I try to learn new things from these type of demonstrations but I end up sitting back in my chair with a beer, relaxing, letting the show take me on a fantastic journey. Your musical picture show is always brilliant.
That was a joy to watch. I'll never tire of watching artists who are so proficient with their tools and methods. Made me want to break out the wacom and get stuck in!
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, it was Mypaint in development version at this moment very similar to last Mypaint 1.1 released. The other software is also open-source and named Krita , it's now my favorite painting software.
This is Mypaint developpement version under Linux , near to be the next version , Mypaint 1.1 . The brush I use at start is a new brush I made ; I distribute it under my blog ( website link in the comment ) in the resource categorie. I also use at this moment the new line tools.
Sure, most of my brush are part of the open-source project , but if you look for my last one, check my blog ( website adress in the comment ) I have a 'resources' category with all my brush / palette and tools to share.
The great artist is not by the software that the used, it's within them, achieved from practice everyday, and their ability to maximising the using of the app, and you show me your ability to maximising free software to produce a great result, you are awesome :-)
This one was done with a Wacom Intuos 3 A4 mapped in proportionnal mode to a 1920x1200 screen. I also have a Cintiq 21UX , but I prefer the traditionnal tablet in most of the use case.
yes, upscale is a resize operation to a greater number of pixel in width and height, to match around 2500px minimum width and 3200px height ( roughly around a A4 @ 300dpi ). About the color in Krita , I switch because Krita have more blending modes than Mypaint, and also tools as Level and HSV saturation ; a bit more advanced to tweak colors. Note : Both software works in harmony with the *.ora ( open raster ) file format, with layer and all. A luck :)
Hey, thx. Probably this video wasn't on my channel. To see all my videos & artwork , go on my website ( link in description of the video ) then select 'Blog' . On the blog categories, I have tutorial / Videos / etc... if it's not around, it wasn't a video of mine.
Thx ! Yes, you can google for Mypaint, and install the 1.0 version on any Windows. This is a portage, so maybe not as smooth than on Linux. The newest 1.1 is still not ported to Windows due to the mix of a technical problem with graphic tablet driver and lake of volunteer for the moment to make a big fix on Windows platform. Linux developpers worked to use on the next versions 1.2 a technologie that will probably ease the portage for the single Windows packager Mypaint team has.
Hi, I go to the Menu , then View, then Mirror Horizontal ( if you keep the mouse over the label , you can press at the same time a shortcut on keyboard to attribute it , I use the 'M' key , easy to remember )
On Linux, you can compile the development version or get fresh package via PPA. It's Mypaint 1.0 + almost one year of development on the top. It's still not finished enough to be the next Mypaint, but already stable. Visit my website ( in description ) to know how to get it, I write install guide.
Thanks ! the brush use ( with the preview icon writting '1' inside it and a yellow brush ) is similar to the one 'deevad/detail3' in set#2 but with a tiny amount of 'slow position tracking' to help doing smoother line. I will share it soon. Probably with another icon.
Bonsoir, oui, sous Krita en mode 'color' HSY . J'utilise aussi "overlay" pour la profondeur des teintes et "multiply" pour des pass de glacis. Quelques lumières avec "addition".
I switch at this moment to Krita ; mainly to upscale the sketch to a better resolution ; I needed more pixel to draw over the rough. Then in Krita, I draw the enveloppes/bones of the characters because Krita have also a move/rotate/scale tool , so I can tweak the position. Then I'm back to Mypaint because I prefer brush to draw there.
You can find on my blog ( on my website, link on the description ) a ressources categorie and other tutorials with all the brush I use. Have a good painting time !
Thank you so much for sharing not just the final rendering but the thought processes from conception to finish. Sometimes it's frustrating to study the fundamentals when I'm not so sure how to carry them into finished works. Beautiful and thorough example, thank you.
Thank you for the feedback. I hope I'll have time to post a new video this summer to update a bit the workflow. I use almost only Krita 2.8 now, from start to finish.
