MY COMPLETE DIGITAL PAINTING PROCESS
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Traditional Art Level 8: Hyper Realism
Digital Art Level 2: Still not understanding how to blend
Same
What is Level 1 because I don’t know jack shit about digital art. 😅
What's traditional art level 10? 😂
Le_Tomboy I feel you ;-;
Le_Tomboy same out of no where I just download Krita and now I'm wishing I would've just stuck to pen and pencil idk where to even start 😩😂
Digital art has always been so completely fascinating to me as a traditional artist. I love what you said about it being it's own art form, and your piece turned out so lovely. Thanks so much for the shout out at the beginning as well! 💜
#ignored
@@rubayatraiyan9477 Yeah, just a couple of hundreds of likes
I love your channel! You’re my watercolor inspiration
@@rubayatraiyan9477 was that completely necessary wow you are bored and ironic #ignoreduntilsomeonejusthadto
I've been doing traditional sketching (not even painting just sketching) for years, and only just got into digital art last year. It's such a different medium (at least for me) and I'm still having a hard time.
"I have a really good understanding of anatomy."
This was so refreshing to hear. I get so demotivated when I hear skilled people constantly talk about how bad they are at said skill, completely waving aside the skills they've clearly gained in the process.
I'm also sick of hearing, "i cAn oNlY dRaw A STiCk fIguRe" like, this self-deprecating humor was comforting and charming the first time I heard it, but now it's just overused. I want to see it be more socially acceptable to be visibly proud of your accomplishments.
I guess what I am trying to say is that I appreciate people who take the time and effort to not only study a skill, but to take a step back and recognize the great extent of what they have achieved. It is more motivating for me, too.
I make jokes like this with my friends, who are okay with these jokes, as a way to cope, but I agree, when people with influence, like RUclipsrs, make jokes like this, it can make people unmotivated and think that their art is bad.
I agree. Please should be proud of their accomplishments, you don’t realize how much you grew until you look at a piece a month ago.
Being proud of your work does not make you cocky at all! I wish people could see that’s it’s okay to be proud! Just be open to improving even more!
I hate that stick figure thing. When someone irl finds me drawing and tells me I'm good they often follow it up with that bs and everytime I want to grab their throat and tell them everything I think.
What's the point of art ? At its core, what is it about ? It's about expressing yourself. Expressing your feelings, your overall mood, anything. Can stick figures be expressive ? Yes. Can stick figures convey a feeling ? Yes.
Stick figures are not bad at all.
Wow... that's actually a really smart comment. I always lose track of how far I've come, only focusing on that which I have still to learn.
That's so true! Also when someone (aka me) is watching the video and thinking: How the f does this look so easy? Am I just dumb?
And then she says she is pretty good at it, that kind of tells me: no, you're not dumb or untalented, it's just that she already have mastered that skill and you haven't (yet).
Sara: Draws a beautiful masterpiece
Me: Draws something that that looks like Shrek’s cousin
So true bro,😂😂
shrek IS a beautiful masterpiece
therefore, his cousin would be too
DiDi Smith saaaaaaaameeeeee
Me, too! I can totally relate!
You drew a picture of me??
I just noticed it was coraline it took me like a while to figure it out
Never thought I'd see you here
ruclips.net/video/WvdIBG9R2mk/видео.html
Same lol
Ohhh i see it now
(by the way im a small youtuber)
@Luca KELLY what the heck
my problem is, I am rly slow, so after a few hours (like 12) I get rly impatienet, but if I leave it be for a day, even if it's just "going to sleep", I know I will prolly never pick it back up again, unless it's something with a deadline x.x >,
I get impatient by 30 mins lol
Do what I did. Instead of working 12 hours a day on a piece, work 3 hours a day. From my exp it helps a lot, because you see what needs to be solved much earlier and teaches you patience
@@vilhelmasbanys9012 So you mean, I only do sketch and outlines and then leave it in my folder to rot?
