Speedpaint.159 Weather Deity

Finished piece: remarin.deviantart.com/art/We...
Alternatively known as: blue big boi
And this time it's a bit of a longer video! The other option was to make it into 2 parts, which theoretically would be fine too,, but there's just something so satisfying about seeing an image go from sketch to finishing touches all in one video.
I could of course speed it up even further to shorten the runtime, but it's already a tad faster than the usual and I wouldn't want the footage looking janky/flashy
And the music is a bit more upbeat this time!
Music provided by Argofox and Chill Royalty Free Music
Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunrise
/ dj-meizong
/ yeeflex
Ahxello - Light Speed
/ ahxello
JJD & Marin Hoxha - Lift
/ jjdofficial
Viilo - Starry Night
/ viilomusic
Time recorded: 5 hours 30 min
programs used: Photoshop elements.10, quick time player, final cut pro

[@temmlord837]

“Hey Ron!” “Hey Billy!”

[@thischannelisntactiveanymo8998]

"That hurt"

[@katarinavanbeuningen7038]

Imagine that though, just chilling out atop a plateau and all of a sudden this beautiful blue dragon comes cruising along :0

[@A_ell432]

XD

[@Marika__xoxo]

Can we all appreciate the fact that... This 👏is 👏done 👏on 👏one 👏layer!

[@s0tird]

that's just how paintings mostly are

[@hot.babygirl420gothbabe8]

woah

[@Cheesecannon25]

@@s0tird not Digital ones

[@s0tird]

@@Cheesecannon25 I said mostly, dumbass

[@egghaverr]

its pretty pog when someone gets mad for literally no reason

[@themightyunicatofdoom]

Blue big boi is best boi 👌🏼👌🏼

[@elizabethhaught5471]

Whenever you see someone good draw "Huh I'll try drawing because I feel inspired now *gets piece of paper* *works on it for 1 hour* *flings it across room and screams* "I'm so angry! Maybe watching youtube will help." *Goes on youtube and types in drawing videos.* *watches someone draw* "Oh my god this draw is so good! I wanna draw now!"

[@elizabethhaught5471]

also, by the way Remarin, how to you draw proportionate anatomy and create such beautiful works of art?

[@bluerabbit4010]

all the time XD

[@ladyavil9417]

Lol, rinse and repeat.

[@novadotflac]

@@elizabethhaught5471 Best way to stay proportionate is to study anatomy. I only really draw animals and stuff so... yea, also always look up references and KEEP PRACTICING GODDAMN!! XD

[@lovedaynimroy-steppe6946]

im in love with your big blue boi

[@afrognamedsparrow7100]

Blue big boi* (According to the desc lol)

[@willow-2936]

I've made a habit of liking your videos before even watching them . v .

[@alcarmel6631]

Same

[@tellmethesongoftherain6534]

same here

[@indigo8942]

You are my inspiration for art. Even your doodles and your sketches are extremely detailed. You have a strong grasp on anatomy, color, lineart-- everything. Thank you for making such beautiful artwork!

[@reb9176]

Beautiful. Just wow.

[@cutedragongirl7575]

Could you please do a tutorial on how to draw scales in traditional art? I’ve never been quite able to get the hang of drawing them.

[@Remarin]

The best I can advise is to look at photo reference to get ideas,, there are a bunch of different scale types. How I used to do it traditonally was like: i2.wp.com/www.johnmuirlaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Scales-1b.jpg But you can also do it more messily like remarin.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-in-black-525179697 note how it's not even filled in all the way around, you can just sprinkle some scale-details here and there, and the viewer's brain will automatically know that the texture is scaley,, generally you can have more denser areas where there would be shadows. But nowadays, there isn't much planning being done when I do scales, I just do whatever feels right. I'm writing this out, because I have no idea when I'll be more used to doing tutorials :'> so have this in the mean time.

[@bumbleberryanimations5629]

Remarin i like the messy type alot more lol

[@kurokagame3289]

This piece seemed to take up more of your time than the usual art you have done before. I have also noticed that you are putting more detail in your work recently, I'm pretty happy that I get to see interesting details. May as well add that your naming sense is closely related to how I name things when I'm bored :) Anyway I hope you have a wonderful day and you had fun drawing "Big Blue Boi" here :)

[@doiu92]

Its been a little more than a year since I've seen a speedpaint from you, You really improved. I love the lighting and colours and most. _Never stop._

[@absoleminwonderland]

Astonishing work! I love this big boi so much ;A; Thank you for this work!

