UNDERRATED ART CHEATS FOR BEGINNERS

[@Kooleen]

do yall want a vod for phone users? 😳

[@WorkingtobeaDoctor]

Yass! I need it:( my dumb brain desperately needs it:( Also the drawings🤚😩😍 im in a simp comaaaaaaa💜😌

[@-maroone-]

Yes that would be nice

[@begmack]

Yes

[@safiyyahkhan5337]

Yes pleaseee! I'm sadly a cheapskate so I'm trying to use MediBang Paint but it slows my phone down and drains the battery.

[@XIE1SM]

Yes please !

[@widdrshinswonders]

In 51 seconds you managed to teach me, a color blind person, how to make cohesive color palettes - something that has taken nearly 30 years. Thank you.

[@牛奶-i4c]

good job

[@maybe_alittlebit_unhinged]

congrats :D

[@Sadnessiuseless]

Are you fully colorblind?

[@carysp6173]

@@bossbossboss808 thats.. just not true? Its usually at least two like with red green colour blindness

[@selfactualizer2099]

That doesn't add up. Even if you're color blind you can still read and comprehend colors in lessons, my grandpa is colorblind but has no problem understanding how color interacts with eachother. 30 years? Was 95% of the time procrastination?

[@mya1256]

Omg I literally just got done watching another video of urs and thought “I wonder when she’s gonna upload again” then this pops up literal seconds later ☠️ time to learn more at 2 am. 😩👏🏼

[@zerufilm2847]

me 💀

[@shadow66600]

Damn, nice pfp

[@kaitoflamely9305]

Please, wonder again! Maybe she’ll upload to your very t h o u g h t s

[@mya1256]

@@kaitoflamely9305 oh wow ok I gotchu 😂😂

[@mya1256]

@@shadow66600 thank you, it’s an honor to have you say that Levi 🥰

[@bhumikasharma3443]

Here are Some of koolen's tips you will hear in all of her videos 👀 1. Eyes are one eye apart 2. Take a reference( in other words cheat) 3. Draw only attractive people 4. Make the lips 'juicy' :')

[@Khann_2102]

What does that first point mean? Sorry my English is bad

[@strawberryzombie5474]

@@Khann_2102 when drawing the eyes. You pretend there is an eye in the middle, on top where the nose is so both the eyes when you draw are even and look better than having both of the eyes too close together. Sorry I tried to explain. (ˊ̥̥̥̥̥ ³ ˋ̥̥̥̥̥) Im pretty sure Koleen has a video about it and would explain it better (๑•̥̥̥́ω•̀ू๑)

[@Miguelrirez-ne6kq]

tip I learned, if you can’t get the eyes to look set in the head (especially matching one eye) tilt the one eye towards the center, this way the one eye looks set inside the skull according to the planes of the face etc

[@sour.creamandonion]

using references isn’t cheating…

[@Khann_2102]

@@strawberryzombie5474 Thanks

[@akasoraku]

It’s honestly refreshing to be watching an art tutorial mixed with jokes here and there Hearing jokes about the shared suffering we all have as artists makes practice less agonizing HAHAH Thank you for sharing your knowledge my g

[@bowtieteddy]

For Medibang users! The "Lasso Fill" tool in Medibang is a brush called "Fill" and it works pretty much the same way. Hope that helps! Edit: there are a few asking about what tool it is in other art programs. Unfortunately, I don't know. Sorry!

[@yourlocalclutz4412]

Thnx

[@blackrabbit8420]

What about ibis?

[@babat3587]

@@blackrabbit8420 the Lasso Fill is in "Special" :))

[@blackrabbit8420]

@@babat3587 thank you!!!!!😭😭

[@wolfeevi]

procreate?

[@missingpieces2368]

I read it UNEART, it was lineart. I completely forgot about that lasso fill. Thank you for bringing that up❤️❤️ Seriously I like your tutorials.

[@toukendanshiwarrior2846]

Me too.

[@Waffle_Narwhal]

Now I can't unsee it!

[@cerlaiiiiiiiiii]

I thought it was UNEART as well 😭😭😭

[@itzam3thyst]

I read it that way too ToT

[@glam4663]

Another one for smoother lineart. Curved line tool. Just set a point a line starts and the points it curves and an end point and goodbye shaky lines. Godsend especially if you draw on mobile

[@LegLegacy]

THIS!!!!

