 3D prop I can work with. It helps a TON! Now I'm taking a couple of blender courses (one for environmental design, another for sculpting creatures that also includes rigging and a bit of animation) and learning how to paint over in Photoshop. Its actually been a lot of fun so far

[@dimifisher]

@@LadySingingWolf well of course you can do only painting, feng zu does only that as far as i know and many others, but i always want to push myself and besides is fun to learn something new, but more importantly learning 3d helps to understand level design much better also, right now i do painting, traditional clay sculpting, and 3d blockout in blender, havent done fully 3d work yet, but i want to be flexible between the two i dont want to be 3d all the way.

[@AndreasWilfer]

Finished watching the video, and I will just say: this is really high quality content. Thank you Trent!

[@thesunthrone]

Working on a piece for a friend right now, and that part about not rushing things you do for yourself or someone without a concrete deadline really hit me. Gonna take extra time to ensure it's really the best it can be, because it's not just another milestone piece for myself, but also something I really want to be proud of. Thanks for your industry insights, as always!

[@SeanPetitt]

School made me think I have to master everything and ended up making me not enjoy what I liked to do instead of just honing in my niche and expand from there. So what you are saying is for sure...what I needed to hear. I should have said this to myself years ago instead turn into a hermit b/c I am so self consciouse.

[@Gomrund]

I absolutely love what you do. The highest quality youtube content is just a tip of an iceberg your gumroad tutorials are absolutely amazing too. Thanks for all your work it really is helping me develop as an artist and I'm sure it did help a lot others too

[@LolixBelle]

Working with some indies now, thanks to your discord, coming back here as a refresher so it can help me with my work.

[@AllanGildea]

Your voice over and teaching skills are as outstanding as your art. Appreciate the wisdom and beauty here.

[@terryjones426]

Thank you Trent. Great advice here.

[@rox_m6186]

great advice as always✨ i felt silly when i started to deal with anxiety once i started this quality vs speed art journey but hearing you say you also dealt with that acts as a reminder on how much of a mental part this job plays.

[@JonLauArt]

As someone who has no clients going at the moment, I'm struggling to finish pieces. Just feels like I'm second guessing myself and waffling back and forth. I'd love to do an art jam where we'd be just bouncing ideas back and forth until satisfied.

[@adroitws1367]

Then give yourself a deadline or join a challenge, like a monthly challenge (well now is inktober if it's still legal). It work for me, but yeah dont just believe me or trent or anyone, just try out yourself and hopefully you find what works for you. Good luck!

[@mysterwolfy7493]

Idk how is your channel so underrated.

[@Lync1111]

Great advice Trent!

[@babadon2989]

thank you trent, im currently reworking on my portfolio and this video really gave me a slap in the forehead

[@WajidAli-nk4lx]

Discovered your channel. Seems like I have found purpose of my life. Love your art style your creativity. And the starting viking voice wow. Just love it

[@nigelhill74]

Another outstanding environment piece! And of course great advice. Thank you!

[@MrGiraeff]

Hi, your videos and content is so inspiring thank you for sharing them. I would like to be a concept artist and I need to be confident and post my works but you are inspiring me so much and I’m so grateful for it thank you

[@halidramzan2803]

Watched the first 5 minutes then went straight back to the start. This is gold man. Thank you Trent. ♥️

[@valkorey]

Great video! Really motivating and good to get me started in the morning :)

[@lukas4705]

Bet the 1 dislike on this video is himself, just to push himself to be better. xD Great video! Good for motivation and a confidence boost without sugarcoating anything and just syaing it as it is.

[@zoehoney1053]

Perfect timing with this video! This helped me alot, so thankyou for another awesome video!

[@Houdini_Bob]

excellent work and words

[@RB2116-b5o]

Always dropping words of wisdom and reality

[@verisimlitudesque]

Look at that pen control. This man is a maestro with ripped fingers, dexterously working the edges of the values so succinctly, they never drift, they never waiver...they are simply put where they need to be.