I personally believe my patience is one of my biggest strengthes. I can also pull a 24h piece in one go if I am focused enough. I just hate dropping the work, just "to get a break" when I know I won't pick it back up again. There are like 10 times as much unfinished works as finished. Which is kinda bad, for someone like me, who has to have everything "complete" and stuff x:
I do the exact same thing. I really rarely finish a piece that doesn't have anything to do with a deadline - like one I wanna do for myself ?? And when there is a deadline, I usually do it late and I halfass the last bits of it :///
@@gracew9465 never related to anything more
jeez i wonder if ill even be able to comprehend this in the future. i use krita too but only just completed my first lineart. yare yare daze
Jotaro confirmed
muda
we have located another
@Alternatively Queen jojo's bizarre adventure references
I wonder how your art is right now
1. Do a rough sketch
2. Create lineart using a reference to get accuracy proportions (flip the canvas once or twice to check proportions)
3. Add a dark grey background and add rough values in greyscale, focusing on the lighting but don't go too bright. Keep things soft and painterly, avoid using pure white and keep highlights for the end.
4. Be patient and take your time with the piece until you're satisfied
5. Use color dodge to lighten brighter areas
6. Paint colors using the soft light adjustment layer. Duplicate this layer and turn down the opacity. Play around with the color adjustment curves.
7. Clean up the details
(I'm not quite sure how you would replicate this gray scale to color technique in procreate 🤔)
Thank you so much for this! I was so confused on how she made the colors look transparent on the grayscale painting.
Thank you, I screenshoted this
I was like "Oh, the Moon's a button. Haha, it reminds me of Coraline."
Sh*t, it is Coraline.
Yea I had a similar reaction💀💀💀LOL
SHE USES TWO (2) BRUSHES.
DID YOU HEAR THAT, PEOPLE WHO OBSESS OVER DOWNLOADING BRUSHES???
SHE ONLY USES TWO (2) BRUSHES!!!
I'm gonna sound dumb...but English isn't my first language, what's feathered round brush? Is it the same as airbrush?
@@nope9669 A feathered brush produces an edge that goes from solid "paint" out to less.
The hardness of a brush is the percentage of feathering, ie. a brush with a hardness of 0% has the most feathering where a brush with a hardness of 100% has no feathering.
idk downloading brushes is pretty fun tbh
@@elise2399 yup, and it's fun to experiment with them :D
Like ibis paint (I draw on my phone or tablet..haven't touched a computer for drawing in years) has a 'one stroke dragon' brush that looks like the body of a snake. It's fun to mess around XD
Personally I think that using only a few brushes is easier than experimenting and using a lot of textured brushes. I use 2 airbrushes for everything , and one normal and one with taper on.😊🤷🏻♀️
8:51
"maybe the problem lies in your face"
I felt that :'(
She said Base* ;-;
I think she said base
Not even half way done and the art goes from a 0 to a sudden 500
U mean 500 to 10000000
Uses krita: Check.
Left-handed: Check.
Ohmy this video appeared in my recommended feed and it taught me so many tips and tricks for Krita. Thanks so so much for the video!!
I tried this technique and let me tell you , This is one of THE BEST painting tutorial ever 😂♥️♥️ It really improved how my paintings look like and It made me better understand shadows and lights !!
(Please don’t mind my terrible sentences I’m French 😅..)
lol no ur english is pretty good🌸
Sara: maybe the problem is in your face
Me:
How do you know sara
Ms Meme _ lmaooo 😂
Joke's on you boi cause she said "base" not "face.
SKSKKSJS MEEEEE
The face is all thats drawn.. duh ?
I used to love traditional art for how "hard" it was, but the arts have traditionally always received innovations in media positively. Artists aren't craftspeople that have to master a physical production, their job is to design images, feelings and meanings.
"I wish the hand turned out better."
Girl I cheated on my last digital drawing and just got a royalty-free hand and slapped it in my picture XD
pro tip: *don't do that*
Always Dr3aming lol why not? , it's understandable when you still don't know how to draw
monse bp by doing that you wouldn’t really be learning anything. it’d be much better for your skill if you drew from a reference or at least traced the picture of the hand and understood the structure from it.
also it probably looked weird lmao
BeautyGuruGals I agree with the part of tracing it to understand it, but there a moments when you just can't draw things right and instead of wasting time in a simple hand ,for example, I think you can "cheat" and add an image, you are going to color it either way.
We are no professionals and there is nothing wrong in doing that, it's not about hating your drawing it's about enjoying the process and the final result.
pro tip, if you're doing sth like making a comic . do that. it reduces your workflow especially if your comic contains a lot of panels per episode/ chapter
If it was for your own personal use, why not.
I'm so jealous of people's ability to draw like this. You are SO GOOD
I watched this so many times, it gives me different inspirations each time i do rewatch! Awesome keep us update girl!!
