This Tiny Trick Will Improve The Way You Paint.

[@haissake]

This is the kind of content intermediate level artist really need, internet is full of beginner lessons.

[@Mimi-wv5rg]

It's either very basic that you already know even before looking for tutorial online, or too advance you felt like you don't know the basic enough to understand what they meant. Never in between

[@nathonbrown3596]

Well said

[@kinmersha]

Yeah this is so true. It makes sense of course bc there are more ppl who are beginners than intermediate artists, at least in terms of ppl who are looking for art tutorials, but it's rly nice to get more stuff that deals with the finer details of how to improve and of art theory. IMO a lot of stuff Boro has talked about lately deals with the merging of art and graphic design, and I've always loved Sinix's channel for talking about the design aspect of art and striving for like shape appeal and such.

[@hugoamorim7151]

@@Mimi-wv5rg Completely agree with u

[@dannypavlov913]

I don't see how this is anything but beginner. Beginners can easily use it as it's simple and intermediate artists probably already have some similar tricks.

[@Mimi-wv5rg]

I love this kind of format. Feels like when you just minding your own business, then you stumble upon your friend and they give you some tips and tricks along the way. Very casual but informative. I like it.

[@mangoalias608]

I think the reason why this makes the painting more realistic is because in real life nothing has edges, its just where the object turns away from your view, so this technique dissolves the hard lines that we put around objects we paint. it creates a gradient between the object and the background

[@stonecat676]

ah...so those texture homework assignments make sense now how a texture transitions from all dark and all bright (blends into environment) as such, not all parts of a texture show up evenly in fact, most great (classical) painters omit more than they show, they have a great understanding of not just color harmony, but also texture and brushwork harmony

[@rick-deckard]

I'd like to thank you for not calling it a "Hack", and thus avoiding making us cringe.

[@CCWYMetroid]

Details I loved: The the frequent cuts in-between takes is a special kind of seamless, stitched together like one take. The "ADDING A FLOATING ONE"; inverted colors+more blurring on an already out-of-focus area. It's a very pleasing way to make the taste stand out, while not making it look ugly. *nice* The dotted (floating, if you will) border between you and what's happening on the screen which appears After he introduces the concept.(!!) The fade-in from the side to show your patreon and another video. The slight delay between the two links appearing just adds that extra movement

[@Love2DrawManga]

That’s a really neat tip! I’d love to see more videos like this one. Talking about topics that we don’t usually talk about. Awesome video! =D

[@RAI-diate]

Much agreed, will definitely be trying this out! (Also hello Rebeka, I love your videos and it'd be cool to see you use this trick too ;D)

[@leanderdasilva1993]

I am a simple man, I SEE YOUR VIDEO, I CLICK, and keep doing this format

[@creocafe]

I was hired for a touch up job and there was like 50 images of floating hair which for some reason someone cut out from the background without any care and actuality got rid of the background. The biggest issue in a case like this es that you gotta make it look natural adding some floating hairs like Boro just said. The solution was a set of brushes I created varying size and sharpness to come up with the randomness that it required. That was like 5 yes ago and ever since when I’m painting something I keep in mind that lesson, there’s quite a lot of richness in those scattered details that are actually pretty simple to add to your subject. Like little details that are actually clusters that compone a big mass that will actually make sense and bring realism to the painting. I’m that was long... I love how my Boropedia keeps growing.

[@StShigo]

Huh. Interesting. I always did that sort of intuitively, but it never actually crystalized in my mind why I wanted to do it. It is a good tip

[@BoroCG]

Same! Just recently I decided to capture the idea, since it's helped me a lot

[@zadrhovadlo]

Exactly!

[@marshalepage5330]

The irony of this is that the works of art I liked the most I did this, it's good to be consciously aware of why one is better than the other.

[@Chronomatrix]

This is a technique the impressionist painters used all the time. There's so much to learn from traditional painting!

[@minstart3580]

Basically breaking the silhouette to create interest

[@adequatelytrying6568]

Yes, Mr Neutron

[@Kman6849]

This is good, I think why this is works also because the color,value between your main object and background share some space together it add more pleasing to the eyes.

[@floatingwaffle8478]

also because it can mimic some kind of close up atmospheric perspective and also the fading into shadow / background color of the shape. In fact there are several "floating" shapes within the volume and not only one the edges of the general shapes when you look at it this way.

