The ONLY Brushes You Need as a Digital Artist

[@EricaNewGirl]

It wasn’t the brush that changed the game. It was learning to adjust opacity and flow

[@KasketHemlock]

crying in ibis paint x and krita (Edit: I like both apps, they're good, I just wish ppl added more brushes to them 💔)

[@digitalmagician]

Sorry about that 😅

[@mobarakjama5570]

They're both amazing art apps.

[@Sl33plessness]

Same I might move to medibang 😭

[@KasketHemlock]

@@mobarakjama5570 they are but ppl don't make many brushes for krita and ibis doesn't have a very good variety in brushes, cuz of how they limit the making brushes options, there's some good ones but I'm picky 💔💔💔

[@homiespaghetti1522]

Krita is really good actually. Can't believe it's free.

[@dencsyy]

Ahhh, a true artist! Subscribed. No one else could do 26 layers without ever naming a single on of them.

[@digitalmagician]

Ain’t nobody got time for naming layers! Haha thanks for subbing! 😁

[@RainbowPenguinVI]

i mean, yeah, why need to naming..

[@MignonMignon-og7em]

what i name then and that the time i actually give up

[@La-PetitMort]

just use ctrl+shift and click to find which layer the drawing is on

[@carafurry7862]

I do air brush, digital, dip pen, and occasionally water color point.

[@cessi654]

Subscribed. Began my digital art journey and this is one of the few channels that I can actually digest. Not too much fluff or drawn-out self-advertising. To the point, and was easy to follow.

[@digitalmagician]

@@cessi654 Thanks for subscribing! Glad you found it useful.

[@ViewportPlaythrough]

finally someone who teach the brush to use, when to use them, how to use them and GIVING THE ACTUAL BRUSHES. thankyou very very much for this. lots of other just promote to sell their product. you on the other hand is actually teaching it

[@lens_turtles]

I use the 6B pencil in procreate with varying sizes and opacity, and the select fill. Sometimes the Airbrush for the background or gradients but that's it and I found it works well for me because I can do anything with these tools.

[@faithminic5570]

NO WAY this should be way popular than it is, these are ALL the brushes I was looking for! Super quick, concise and easy to follow! Thank you for the explanation, I shall definitely be putting these brushes to use !

[@digitalmagician]

Glad it was helpful!

[@prime8725]

pls can you share with me i cant get it i dont know why

[@anname7373]

I use: real G-Pen (sketchy version of hard round brush in clip studio paint) G-Pen (normal hard round brush) Blend Smudge and Painterly blender (as a paint brush. it's basically hard round brush but I don't have to constently muck with settings.)

[@emelina0]

no way this doesn't have any more views! It's super informative, quick and easy to understand. And man, your art is just gorgeous 👀✨ I really hope more people get to see this!

[@digitalmagician]

Thank you, I appreciate it! 😊

[@kittyven]

I have ibispaint and i've used the default hard brush for years! I always see other artists praise or use soft/low opacity brushes and it makes me feel like i'll never be on the same level if i don't get with the program and use what most artists are using. I always find myself coming back or liking the default hard brush in the end as it feels right to me and this video reassures me the hard brush is awesome 💗

[@digitalmagician]

Yep! It’s all about using what works best for you! 💗

[@Shygiverqueen]

Hard round brush is just the same as Pen Fade in Ibis paint and I been using it for a weeks now! And I love it❤ Airbrush is a good combination to blend the color of your drawings 🎉❤

[@digitalmagician]

Yeah I love using the airbrush to blend colours ❤️

[@Shygiverqueen]

@@digitalmagician Yieeeeee!!!!

[@efemji]

hard squared ones is a must for painting, especially if you trying to work on shadows and stuff like that, it gets the job done quicker for me

[@xylophone_888]

as someone who isn't a painter whatsoever and just uses the hard full opacity round marker brush on ibis for everything including shading i contemplated clicking on this vid but you just gave me a full new understanding of brushes!! never seen the default brush be used for so much stuff, extremely cool and seriously helpful

[@digitalmagician]

Happy to hear you found it helpful! :)

[@cloudshifter]

I've been changing programs constantly but I've yet to find a brush set that feels just right for me.

[@outlawsyl]

I like triangular brush, or any shape that looks a bit more like you stamped a real brush onto paper, so something in-between triangle and oval

[@armandobortoluso7302]

FINALLY! A video that answers this question directly!

[@B1T3F0RC3]

I'm so finicky with what brushes I like for my lineart, usually just because I have painful joints so getting that *perf* crisp shape in one go is what I aim for. I've made a few of my own, but they're basically just dupes of the simple basic ones w some texture. My fave textured free brush is "wella's sketch brush" for procreate. If anyone is looking!

