Just casually taking a 2 year break 😏tbh I just got really busy with life but I hope I can make more of this kind of content more often! Appreciate u for sticking around :)
This is genuinely the best splash art tutorial I've seen ever I can't believe how underrated your channel is, I hope the youtube algorithm picks up on it soon !
One of the best advises of all the video was the "if you keep trying to get one part done but it doesn't work, do some other part and get back to it later". I am aiming to be this talented and experienced, so this hits hard. Most people think that splash art (as one of the most demanding art pieces in industry as it is) is made by people that have every detail figured out since the sketching stage. When the truth is that the profesionals have not the hability to do it right away, but to have a HUGE solving-problems skills and LOTS, and i mean L O T S , of hours in learning the basics and iterating with it. And yet they struggle. I take this as a gold worth lesson. Thank you
I’m fr getting desperate bro, splash arts are my goal for art, hopefully I can come back sometime in the future and say that I’ve made it. Thank you for the tips 🙏
I've done splash arts for a card game so I have a lil bit of experience, but I still really struggle to get the backgrounds to a good level of finish. I would love to see a video about how to approach the backgrounds, see if and how photobashing techniques are used etc.
Simultaneous contrast is also known by James Gurney as "counter change". His blog still features the post on the subject. Generally a lot of these concepts were skimmed from masters, and translated into modern terms so I'm not surprised this one has a new(er) name, but it's just funny seeing it since it's such a great abstraction of reality for the sake of impact. At least I take plenty artistic liberty to introduce clarity through value separation with that method
The part I most liked about this was hearing about your struggles. It's quite ensuring to think that no matter how much I improve, those types of struggles will never go away, I can prepare for them and just get my headspace worked on.
19:45 You can also generate a lens flare in photoshop - I usually make a new pure black layer, generate the flare (filters > generate > lens flare) and then follow from what he did. You can then mess around with the hue saturation and colors with ctrl+u and ctrl+b. Thats what I usually do when I want a specific lens flare to fit my image. Hope this helps!
I always felt so insecure about using references because I always thought it was cheating for some reason but after watching a good amount of art videos I understood that I was only trying to prove something that doesn’t exist yet since I’m a beginner so thank you so much for sharing this ! Lots of artists post their speed paint but we can’t see anything besides the canvas which really confused me for a long time..
Another thing about drawing with references is that it makes you better at drawing without references. If you have to draw a horse from memory the result will be much better if you've drawn 20 horses from reference.
Incredible video and art, inspired me alot! Would be nice if you make a video explaining your render process and how you use each different layer mode!
This tutorial is gold! I've seen a ton of tuts like this, but none of them scratched the surface of the topic so well in a couple of different aspects. I'd love to see more extensive tutorials dedicated to dynamic poses and greyscale. Awesome work man, thank you!
One thing that i would suggest is studing basics of photography ( I mean getting familar with them). Honestly, 70% of the time (at the very very least) you were talking about things that i studied in photograpy classes during my first year at uni. Things like what is dynamic, value, depth, high key and low key and visual language. ( look at this, drawing classes were useless compared to these lol) And the reason is that photography focuses on how things look great on paper while when you study drawing you get stuck in trying to draw things that look like something and we forget the rest I am looking forward to seeing your next videos! ( i hope i will get to see something that useful about concept art too some day in the future hahahah)
Every human being on planet earth should watch this video and I've been missing out there should be no other persons missing out on a video like this for over TWO FREAKING MONTHS??
This upload was perfect timing! I've been practicing with studies of league Splash Arts and I want to attempt my own soon. I also did not know PureRef had a grayscale setting; Thank you!
After following you on ArtStation for quite some time, can't be more excited to see your explanations and workflow in a video format. Really looking forward to even more great content.
Woah!! I saw ur akali painting video ages ago when i tried making my first splash art (and not doing so well lmao) But dude, ur amazing, and these videos are so inspiring and informative, thank you so much and please keep painting!!