[@fangdluvr]

Such a stunning piece. Thankyou for sharing

[@somedumbass6738]

I know that like this was done two and a half years ago but my artsy heart has never been so happy watching a video

[@Noah-wt9so]

Remarin you never fail to amaze me

[@outcastdiamonddazzel]

OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING!!! And dat is a BIG boi like holy cow and hes so awsome and majestic! Love the flowing hair stuff on his neck I struggle when drawing anything that has a flow look and Awsome background your art is just so Awsome and always amazing and I do love the upbeat music too oh and I love the speed of the video and am glad you made it into one it is satisfying to see sketch to finished piece Love The Video Keep Up The Amazing Work❤

[@SoldierYena]

Huh I learned something from watching this.

[@Remarin]

You can't just comment that and not say what it was :0 I'm curious to know!

[@SoldierYena]

Haha well if you insist I can reveal ONE or TWO of my secrets. x3 The way that you do scales intrigues me, especially the belly scales. When I draw reptiles I always give them half circle bully scales but your slanted sort of slotted in route you've got going on here looks way better. I might try it sometime.

[@theboythatsayshootyhoo3865]

god i don't understand how many views are on this, there should be so much more. you earned a subscribe cause this is inspiring.

[@tehyacreates5496]

This drawing is amazing! And extremely helpful too, I always look back at this when I’m struggling with anatomy

[@kaitlingerman668]

The big blue boi has so much detail 😱 I’m in awe o///o

[@SleepyDragonArts]

SAME

[@pipermcbadbat2967]

This would be an amazing poster. Fantastic work.

[@chefmorningstar2]

I going to be honest i am mostly here for the music for studying but the art is also super calming! Keep doing what you are doing it is super awesome!

[@thelionsroar6070]

this is gorgeous!!! i really really love how you did the talons, as well as all the fur!!! i’m trying really hard to learn how to draw and paint digitally, and this video was extremely helpful for some techniques i want to use! fantastic job!!!

[@indianna1549]

Your speedpaints inspire me to improve my own art. This is really good, damn.

[@eef3044]

I think I've finally fallen in love GREAT JOB

[@default853]

This is why I love fictional creatures, great work!

[@ryanfleming2024]

I’m about 15 minutes in and I just noticed the file name is bigboiii lol. Amazing.

[@Cecr0pic]

Beautiful as always!

[@dragonsinneedofcoffee104]

What I love about artists: Their artwork is amazing and they're usually quite down to earth, making them easy to talk to (streams / comments) What I hate about them: THEY MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK SO GOD DAMNED EASY!!!!!!! (lol, love you though! ^^)

[@Remarin]

What I love about being an artist: I have absolutely NO idea what I'm doing, but it looks nice, so I guess I'm something right?

[@dragonsinneedofcoffee104]

You're absolutely amazing!!! Please keep doing these so that I can be in complete awe of you and rage about it later! XD

[@SmartArtzzz]

I'm in complete awe.... like wooow

[@nelly.n.a.encarnacao]

I really loved this ❤ (Eu realmente amei isso

[@starrynight4405]

I love your art its soooooo good!

[@UC-Music]

It was really fun to watch your video, funny was that when you worked on the one hind leg in 1:30. I thought "nah, not that perspective.. nah, better... still not... yeah, you got it!" I would have tried out and chosen the exactly same leg perspective XD

[@SC-zq7bm]

beautiful I love this

[@BlueSkyBirdies]

Vid is great @ .5 speed, you can actually follow the creation of every detail with your eyes!

[@aude4747]

my thought during the vid : "oh God" & "majestueux" it's freacking awesome *0*

[@ChroniclerEnigma]

i rewatch this one alot.

[@bluerabbit4010]

Love the music as always X3 8:05 is my favorite part

[@violetmeow6723]

only half way through and its magnifacent with i could draw that goo with digital

[@eggintheshell9801]

My dream is to get a comission from you one day :)

[@dreamglow6343]

Amazing

[@dennyshouse]

How did that drawing take you 5 hours?! Something like that would take me months!!!! It's so flipping beautiful

[@luna-re3ps]

favorite remarin drawing

[@adisuazo1767]

Gave that beauty, horse features and BAM It's a Kirin from MH

[@Nika_Pok]

Wow!

[@marble4478]

👌👌AMAZING ART👌👌

[@bitemefox9102]

Wow I hope to be this good someday!