[@digitalmagician]

Yeah, being able to draw and paint with as few lines as possible is always a plus in my book! Saves your wrists/hands/arms!

[@MugiwaraRuffy]

Neat, the tip with the smudge tool settings alone was worth watching this. Tumbs up for it.

[@I_love_cuddles]

OMG I CAN'T THANK YOU MORE!!! SUBSCRIBED INSTANTLY I even set through any ad I see on your vids just to support you I just started getting into digital art and YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER I didn't know how much brushes/settings can effect my work :O

[@digitalmagician]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it ☺️

[@brokencreationlordmegatrol3037]

My go too brushes are A flat rectangular brush with aaslight taper and opacity settings turned on... I made it with my logo and call it my "signature brush"

[@eternia-reginleif]

My favorite brush, it doesnt matter what software you use the round brush will be there for you.

[@arthurbrayner556]

You deserve the world! thanx

[@gustavoalfonzorojasvalle925]

Pensaba que este video me enseñaría a crear estos pinceles. Pero lo usaré de referencia para conseguirlos.

[@narcizyzzt]

this man needs a medal of honor 🗣️ thanks for the help

[@digitalmagician]

Thank you! 😁

[@foryoutube2015]

It was alot helpful love you sensei thank you so much ❤❤❤❤

[@digitalmagician]

Glad I could help! ❤️❤️❤️

[@lucalamberti9160]

Best painting tutorial out here! It's my first time with digital drawing and painting, and I have no idea on how to paint something without actually covering the linings of the drawing and it's driving me insane. How do I do that? I tried every parameter of the brushes setting but I have NO IDEA, I tried lowering hardness but it's not what I want, I tried lowering opacity, but that way each stroke leaves a different "layer", so that if I stroke twice on the same spot the colour adds up and gets darker, and I don't want that. ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!

[@Chloe.Colors]

Ahhh I find this so so helpful I always don’t know what brushes to use or how to use for my advantage haha!! Great video

[@digitalmagician]

Thank you!

[@mustanggox]

dayummmm u are good at painting dark skin

[@digitalmagician]

Thank you! 😊

[@shinseiangel55]

Cries in procreate

[@digitalmagician]

😂

[@mimikyu1093]

i use procreate too, these brushes work there :3 you just have to adjust the settings on some of them! for the oval brushes, turn down “spacing” in the brush settings until you can’t see any gaps and they’ll be perfect :D

[@rowan404]

Does the minimum opacity setting exist in Clip Studio Paint? I don’t think I’ve seen it. I didn’t even think the hard round brush was pressure-sensitive.

[@digitalmagician]

Personally I’ve never used Clip Studio Paint before. But I looked it up on KZbin and it does have the option to set the minimum opacity. You just need to go into brush settings, click on ink, then click on the little icon on the right-hand side of opacity. Then you should see the option to set the minimum value which is essentially the same thing. Here's a link to a clip of the video I watched: kzbin.infoUgkxAwcpgv89307AjE-V2tes3Nnbsgaa5YRu?si=G4bEvSyHPiD-U3tI Hopefully that helps :)

[@rowan404]

@@digitalmagician Thanks!

[@mei.hogaraka]

Oh my god the smudge tools now much better!!!

[@kassart4465]

thank you for this!

[@Red.Rabbit.Resistance]

i spent a few weeks trying to simulate my favorite pencil. Its pretty much all i use now unless im air brushing. Adobe PS

[@absentSun612]

I recently got adobe photoshop and I am moving away from medibang just because I feel like my progress has been in a plato. I want to start experimenting with textures and colours more fully and my program I was using just did not allow for that in a way I wanted to experiment like photoshop did. Thanks for these brushes!

[@wafaakassem5707]

Best explanation ever thank you so much 🙏

[@digitalmagician]

Most welcome! 😊

[@devanshi2193]

Hi! Just starting with clip studio, can also help on how to change the settings to get something similar to this?

[@Ocean-zj6vh]

Great vid!! Btw are u on any freelance platform?

[@apaleguy]

The lead artist for The Secret of Monkey Island when Photoshop came out he only used one, one brush. Soft round/airbrush....brush he would modify it to be a hard brush but our professor who also used the same brush said to us, "If you can use this one tool, you'll be able to understand the others in your arsenal." Something that Sinix said too is to start with NO OPACITY CONTROL, instead think like a sculptor and just do shapes.

[@prym1camo845]

I agree!

[@gabomon01]

I liked this video so much that I instantly subscribed.