No , 1.1 is the last release, from the start of January 2013. Actual development version is 1.1+Git, with GTk3 portage and preview windows ( navigation ).
Try it :) As all arts, it can be really simple and scale to the most complex thing ; and also can be done in no-time as well as can take eternity to achieve. Depend if you want to paint as Rothko or Bouguereau.
Thx! I use this technics because my skill is limited. Grey to color tend to cut the brain effort in half while visualising the piece at first. So, I can visualise shapes and light at first and solve most of the issue without chroma problem. When I will be more skilled, I'll certainly do all in color from scratch.
if the software and the painter get along with each other and the outcome is awesome there is nothing to argue about :) I know I'm still new in digital painting but at least I have a good eyes in digital paintings :)
If you are on Windows, Mypaint is only 1.0 for the moment, development version can be tested on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, or other Linux systems. On my blog post about the new brush for 1.1 , a user pasted a link to an adaptation of the brush kit for 1.0 . Read the comment, you should find them quickly ;-)
Thx. Self-taught ? Yes: I never received art-school lessons, or Technics from a master. About digital painting on Linux, I had to test alone and build the first tutorials on it. I learned a lot from books, forums, tutorials but the most : by personal experimenting.
Merci! Les logicielles que j'utilise ont des portages sous Windows, mais souvent fait par un seul developpeur, alors que la version Linux est utilisé et développé par un plus grand nombre. Sous Windows, ce sont des versions Alpha bien souvent donc buggé , avec peu de testeurs... Sous Linux elles revellent stabilité et performances.
Krita compatibility with *.ora is better, and Krita have the more blending mode , number of brush engine and a friendly development team. My favorite painting software for sure.
This is absolutely amazing! What a fantastic picture! You are my new favorite artist! Amazing to all be done with open source software too.. Can you give an idea about how/why you use all 3 of mypaint/Krita/Gimp in your workflow? I would have thought they all do similar things?
Hm, interessting. Especially the *.ora support sounds good. I think I have to give it a try. BTW, I saw now that you did my favorite brushkit in mypaint. Unfortunately I have a bug in it since mypaint v 1.1. I will post a screenshot later on
I use Kdenlive on my KDE desktop. So far, I did all Chaos&Evolutions DVD and Blend&Paint and all my video tutorial with it since 2009. 4 years of love :) But Kdenlive has little bugs here and there and is fragile to the update ( linked to so many library ). Still, I advice it. I still has to try OpenShot too, last screenshot I saw were really good.
From this video, and your website I've become a fan. Liked, faved, subbed, faved and watched for DA. I had the thought of using Ubuntu for Krita, Mypaint, and Gimp (which I've used for years.) for a while now and recently started it so this was quite inspiring to see. I was also wondering if you had any more ergonomical tips for laptop + small tablet like my Bamboo, and if there is a comfortable way to lay down and draw or if I should give in and purchase a desk.
hi, MyPaint 1.1 was only released on Linux due to the lack of Windows dev on the project. Windows platform need specific bug fixing to have tablet support working.
Thanks Erika for the good vibes and the cool comment ! Keep daily time with practicing your art, and be patient. I'm sure you'll be a better artist than me following that. Good luck !
Merci , et cool de me suivre aussi sur deviantART. J'adore cette communeauté. Bonne chance pour la suite ( surtout pour tenter le dual boot, c'est tout une aventure ). En cas de choix difficile de distribution Linux ; je continue de conseiller Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon ; facile d'accès. Elle peut être aussi testé rien qu'en lanceant le live-cd sans installé sur le disque. Ca permet de se familiariser ou de teaser la curiosité d'un geek xD
The main reason can be understood by the video date. September 2012. By this time Krita 2.5 had performance issue ( solved nowaday in Krita 2.6 and 2.7 ). Painting wasn't smooth ; and the smudge brush engine ( for wet effect ) wasn't fixed ; the color bleeding reacted very weirdly ( fixed also for 2.7 ). So, I was forced by this time for my daily work to switch from Mypaint - Gimp - Krita all the time. Newer dev version of Krita include now 95% of what I need.
