I painted with a mouse for many years until just last year when I purchased a Wacom One. Wow, what a huge difference and I could tell as soon as I started using it. Thanks for this.
As someone who is struggling to paint after I've laid out my sketches, watching the mouse timelapse was actually super insightful as to how the process actually works
i challenge you to draw the sketch, then start with the details, or the last step you do in your drawing process. basically, draw backwards but you can use the sketch. amazing video btw!
The secret to painting with a mouse is; using correction. I always use correction in my paintings and it works pretty well so there are some apps with correction. I use Medibang and i really recommend it if you're gonna paint wiith a mouse.
Lol, i used to be a mouse user for digital art, tbh im a mouse user, touchpad user, and stylus user. (like the pen, and i use it on a touchscreen device.) I can relate to some of the pains using a mouse, but i still managed to draw with a mouse pretty decent
I haven't drawn, i usually paint over pics, it doesn't always work, but I have done some ok works, or so i think. Still life and landscapes you can manage but portraits are really hard.
the way he said 'thank you guys for putting me through all that pain' so CASUALLY! I find this video VERY useful, as I'm a HUGE fan of art in general and would like to move onto digital art. Thank you Sam! :DDD
Would be cool to see a video where you go into detail about picking colours when it comes to skin tones. I always struggle with finding life-like colours for the highlights and shadowed areas!
hahaha 🤣 we do that all the time in 1998 I’m 42 years old and started with photoshop at age 18 but mostly we draw using just ms paint :) I went back to traditional painting it is more fun
Hey ! Thank you so much for this video ! That was so funny !😆 I’m very happy you did the challenge I proposed ! Another one maybe ? Can you draw with your left hand ? So difficult ! 😂 Good Luck !
What you can try is to start with Color blobs rather than outlines. It is much easier to trace a shape with your mouse rather than creating it for most people. And so by starting with a huge blob of base color like in some traditional painting styles you have a lot more control over your form, you can imagine the mouse as pushing the form out from the inside without going straight to the hardest possible task, drawing outlines with nothing behind it. This may or may not limit your art style a bit but it's much much easier. If you need outlines after you are mostly done with refining the shapes you can always go in with a smoothing tool and draw on top.
Drawing with you're mouse is incredibly hard and is only made for the fire forged badasses who are not only experts at art but... you can learn it and it can be better if you cant afford a stylus or a tablet.
The only difference is you can't use pressure opacity or pressure weighted line brush and mouse covers more space so you gotta use blending brushes and changing brush thickness then sharpening edges for line weights
Hey Sam, you probably would have had an easier time with the lasso tool if you used the magnetic lasso tool option. Great video, thoroughly enjoyed watching you suffer😉
I just found you through your Huion Kamvas review (bc I'm thinking of getting it as a gift for my sister). I'm not an artist by any means, but I love your channel! You're so entertaining to watch lol, keep up the good work, your art looks amazing!!
Challenge ideas: 1. sing the ABC’s the entire time you’re drawing. 2. try a new/different program using only the default brushes 3. Draw a portrait with complex lighting and without references 4. Draw something based on a song/song lyrics 5. Draw your mom as a live model 6. Draw something you’ve never drawn before 7. redraw a piece of classical art in your style digitally
This was me when I first started doing digital art with my finger. I'm faster now but I just sketch traditionally then paint digitally. Saves me tons of time
“Trust the process”: I love these challenges (mouse only, left handed etc) because they show what the process alone can get us, without the incredible skills you have. I mean, it doesn't take away your experience, but you are so fluent and fast with a stylus than the theory and the practice are melted. These challenges help a little bit to separate them and point to what to work. Now, i'll get my stylus, and work my process, my dexterity and my eye. And get an abomination, as usual. :)
I personally make a clean draft line art on paper then I refine it with a mouse by using krita's pen tool which makes strokes, stabilizer and a weighted brush and other vector layer tools and using other hacks for kine weights and blending weights
This is actually really helpful. Watching the steps you go through while "clunky" it's a good way to show what motions and strokes are really important. When painting in a way that is really comfortable, everyone indulges themselves a bit. This is almost pure utilitarian and it helps shine a light on where our focus should be. Like what's important to learn
as someone that used to draw with finger - my pfp is drawn by myself and only fingers on small smartphone- and now came to draw with mouse i can say i can take over the world as a young artist. and also who always comments 3 years later
watching this amazing artist struggle with a mouse makes me feel like I have potential. I have been drawing with a mouse for 1.5 years and I have significantly improved. All it takes is some practice. Also I find that using a trackpad can be more intuitive. It has been a terrifyingly steep learning curve seeing as I was also trying to learn photoshop at the same time. Now I am considering getting a pen tablet for pen pressure also it will relive some stress. Lol, people talk about there being a learning curve to tablets without screens, but I'm already good with a mouse so it can't be that much harder right???