[@sharkbait398]

Do you know if ibis paint has this tool?

[@glam4663]

@@sharkbait398 it does. It's under the force fade.

[@sharkbait398]

@@glam4663 thank you sm!!

[@autumngrace3915]

Is this different from stabilization?

[@idontexistlul]

Kooleen never fail to make us simp for her oc's. ALSO.. consider adding juicy lips

[@animegurlmbp]

I use Krita for everything but I have used Clip Studio in 2020. The importing a pose from an image was so fun to use. And from now on I will in fact be calling Goten and Trunks "Lasso Tool and Paint Bucket".

[@sunakochan5585]

I was literally watching this vid at 5 am in the morning and my whole family was asleep, I tried SO HARD not to make a sound during the liquify tool part (7:03).😆I honestly love how she teaches us stuff while being extremely funny at the same time.

[@catsinni]

I'm literally making a piece after a hiatus for 2 years, and then Koleen posts this. I feel dumb but thanks to this I learned a lot. ;w;

[@lynxxlynxx]

I think I commented on this somewhere before, but for me there is no cheating in art. I realized this very early on when I was working on an art project at my school and visitors came up to me and saw me using Scotch tape on my acrylic painting to get sharp edges. They looked at me stupidly and asked if that was allowed. And at that moment, it "clicked." I hadn't even thought about whether that was cheating and that's when I realized that you should never do that. In art you do what you enjoy and you can take the easiest way to reach your goal. You want to express yourself and the way there is also part of your expression.

[@mymphoenix]

i’m so happy i found you . i’m looking at art videos since years and your teaching is the first that resonates so much with me . i’m finally improving so much also thanks to your brush that you are using !! thank you so much for making me having fun again while drawing ^w^

[@mallowchan1941]

I swear you're vids are funny and helpful at the same time! ✨

[@nairym18]

sometimes i try to find ways on how to apply ur art advices on my digital art since i can't have csp and i use ibis paint on my phone so these still work for me and is very helpful another great day to learn more :>

[@thegaybucket9840]

@unsupported`file- I don't think it's possible... I'm still waiting for them to make an update like that cuz it's tiring asf without it.

[@Kooleen]

gonna try to make a vod for phone users soon! x)

[@AN-pc7ip]

Ikr, I use an animation App to draw, it's called "flipaclip" it only has 4 crappy brushes and no liquify tool :( Not to mention max layers is 3 layers

[@thegaybucket9840]

@@AN-pc7ip ive used that app too! The animation becomes tiresome thanks to the limited tools :(

[@AN-pc7ip]

@@thegaybucket9840 ikr :(

[@_akinora_]

Omg! This is actually so useful! Thank you Kooleen

[@dorothylinn2237]

Oh my gosh, this saved my life. I'm starting a webtoon and I was all like "Hey, I'm great at traditional, this will be a cinch!" WRONG. But I love clip studio and I'm starting to get a hang of it and this so sped the process along! Thank you!!

[@Morbidmic]

Nice! Gonna be using that color palette trick from now on, I usually adjust the overall image in the color balance option which is very late in the process lol.

[@mika-yk3yr]

i've been struggling how am i supposed to apply my chosen color palette and then i stumbled on this video. goodness kooleen you're saving me so much 😭

[@poisonivy5034]

4:48 Kooleen: it only colors da clothes lasso thing: colors some of the hand too

[@madyukie]

I finally got motivated to draw once again after hearing you say that my art sucks. I suddenly wanna do all these tips and prove that I suck 💖🙏 i love you

[@faye_roses]

I'm a beginner and your videos helped me a lot. Thank you 💕

[@thought-full3445]

Almost 5 years of drawing digitally, and only now I've come to learn what the anchor in the transform tool is for. Thank you

[@DragunnitumGaming]

6:24 "You have to constantly be using that tool to remind yourself that you suck!" 😂😂😂😂

[@aarondraws7699]

With the color pallet trick, I make my pallet then on a new layer set to color blend mode with a low opacity I wash the pallet with the "vibe" color as a clipping mask then merge those two layers same effect but it keeps the contrast of the original colors. Where just lowering the opacity as you did will lower the contrast of your pallet

[@afif1406]

Thanks Koolen if not for your drawing hacks I'd probably give up on being an artist a long time ago lol

[@Mortal_Tezer]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@YourAnimeGirl_17]

7:23 yes make Eren's lips ✨️THICK✨️😂

[@vedabala7209]

OK BUT THE FIRST ONE IS SO GENIUS I- 💀

[@nicknickmogago]

Kooleen savage time: "......I'm not saying that your art look less crap than it already is." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I died with that statement.