***** Your work is spectacular, the subject matter is sweet and beautiful. Your process is so efficient and methodical, by watching it is easy to see the process. Although I use Photoshop, by viewing your video I can see how the work can translate to that software.
Amazing artwork. I hope that one day I'll be able to do something like that. :D I've been thinking about going into illustration. I was wondering if you could give me some info or advice on the field of work?
Please fill a bug report on the Krita bug tracker with the version you test, the brush/canvas size you use, your system specifications. Or at least on Krita's forum. The development team needs all of this information to know on what hardware Krita lags. This is important. Here on my machine and on developers hardware, last version literally flies ; but it does because of many feedbacks and works. Good luck !
I really enjoy watching your paint videos. I also really like your technique of blocking out the piece in grayscale values first before color, though may I ask, why do you like this technique as opposed to painting with colors from the start?
That's a really beautiful piece. I'm very impressed. Although I've personally never understood the need for perspective lines. I just draw free hand & establish the perspective more naturally...I don't know, maybe I'm weird.
Well, here I keep working full time freelancing with FLOSS only , have deadlines, live only about commissions since 2009 ; I don't really suffer from the effect of instabilities. Sad to know it wasn't working for you ( Btw, Krita actually load and save PSD, as well as Gimp, and you can batch convert *.ora to *.psd on Linux with calligraconverter ).
Amazing, love your line work. Although I mainly use photoshop, after watching this video I think I'll try out other techniques and programs as well. Your artwork is very inspiring. I hope to see more of your videos, maybe you could make some tutorials as well?
Oooh ok merci (Posé la question en anglais pour souci que tout le monde puisse la lire sans difficulté ;p) j'ai pas été assez attentive encore... Ca me donne presque envie de me lancer dans un dual boot, du coup.... huhu. Bravo en tout cas ^0^ (Encore car je te l'ai déjà dit sur deviantART, mais ça fait longtemps que je n'ai pas vu qqch qui m'a autant inspirée !)
The first software you used was MyPaint right?? It was amazing watching you draw and paint like that!! Magic!! You colored using the second software from like 15:20 whats that softwares name??
First off, this piece of art is amazing! Thank you for sharing your process with us. I was wondering what version of MyPaint you are using? I'm currently using 1.0.0, but it does not look as though it has developed further. Could you possible link through to where you got your version of MyPaint. Thanks :)
Not only the work is amazing , but also the Music fits perfect to this work ! Its a long video and usually i dont look at so long timelaps-videos... but in this work the meditation "tibet-like" music speed me down - and also the kind, how you work... You know, im quiet familiar with traditional art - with pencil, pastells, tempera, etc ... but i want to go for digitalpainting, as i see a lot of advantages against traditional art (for exampel a much faster workflow at the same quality). There is still room for traditional art - i think they can expand eachother (for example: it can be very useful i think, to do sketches on paper...because paper and pencil is much more mobile, than a tablet and laptop, which needs electrical power... Also i think a lot of: what it means, when my hand-moves (which are directly from my mind) only are "translated" into a approximation about it, where the pencil "reacts" directly to my mind through my hand... what this means for the accurate expression of my mind ? You know: wether a digitalpainting is wonderful, or not. Just imagine for example : you would make a gift for your girlfriend...and you can choose between : a printed artwork which you make with krita... or a traditional artwork which you made with your hand. Both you made in hours of work...in both there is your heart and soul..both can holded physically in the hands of your girlfriend... but something misses, isnt ? I think, the most girlfriends would prefer a handdrawed work, even if they dont can tell why...(because digital art came also from your core) ... And something about it, makes the difference... im still searching , what it could be... it seems metaphysical ... Maybe you had this thoughts too?
Hey, thanks for the long and detailed comment about your thought. I came from traditionnal painting. I get what you want to say with this 'girlfriend present story'. Nothing replace a real drawing in hands ; the human scale ; the interraction with eyes directly ; the gesture feeling , etc... Digital painting helps for being precise for print industry and sharing artwork on screen. I keep sketching here on real paper ; unplugged . That's where I'm creative. Those videos are exeptions to my usual workflow ; it's harder for me to film myself drawing in real , then scan, then paint over. Hard to fix the camera, to get the good light... etc... But on my daily work , I do the 'traditionnal sketch' to 'digital painting' trip daily.