I paint with a mouse sometimes. I have to zoom in and go really slowly to get any precision. And I sketch traditionally and then color it in Photoshop.
So funny that this is a challenge. I had to do all computer art like this from 1995 up until 3 years ago. You definitely need to do different techniques with a mouse and you do not get pressure sensitivity. I would not tell someone they can't use a mouse to learn. It is hard, but it gets you better at digital art so when you do get a the ability to afford tablet of some sort you will have the foundation to work from. Also, he stopped using the mouse while the painting was unfinished. If he knew what he was doing with a mouse and he had finished it, the picture may not have been the same but it would have been better. Please do not give up on making digital art if all you have is a mouse. That is extreemly limiting.
Aaaaaaaa this is fantastic, I started my digital art journey with a mouse when I was about 13! I was horrendous 🤣 almost 4 years later with my tablet I finally feel like I’m getting somewhere tho
I am the one who commented about this challege but this really proves and inspire me to stop making excuses to not do digital more often because i dont have drawing tablet but after this its all a about passion and talent
to be fair, if i spent years drawing on a mouse i could probably sketch the same as the latter in 30. for example, i can find the perfect mouse (not needed), perfect sensitivity, and just practice and eventually, WITH PRACTICE, you can have the same control as a pen. the fact that you were able to even sketch something that well without ever really using a mouse to draw is literally proof of that. if your mouse sens was more for drawing as apposed to gaming or just casual use, you would most definitely be able to execute the same sketch.
When I was a kid and saw digital art for the first time, I actually thought they used a mouse to make art and I was so disappointed on myself because I couldn't draw anything with a mouse.
I have been painting with a mouse for a while now. I’m taking a intro to digital art class and I can say it’s hard but easier once you get used to it I don’t have enough money to buy a tablet
as someone who actually does this the two big things I'll say to start off: vectors and stabilizers(or weight for those that use gimp like me), for those cleaner lines and avoiding jitter
I painted for years with mouse in Photoshop, doing it for fun admittedly, and with more "pudgy" look (part of that was also the fact that I was not shading with color or blended layers but with burn/dodge - yea I was that guy) so my art literally leveled up in front of my eyes after watching a few tutorials on digital painting regarding color, temperature, and shapes within shapes; and switching to a pen tablet Tbh I am not sure what helped more, maybe I should draw and paint with mouse again just to see. What I can definitively is, you just dont get the brushstroke tricks, so some things like hair, clothing, or anything that you imagine in your workflow would consist of overlaying brush strokes to create texture and triangles essentially, well you cant really do that with a mouse. Drawing isnt as bad with mouse and you can do comparatively competent line art with it. (trick is to zoom in more than if you are drawing with a pen so as to be able to make more elbow gestures with your mouse)
I do it all the time. I can't afford even a cheap tablet right now . I've just started in digital a couple months ago. It takes me days but it's fun ! I like line drawing a whole lot better than painting.
When I was a kid I used to draw with old school mouse. Actually I traced the image from magazines to overhead projector film. Then placed the film against 14"...might had been 12" CRT monitor. And then traced the image with mouse to painting app. (Those days mouse were the ones that had ball inside. Oh **** that frustration when there was dirt on those rolls). Oh and screen resolution was amazing 320x200 and colors 256 at once. ;-)
The fact that this is still a lot better than mine is with a wacom/apple pencil goes to show just how much a solid knowledge of anatomy, light and colour etc helps when making art. Time to bust out some biology textbooks.