[@annawhattt]

YOU SAVED MY LIFE IVE BEEN MANUALLY COLOURING ALL MY DRAWINGS UNTIL NOE OMFG

[@Rebelco]

2:08 yeah thanks, really helped me

[@mai-shi7702]

My favorite part in a paint is choose the color palette and this is so 🤯 THANKS 0:54

[@leeknow250]

Thanks for the tutorials they rlly help

[@otaku-chan4888]

if you're on an ipad, get Procreate!! hands down the best drawing app on ios devices, it's just a one time 10$ fee for a program that's on par with Photoshop and clip studio

[@noface1184]

i would agree with otaku-chan, procreate is super user friendly and everything is shaved down so you're not overwhelmed and can just focus on learning and getting comfy with that. there's also toooooons of tutorials so that's nice too, then when you are comfortable and confident you can choose another program with stronger features to go wild in.

[@hutao5481]

I agree with the past 2 on procreate, although if it's an app you dont want to spend money on you should stick to ibis paint.

[@leeknow250]

tysm guys (I can't buy procreate anyways lmao)

[@Giaella10]

5:06 i'm doing homework rn but the way I Immediately went onto clip studio to get this brush omg thank you

[@HuntressArtemis]

I'm still struggling with drawing the eyes but this is really helpful!!!!

[@LivingDeadEnaid]

omfgggg, that first tip about the "vibe" colour has literally answered the mystery ive been looking for the answer to for years, and you explained it in the perfect way for my smooth brain to understand 😭😭😭😭👏👏👏👏 tysm

[@pauljerome01]

I didnt know that we had a lasso fill in csp .Thanks for the enclose and fill tool as well it's much more better then the other version that I was using that wasn't compatible with low opacity lines

[@Siska0Robert]

The palette trick is absolutely awesome and I can't believe I haven't heard about it before. Thanks!

[@applepie1272]

**cries in traditional art without even an eraser**

[@AxelCantSing]

I have been using CSP for so long and I never knew about the lasso thing and the ctrl to change perspective. I could've saved SO MANY HOURS

[@PenguinStarzz]

0:48 That was so helpful thanks-

[@zeenas955]

I'm an absolute beginner at art ( im literally just on the art fundamentals part) but yt recommended me this channel, and I just LOVE IT. makes me want to draw faster so I can move on to digital art and learn more from you.

[@JuhoSprite]

5:50 Actually happened to me sometime, when I was writing something with my pencil I tried to press ctrl + Z. It felt so weird trying to undo but not being able to do it💀

[@01kkp60]

THIS! This was me but I tried tapping with 2 fingers intead :’)

[@moon_thang]

YESS. I did this yesterday, I was in school and wanted to remove a word and I'm like double tapping my book... My seatmate (who already thinks I'm gone mad) was just "she is definitely crazy!! I don't wanna sit next to her" Even I felt stupid when I realised what I was doing-

[@aimi2011]

It's 4:05 rn and I watched this cuz I was bored And I realized this helped me so much! Thank you :D

[@scarameow13]

I love all your video and tutorials. They're all very helpful and so accurate! You've helped me a lot thank you so much! On the next video, can you make Full body tutorial? I've been struggling to make the proportion properly. It would be nice and very helpful! Tysm

[@isavivith]

👍🏽

[@jessie_m8166]

The first art video that actually gives useful information and not just common sense 😩✨

[@kiwi_pup]

1:01 *OMG KOOLEEN YOU TOOK THEIR EYE OFF HOW COULD YOU* /j

[@abelregars]

koleen's videos literally changed my life

[@someonewithbadgrammer6740]

3:09 Yo the nose is fricking in the forhead lmao

[@KNY_UT_FNFfan]

Kooleen has a very nice voice- its calming in a way! :D

[@jayus6008]

0:39 changed my life

[@elina3734]

