Why start in BLACK AND WHITE? | PROCESS | Medibang Paint Pro
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2018
- Something a little different this week because I felt like chatting through a new technique I'm using! I've been starting out a lot in greyscale lately and it's been a really interesting experience that I want to share and get other people's insights on~
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Here's where to find me everywhere else!
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INSTAGRAM: @clockbirds & @cakebirds
TWITTER: / clockbirdsart
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Tools Used
I used a free digital art program called Medibang Paint Pro to do most of the drawing, and then exported the file to Photoshop CC to make the final colour adjustments. If you're ever on the look out for a really awesome and easy to use digital art program I really highly recommend Medibang! It features a ton of awesome brushes and supports a lot of the basic features that digital artists need u I'll have a link down below to their website!
Medibang Paint Pro: medibangpaint.com/en/
Photoshop CC: www.adobe.com/
Recording software: obsproject.com/
Wacom Mobile Studio Pro: www.wacom.com/
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FAQ
How long did this take?
It varies! If it's a five minute long video, then between 3 to 4 hours. If its between 7-10 minutes, it was probably a bigger piece which can take anywhere between 10-15 hours.
Where did you get that fur textured brush? tinyurl.com/yd3te4sk
Where did you get the flat brush?
That one's from the Medibang cloud (click the little cloud shaped button with the arrow at the bottom of box with the list of brushes). There you will find all the additional brushes made by Medibang - plenty of gems to download and test out.
Where did you get all these brushes and textures from?
They're from a mix of stuff! Some of them are made by other artists and you can easily find them just by typing in 'medibang brushes' or 'firealpaca brushes' into Google. Some are brushes that I made myself. Some are actually Photoshop brushes! You can import most Photoshop brushes into Medibang by downloading an ABR Viewer. Since most Photoshop brushes are in the .abr format, you can use the program to view all of them and convert them into .png files. Once you've done that just click and drag the brush image into the Medibang brush list and you'll have a new brush to play with!
You can find most of the brushes I have just by doing a Google search. Please give this a try before asking me for specific brushes! I really don't have the time to answer all the questions I get :) 
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Ignoring all the other unrealistic parts, I'm happy that you pointed out the ridiculousness of a lightning strike with no clouds in sight.
Maybe she misinterpreted it, the lightning might have been from a wizard.
it's supposed to be symbolism.
It can actually happen, but it’s very rare!
@@DenvaProbablyDraws
XD
You all probably dont give a damn but does someone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account?
I somehow forgot the login password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
Jax, go buy yourself an ice cream. You deserve it.
Here's how I go from black and white to *FORKING MAGIC*
I see you watch the good place? ;)
You’re in the Good Place!
*when u didn’t have to think twice before clicking the notification*
You're my favorite artist for many reasons.
Everything you do is unique and special, and i've had a hard time finding anything that can recreate the effects you give with your artwork.
You're friendly, which is something you, sadly, don't see very often. You talk to your fans and don't treat us like trash.
You're also just hands down amazing. There's a lot of talent in every video, and it obviously takes years and years and years to get where you are.
Jax, you're truly my favorite artist and you should know that you have fans who recognize you for this.
awww thank you so much for your kind words, they really mean a lot to me ❤❤
clockbirds I'm glad they do!! you deserve all the support you get
She also seams like my favorite artists too! I was scrolling through the recommendations and found one of her video. I didn't hesitate to click on the subscribe button
I’ve been trying to figure out this technique for the longest time because I’ve seen speedpaints use it, but I’ve never could make it work as I really didn’t understand how they achieved it. Even when they made videos explaining how to do it, I didn’t understand, but this has me understanding it a bit better! Thank you! This is my first video of your’s and not only is your voice very smooth and soothing to listen to, but your art is absolutely beautiful! 💕
hehehe thank you so much =^o^=
Beautiful! Your paintings are so marvelous and this was very helpful to see you experiment with this. Can't wait for a more in depth tutorial on this technique!
6:02 SCREW PHYSICS >XD
lol yes
I personally think with the concept, greyscale would have looked better !
(also, that commissioner, they have quite the creative mind! - You really brought the description to life !)
A complicated description is better than a vague one. Imagine if they asked for "a cool looking bird with a nice background and some goblets or whatever."
I love the way this came out! Personally, I'm not a fan of starting in greyscale. Not because of the values or anything, but because I always feel like, unless you go BACK in later, and start adding the heavier things, reflective light, etc etc, it looks...flat.I prefer going the whole way in color, I feel I can get a better idea of how things work, and get more creative with my light sources.