IM HAVING THE STRONGEST BURST OF INSPIRATION NOW WOW
That's beautiful!! I love Coraline too. I've started painting in greyscale after I have realized I have a difficult time painting edges and value. I have a fairly good grasp on color, (I adore vivid color), but it didnt look right sometimes. Your videos help so much. I've improved so much in just two days after practicing with value. Thanks so much! Couldn't do it without you!
make sure to experiment and research colour! use colour in scrap pieces to build your confidence
@@trishaagr What does scrap pieces mean?
Snazzyaxolotl Art Progress is usually so slow, but it’s amazing when you can see an almost immediate jump in quality, isn’t it? 😱
@@GenreChowderStudios IKR! Rare, but great feeling 😂
@@trishaagr will do! Thanks for the tip
ugh this makes SO MUCH SENSE to me and is the first time I'm seeing this approach to digital painting. Thank you for sharing!
me ten minutes in: why does the moon have holes...?
OH ITS CORALINE
This piece turned out amazing, 🖤🖤 I loved watching your entire process from start to finish!
I just started looking up tutorials last week, and found your videos. They've been fantastic, but I was a little saddened in that your last video said you were taking a break so imagine my delight this morning!
Anyway, solid video, great advice, and it was fun watching your entire process.
The problem with traditional art
Digital artist:”Darn it I don’t like the colors oh well remove them and start coloring again.”
Traditional artist:”The colors are horribl🤯😡...oh well onto the nest piece all hope is lost!”
with digital you can also just adjust the rgb within like 1 to 2 mins lmao
The problem with digital art, you dont have a painting, you have a screen😂
Well yeah thats why traditional painters are way more skilled than digital ones will ever be
good job with the ctrl+v
@@canalcerrado2433 Lmao did you cry before typing that?
Very helpful! Ive loved drawing traditionaly forever and the last years Ive been gettin into digital drawing, videos like this make me want to get better at it even more!
That looks glorius! Your shading is excellent. Thank you for showing the entire process. God bless you!
This was great, I learned so much in just 15 minutes, especially how to break a piece down into the separate layers. Painting greyscale and then colouring it afterwards is something I'd never have thought about. Thanks!
i didn’t notice she was drawing coraline until the end of the vid lmao it’s sooooo god omg
that's so beautiful!!
I love the colors you used!!!
Wow! I followed your advice with the soft brush and coloring at the end and it worked wonders! I've really been trying to practice my digital art skills lately, and I finally feel like I finished something passable! Thanks for posting such an informative video!
I really love your technique for painting. I’ve always spent too much time on painting with colors that never even looked good, so I think I’ll try painting in gray scale to see if that helps!
I've wanted to achieve this painterly style for sooo long but I'm incredibly impatient with my art, I'm slowly learning to let things sit and to go slow and this tutorial is amazing for me
Thank you, Sara. You are really awesome, I could re watch your videos every day and still learn something new each day
This is such an awesome video! There is so much information given in it. I love your art style and the digital technique you give. Plus, the video is well done. Thank you!
This honestly has been more helpful to me than any other video I have seen thus far. Such helpful tips thank you 🙏
This rendition of Coraline is ABSOLUTELY. STUNNING.
Thank you so much for this video. Digital art has been something I've desperately wanted to improve on, but I haven't found a process that's been comfortable for me. You have given so many great points and tips in this video. It honestly helps.
I love this calm, classical but emotional and chill music in the background... It's so calming
Love this breakdown. Now I need to practice!
Now this is a real Art tip video!, It shows how you begin, how you shade and you even throw in some helpful tips!
It's great hearing about peoples' processes! It always brings up good points to help when you go and start your own work then. Thanks for sharing!
This is seriously the best tutorial I've seen of this program. The grey scale is definitely an old masters trick so seeing it used in here really helps me understand how to create a successful base. Thank you so much!
Your voice is so soothing that I listened to the whole video while I was working on my own digital painting 😂💖
Well that was thoroughly informative and entertaining. Glad to see another video from you!
Just to let you know though, the skillshare link in the description is broken for me; I'm pretty sure you just need to remove the semi-colon at the end.
love your art an your voice, its so soothing, love watching your videos an listening. Beautiful art work
thank you for that leftie hack!
Everyone has already given you every compliment on this tutorial by now, but thank you very, very much. This was very helpful. I feel like I could cry, this made so much sense to me.
Well, it's been almost a year since this video was posted, still extremely helpful! Thanks! Also, great painting!