[@SpaceeeAb]

Very well done ✔

[@morningrosie3684]

Y'know, it is probably a good thing that dragons are not on Earth, because I don't know how we could fit em on! They are so BIG!

[@codycrow8230]

Big blue boi yessss 👁👄👁

[@viviini]

omg >.< he looks so happy xD

[@derpydraxolotl8952]

Ok, but *HOW* do you do backgrounds/landscapes?? Nature is just uhbxuhqvwsih for me lol. Also, I shall worship Blue Big Boi

[@lanashmuz]

OMGANAAAD

[@nicospadoni5328]

HOLY DAMN???? YOU???? ARE UNREAL???

[@xxghostxx4124]

He is not worshiped only because he could eat you in little to no effort at all no, he is in fact worshiped for being the most magestic big boii known in the village. This was an amizing find by the way. I love your skillz. 😲😍

[@mantisqueen964]

This Weather Deity kinda makes me think of a mix between Stormcatcher, Tidelord, Icewarden, Windsinger, and Lightweaver (very obscure reference for those who don't know about Flight Rising). Very nice job by the way!

[@Ryeven]

HECK YEEEEEEAH

[@violetmeow6723]

very inspiring

[@ZephTheJay]

Omg yeeeeees. You should totally play flight rising!! I think you would love it!!! :D

[@Remarin]

Joke's on you, I've actually been on FR since 2014 ;33333 I'm "remarin" there as well

[@ZephTheJay]

Remarin joke's on you I play all the time! Lmao that's awesome :P

[@Confusion7182]

a good blue boiii

[@theprideling]

Oh wow

[@NurseOrysia1]

It's time to pick up my pencil as I watch this and attempt to *-fail at-* drawing a muscle anatomy semi- realistic dragon

[@julissagarza5794]

Holy shit

[@crowexxe]

No way this was 3 years ago, I remember seeing it when it was first posted so clearly

[@dyingpotatoelol4035]

The use of layers tho 😱😱😱

[@niki7690]

this so amazing...does anyone make tutorials on how to colour like this?

[@luna-re3ps]

bigboii

[@A_ell432]

i love music Xd

[@marsjunojohnson8035]

I would love to see your art on an MTG card, wizards of the cost need to hire you.

[@tulukas2561]

*B L U E B O I*

[@WycckaArt]

Beautifully. good color :3 You are an inspiration for me I also draw. Maybe I'll be good as you

[@abee_genki]

😍

[@forgettable2620]

i always forget i already subcribed to you and try to sub before having the realization that i unsubbed and then i enjoy the feeling of re-doing it

[@joseguadalupeavalosaguilar2021]

Que bonito ese dragón me recuerda a sie kensou de la serie kof

[@williamburgo8545]

You should try animation memes, cuz u really good

[@pepto7019]

what program do you use? I LOVE YOUR WORK BTW!

[@lala-kc3br]

*b r a i d d r a g o n*

[@dino2464]

la la weave dragon

[@blitzo9032]

bigboiii.psd nice file name :V

[@Remarin]

im a master of naming things

[@blitzo9032]

@@Remarin yeah you are thats why i sub ^^

[@Username-1939t9]

this looks like the image for manifest destiny but with a big boi

[@lanashmuz]

Can u share once ur tool settings or the brush file ur using? :3

[@Remarin]

maciejkuciara.deviantart.com/art/Free-Brushes-2015-534474486 here you go ;>

[@junkerowo]

what painting brush is that,,

[@rosesthorns2679]

When I saw it compared to the human my mind literally screamed OH SHIT THIS BITCH IS HUGE!!

[@BforBarbatos]

what size do you use for this kind of illustrations??

[@TheQuo_]

Oh it's a moor pony

[@equineheather9868]

What app / program do you use to make this art.

[@bluerabbit4010]

8:05 what song is this?

[@Clementine_Cat]

Wait r u German? Ich spreche ein klein bisschen Deutsch. :D Und deine zeicnungen sind sehr gut! :o

[@Remarin]

Vielen Dank! And not exactly, I live in Luxembourg,, where the main languages that are taught in school are French and German :>

[@theglitchberserk584]

Hi! Whuch brushes you use ?

[@Remarin]

For digital paintings I mainly use brushes from this pack: maciejkuciara.deviantart.com/art/Free-Brushes-2015-534474486 And the one I use the most is one of the square ones called "miekka 1"

[@almond2954]

How is the big boi flying though? .-.