We were all that and a can of paint back in the 90’s when Microsoft Paint was introduced. At work, fascinated and drawing Marvel and Disney characters with the mouse.😅 I wish I could have transferred them all. I was most proud of Smurfette and Pumba😂 but I still have my Spidy on floppy disk. Ahhh, the good ole days!
That's how I started as well, doing pixel art on MS Paint ages ago. It wasn't too difficult to translate to digital painting on Photoshop, although still it's harder to get the correct lines than on pen and paper.
I. Know. The. Struggle. I have tried drawing with the mouse before and I agree, it is PAINFUl. However.... I do have another art challenge suggestion - try drawing with one, single size for all brushes. I think this one will be a really interesting one!
Coming from tablet to mouse is easy bec you have all your fundamentals practiced with the tablet and you know what exactly you should do, now it doesnt matter much if you do that with a mouse,results will be satisfying! But if you have no experience with digital painting and its process then its a struggle
I only paint digitally with a mouse. I started digital painting by doing pixel art on MSPaint over 15 years ago and just kept doing it ever since, and even though I also do traditional art, for some reason I always just stuck with mouse for my digital art. The only issue I really have with mouse is getting the correct lines, so I do a lot of ctrl+Z until I get the right line. I suppose that's why my paintings take so long to finish.
If you can't afford a huge display tablet, just start with the xp pen 4x3 drawing tablet. Its 25 bucks and seriously got me through the beginning stages of digital art.
ive been learning to draw digitally first time and ONLY HAVE a mouse..ugh.....painful. Yet when I get better equipment will be so much better. I already can sketch, draw, paint, but w mouse...wow. you did great first time trying w a mouse.
As a youtube animator that draws with a mouse (because I'm poor lmao) I relate SO much...You don't know how much I hate it omg- It's *definitely* not a good option to draw like that, since it won't let your hand move freely and it can even change the way your artstyle looks (most times in a bad way) so yeah... I don't recommend it either 🗿
I finally found you! You showed up on my for you page on tik tok but my phone discharge, I was looking for you since Friday! I guess I'm gonna subscribe now 😂❤️
Really goes to show that you don't need fancy and expensive tools to do what you love. It was a little painful even to watch you do it, but the result looks GREAT regardless :)
I don't understand how every challenge is so easy for you! The amount of detail you made with the mouse in such a short time is not close to what I do one hour in😏
Well, that's still better than anything I can do with a pen and tablet. XD I think if you are painting/drawing with a mouse, you have to make use of other tools within Photoshop. Something like paths: creating paths with the Pen tool > right-click > stroke path. It can simulate pressure to some extent (admittedly not as good as a stroke done with a pen & tablet). Paths can also be used to make selections -- lassoing with a mouse is just too much of a pain. The disadvantage of this is that the result looks too "artificial" but other tools can be used to simulate "imperfections" to make the piece more painterly. Also, it's a way different workflow that will take time getting used to.
I have drawn so much in that one drawing game on roblox with my mouse that I just got used to it. You can definitely use it as a medium, you just need some practice.
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When I saw the mouse painting I thought, “Hey that’s pretty good!” Then I saw the stylus version… 😂
Lol
Drawing/painting with a mouse:
- Control + Z all the time
- Say bye bye to your wrist
- Everything is wonky
- p A i N
yes 😂😭😢
How I feel
As an actual mouse artist, can confirm 😭😭
*cry like mouse artist*
very sad 🥲
Show us your traditional art skills in the next video sam🤘🤘🇵🇭
I don't have paint 🤣
@@samdoesarts buy some!
agreed. get a cheap set of paints :D
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Next challenge: *draw with your eyes closed*
but why
@@samdoesarts are you asking why the challenge Or why this comment has so many likes :) ?
@@samdoesarts The question actually is- *but why not?*
@@gourdman8140 HAHAHAHAA
Oooh try a blind contour drawing, it’s actually a thing and is so much fun!