[@chromaimp1315]

This is such a good tip!! It's such a simple thing but it changes so much!

[@janetmichel3009]

ACTUALLY useful advice! Totally trying that next time!

[@UnitedGem44]

i really like this kind of video. A short and easy digestible video. I have a short attention span, so i like how these videos are

[@constanzacorona5610]

Im loving these videos!!! Very helpful Boro! Thank you!!

[@littlemais]

This is probably the biggest game-changer ever!

[@vivianeb90]

This is so true! The "floating ones" give the picture more dimension.

[@xenontesla122]

I've unconsciously used this technique before in a self-portrait. I have an (often slightly unkempt) afro, so it worked really well to convey the form of my hair. I actually had to tone it down from my reference image!

[@theteddy08]

Mind blowing, something so simple but so mind blowing. It's like reaching the Avatar state lol ... soooo helpful, thank you for sharing this tip !!

[@Rexalyan]

Am I the only one who paused the video to check Boro's facial hair for Floating Ones? A cringe thing to do, but they really exist! To make yourself aware of such phenomenon is remarkable. Thanks for the advice, mind blown!

[@soysaucekitty]

I'd really like more of this type of content ♡ I'm not a beginner, but all the information out there is towards newbies. This is 👌

[@benshepherd2419]

PLEASE do more videos like this, this kind of thing is so helpful

[@RatusMax]

I went from not knowing how to digitally paint to a pretty decent painter listening and watching you, and some other youtubers tutorials on things like oil paintings, watercolor, digital painting etc. I didn't bog myself down with anatomy or anything. It was the mindset I had and you are right it is hard to explain but here is how I did it. (Although I haven't gone into concept art yet) 1. Paint what you see and not what you think you see. Your eyes should be on the subject and less on the canvas that you are painting. Otherwise you will start making art that has been simplified by the mind to make the world easier to understand. This is why when the dimensions are wrong, the color is wrong, the values are wrong, you are not truly looking at the subject in front of you. Take time away from the canvas and walk around and observe the world. You see sunlight bouncing off a bright object. You think "white light"....but what type of white is it? Yellow white? Green white? blue white? That difference will make or break your painting. 2. Learn the materials you are using and know what they will do when you manipulate them so that you can get the results that you are looking for. Don't try to start painting someone or something. Play around with the tools and see what they do first. Get really good at predicting what the tools/materials do so that when you attempt to paint/draw the first thing, you know it's not because of the tools you are using. Rather more of the #1 problem. 3. Break down the painting/drawing into its fundamental parts and then add the details that give the object overall its overall representation. Many people get to hung up on details. I was digitally painting an older guy and I kept trying to place the wrinkles in. It kept on distorting the overall dimensions painting. So I took a break and came back to it. Then I overpainted it and simplified it. I could see his face but not fully. Then I had to choose what wrinkles to put in and leave out to get an overall representation of his face. You should all know that many concept artist DRAW FROM REFERENCE NOT OUT OF THEIR MINDS. They put the fundamental parts into the painting. These are large blocks and shapes that represent people, machines, mountains, buildings etc. When it comes to adding the details, they go and look at references. Like actual pictures of buildings, people, machines, etc and then make it fit/conform into their painting. So I have been sharing my painting to the various KZbin artists who helped me get to this point in 6 months time. This was done in corel painter on only one layer so that if I messed up I overpainted. If it wasn't for BoroCG for showing me that you could actually do something amazing in Corel Painter I would have given up lol. www.deviantart.com/danusmax/art/Turner2-867389633

[@utilizavel]

I'm loving these short videos, very useful and without fucking around. Thanks Boro!

[@ForgerofFantasies]

Wow, never thought of that, thank you very much for this advice!

[@hat_maker]

love this, if you ever come across little insights in your painting like this again , please share!

[@bonbon_1729]

A thing that really helped me is to utilize the eraser tool! It can be used for sharper edges and the ”floating bits”. I used to only draw with the brushes, so my paitings usually got the same clumpy effect as you described.

[@varflock9777]

Interesting. This trick sounds strange but your advices are generally good so it can't hurt to try it.

[@johnnypearson30]

Always a pleasure

[@starfire139]

This is new insight I never considered before, but makes perfect sense!

[@francoisbrassardlahey8482]

Excellent video, thank you!