I suddenly had the desire to try painting digitally but it’s really difficult for me. Even with different ways: greyscale to color, lineart guide at the strat or directly painting in color. But painting and drawing traditionally I’m very good at, it was self taught and my process worked because it depended on what was comfortable for me. I think I have to find what works for me by making so many mistakes, though I’m quite impatient so I’ve been frustrated lately with trying.
You are awesome! This video is SOOOOO HELPFUL!!!! I’m watching it thinking about how helpful it is, and the bit about being left handed came on and you answered the question I had about using Krita as a lefty. 🤯🤩 Amazing video 💖
Thank you for the tips. I'm new to the digital art and these tips help out a ton.
This was awesome!!! Thank you for sharing. How long did it take you to complete in real time?
I'm just trying painting for the first time, I've always drawn with lineart and cell shading and stuff like that. I've always been scared to try painting cuz I'm a noob xD But now I'm trying
This was wonderful. thank you so much for explaining your process! Beautiful painting.
As an artist, I just love this. I really like your explanation and honesty. Props though- I learned big time- I’ve never seen anyone do it that way, in the way you did with lighting first.... truly added an extra frame of thought for me with just that.. if that makes sense! You are extremely talented, too! Subbed!
Warning about grey scale painting: I really wouldn't recommend grey-scale painting for anyone who doesn't know how to/isn't good at painting with just colors. The reason being that this method of painting often makes a disconnect between value, hue, and saturation. When you paint traditionally (watercolour, acrylic, oil, encaustic etc.) value, saturation and hue are all taken into consideration while putting down color, generally, darker values are cooler hues, and are less saturated, while lighter values are warmer hues, and are more saturated. These can always be changed of course and often are depending on distance, atmosphere, lighting, etc. but knowing how value, hue and saturation all connect and utilizing them well together is pretty crucial in having a colored painting look interesting and not flat. Also, traditional painting allows you to learn how to neutralize colors (you mix the opposite colour! not Black!), mix colors and teaches you about how hues seem to change with value, so it's sort of the best way to start painting. That being said, you can still learn some pretty good color theory by painting digitally if you think about the things I mentioned earlier, however, painting with grey-scale is a pretty surefire way to not achieve that. What grey scale pretty much does is reduces all shadows to a darker value of the same hue, and saturation, and all highlights to a lighter value of the same hue and saturation, this often makes things look very dull (she executed it pretty well, but she also added in different hue in the highlights after) To bring 'life' into your painting you should be using different hues and saturation based on the shadows, it can look ESPECIALLY lifeless on skin. See how the hair was just colored in with a very saturated ultramarine blue? This is exactly what you want to avoid (typically), and different areas on the canvas should vary in saturation, by adding a saturation filter to the whole thing there's less emphasis and everything becomes more flat. Finally, you can't translate this method into traditional painting and you miss a lot of knowledge by going straight to learning this method. The only way I can see this to be applicable is graphite with watercolour. I've tried it before and the only thing that came out nice was the still lives (WHICH ARE SORT OF SUPPOSED TO BE BORING BECAUSE OF FORM, this is probably why grey-scale then colour worked so well haha). I tried it on a portrait too and it looked awful. So in conclusion, please don't do this as a beginner
Thanks for the info!
Another left handed artist whoooh! :D
Crumui *left handed high five*
She's actually ambidextrous. She paints with her left and writes with her right. She posted a video of her drawing in a sketch book and you can see her switch hands. It's really interesting. She's a rare specimen 💖
@@crochetdogtrainer "rare specimen" lmao
Crumui :0 HIIII!!! I’M LEFT HANDED AS WELL!!!
@@crochetdogtrainer Oh wow this is awesome :OO
This was fun to watch. I'll have to try that grey scale method. That tip on choosing colors is sure to help, as well. Thanks for a great video.
Your getting better and better at painting ☺ very beautifully executed x
I just dont understand how using only greyscale you can make everything look like a different color. It's just.... Befuddling. So much skill. I know you're in school now but you've been doing this since your channel started.... How did you learn value like this?
Also do you ever use traditional paint in grayscale and then add a glaze of oil or something to add color similar to digitally?
Something I've learned from Computer Games Art in university is that there's a hundred different ways to achieve a satisfactory outcome. Some people do it with colors straight away, others do values, others use selections and isolate areas to paint - dozens of ways all with different but good outcomes. It's a matter of experimenting! You can find your own way with enough practice.
I myself am bad at colors so I prefer the value approach as well, being a traditional artist that went into digital about 2 years ago!