[@AndrewMaksym]

I feel those crazy anxiety attacks right now and I'm not even in there yet . But currently I have been trying to get more of my art work in indie games.

[@ksawerymarszaek3334]

,,The answer is... at the end of the video. Im kidding answer yes. " Sir I adore you 🤣🤣🤣

[@thatguy928]

It’s a shame that the “faster” or “higher quality” criticisms were management techniques, catch-22’s to push you

[@SoloStyles]

Fellow artists...if this is first time watching this, you must watch it again....immediately.

[@joen8529]

I hate the way technology doesn’t actually make our lives better, it just makes the overlords expect a ton more.

[@TrentKaniuga]

"Overlords" = customers

[@tobithekid6464]

Felt this to my core 😅

[@himalayansalt32]

Anxiety killed me. Now I don't have it at all and feel better

[@draugrhart121]

Woo

[@chopchopkid_1377]

QUALITY CONTENTT!! as always

[@user-by4ru5pr1g]

Rough question, but do you think that you would be able to get a job with your current skill from scratch? No blizzard background and no Aquatic Moon business model, but the same level of your art, and you can make a portfolio from zero? Awesome video by the way, like usual. I cannot stop watching all of them.

[@TrentKaniuga]

We don't get jobs based on past successes. No one cares what games I've shipped. What they care about is whether me and my team do a good job.

[@hugo-samson]

Hey that's actually a question I had for quite a while now.. When do I even stop ? Like I'm painting and at some point I dont even think I'm adding anything to my scene but I still feel like it's lacking something so I keep adding random details.. But yeah keep grinding x)

[@aliassafiart]

Love the artwork. Just the type of stuff I like 😍👌🏻. I had a question I've been thinking about for sometime. How do you think of details when it comes to creating environments or when you put the character in a scene? I look at your environment art and feel it is very rich in storytelling elements (details in structure design, elements around the structures, Character clothing) which makes me appreciate your art even more while I only can think of main structures and can't think of elements to add to the scene. I don't know whether it is the scenes I pick to draw that doesn't require much elements or my imagination is way behind.

[@TrentKaniuga]

That’s next weeks video!

[@aliassafiart]

@@TrentKaniuga thanks a lot 🙏

[@Niko_3D]

I never had "these" pressure points with deadlines in freelance industry, sure quality checks yeah but never "get it done asap or else".

[@wej0w]

I guess you were talking about blizzard? I bet they push every artist to their limits with the least amount they accept as payment.

[@pikachufan25]

Thanks for the Heads up

[@benjaminwiese2994]

Do you think having multiple Concept art skills will contribute to getting a job at a game studio as a junior? i can draw hands and feet well naturally but my specialty is in different things

[@Cc-oj8ev]

Is it possible to do such a detailed art like this in procreate ?

[@Whimsyyarnwork]

Yes for sure! Check out angrymikko, he has some absolutely incredible Procreate art videos!

[@Cc-oj8ev]

@@Whimsyyarnwork thanks a lot 🙏🏻 will do

[@chrisrakkestad]

How much time did you spend on this piece then? We want to know! It’s awesome by the way…

[@TrentKaniuga]

about 12-14 hours between Anton and me.

[@warden006]

Wonderful content man

[@heartstevenson7654]

Do you always draw the squares and lines to make backgrounds? 🙋‍♀️💚

[@annonamous]

The perspective grid ?

[@heartstevenson7654]

Oh yeah that

[@TrentKaniuga]

If you can’t imagine it yet, then yes.

[@annonamous]

@@heartstevenson7654 those are really just there to make life a bit easier, kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Hbc3qEmNesiNU Here's a good tutorial to get the basic idea of perspective grids You can find more such tutorials in the playlist ice made called "artist treasure box" by tapping on my profile and going to playlists, it's not necessary tho :))

[@heartstevenson7654]

Aw thanks I appreciate it 😊💚

[@parisulki729]

Trent, you really are a Anime wise mentor character for me

[@MrBiscu1ts]

Evening Trent. Just out of curiosity do you have a tutorial for making environments such as these with your process?