[@cortjezter]

Brilliant. Hadn't ever really thought about this when painting, but coming from an old school background of 3d graphics and even before anti-aliasing, this sort of "sub pixel" content that only partially converts to visible elements on screen (or canvas) makes perfect sense. 👍👍

[@madameberry]

This looks great! Especially when the canvas is white, it lets you use the white of the canvas as like an "overexposed" light. I'd be interested to see or try this on a nonwhite background and see if it has the same effect. I also appreciate that you got straight to the point and were so concise.

[@muuhfi9960]

Love these kinds of vids man. KZbin is full of buzzfeed like tutorials that are not even useful. Even their voices are super annoying. Yours are the best

[@BoroCG]

Thanks! My voice though

[@muuhfi9960]

@@BoroCG bro your voice is what makes your videos yours. Love it!

[@RockMedved]

Thanks Boro! I remember you talking about exactly this thing in an overpain or some such thing, but it's good to have a reminder. Have a floating like!

[@ArtAngelMouse]

I do this sometimes. With whiskers, I like to erase it so its thinner and sometimes erase parts of it. When I had pet mice or look at rats, it just seemed like their whiskers "disappeared".

[@basildraws]

What a great thing to show us! Thanks Boro.

[@captainmeowington]

Oh wow. I just realized this same thing when working on a drawing yesterday. 😁

[@starfish7344]

Just the kind of advice I was needing! Been trying to figure out hair lately. Thanks Boro!

[@i4detail]

thx for sharing! i guess you could also make the argument that its just a temporary dissolved edge and also creates tertiary details that both make this way of painting more sophisticated. wdyt?

[@TheEleventeen]

Wonderful video ! X🤘🏻X

[@FrostDrive]

Boro, you always got such cool tshirts and jackets in yoru videos! Also love this trick! And the the concept of tiny silent decisions that are hard to notice or even talk about! Cuz I''ve thought the same thing before!

[@MellowJelly]

I like this new technique, "add a floating one" 😆 I like the effect

[@lostarsm9240]

I was today years old I became more cognizant that I do this as well. I’ll consider them “falling back details”... details that are falling away from the observer; blending into the atmosphere.

[@RamenMeowArt]

Thanks boro! This is some really solid advice.

[@fantellerhur]

yesss more if these tips please! incredibly useful stuff

[@adikavita436]

This channel is too unpopular for such quality, you deserve more man. :( Thanks for the tip btw, gonna try it out on a piece I'm working on. :D

[@JPWestmas]

I thought you were going to talk about painting in a convincing lighting condition based on the video thumnail. "Brush Dynamics." good ideas.

[@grub5101]

Super insightful! Thanks Boro

[@benjycinema]

Good idea , I was working on a new painting and I needed this

[@Zinriusminazen]

Thank you for your wisdom papa Boro

[@proseccodallas3249]

Ohhh I can’t wait to try it!!!

[@FantonHike]

more of these please!!!!! I cant stand 'tutorial' videos from other artists that delve into art philosophy and mentality and you learn zero

[@dadawidid89]

I just finished watching Black widow video and then pop a new video :D What a personalized flow Boro! :D

[@richardhaas1989]

Brilliant! I’ll bet you know more...

[@zachariasstarlid5365]

Cool!!!👍🙏🏻

[@petrok8618]

Thanks for this your cool tip Boro! Really helpful one :)

[@artastic_friend]

I love your content, Boro!

[@sadev101]

when the hair you draw is grassyer then the grass you draw . greatstuff

[@Wowls]

this is helpful! tysm!!!

[@brucenunn3268]

Helpful. 👊😎

[@victoristratevmi]

i think ur basically doing the same thing like with atmoshperic perspective where building that are far away lose details because dust particles are adding up to the point that they affect the visibility

[@Citroen_2cv]

THIS is what makes me click on you first. The information that lives in the cracks.

[@philipfahy9658]

Do you think part of the reason this looks more realistic is that our eyes are imperfect cameras? Like looking at hair, I know individual strands are there. But my eyes don't pick up every little detail. Your eyes are pulling the same "shortcut" that the artist does here.

[@tddlywnk8242]

hey boro! im not sure if you read comments but could you do another video on colour theory/how to choose colours?