[@digitalmagician]

Thanks for subbing!

[@herrflantier3739]

So helpful. Thank you !!!

[@digitalmagician]

Glad it was helpful!

[@millimilli8122]

Acho que brush é uma coisa muito pessoal. Eu mesma gosto muito mais de brush smooth, pouco sólido, para poder criar desde o sketch até a pintura. Ultimamente venho adicionando mais brushes para teste na criação de detalhes, mas ainda assim, tenho esse fixo que falei antes

[@romeISdead]

Why does the thumbnail look like @Likelihoodart art style?

[@shadie1448]

Yh I think in his second recent vid he said that he heavily reference her work.

[@scribbliedoo]

These are great thank you!

[@digitalmagician]

Glad you like them!

[@lexalot8337]

Do I hear the soul eater OST in there 👀

[@BUG25985]

I laugh at this convo so much because I have been a freelance painter/designer for 15yrs and because I emulate traditional media - I haven't used a hard round brush since I was a digital art baby many many years ago. I found I hate perfectly round brushes and makes painting/texture work miserable...much prefer a square/oblong or crescent moon shaped brushes. I also don't taper either.

[@digitalmagician]

Haha yeah the hard round brush definitely isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. If you want a traditional media look then yeah, you’re probably not going to be using it lol. In my case it fits my needs perfectly 😁

[@christianiliev3493]

im so basic I use the round brush with pressure

[@digitalmagician]

😂

[@riotfist9747]

thank you for this

[@digitalmagician]

No problem 😊

[@riotfist9747]

@@digitalmagician this is something I was struggling with people said use this but didnt explain why it works and how to apply. Thank you

[@maint9417]

I hear Soul Eater music ‘so cool’-Soul Evan’s theme.

[@bucky4454]

I try to use the blurre brush bc i have problems with they.

[@SortaSora]

at 2:15 how does he select and move and transform specific stokes so seamlessly? I know it's sped up, but is it legit just the lasso select tool and the object move tool?

[@KarolinaCisowska]

Anyone maybe found all equivalents of these in clip studio paint? Texture and comb would probably solve lots of my issues but I can't find something that would feel right.

[@splaturials9156]

Sam vibes (not a bad thing)

[@oddman.lillianreidmillerod1319]

The brushes that I use that I tried once and they become permanent or I need to use it like once in a blue moon

[@omer7895]

Is there a paint brush equivalent for procreate?

[@HybridBeastsAI]

Cool video.

[@digitalmagician]

Thanks!

[@Numbll]

I want to add some of these brushes in procreate.😢

[@afonsosandbox9236]

how did you get a comb brush on photoshop ?

[@justajona]

how can you add that texture into the brush 2

[@evahngelions]

aw no csp conversion?

[@cute_elisa123]

Is this clip studio paint?:))

[@digitalmagician]

Photoshop!

[@a.s.l711]

i dont understand, if you colour one colour over the picture, then clip art different layers on the base colour, wont the other colour go onto the other colours?

[@papacroc498]

Kind of an off question i always try my best but never know what size to use on my canvas in photoshop? it always looks pixelated anny suggestions?

[@digitalmagician]

I usually work with a 3600x4500px canvas, with the resolution set to 300.

[@believemaleba7194]

R.I.P to those who use the smudge tool on ibis paint💀

[@Gretadenoche]

This looks like likelihood art style

[@ChanelAthena]

Sheesh I thought this was a Likelihoodart video, referencing her style this hard is nuts lol.

[@hajar2725]

7:00

[@The_Meme_Cloud]

What app is it?

[@digitalmagician]

Photoshop cs6

[@brr4203]

Man- I wonder what brushes he uses 🤔 /j

[@digitalmagician]

😂

[@swadartss]

This looks a lot like Likelihood’s art

[@Mitsoki_Toru]

I was finding the literal oval brush because I didn’t know what it was called

[@02zip]

i swear if it's fucking hard round

[@Kappalem]

draw can you me

[@garnetnelson1419]

No but seriously what brushes do you use? 😂😂😂

[@anti_acido]

erhmm ackshually the only brush you need is HARD ROUND. NO PRESSURE NO OPACITY NO DENSITY = NO OVERTHINKING NO PROBLEMS NO STRESS NO GOING AROUND DOWNLOADING A THOUSAND BRUSHES YOU'LL NEVER USE + plus you will be FORCED to learn painting though blocking which is nice to getting good perceiving 3d forms and colors

[@TimikoTaya]

i love your channel so much man omg

[@digitalmagician]

Thank you! :)

[@strawberrytartlet5582]

@likelihoodart