***** I never had a doubt, that you are a great traditional artist to :) And thanks for your answer. Your art is inspiring, and i looked a few one ... if you want to see few drawings from me - im also on deviant art ;) pygmalionfaciebat.deviantart.com/gallery ...I think the skills on digitalpainting will turn (with time) to the skill-level of drawing) - thats how sycra say. At the moment im on calibrating my monitor (i know its not necessary, but i want the perfect base) before i begin with digitalpainting. Krita i know from sycra already ...and he recommends it too. And i see, you use Krita too. So its 100% krita will be on my Laptop ;) ..Oh and sorry for my weak english - my native language is german. A lot to learn i have with brushes i think... but i think, i will handle it fast..im since 15 years on programs like gimp/photoshop - so its not very new to me... only to draw with it. Oh and for sure, i have already a quiet good graphic tablet i think for beginning (intuos pen and touch m ..the medium size is enough for me, because even on real drawing i drawed mostly "little pictures" 12 Inch * 8 Inch with tiny details often - so i rarely use my whole arm and shoulder for drawing).. Ok im curious what comes next from you (i have subscribed you ;) ).. Greets :)
Hi, it comes from a technique named Grisaille used in painting since centuries; in short it split the number of decisions while painting: painting only values, it's easier to focus on the shape, the values at first and then overlay the color. The cons: it's sometime harder to predict color palette and it defintely not works well with colorful or cartoony style with area of flat colors.
I have troubles with this program. How come when you resize a brush, it changes all the settings of the other brushes too??? I keep getting different strokes and it bugs me. D: like it never stays at one setting or size....hope this makes sense. great picture! :)
J'adore ce que tu fais :) Ce logiciel ne marche que sous Linux ? En tous cas, c'est toujours impressionnant pour le pauvre amateur pas doué que je suis de voir des techniques professionnelles :) Thanks for sharing :)
Aww it's awesome but it says it's incompatible with MyPaint 1.0.0 ... But can only find the version 1.0.0, am I missing a link where to download an earlier MyPaint ? Thanks :3
"Owl Princess" a new (long) timelapse video I made with FLOSS digital painting :
Beautiful!
Amazing!
Fantastic, thanks for sharing!
You, sir, are a master.
Interesting!
I try to learn new things from these type of demonstrations but I end up sitting back in my chair with a beer, relaxing, letting the show take me on a fantastic journey. Your musical picture show is always brilliant.
That was a joy to watch. I'll never tire of watching artists who are so proficient with their tools and methods. Made me want to break out the wacom and get stuck in!
Music : Kevin McLeod, incompetech[dot]com, "Healing" , the label is at start and at end of the video.
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, it was Mypaint in development version at this moment very similar to last Mypaint 1.1 released. The other software is also open-source and named Krita , it's now my favorite painting software.
This is Mypaint developpement version under Linux , near to be the next version , Mypaint 1.1 . The brush I use at start is a new brush I made ; I distribute it under my blog ( website link in the comment ) in the resource categorie. I also use at this moment the new line tools.
I am always absolutely speechless when I look at your videos.
Sure, most of my brush are part of the open-source project , but if you look for my last one, check my blog ( website adress in the comment ) I have a 'resources' category with all my brush / palette and tools to share.
The great artist is not by the software that the used, it's within them, achieved from practice everyday, and their ability to maximising the using of the app, and you show me your ability to maximising free software to produce a great result, you are awesome :-)
This one was done with a Wacom Intuos 3 A4 mapped in proportionnal mode to a 1920x1200 screen. I also have a Cintiq 21UX , but I prefer the traditionnal tablet in most of the use case.
yes, upscale is a resize operation to a greater number of pixel in width and height, to match around 2500px minimum width and 3200px height ( roughly around a A4 @ 300dpi ).