Hi Kooleen! I just wanted to say thank you for being so beginner friendly! I’m in the beginning of my digital art(and art in general having done only sketches on paper before) journey and have watched a lot of ‘teaching da for beginners’ videos but i’ve always felt like I can’t apply their advice to my art because of lack of any formal education in art. I’ve always felt like in order to draw I have to know something I don’t and I couldn’t even tell what it was. But once I’ve stumbled upon your channel my art has become so much better. You encouraged me to switch from paint tool sai to csp and I finished my first digital illustration the day I downloaded csp using the brushes you recommended ( I’ve never finished my illustrations before because midway I didn’t like how it was turning out and it demotivated me to finish it). Thank you for making digital art world look less dense and hostile.❤️

[@isavivith]

👍🏽

[@Raven5563]

Thank you so much for these tips. You're a real life-saver. I had no idea about the anchor point for the transform tool, or using keys with it. I loved the tips on palette, and using a background color helped a lot. I love using the lasso tool to fill, but I didn't know about enclose and fill. Off to go get it! It'll teach me to remember to keep my lineart layer separate from now on. Again, many thanks! Smile 😊 .

[@Fatima-vw2rn]

Kooleen is the best clout chaser of all times

[@Xoannon1]

This...is LITERALLY...the BEST tough love artists video I've ever seen. Thanks for being badass! Take my subscribe!

[@NekoHiroSan8643]

Even though I don't have CSP, even though I wanna use it but my family's PC can't handle it, even though I don't have the guts to try a new art program, I still watch this video to remind myself of my suffering.

[@Heliaa.a]

Wow just wow a 8 minutes and 23 seconds video from kooleen taught me better then my art teacher who I have to pay $20/hour 😭😭😭

[@Pancakeonapan]

1:31 *cries in ibispaint*

[@crystaluniver]

I'm sorry but in Ibis paint we can do that to with laso and adjust

[@acentertainment8589]

Um we can do that in ibispaint. Just click on lasso or tramission tool

[@ComfyCherry]

the grey bg one is also just nice for your eyes, staring at a mostly white canvas while you're drawing will tire your eyes out faster so if you just wanna relax and sketch smth up grey is much nicer to stare at than pure white

[@Erna213]

What app do u draw on? :)) great vid btw))

[@R3dplnk]

Clip art studios

[@MrEllinan]

Can't tell what I love the most: the tips or your voice ❤️ great video!

[@Lilian_Phlox]

2:22 WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN BROS

[@kacey6137]

Because of this video I finally realized my Clip Studio Paint program was outdated by 6 YEARS. All this time I thought it was auto-updating... ;-; I found this vid to help me get back into drawing and spent 15 minutes trying to find this mysterious liquify tool XD Thank you so much!!

[@raket9311]

I DONT HAVE CLIP STUDIO😭😭

[@JustA_ChillGoiiy]

Me either 😭

[@sharvashetye6822]

My life was a lie until Kooleen came into my recommendations and I've never been this good at digital art before.

[@LunaMoon70]

enclosed fill thingy is called "magic wand" on ibispaint X

[@katrinegenesis]

Bless you thank you for these tips! I've been experimenting using the lasso tool to color, but i didn't know about the lasso fill ❤️ this will definitely make the process much easier

[@Serapis_]

8:06 omg Kooleen made a Jojo reference

[@Lemon.lime2000]

😱

[@crissaecrystals9713]

The lasso fill is what I've been looking for, thank you!

[@maythepotato4465]

Hello I have a question! I ercently started using the rectangle brush thing in Clip studio and it's great but I was wandering how you make yours turn around depending on you pen mouvement? I tried playing with some settings but I didn't achieve much... Could you please share your secret?

[@CrabbyDarth]

angle -> follow line

[@c0mk1ecrem90]

This is why I love Kooleen, I used to suck but now I actually still suck but not as so much🌝 KOOLEEN NEVER STOP MAKING VIDS DON'T LEAVE US!!😭

[@amirtheartist]

Wait so I thought the Instagram post size was 1080 by 1080. How exactly are those dimensions you mentioned better for posting on Instagram? I always just make a large 2000 x 2000 px canvas and then size the canvas down to the Instagram post size (or Twitter, etc) and then post it like that. But it's admittedly tedious and I might be too dumb to realize a smarter way to do it lol.