Next Challenge: take a look at the reference at first then paint a full picture in one shot without looking at the reference photo
this'd be amazing! might show why you should look at reference instead of just using a mental snapshot
Sam: **uses a mouse**
His glove: I will never leave..
i didnt notice that and had to rewind xDD
I painted with a mouse for many years until just last year when I purchased a Wacom One. Wow, what a huge difference and I could tell as soon as I started using it. Thanks for this.
As someone who is struggling to paint after I've laid out my sketches, watching the mouse timelapse was actually super insightful as to how the process actually works
Next Challenge: start paint without Sketch Guide lines
That's kinda easy but it would be fun to watch
easy
Kinda easy i do it often to erase my artblock
Chinese digital artists do that... That too on one layer
@@AM-jx3zf I do the same but I am an asian(Indian)
i challenge you to draw the sketch, then start with the details, or the last step you do in your drawing process. basically, draw backwards but you can use the sketch. amazing video btw!
Next challenge: draw with all layers inverted, and see what happens in the end
Yeee please!
Inverted? What do you mean by intverted
@@70water77 i think the colors are inverted
@@gothworm daria no mesmo que inverter as cores de um desenho no final, não faz sentido
The secret to painting with a mouse is; using correction. I always use correction in my paintings and it works pretty well so there are some apps with correction. I use Medibang and i really recommend it if you're gonna paint wiith a mouse.
Ah yes another therapeutic art content 🤣
_-mouse user here_ 🤚🏼
Lol, i used to be a mouse user for digital art, tbh im a mouse user, touchpad user, and stylus user. (like the pen, and i use it on a touchscreen device.) I can relate to some of the pains using a mouse, but i still managed to draw with a mouse pretty decent
I haven't drawn, i usually paint over pics, it doesn't always work, but I have done some ok works, or so i think. Still life and landscapes you can manage but portraits are really hard.
The fact that his mouse drawing is our standard
the way he said 'thank you guys for putting me through all that pain' so CASUALLY! I find this video VERY useful, as I'm a HUGE fan of art in general and would like to move onto digital art. Thank you Sam! :DDD
Short Answer:
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Yes - but how much do you value your wrist 😭
this is true
Second reply lol
Carpal tunnel
@@samdoesarts true story i was sam’s wrist 😭
Would be cool to see a video where you go into detail about picking colours when it comes to skin tones. I always struggle with finding life-like colours for the highlights and shadowed areas!
I think that's the great about highlights and shadows, you can choose nearly every color for it.
he deserves a medal for this
hahaha 🤣
we do that all the time in 1998
I’m 42 years old and started with photoshop at age 18
but mostly we draw using just ms paint :)
I went back to traditional painting it is more fun
We wanna see your traditional art sam ❤🙏
I have a friend who can make immaculate digital paintings and illustrations with a mouse it's amazing.
her art is amazing and she's so underrated
"you guys are sick" me:WhY ThaNkYou
Day 1: of asking sam to do an art piece blindfolded! Although it'll be extremely hard for you, it'll be so fun to watch. Pehehe.
I’m early! Bro, it looks great even tho you did it with a mouse. You’re an amazing artist, and you have inspired me to do realistic drawings again.
YES FOR ONCE I'M EARLY! I LOVE YOUR DRAWINGS AND VIDEOS!
THANK YOU
Perfect. Even though I don't understand English very well, I learn a lot from your videos. Thank you!
Hey ! Thank you so much for this video ! That was so funny !😆 I’m very happy you did the challenge I proposed ! Another one maybe ? Can you draw with your left hand ? So difficult ! 😂 Good Luck !
I just subscribed to your channel and you uploaded a video at the same time lol. Your videos have been a big help in my art journey, tysm!
Thank you and I'm glad to hear that!!
What you can try is to start with Color blobs rather than outlines. It is much easier to trace a shape with your mouse rather than creating it for most people.
And so by starting with a huge blob of base color like in some traditional painting styles you have a lot more control over your form, you can imagine the mouse as pushing the form out from the inside without going straight to the hardest possible task, drawing outlines with nothing behind it.
This may or may not limit your art style a bit but it's much much easier.
If you need outlines after you are mostly done with refining the shapes you can always go in with a smoothing tool and draw on top.