About the color in Krita , I switch because Krita have more blending modes than Mypaint, and also tools as Level and HSV saturation ; a bit more advanced to tweak colors.
Note : Both software works in harmony with the *.ora ( open raster ) file format, with layer and all. A luck :)
Hey, thx. Probably this video wasn't on my channel. To see all my videos & artwork , go on my website ( link in description of the video ) then select 'Blog' . On the blog categories, I have tutorial / Videos / etc... if it's not around, it wasn't a video of mine.
Thx ! Yes, you can google for Mypaint, and install the 1.0 version on any Windows. This is a portage, so maybe not as smooth than on Linux. The newest 1.1 is still not ported to Windows due to the mix of a technical problem with graphic tablet driver and lake of volunteer for the moment to make a big fix on Windows platform. Linux developpers worked to use on the next versions 1.2 a technologie that will probably ease the portage for the single Windows packager Mypaint team has.
Hi, I go to the Menu , then View, then Mirror Horizontal ( if you keep the mouse over the label , you can press at the same time a shortcut on keyboard to attribute it , I use the 'M' key , easy to remember )
On Linux, you can compile the development version or get fresh package via PPA. It's Mypaint 1.0 + almost one year of development on the top. It's still not finished enough to be the next Mypaint, but already stable. Visit my website ( in description ) to know how to get it, I write install guide.
Thanks ! the brush use ( with the preview icon writting '1' inside it and a yellow brush ) is similar to the one 'deevad/detail3' in set#2 but with a tiny amount of 'slow position tracking' to help doing smoother line. I will share it soon. Probably with another icon.
Bonsoir, oui, sous Krita en mode 'color' HSY . J'utilise aussi "overlay" pour la profondeur des teintes et "multiply" pour des pass de glacis. Quelques lumières avec "addition".
I switch at this moment to Krita ; mainly to upscale the sketch to a better resolution ; I needed more pixel to draw over the rough. Then in Krita, I draw the enveloppes/bones of the characters because Krita have also a move/rotate/scale tool , so I can tweak the position. Then I'm back to Mypaint because I prefer brush to draw there.
You can find on my blog ( on my website, link on the description ) a ressources categorie and other tutorials with all the brush I use. Have a good painting time !
Thank you so much for sharing not just the final rendering but the thought processes from conception to finish. Sometimes it's frustrating to study the fundamentals when I'm not so sure how to carry them into finished works. Beautiful and thorough example, thank you.
Thank you for the feedback. I hope I'll have time to post a new video this summer to update a bit the workflow. I use almost only Krita 2.8 now, from start to finish.
Excellent! And the new MyPaint looks awesome.. layer movement and canvas limit! Awesome. Great painting, and great software.
This is my favorite painting to watch on here! The expression on her face is gorgeous! :) I love the colors too...
No , 1.1 is the last release, from the start of January 2013.
Actual development version is 1.1+Git, with GTk3 portage and preview windows ( navigation ).
Even the firsts sketches are awesome
All my encouragement ! And thanks for your kind words about my artworks :-)
Try it :) As all arts, it can be really simple and scale to the most complex thing ; and also can be done in no-time as well as can take eternity to achieve. Depend if you want to paint as Rothko or Bouguereau.
Thx! I use this technics because my skill is limited. Grey to color tend to cut the brain effort in half while visualising the piece at first. So, I can visualise shapes and light at first and solve most of the issue without chroma problem.
When I will be more skilled, I'll certainly do all in color from scratch.
Recently started into digital media. This helped a lot :D
I watched in awe the whole time. Just like meditation! :)
if the software and the painter get along with each other and the outcome is awesome there is nothing to argue about :)
I know I'm still new in digital painting but at least I have a good eyes in digital paintings :)
If you are on Windows, Mypaint is only 1.0 for the moment, development version can be tested on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, or other Linux systems. On my blog post about the new brush for 1.1 , a user pasted a link to an adaptation of the brush kit for 1.0 . Read the comment, you should find them quickly ;-)
Awesome bit of work, loved the Gray scale drawing all by itself, really good stuff. BB.