[@Kooleen]

instagram automatically crops ur photo into a square, but there's this button that lets you maintain the size (if its not too big)

[@SprayNpreyT]

I used a super huge canvas but really zoom out and is a 10/10 experience yes. Good tips thanks!

[@florecoessens4001]

Me who uses ipisbaint : QwQ this is fine.

[@TheDiamondhoward]

Same lol

[@northwind304]

If Kooleen was my roommate i would never get tired of her voice because is so soothing

[@cocoacat.pngggg]

1:17 what about for ipads

[@crazyhussar]

I love you and I would die for you. I don't know how many "art tutorials" have I watched so far where out of the 20 mins runtime, around 15 was vague stuff like "age doesn't matter" "your art will suck and that's alright" "practice makes perfect". In less than 10 minutes you showcased multiple features in CSP I was dying to know (and were frequently used in other "tutorials" but never explained), provided step by step explanation and timestamps for later use. If you were a restaurant, I would give 5 stars and would bully my friends to go there as well and tip the waiters

[@NoraTheCreator117]

5:29 me who colors with Auto Select: 🤨🤨

[@karlamichelle4946]

I honestly never grab a pencil and drew anything before in my life but after watching Kooleans videos im so tempted to grab my wabcom tablet and create something even thought I may suck at it since I never drawn before

[@karlamichelle4946]

okay so bough me a sketchbook book and been drawing for about a month now and I honestly can say it is so much fun but only when you don't get frustrated

[@knightshade3803]

The tips are really helpful but I got stuck on the enclose and fill tool. I followed the instructions and it only changed the linearts color. Not filling the area I wanted. Help anyone?

[@LouchanArt]

Maybe it can be because you're on the lineart layer? You should move to the color layer you've just created

[@knightshade3803]

@@LouchanArt i did, i made the line art into a reference layer but all it did was follow and fill the lineart under

[@LordTchernobog]

@@knightshade3803 same shit. Albeit I used 2 layers to fill 1-1 areas I wanted to fill. And not 100% fills smh, if there's some gap as well.

[@lalabee3308]

That color pallet trick was the best thing I’ve ever heard in my life and I hate that no one has taught me that b4

[@starfishyy1]

The sad thing is, I’m a traditional artist. 😢😢😢

[@rightner305]

listen i thought i knew it all after fucking around with art programs for years but it seems like you learn smth new everyday huh 😭😭😭 LIKE THAT ANCHOR ONE COULD'VE SAVED ME SO MUCH TIME!!!

[@Ryu_chuu]

2:02 "Always make sure to draw on a large canvas" but you are poor and doesn't have storage for that Literally when I use large canvas I couldn't use too much layers bcs otherwise my phone will be lagging

[@hengedraws]

Vector layers are also life savers

[@Yurieeee]

3:37 eddsworld.

[@brooklyn.Q]

ooo kooleen posted some tips for artists! *cries in traditional art*

[@epicmonstrosity9436]

*sad traditional artist noises*

[@noone-jk5xq]

as a begginer who was been doing art for 10-8 years i learned alot from this and now i have been inspiered and dont ask me why im a begginer if i've been doing art for so long

[@mr.say...4864]

7:29 Wtf? xd?

[@TeenyWeenyDork]

that color tip is GAME CHANGING for meeee !!!!

[@maitology]

Oh my god, thank you for this. This will save me a lot of time. And your voice is heavenly

[@arrgber]

That first tip alone made me subscribe to the channel lol, it's so simple but I've never seen anyone do it before!

[@mediocremarla2584]

loll her distorting eren's face while calmy explaining the liquify tool had me laughing so hard, like the smirk caught me off guard fr xD i love this vid

[@toukendanshiwarrior2846]

Moving the anchor like a joint!?? WHAT?? That's cool! Kinda looks like an automatic stand, waving.

[@kqxx]

Omg I struggle creating my own color palette. You managed to teach me in a few mins. I watched a lot of videos and had no idea. Thanks! Please make more tutorial

[@kaizze8777]

Artist for more years than I care to remember, but the Color trick was so obvious but not seen it used this way. Thanks for the tip,

[@yesha4504]

Oh my gosh, just found this channel and I love this artist, she's so funny and helpful and her art style is gorgeous.