My favorite part is that he doesn't yell at the camera, instead he just be C H I L L I N`
Sam-*sleeps*
Dreams about someone challenging DRAW WITH YOUR LEGS
Sam-ok😭😭
Drawing with you're mouse is incredibly hard and is only made for the
fire forged badasses who are not only experts at art but... you can learn it
and it can be better if you cant afford a stylus or a tablet.
The only difference is you can't use pressure opacity or pressure weighted line brush and mouse covers more space so you gotta use blending brushes and changing brush thickness then sharpening edges for line weights
Hey Sam, you probably would have had an easier time with the lasso tool if you used the magnetic lasso tool option. Great video, thoroughly enjoyed watching you suffer😉
your such a talented artist you deserve more recognition
I just found you through your Huion Kamvas review (bc I'm thinking of getting it as a gift for my sister). I'm not an artist by any means, but I love your channel! You're so entertaining to watch lol, keep up the good work, your art looks amazing!!
Challenge ideas:
1. sing the ABC’s the entire time you’re drawing.
2. try a new/different program using only the default brushes
3. Draw a portrait with complex lighting and without references
4. Draw something based on a song/song lyrics
5. Draw your mom as a live model
6. Draw something you’ve never drawn before
7. redraw a piece of classical art in your style digitally
Next challenge: Draw with your left hand
OOF
@@samdoesarts draw with mouse on left hand
@@Prajwal____ Double Oof
@@samdoesarts draw with mouse on left hand with eyes closed
next: draw with a trackpad
This was me when I first started doing digital art with my finger. I'm faster now but I just sketch traditionally then paint digitally. Saves me tons of time
“Trust the process”: I love these challenges (mouse only, left handed etc) because they show what the process alone can get us, without the incredible skills you have. I mean, it doesn't take away your experience, but you are so fluent and fast with a stylus than the theory and the practice are melted. These challenges help a little bit to separate them and point to what to work.
Now, i'll get my stylus, and work my process, my dexterity and my eye. And get an abomination, as usual. :)
I personally make a clean draft line art on paper then I refine it with a mouse by using krita's pen tool which makes strokes, stabilizer and a weighted brush and other vector layer tools and using other hacks for kine weights and blending weights
Aww man, thank you so much for that, Sam. 😂 I'll be happy when my pictures look anything like your mouse picture. I love your content. You're a star!
Usually you draw the lineart traditionally scan and use the bucket tool or painting. Increase the pressure sensitivity and make sure to use multiply
I saw the mouse painting and im already like "thats so much better than any art that I do" then you whip out that stylus.. incredible skills!
This is actually really helpful. Watching the steps you go through while "clunky" it's a good way to show what motions and strokes are really important. When painting in a way that is really comfortable, everyone indulges themselves a bit. This is almost pure utilitarian and it helps shine a light on where our focus should be. Like what's important to learn
as someone that used to draw with finger - my pfp is drawn by myself and only fingers on small smartphone-
and now came to draw with mouse i can say i can take over the world as a young artist.
and also who always comments 3 years later
watching this amazing artist struggle with a mouse makes me feel like I have potential. I have been drawing with a mouse for 1.5 years and I have significantly improved. All it takes is some practice. Also I find that using a trackpad can be more intuitive. It has been a terrifyingly steep learning curve seeing as I was also trying to learn photoshop at the same time. Now I am considering getting a pen tablet for pen pressure also it will relive some stress. Lol, people talk about there being a learning curve to tablets without screens, but I'm already good with a mouse so it can't be that much harder right???
challenge: try drawing on MS paint
I paint with a mouse sometimes. I have to zoom in and go really slowly to get any precision. And I sketch traditionally and then color it in Photoshop.
So funny that this is a challenge. I had to do all computer art like this from 1995 up until 3 years ago. You definitely need to do different techniques with a mouse and you do not get pressure sensitivity. I would not tell someone they can't use a mouse to learn. It is hard, but it gets you better at digital art so when you do get a the ability to afford tablet of some sort you will have the foundation to work from. Also, he stopped using the mouse while the painting was unfinished. If he knew what he was doing with a mouse and he had finished it, the picture may not have been the same but it would have been better. Please do not give up on making digital art if all you have is a mouse. That is extreemly limiting.