Thx. Self-taught ? Yes: I never received art-school lessons, or Technics from a master. About digital painting on Linux, I had to test alone and build the first tutorials on it. I learned a lot from books, forums, tutorials but the most : by personal experimenting.
Soooo amazing
I love your process
Wow..a really nice painting! And a whole lot of programs...
Oh, okay. I guess it'll just have to be something I work on on the side. Thank you so much! I really do love you work. It's beautiful :) Thanks again!
Merci! Les logicielles que j'utilise ont des portages sous Windows, mais souvent fait par un seul developpeur, alors que la version Linux est utilisé et développé par un plus grand nombre. Sous Windows, ce sont des versions Alpha bien souvent donc buggé , avec peu de testeurs... Sous Linux elles revellent stabilité et performances.
I'm using the frame tool. It is an feature on 1.1 and after.
Stunning. Really stunning.
I breathe, I hope someday to have a technique as successful as yours
Krita compatibility with *.ora is better, and Krita have the more blending mode , number of brush engine and a friendly development team. My favorite painting software for sure.
This is absolutely amazing! What a fantastic picture! You are my new favorite artist!
Amazing to all be done with open source software too.. Can you give an idea about how/why you use all 3 of mypaint/Krita/Gimp in your workflow? I would have thought they all do similar things?
Hm, interessting. Especially the *.ora support sounds good. I think I have to give it a try. BTW, I saw now that you did my favorite brushkit in mypaint. Unfortunately I have a bug in it since mypaint v 1.1. I will post a screenshot later on
I use Kdenlive on my KDE desktop. So far, I did all Chaos&Evolutions DVD and Blend&Paint and all my video tutorial with it since 2009. 4 years of love :) But Kdenlive has little bugs here and there and is fragile to the update ( linked to so many library ). Still, I advice it.
I still has to try OpenShot too, last screenshot I saw were really good.
What a nice work, I love it
Wowww.. This is gorgeous.
From this video, and your website I've become a fan. Liked, faved, subbed, faved and watched for DA. I had the thought of using Ubuntu for Krita, Mypaint, and Gimp (which I've used for years.) for a while now and recently started it so this was quite inspiring to see.
I was also wondering if you had any more ergonomical tips for laptop + small tablet like my Bamboo, and if there is a comfortable way to lay down and draw or if I should give in and purchase a desk.
hi, MyPaint 1.1 was only released on Linux due to the lack of Windows dev on the project. Windows platform need specific bug fixing to have tablet support working.
wow thats amazing I want to draw like this too
Thanks Erika for the good vibes and the cool comment !
Keep daily time with practicing your art, and be patient. I'm sure you'll be a better artist than me following that. Good luck !
I really love your art. Thank you very much for introducing me to Krita, it truly is a wonderful program. :D
Oh my glob, amazing... Flupping amazing.
magnifique !
je ne savais pas que l'on pouvait coloriser les images de cette façon =)
MERCI
Favorited. This is lovely. I learnt allot just simply by watching this. Plus, kinda want to try out the program that you're using.
What a pity! Thanks. Your painting is wonderful!
Merci , et cool de me suivre aussi sur deviantART. J'adore cette communeauté. Bonne chance pour la suite ( surtout pour tenter le dual boot, c'est tout une aventure ). En cas de choix difficile de distribution Linux ; je continue de conseiller Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon ; facile d'accès. Elle peut être aussi testé rien qu'en lanceant le live-cd sans installé sur le disque. Ca permet de se familiariser ou de teaser la curiosité d'un geek xD
The main reason can be understood by the video date. September 2012. By this time Krita 2.5 had performance issue ( solved nowaday in Krita 2.6 and 2.7 ). Painting wasn't smooth ; and the smudge brush engine ( for wet effect ) wasn't fixed ; the color bleeding reacted very weirdly ( fixed also for 2.7 ). So, I was forced by this time for my daily work to switch from Mypaint - Gimp - Krita all the time. Newer dev version of Krita include now 95% of what I need.