[@TrentKaniuga]

I do! trentk.gumroad.com/l/YYksv

[@Lizard1582]

This piece is beautiful

[@igoraraujo7451]

Hi Trent , for some unknown reason I could not buy one of your workshops

[@Voxavs]

Oh, how the tides have changed that your previous employer is now a "prestigious company at the time" XDD

[@TheVeyZ]

Psychonauts 2 is awesome! Loved the 2nd game. Worth the wait!

[@thefoxiemooseshow1272]

Thanks for the awesome content Trent! I just got a concept artist job at an art house as I ran into a new situation. When you're doing things like dozens of weapon variations or props, similar to what you did for your weapon design video, how do you keep coming up with mini stories for every weapon if the direction isnt exactly defined yet?

[@TrentKaniuga]

Sometimes its just a slight iteration or deviation on an existing design. If you have to do tons of them, the same story can be told a slightly different way.

[@mateusgoncalvesdasilva8381]

I don't know, it took me 100 hours to finish a painting some time ago and it's not even exceptional, it's an ok work. I don't think I want to spend that amount of time on a piece again, it gets to a point that I can't stand to look at it anymore. Unfortunately, I'm slow at doing everything in my life, but it's specially annoying when drawing.

[@Armendicus]

knowledge and techniques speed everything up.

[@bluezald]

man i need this daily dose of trent medicine

[@myronballard1520]

Thank you for another great video! Question, how can an artist meet someone to "jam out" art with? A someone who is both a collaborator and a partner?

[@Lizard1582]

yes

[@zaqareemalcolm]

I relate to this points of the video alot because rn I'm struggling to find a style/way of drawing that looks good and unique while also being reasonably fast enough to complete (since I want to make comics and meeting deadlines even self-imposed would still be a really helpful skill). I know the conventional artist wisdom is to just draw without worrying about style, but I also think taking the time to focus on this for now would save a lot of time and grief later on. It worries me a little because I'm also scared that I might drop the bar too low for myself if I decide to go with more simple rendering, but recently I've also been thinking "well if I'm gonna just have to go with lines and flat color, I'm still gonna strive to make it look professional af"

[@RS_Anderson]

I was feeling pretty down because I posted a new artwork that was one of the best things I have done and i thought I had all the hashtags and popular characters and it got 6 likes..

[@Kokose]

Anxiety is not bad. But not being able to control your anxiety is bad. Losing control is the biggest enemy in every industry it causes burnouts, depression, and so much more stress related issues. Befriend your anxiety. Take a mental note what are you anxious about and do your best to make sure it wont happen.

[@TrentKaniuga]

I disagree. If you run away from challenges, you’ll never grow. Face the things that make you anxious, and you become stronger, and more capable. When you run away from fear and anxiety, you become weaker, and less capable.

[@anschi]

Whats up

[@foodlfg]

real artist be like corporate robot on weekdays draws hentai on the weekends GG

[@brodeyleembruggen9910]

✏️

[@InnermanArts]

Waddup

[@Diego_III696]

He's ashamed of saying blizzard now

[@mikenelson1624]

👍✨✌️💫

[@Sheppard2030]

Amazon? Lulu? Both? Neither?

[@TrentKaniuga]

Dvd

[@Arcvein]

To be honest, I love that pressure. I love competing against the other artists for speed and quality. It pushes me to be better and insures that I don't half-ass things.

[@Hennesg]

Sooooo could he be talking about Blizzard? Creating a hostile enviourment for employees to drive up productivity and all? Artists and Workers developing anxiety attacks? sounds familiar

[@user-by4ru5pr1g]

Every manager and company does that. Has nothing to do with blizzard. Some are worse and some are less bad.

[@brainfreeze70]

youre weird bro

[@lucaspacheco7619]

Hi Trent, I'm a Júnior artist and your vídeo really conects with me !! as always do. I really would like to say that your vídeos are amazing