[@petramatkovic4122]

Hey I wanted to ask what are(is) your brush settings? If there's a video on it can I please be directed to it?

[@Remarin]

The brushes I use in this painting come from this pack: maciejkuciara.deviantart.com/art/Free-Brushes-2015-534474486 and my photoshop is an old version (elements.10) so there isn't really much you can do concerning brush settings.

[@petramatkovic4122]

Remarin Ah alright Thank you.

[@nobody1575]

I want to improve in art but i feel like im limited because of the program i use. I use paint tool sai and want photoshop (i can afford it) would you recomend getting photoshop ? Im just scared that if i do get it i wont know how to use it and end up waisting money. How lobg did it take for you to be able to easily use photoshop?

[@Remarin]

I've seen many artists use both SAI and photoshop, but a large majority seem to do all the main work on SAI and then just do some editing/adjustments on PS,, so I can't really say how different the drawing will feel like. You can buy Photoshop elements for a 1-time buy (last time I checked it was ~90€ for the newest update) I've been using that photoshop for like 5 years, and there even were new things I discovered only a year ago or so. Truly learning the ins and outs of a program can take time, but to use photoshop I'd say the main things you need to know is: how to use the layer system/layer settings, brushes being downloadable and there being a ton of packs online (I mostly looked for them on deviantart) and you can adjust colors / light-dark / contrast in many various ways, and on various levels. The brush system is more advanced in SAI from what I can tell, so switching over to PS, which compensates with the mentioned brush packs, might possibly feel like a step backward. Learning a new program will take time either way, and it will need exploring and playing around. But alas, my main thought is: in what way do you feel limited by SAI? To "improve in art" can be done in so many various ways. Talking from personal experience, you can improve your technical skill by playing around with cheap pens on paper. Being comfortable with your medium is of course important as well, but your art might simply just *look* at tad better than before, while your improvement in art stays unaffected by it. Feeling like you're not improving is a very common thing to feel, the solution there is either: to wait things out, try drawing something completely different, or try figure out what *exactly* you want to see improve (anatomy? art style? color-usage? shading? backgrounds?etc)

[@nobody1575]

Remarin ok thanks for the advice c:

[@genesisfox3198]

Did you go to traditional art school or self taught? Or a mixture of online education and self taught? Would love to know!

[@alitlegen270]

where is his wings? how he is flying?

[@-FlYMs]

What is the name of the Application?

[@crsdsamzoo1218]

How to people even make scales on dragons?! Its harrrd :((((((

[@andreawalbert8244]

How long do the sketches take?

[@Remarin]

For this piece, from white canvas until the moment color is put in, it's 47 minutes. Sometimes I struggle with a certain figure and it can take a whole hour alone for me to figure out what the general pose should look like. I can punch out sketches quite quickly, but when doing a larger-scale painting or something I simply want to invest lots of work in - getting the sketch right is for me the most important part. If something looks off-proportion or doesn't fit right,, not fixing that right away means more work later on when I try to fix it after having drawn tons of details. So I usually don't mind when sketching takes up half of the time of what I invest into a piece :0

[@-Celestial_Nova-]

I did not copy everything but I wanted to get a bit more skilled in my drawings and not have them look so basic. I used the pose, body shape(sort of), and the mouth but almost everything else is different. The hair is now spikes, I gave it 4 ears and chin spikes, a cat like nose, paws instead of dragon hands, and the tail is covered in spikes instead of hair. I didnt give it as much skin detail, the chest scales are not the same and neither is the muscle structure. I also do not have the background or the mage/sorcerer?? Whatever the cloaky boi is I really hope u don't take any offense to this as I found your drawings very anatomically educational. I have learned quite a bit from "mimicking" this video alone, I always draw the same mouth but with this I've learned to draw the lips and teeth more correctly. I drew this more as education for myself so I hope you don't mind! I love ur drawings and always have.

[@xJuno]

i just realized your whole program is in german.. are you german by any chance?

[@Remarin]

Close but no ;> I was born and raised in a lil' country called Luxembourg! German (and French) are taught at primary school level,, but we also speak Luxembourgish. (it has really wack grammatic rules, so it's very inconvenient to use it anywhere outside of spoken conversation and online chatting - it has like 5 different ways to write out "e" sounds) Right now I'm probably most comfortable with English, but at the time when I got this program it was German

[@haleypaskos3947]

Aah! I see you're German!