So nice! Thank you for the timelapse
It's really awesome to see your workflow. Thanks!! =]
Loved it. Fantastic.
Such beautiful work! I hope to see more videos from you.
Thanks ! I'll try to make new video soon.
*****
Your work is spectacular, the subject matter is sweet and beautiful. Your process is so efficient and methodical, by watching it is easy to see the process. Although I use Photoshop, by viewing your video I can see how the work can translate to that software.
Amazing work!
lovely stuff again man, well done
Amazing artwork. I hope that one day I'll be able to do something like that. :D I've been thinking about going into illustration. I was wondering if you could give me some info or advice on the field of work?
woow! love it soo much!!
ihave to double post its awesomeness! love it!
Very good indeed not good. Perfect! I'm in love with your drawing!
Thanks !
Please fill a bug report on the Krita bug tracker with the version you test, the brush/canvas size you use, your system specifications. Or at least on Krita's forum. The development team needs all of this information to know on what hardware Krita lags. This is important. Here on my machine and on developers hardware, last version literally flies ; but it does because of many feedbacks and works. Good luck !
beautiful
so awesome
I really enjoy watching your paint videos. I also really like your technique of blocking out the piece in grayscale values first before color, though may I ask, why do you like this technique as opposed to painting with colors from the start?
That's a really beautiful piece. I'm very impressed. Although I've personally never understood the need for perspective lines. I just draw free hand & establish the perspective more naturally...I don't know, maybe I'm weird.
Im similar, all though for somethings I do use perspective lines. Depends on what i'm draing. So no your not weird ^.~
Excellent.
Merci pour cette vidéo.
You're really great at digital art ! :) So jealous -
Many thanks !
Well, here I keep working full time freelancing with FLOSS only , have deadlines, live only about commissions since 2009 ; I don't really suffer from the effect of instabilities. Sad to know it wasn't working for you ( Btw, Krita actually load and save PSD, as well as Gimp, and you can batch convert *.ora to *.psd on Linux with calligraconverter ).
Absolutely fantastic. I envy you! :D
Amazing, love your line work. Although I mainly use photoshop, after watching this video I think I'll try out other techniques and programs as well. Your artwork is very inspiring. I hope to see more of your videos, maybe you could make some tutorials as well?
Thanks ! For tutorials, sure : you can already find many here www.davidrevoy.com/category/5/tutorials.html , more soon. :-)
мне очень понравилось :) успехов в дальнейшем рисовании !
Thank you !
Nice drawing as always! :) May I ask what are the brush settings for your pencil tool? It doesn't seem to be in your V5 (Set #2) kit.
really nice
Oooh ok merci (Posé la question en anglais pour souci que tout le monde puisse la lire sans difficulté ;p) j'ai pas été assez attentive encore... Ca me donne presque envie de me lancer dans un dual boot, du coup.... huhu. Bravo en tout cas ^0^ (Encore car je te l'ai déjà dit sur deviantART, mais ça fait longtemps que je n'ai pas vu qqch qui m'a autant inspirée !)
loving your channel, I will learn so much of u!
The first software you used was MyPaint right?? It was amazing watching you draw and paint like that!! Magic!! You colored using the second software from like 15:20 whats that softwares name??
Bravissimo!!!
i learn a lot from you, thanks.