As someone who is still relatively new to digital art, I would say you explained a lot. I've always wondered how others managed to get grayscale to color in their speedpaints, but no matter how closely ice watched, I never managed to grasp it. Your video helped me tremendously, and I must say this piece is beautiful. Definitely Tarot feels!
This is absolutely gorgeous and I'm just blown away!
Sameeee
I love how you use a free art program and a paid art program at the same time, its so unbiased❤️
Who in this world comissions someone for a unique piece like that?? Like.. Holy thats just so random! On your place, i would've just buried myself in a whole bc i didn't know what this person wants me to do! So omg im glad you came up with an amazing piece like this!
Maybe I'll try to work with some greyscale too, you really motivated me for it!
they probably had a vision for the piece in their head that they couldn't put into reality on their own, which would explain why the request was so detailed.
You have no idea how much I enjoyed watching you draw, paint and talk through this piece. Amazing!! Thank you for sharing your work!!
Woah~~ I have no words for how amazing the final is!
What a beautiful and dramatic piece.
Your work is absolutely astounding.
Thanks so much, Jax! I love how analytically you break down your thought processes, because then we can see your reasoning behind each decision and better understand the techniques and what they can be used for.
This is REALLY beautiful ❤️
The shading, lighting and everything is just * chefs kiss*
Thought it was Redwall at first and I got pumped hahah. Beautiful composition, blending, and insightful explanation. Lovely work and impressive approach!
My goodness, this is gorgeous! Just had this video suggested to me and instantly knew, I would have to subscribe to your channel! Especially the fact that you managed to pull a piece off with so many elements at once, is simply stunning! Love the outcome!!
I really like how you explained your process and what this greyscale painting does. I think for my bigger pieces this will satisfy my anxious self just because there is SO MUCH in one piece at times. Color can be so intimidating and this gives me a lot of hope for the future! Thank you for your video !
This is amazing! I have just started to paint digital and painting in greyscale first sounds like a marvelous technique to success! Great work!
I love * I like chatting* your a hoot can't wait for your next video
Welp. I have to subscribe now. Beautiful piece! I'd be intimidated by all the elements, but you pulled it off so well! Looking forward to seeing what I can learn from you.
you did such a good job!! I loooove how this is made, even with such a commission you made it amazing! well done!
This art style is just so beautiful. Gosh!
first video i've seen of yours, instantly hit the subscribe button! this is incredible!
I absolutely love the lighting, it's gorgeous.
what an amazing technique!! i had always vaguely thought about grayscale to color rendering like this, but your video cemented it super well!! subscribed!!!
Gosh this is WONDERFUL AGHHH
I was failing at a greyscale drawing and was about to give up on it, but then i watched this video and seeing how cool your illustration turned out motivated me to fix it.
3 years... and now I found this magnificent video in the last day of the 2021.
Thank you so much for this video! You are an amazing artist.
I really like the art coloring using the monotone black/white, but never could guess how to do it.
You awakened my slumber artist (hobby) and I want to give a shot for it.
Been waiting for this ❤
You’re so skilled ohmygod that fur and feathers look amazing ❤️
Great ! awesome illustration you made there 👌 and thanks for the tips !
wow very cool process. great work. It always great to hear other artists processes.
This turned out great! It's super interesting hearing your thought processes as you paint the piece - you should do more of these narration things in the future :D
Your drawing are just wonderful, I love really your art !
I love your voice! I’ve also been subscribed since you had around 230 subs. Your art inspires me to make more and more artwork, and shows me how much passion can take you.
hehe you're too lovely! thank you so much for sticking with me x'D
that looks stunning
Give this artist an award
Honey, you just earned an awestruck sub. Wow. Them skills.
Awesome! I love your approach to learning techniques. I feel like there's no better way to learn than to just try stuff out. I find that I also forget how I do stuff because I like to try new things. Haha. I'm definitely going to give drawing in black and white first and overlaying or softlighting in colors after a try. It seems like a super effective and easy approach. I feel like I struggle more often than not with values when I try starting off with color. Especially with skin and how light affects it.
This is very interesting! In some ways, it's like what oil painters tend to do with their paintings - do an underpainting first with the right values before going for the colours. I'm not sure, since I don't paint digitally as much, but doing a painting in greyscale first would probably help establish the right values in a drawing so that you don't have to worry so much about that when you go to colour.
A couple of days ago I didn't even knew this gray scale existed, and you draw AWESOME👌👌
Yay another tutorial-ish video! I wanted this video lol
I adore this art!!!
That was insane. Great job!
beautiful! I love all the little details!
LE GASP *YOU'RE CLOCKBIRDS!* OK OK SO I'VE SEEN YOUR STUFF BEFORE ON MEDIBANG AND REALLY ADMIRED IT BECAUSE THE SCENES SEEM SO FLUID AND BEAUTIFUL AND OVERALL AMAZING BUT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A RUclips CHANNEL
Yay another discussion video!