Aaaaaaaa this is fantastic, I started my digital art journey with a mouse when I was about 13! I was horrendous 🤣 almost 4 years later with my tablet I finally feel like I’m getting somewhere tho
I am the one who commented about this challege but this really proves and inspire me to stop making excuses to not do digital more often because i dont have drawing tablet but after this its all a about passion and talent
to be fair, if i spent years drawing on a mouse i could probably sketch the same as the latter in 30. for example, i can find the perfect mouse (not needed), perfect sensitivity, and just practice and eventually, WITH PRACTICE, you can have the same control as a pen. the fact that you were able to even sketch something that well without ever really using a mouse to draw is literally proof of that. if your mouse sens was more for drawing as apposed to gaming or just casual use, you would most definitely be able to execute the same sketch.
When I was a kid and saw digital art for the first time, I actually thought they used a mouse to make art and I was so disappointed on myself because I couldn't draw anything with a mouse.
Me too lol
Yeah me too actually
YOU ARE SO TALENTED love your art!!!
I have been painting with a mouse for a while now. I’m taking a intro to digital art class and I can say it’s hard but easier once you get used to it
I don’t have enough money to buy a tablet
Yep! Definetly easier once you get used to it!
The only secret is training so you can get better lines using a mouse :D
Both outcomes were amazing!
Okay he's so good the next challenge has to be "Drawing Blindfolded While Doing Jumping Jacks Because I'm Just Too Good At Art"
I think the trick is having a steady hand, and some people don't have that ability when using a mouse for drawing on an art program.
as someone who actually does this the two big things I'll say to start off: vectors and stabilizers(or weight for those that use gimp like me), for those cleaner lines and avoiding jitter
I painted for years with mouse in Photoshop, doing it for fun admittedly, and with more "pudgy" look (part of that was also the fact that I was not shading with color or blended layers but with burn/dodge - yea I was that guy) so my art literally leveled up in front of my eyes after watching a few tutorials on digital painting regarding color, temperature, and shapes within shapes; and switching to a pen tablet
Tbh I am not sure what helped more, maybe I should draw and paint with mouse again just to see. What I can definitively is, you just dont get the brushstroke tricks, so some things like hair, clothing, or anything that you imagine in your workflow would consist of overlaying brush strokes to create texture and triangles essentially, well you cant really do that with a mouse.
Drawing isnt as bad with mouse and you can do comparatively competent line art with it. (trick is to zoom in more than if you are drawing with a pen so as to be able to make more elbow gestures with your mouse)
I do it all the time. I can't afford even a cheap tablet right now . I've just started in digital a couple months ago. It takes me days but it's fun ! I like line drawing a whole lot better than painting.
The fact that some people used to/still paint with a mouse both amazes me and bothers me
Cool now draw with only keyboard cursor!! Great job, I always check out your art. It's awesome I hope someday I'll be this good
Ahh I love it! You should also make a complete tourial on how you do skin and how you make the lighting and shadows so good.
These videos are so simple in the best possible way 👏
that music is so chill.
Give this men a reward . its very good and he drew with a mouse just for 30 minutes impressive!
When I was a kid I used to draw with old school mouse. Actually I traced the image from magazines to overhead projector film. Then placed the film against 14"...might had been 12" CRT monitor. And then traced the image with mouse to painting app. (Those days mouse were the ones that had ball inside. Oh **** that frustration when there was dirt on those rolls). Oh and screen resolution was amazing 320x200 and colors 256 at once. ;-)
The fact that this is still a lot better than mine is with a wacom/apple pencil goes to show just how much a solid knowledge of anatomy, light and colour etc helps when making art. Time to bust out some biology textbooks.
We were all that and a can of paint back in the 90’s when Microsoft Paint was introduced. At work, fascinated and drawing Marvel and Disney characters with the mouse.😅 I wish I could have transferred them all. I was most proud of Smurfette and Pumba😂 but I still have my Spidy on floppy disk. Ahhh, the good ole days!
That's how I started as well, doing pixel art on MS Paint ages ago. It wasn't too difficult to translate to digital painting on Photoshop, although still it's harder to get the correct lines than on pen and paper.