First off, this piece of art is amazing! Thank you for sharing your process with us. I was wondering what version of MyPaint you are using? I'm currently using 1.0.0, but it does not look as though it has developed further. Could you possible link through to where you got your version of MyPaint. Thanks :)
Not only the work is amazing , but also the Music fits perfect to this work ! Its a long video and usually i dont look at so long timelaps-videos... but in this work the meditation "tibet-like" music speed me down - and also the kind, how you work... You know, im quiet familiar with traditional art - with pencil, pastells, tempera, etc ... but i want to go for digitalpainting, as i see a lot of advantages against traditional art (for exampel a much faster workflow at the same quality). There is still room for traditional art - i think they can expand eachother (for example: it can be very useful i think, to do sketches on paper...because paper and pencil is much more mobile, than a tablet and laptop, which needs electrical power... Also i think a lot of: what it means, when my hand-moves (which are directly from my mind) only are "translated" into a approximation about it, where the pencil "reacts" directly to my mind through my hand... what this means for the accurate expression of my mind ? You know: wether a digitalpainting is wonderful, or not. Just imagine for example : you would make a gift for your girlfriend...and you can choose between : a printed artwork which you make with krita... or a traditional artwork which you made with your hand. Both you made in hours of work...in both there is your heart and soul..both can holded physically in the hands of your girlfriend... but something misses, isnt ? I think, the most girlfriends would prefer a handdrawed work, even if they dont can tell why...(because digital art came also from your core) ... And something about it, makes the difference... im still searching , what it could be... it seems metaphysical ... Maybe you had this thoughts too?
Hey, thanks for the long and detailed comment about your thought. I came from traditionnal painting. I get what you want to say with this 'girlfriend present story'. Nothing replace a real drawing in hands ; the human scale ; the interraction with eyes directly ; the gesture feeling , etc... Digital painting helps for being precise for print industry and sharing artwork on screen. I keep sketching here on real paper ; unplugged . That's where I'm creative. Those videos are exeptions to my usual workflow ; it's harder for me to film myself drawing in real , then scan, then paint over. Hard to fix the camera, to get the good light... etc... But on my daily work , I do the 'traditionnal sketch' to 'digital painting' trip daily.
***** I never had a doubt, that you are a great traditional artist to :) And thanks for your answer. Your art is inspiring, and i looked a few one ... if you want to see few drawings from me - im also on deviant art ;) pygmalionfaciebat.deviantart.com/gallery ...I think the skills on digitalpainting will turn (with time) to the skill-level of drawing) - thats how sycra say. At the moment im on calibrating my monitor (i know its not necessary, but i want the perfect base) before i begin with digitalpainting. Krita i know from sycra already ...and he recommends it too. And i see, you use Krita too. So its 100% krita will be on my Laptop ;) ..Oh and sorry for my weak english - my native language is german. A lot to learn i have with brushes i think... but i think, i will handle it fast..im since 15 years on programs like gimp/photoshop - so its not very new to me... only to draw with it. Oh and for sure, i have already a quiet good graphic tablet i think for beginning (intuos pen and touch m ..the medium size is enough for me, because even on real drawing i drawed mostly "little pictures" 12 Inch * 8 Inch with tiny details often - so i rarely use my whole arm and shoulder for drawing).. Ok im curious what comes next from you (i have subscribed you ;) ).. Greets :)
:-) thanks !
***** You're welcome :-)
Many thanks, thats a very nice comment.
Hey, i have seen your works on cghub!
really well done. i dont see why this only has 23,000- views 0_o.
Your workflow is really interesting, different than most. What are the pros and cons of overlaying color on greyscale images?
Hi, it comes from a technique named Grisaille used in painting since centuries; in short it split the number of decisions while painting: painting only values, it's easier to focus on the shape, the values at first and then overlay the color. The cons: it's sometime harder to predict color palette and it defintely not works well with colorful or cartoony style with area of flat colors.
I have troubles with this program. How come when you resize a brush, it changes all the settings of the other brushes too??? I keep getting different strokes and it bugs me. D: like it never stays at one setting or size....hope this makes sense. great picture! :)
J'adore ce que tu fais :)
Ce logiciel ne marche que sous Linux ?
En tous cas, c'est toujours impressionnant pour le pauvre amateur pas doué que je suis de voir des techniques professionnelles :) Thanks for sharing :)
Awesome Open Source Artist
Superbe, comme toujours. Combien d'heures pour cette réalisation ?
Thx!
Wow! What a beautiful result! And what is that awesome version of Mypaint?
Aww it's awesome but it says it's incompatible with MyPaint 1.0.0 ... But can only find the version 1.0.0, am I missing a link where to download an earlier MyPaint ? Thanks :3