You can't really recreate this techinqe in traditional. You could try glazing, but the colours wouldn't be as saturated.
hey griff, the way my art teacher taught it was to always create a middle ground piece of just grayscale (between the rough draft and final piece) then use it as reference for your final!
@@serentique I feel like you could put colored films over a grayscale painting and then take a picture - it wouldn't be fully "traditional", I think, but it wouldn't be digital.
my co artist said she learn how to grayscale because she uses to draw and color with graphite and charcoal in traditional, it was like she was applying the method in traditional thru digital
10:38 my jaw just dropped right here.
at first i was like, why isnt she painting first then adding values later? (cuz that's how i do it... :^D)
then after this part I was like... DAAAAAAMN JUST LIKE THAT?
i actually take too much time adding values because my "darker" shades are a bit different but this just makes so much sense. and makes it a lot easier. damnnn.
the way you blend continues to amaze me omg ive watched this video like five times
coming back to see this vid after a while and still am amazed :D this is still one of the best vids to show paint ideas for Krita. very relaxing vid :) I know I have to study shapes and basic again. thank you
I love your video I have one question does the paint tool you use blend colors together or is it a layered effect of the soft under painting (or both)
It doesn't blend colors itself! I just accomplish smooth shading because I used a soft underpainting and I use very light pressure when blending
@@SaraTepes Thank you so much! I tried the technique for my final and it worked perfectly with the style I was going for.
@@SaraTepes Awesome video! what graphics tablet do you use?
A little late to this video, but I just want to say “wow”. Amazing tutorial, thank you.
Love how relaxing you video is💜
This is so awesome! very inspiring!
Thanks, i'm a beginner in digital paint (mobile) and your fan subscribed from Brazil (sorry for my bad english)
* has great spelling but says English is bad*
brs vão dominar o mundo
your english is great lmao
you should be sorry
Wow, ive never come across an artist who starts with tones and colours after it...
The art process of grayscale to colour is very interesting :3
It's an old trick though. Like, medieval times old.
The thing with it is that the shadows are always a darker/muddier version of the midtones. Picking a different color for shadows is possible, but would be doing the work double
Lovely seeing you do the entire painting , Amazing techniques!
Thanks for this video. I'm currently working on painting a cover for a chapter book and have kind of made up my own techniques as everyone has their own as you mentioned. I do love that you remind your audience that it doesn't matter how long you spend on a piece or an aspect of that piece if it looks good to you and fits the specs of the project then just stop. I find I have to force myself to stop as yes formal illustration training conditions you to be this "arteeest" and filling you with guilt if you bring a piece to fruition and it takes half the time. I also agree that walking away is a mandatory practice as working on something for hours can subject your brain to blocks and make it difficult to keep things in perspective. Adding to that I admire your particular candid candor (somewhat redundant I know) where you express that you seemingly get bored at times and just want to get it done. I love that honesty as I'm in a similar place. Although I love what I do sometimes I want to move on. With every finished piece more is learned and there's always more to learn.... And at times you just want to do something completely different. I'm thrilled to have found your channel. I'll be coming back for more videos. I see you use Krit to paint. Is that the free version of the subscription? I use and love Clipstudio Paint over most others. I have Krit but am such a slave to the familiar that I think its more of learning the interface then anything else. Anyway, thanks so much again for this. Back to painting!
Really love this piece!! Just a question though. Did you make her neck so thin by accident or is it your art style? I'm not trying to be mean it just looked kinda weird to me! Great painting nevertheless!
Tsouma its her style
i assume shes drawing coraline and the style in the original movie had very very thin necks i think she might have gotten inspiration from that
The hair is covering her neck man. It’s obvious.
Me: oh this looks so cool I might try digital art
Also Me: *causally ignoring the fact I n e v e r draw or have any art skills at all*
You’re really good! Can’t wait to share this to my friends! They’re gonna love this
Such great instruction and clarity!
Something I really struggle with is the hair... how are you so good at it? Any suggestions?
I can't believe on the intro she made Coraline :D my childhood idk NIGHTMARE!
Loved it!! Thank you so much for all your tips and I will try to color with gray first for sure!! ❤️
This looks so perfect in so many ways. I love your approach. She is so pretty.
what computer do you use? :)
Can you do a video on how to draw noses? Im highkey struggling lmao
It's already there, unless she deleted it
@@blackvultures1119 Oh ya
this is the only video that actually really helped me so much omg tysm ily
You are very talented! This helped me understand what my goal is a bit more.
this video is almost a year old but your painting process is so fascinating omg
It literally took me like 10 min. To realize where this drawing was inspired from.