[@BoroCG]

Yeah sure. It's a pretty big question though, there will be a lot of smaller parts of it covered eventually

[@versipelio3623]

I have been doing that without realizing it, with hair and grass mainly

[@Raveress_Moss]

I like these tutorial vids

[@Deedeedoodad]

Thank you

[@robbank7235]

Wouldn't you tell us more about painting / drawing a mass (a bunch of trees, grass, hair). I have difficulties with that. I don't know how to think about that. Drawing a specific object with concrete form is no problem for me but the tree and messy thing caused me brain error.

[@tymondabrowski12]

Yes, that would be great

[@Karin029_]

This reminds me of the gap in the mouth line in anime

[@BoroCG]

Heh yeah exactly

[@broomcheese]

All I could think about when Boro was painting the hair was "...Jaw"

[@justburninhell1642]

Tell me please, where you bought the skull that stand behind you and what material it consists of

[@gytiskau1865]

The title tho.. I love it :D

[@clydesdale1775]

So... to add some detail, leave out some detail.

[@NickRatRadio]

I just added a floating one to my toilet xD

[@unnecessaryartwork2955]

* subscribes and begins taking notes *

[@VishalNamani]

They also use floating lines in spider verse movie

[@ak1hiro133]

tthank you sir

[@OrangeDragonofDusk]

I’ll need to try this, though sometimes my color picker glitches and picks everything but the color I’ve selected

[@BoroCG]

That's odd, which software?

[@OrangeDragonofDusk]

@@BoroCG Clip studio, it might be caused from lag from not using the latest version / using an older computer.

[@wilbujoe]

YES JUST YES

[@danielwilliams3161]

Like a lot of people can draw shapes I can draw shapes but like John tiny piece of detail it's difficult sometimes you might think you put too much or put you little like this like yeah glass we can have a grass brush but it doesn't look good and especially if you're trying to create something and you need blazer dress right but how much do you put on it and the light is like sometimes it looks off because you put too much light in it but that's how it is just ion general like organic objects are high to create like sometimes you might make a look too cartoony sometimes it's not enough details but it looks detailed organic objects are Chucky

[@merryniru]

misread the title as "This Tiny Trick Will Improve The Way You Plant"

[@youshimimi]

It would be infinitely better if the before and after example were of the same render quality. This just looks like a bad vs good painting. I'm not sold on the need to add floating bits. Your highlight idea wouldn't work on a dark background. And the same result could be achieved by adding stray hair / grass blades that are connected. What you want is randomness and deviation from the main shape, the floating is imo arbitrary.

[@eryseayliid1535]

You should make this into a series (i think you have already had a few tips like this in the past) with a number to them so we can easier see and rewatch! C:

[@ensignrainy2255]

Я КЛЯНУСЬ Я ТОЛЬКО ПАРУ ДНЕЙ НАЗАД РИСОВАЛА ВОЛОСЫ И ПОНЯЛА ЧТО ИМЕННО ТАКАЯ ДЕТАЛЬ ПРИДАСТ ИМ ДИНАМИКИ И РАССУЖДАЛА С ТОЙ ЖЕ ЛОГИКОЙ (прядка может поймать блик в одном месте и пропасть из-за него, ну и даже один пиксель будет жирновато для волоска) И ТУТ ТВОЕ ВИДЕО, и я уже не в первый раз замечаю такое лмаоооо. Не думай так громко, а то я слышу твои рассуждения раньше выпуска видео хдд

[@Someone-fn3ij]

why does he remind me of villanelle's brother-

[@KiryTF]

Are these Jaw Titan's hair hmmmm

[@itsyaboinadia]

годный контент!

[@kyllefronda1035]

😄👍

[@mikado_m]

Oo

[@Trazynn]

2:30 this was kind of frustrating. That hair looks beautiful but you conjured it out of nowhere and I really would have loved to see you paint it from scratch.

[@BoroCG]

Hey, there's literally a time lapse a few seconds after this moment. It's really fast, but you can slow it down in YT player if you want, check it out

[@Trazynn]

@@BoroCG haha wow talk about jumping the gun. Have you seen Yiru Wang's process? That's what the final result reminded me of and that's why the sudden appearance made me rush to the comment sections. www.artstation.com/artwork/PmQPmB

[@zgr_michigewehr8213]

im not the only one who sees a PP in the nanoleaf in the background right?

[@BoroCG]

God dammit.

[@sweeyanreddy1738]

Boro please cover more about sketching my colour is good but the sketch is bad so it looks like a polished turd