Now I finally get it why a lot of artist use this technique. Thanks :D
I just found you and fell in love with your illustrations. I will be buying prints
absolutely love this! im gonna try coloring in greyscale! thanks for making this video!
I love this drawing it turned out beautifully! Great work!
Holy crap Jax, you always blow me away fran ♥
you're amazing, Being new to grayscale it really seems like the way. I always do tradition in black and white for years, I'm still get used to the Layer options and editing part but I love it
Yes a tutorial! Of course I’m late (we all know I was *totally* paying attention in school), but I’m glad I still watched it - using greyscale definitely helps me add contrast, which is something I tend to unintentionally hesitate with (anyone have any tips on breaking such habits?). It will also be much easier to focus on lighting instead of everything at once - great video Jax, very helpful!
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Watching you drawing is so satisfying! Wow! :D
Bless your soul for having the patience to go grey scale first, I get bored too quickly without colours 😂
.... this just answered all of my questions omg thank you~
Looks incredible! Thanks for sharing your process!
This looks so good I love all ur art
Love how it ended up nice 👍
tHIS IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Oooo, a greyscale painting! I did like one or two of these a long time ago (When I was really bad at digital art lol) But the results were quite satisfying. I was actually going to be doing a greyscale painting challenge speedpaint at some point on my channel, just not sure when exactly x3 *So many challenges to choose from* I really like this one! It was interesting to see how you did all the shading, and eventually the coloring. I kept thinking to myself throughout the video "How is she able to see all those details when it's soo dark" but then I kinda told myself that my computer's brightness is just on the lowest setting, so that might be my fault. XD Awesome painting! Awesome color choices! I really wanna be as good at digital painting as you some day.
omigosh yeah when i view the speedpaint from other computers the painting /is/ super dark. but both my tablet and my mac desktop screen have these ultra bright screens so i never know how dark a painting is when i'm working on it haha xD
Your art is amazing!!!!
God damn. I always had problems adding the colors afterwards, I just wasnt happy with it. So I started to ask myself when to use what tone besides of the shadow and light thing. Now that I saw this i need to give it another shot. Even though you havent mastered these things Im very thankful you share this with us! Its very helpful and gives me motivation to try again.
Everything you draw looks so good. I bet you spent alot of time studying.
I've been meaning to get into this technique as well, so far the only problem is e.g. with character colour palettes because I'm so used to first laying out the flat colours from the palettes haha. Your piece is absolutely gorgeous and I haven't enjoyed watching a speedpaint like this in a while! Totally subscribing. (-:
Hant & Portal VIII Here's a little tip I've used before, take the reference of the character and turn the image to greyscale then you can pull off the exact shares of grey you needs, it's pretty helpful :)
Youre arts are amazing. Ngl youre my SECOND favorite artists.. so far i only have two favorite artists xD but anyways loved your arts lots :DDDDDDDDDDD
Love it. Thanks!!!
I love it!!!!
Fantastic work!
Very nice digital paintings💕💕
so sick!
:o an art talk! very interesting piece, i like it! ~have a nice day! :>
Amazing!
looking forward for a in deep tutorial for this tecnique
if four years ago you had beautiful rendering, imagine now! very nice skill n techniques!!!!!!
Beautiful!!!!
i loved this method! thank you very much
U won me over with this piece
I never knew you could do all this in medibang- I've been using it for quite a while and never discovered the more technical options
I love your art it's so good
Less than half way into thr vifeo i coulf feel the drawing! Great job :0
Thank you for uploading this! I’m simply suck at using art and thanks to your video I can try something new!
That was extremely helpful. Especially for animation
I like so much what you do is really good detail and thank you very much for this tutorial I find it really useful 👌
Oh God this is amazing
this was really helpful, thank you!
I think I know the tarot references in your painting. 😯
The two goblets represent the 2 of Cups, the lightning strike represents the Tower, the sword could either be the Ace of Swords or Justice, the cauldron is reminiscent of Temperance, and the sun and moon share the respective energy of their tarot card counterparts.
Ayee your voice tho
this looks amazing!! .o.
Wow- this is incredible. How do you not have more subscribers??
wonderful piece :) and helpful video
damn that looks really good
You are amazing!
:000000 this is so amaaazinggg
To have more control on the values when you're coloring, use the tool "Gradient Map". With that tool, you can tell Photoshop what colors do you want in which value in the grayscale. It's an useful tool, Professional artists prefer coloring with that one! and your art is beautiful! I love it!
This is amazing and it kinda reminded me of Narnia.