I. Know. The. Struggle. I have tried drawing with the mouse before and I agree, it is PAINFUl. However.... I do have another art challenge suggestion - try drawing with one, single size for all brushes. I think this one will be a really interesting one!
Coming from tablet to mouse is easy bec you have all your fundamentals practiced with the tablet and you know what exactly you should do, now it doesnt matter much if you do that with a mouse,results will be satisfying! But if you have no experience with digital painting and its process then its a struggle
Me: thinking what's the use of the hand glove for now?!😅
(...Btw, this challenge is very hard!!!!
It reminded me of Microsoft paint in school days!)
I only paint digitally with a mouse. I started digital painting by doing pixel art on MSPaint over 15 years ago and just kept doing it ever since, and even though I also do traditional art, for some reason I always just stuck with mouse for my digital art. The only issue I really have with mouse is getting the correct lines, so I do a lot of ctrl+Z until I get the right line. I suppose that's why my paintings take so long to finish.
moral of the story: no matter how hard you try sam will still be better
If you can't afford a huge display tablet, just start with the xp pen 4x3 drawing tablet. Its 25 bucks and seriously got me through the beginning stages of digital art.
Next time; do all the challenges you’ve done so far in one piece. One layer, no opacity, with a mouse, no undo, one brush. I realize I am pretty evil
Amazing!!! Keep up the good work idol❤️❤️
Love what you are doing
Keep on working hard
Remember to stay safe
Its honestly not as bad as I expected because drawing with a mouse is a lot more difficult than it seems
IM IN LOVEEEEE WITH YOUR ART💜💜💜
Sam, you are an amazing artist. It doesn't matter what you use to draw, they always turned out awesome. You're such a great inspiration.
ive been learning to draw digitally first time and ONLY HAVE a mouse..ugh.....painful. Yet when I get better equipment will be so much better. I already can sketch, draw, paint, but w mouse...wow. you did great first time trying w a mouse.
As a youtube animator that draws with a mouse (because I'm poor lmao) I relate SO much...You don't know how much I hate it omg-
It's *definitely* not a good option to draw like that, since it won't let your hand move freely and it can even change the way your artstyle looks (most times in a bad way) so yeah... I don't recommend it either 🗿
how are you so good at this, oh my goodness! :000 well done! :DDDD
Maybe do a video talking about your art journey or about your progress and stuff, love your videos tho :P
I finally found you! You showed up on my for you page on tik tok but my phone discharge, I was looking for you since Friday! I guess I'm gonna subscribe now 😂❤️
Really goes to show that you don't need fancy and expensive tools to do what you love. It was a little painful even to watch you do it, but the result looks GREAT regardless :)
And it still looks better than anything I could ever draw-
Oh my! You have the patience of Job.
i used to draw with a touchpad for two years on scratch (coding website for kids) so getting a mouse was a huge upgrade lol
I don't understand how every challenge is so easy for you! The amount of detail you made with the mouse in such a short time is not close to what I do one hour in😏
Well, that's still better than anything I can do with a pen and tablet. XD
I think if you are painting/drawing with a mouse, you have to make use of other tools within Photoshop. Something like paths: creating paths with the Pen tool > right-click > stroke path. It can simulate pressure to some extent (admittedly not as good as a stroke done with a pen & tablet). Paths can also be used to make selections -- lassoing with a mouse is just too much of a pain.
The disadvantage of this is that the result looks too "artificial" but other tools can be used to simulate "imperfections" to make the piece more painterly. Also, it's a way different workflow that will take time getting used to.
When his "Bad" digital art is better then anything you could EVER do.
My first digital paintings were done in MS Paint on Windows 3 or 3.11 with a mouse. It was early 90s. Didn't have any other option than a mouse.
Actually before all this i was thinking that people draw with mouse only.. always wondered how 😂
I have drawn so much in that one drawing game on roblox with my mouse that I just got used to it. You can definitely use it as a medium, you just need some practice.
I love how he said it would look terrible but it looks better than every single drawing I've ever done.
For people complaining about not having brushes, try and make the brushes you like. I know in medibaang you can create brushes