It took me almost the entire video to realize the same.
Nice tutorial
Inking & coloring storytelling illustration from sketch to vector with Krota and livepaint in adobe illustrator
ruclips.net/video/mfcv3ooGTWk/видео.html
I had to look in the comments to realize
Coralline??? Right??? If so I got it in first 20 seconds 😂
this was very helpful and your voice is so nice to listen to!
awesome! Great vid, inspiring and informative, thanks for the tips. it really opened up a new way of approaching the art. Also I am new to this. Thanks.
All:Good tips,this portait is fantastic
Me:coraline
PLZ what is the program name
@@dr.amiraabdelraheem1502 uhm,I think its Krita,but i'm not sure :3
@@lanasart9014 I know xD
@@lanasart9014 I'm a bit stupid
i personally master the sketch [really good at traditional art] , but i miss something in the colouring so it has weird like borders that totally dont fit my drawing style at all , i cannot do the shading in krita , the lighting here is harder and i feel really lost someone help?
lol from how you think about drawing (compartmentalizing sketching, taking style too seriously, etc) I am pretty sure you do not master sketching. Less commenting, more drawing: your questions will resolve themselves.
I absolutely love your style. Great instruction too. Interesting to see you take your painting 75% using values then screen your color on. Love it! It’s so much easier that way.
Love the video! Helps me a lot thank you so much!
I just realize you were drawing from the inspiration of Caroline lol. I love that movie. Great art and tips.
The glossy oil brush that you use is it already present in krita or did you download it?💕💕
Adela Ferracaku it looked like one I've seen in the program, though I'm not sure it's actually called that, if that helps
seems like "Bristles-4 Glaze" with Brush Tip change to "chalk_sparse",i guess it's not important,you can use other brush tips ; In her older videos she use "Bristles hairy" in Krita 3 bundle
As an artist struggling with moving my painting techniques onto a digital platform this is an awesome tutorial. My problem was using brushes that weren't compatible and always gave it that stiff feeling like you mentioned. Thank you for making this it helps a lot.
watching the final bits was my fav part. so mesmerizing.
Hi! I haven't been able to draw in Krita since February because the pen pressure stopped working. I've literally tried everything to make it work again, and I know it's not my pen because the pressure works in photoshop. I really wish it would work again so if anyone has any tips at all please please tell me:)
I had this problem many times but I don't remember how I fixed it but i think it had something to do with the tablet properties?
Or maybe u just accidently turned it off u can turn it on by Settings -> Configure Toolbars?
Oh yeah and if that doesnt work you can reinstall your tablet driver. If you have windows 10 it sometimes messes around with driver when it updates
@@heidipalomaki7705 yeah I tried all of that it didn't work. Also I have a mac. But thank you for replying:)
I've never been able to get krita to work. Just jaggedy lines everywhere. Super frustrating. Also on a mac
Tried out the technique, but I found it quite frustrating.
I painted it in grey-scale, and put an overlay(?) layer on top, like you have, but I found that my colours were incredibly flat looking, since it's essentially shading with black and grey. Also, putting the colour layer on top changes the actually shade of the overall piece. Any tips on what to do?
You should check out that one video of sinix that has a title like "the problem with grayscale" and sycra's video about inherent color value. Because if you set your colors layer to color or softlight etc. but think the colors looks weird it's highly due to the wrong value underneath. Because for example if you wanna have something later in yellow your value underneath has to be much brighter than you might expect, because yellow has a very small range and is located on the brightest side.
Long story short: Grayscale is unfortunately a waste of time because it gives you just a preview of your values to make sure the contrast is good. It has way too less flexibility.
Just watch the video of sinix to be convinced ^^
btw, I prefer shading on a separate layer to keep the lighting changeable and not "hard coded" into the local values (which should be easy to change if they need to)
You have to use more than one color or it will be monochromatic, which will make it look flatter. With my realistic drawings, I paint in grey scale then change the levels. After you do that, add in an overlay in a similar but noticably different color, or multiply if the color needs to be darker than the overlay can do .
Thanks guys!!
You’re super talented! I think most people are capable of this quality if they really apply themselves. It’s very clear that you’ve put in hundreds if not thousands of hours drawing and painting. Great video!
this is exactly the video i was looking for it helped me soo much!!