This is an insanely well-crafted video! The tips in this are extremely helpful for an intermediate artist like myself; it works as a reminder on how the basics can come together to create a piece that tepps a story while also looking sick as hell. And, of course, the humor is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much! Subscribed.
Thank you for this simplify and depth explaination about creating splash art game character. Really helpful tutorials and i wish that many people notice your YT Channel.
i wish another video, this level of rendering is amazing and you should be proud from this painting. I like a lot how much patience you have for everything and the fantastic technique. You have a very big fan right here
Thank you so much! this is so helpful. I wish you could become my mentor. I feel like I have been close to becoming splash art level for years now, but I just don't know how to bridge that gap.
As others have said this video is gold man thanks! Would love to see you explain your render process and how you go from what looks like hard brush block in to the smooth finish of materials while maintaining good edge control
Honestly this is awesome, I'm trying to make this my career without going to the conventional art school and I feel like you are incredible at explaining! Thanks for everything and new sub :3
I really like your process and how you explain each step. I would like to know if there will be a video explaining the handling and distribution of the layers in PS working with such detailed illustrations, how to optimize processes. thank you very much ^^
Tons of great advice in this video. Here is a follow up question though, if you don't mind: When you go through all of those steps with great reference and create one splash art after another... Is that how you get automatically better at it? Or should we compliment all of this with other ways of practicing to get better at splash art?
Great question, its a mix of creating original pieces and doing studies. Depends on which youre weaker at, most ppl tend to be able to copy photos and do studies really well, but find that making original pieces can be a lot more difficult. Do more of whatever youre weaker at :)
As a fellow artist, ive always wanted to draw in the LOL splash art style. Its super good and they are inspiring to look at. Keep up the good work and thank you for this video! Someday ill get there :D
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Love your art 💕💝 I use the same programs when I illustrate and Blender as well. They’re all so helpful in the creation process
I'm trying to get into the industry and all of this info in super useful!! Thank you so much for sharing❤ Really puts into perspective what I might've have been doing wrong with my illustrations and helps me build a more solid workflow!
This is so incredibly cool to watch. Thank you so much for taking the time and making the effort to break you process down in this much detail. That must've been a lot of work I can't wait to see more ♥
57:11 RAAAAAAH YUTO SANO'S TEETH DRAWINGS❗❗🗣️ btw I really loved this video and how informative it is about splash art, I want to make this type of art for some character I like so this is really useful, waiting for part 2 patienly. Thanks for bringing this content buddy 😺💗
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
0:51 Gather References
4:25 Sketching (Demo)
7:45 Posing Tips
11:43 Acting Tips
12:53 Greyscale (Theory)
16:30 Greyscale (Demo)
20:07 DAZ 3D (Tutorial)
28:54 Greyscale Color
32:12 Speedpaint
1:02:05 PART 2??
honestly i wholly appreciate the pokemon b&w soundtrack, thank you so much for this how-to video on splash art
wtf ur back??? idk if u understand how much ur akali splash art was a hidden gem for artists bro, and now ur blessing us again with this??
Just casually taking a 2 year break 😏tbh I just got really busy with life but I hope I can make more of this kind of content more often! Appreciate u for sticking around :)
hi! what kind of akali splash art are you talking about?
@@ramagnetron771 oh its just some fan art I made a while back :)
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I will never understand how a splash artist gets to manage 500 layers each time they do one of these, its so impressive
haha not actually 500 dont worry, the number only goes up each time I make a new layer but a lot of them get deleted during the process
Omg This is gold for begging splash artists. Thank you so much!
This is genuinely the best splash art tutorial I've seen ever
I can't believe how underrated your channel is, I hope the youtube algorithm picks up on it soon !
One of the best advises of all the video was the "if you keep trying to get one part done but it doesn't work, do some other part and get back to it later".
I am aiming to be this talented and experienced, so this hits hard. Most people think that splash art (as one of the most demanding art pieces in industry as it is) is made by people that have every detail figured out since the sketching stage. When the truth is that the profesionals have not the hability to do it right away, but to have a HUGE solving-problems skills and LOTS, and i mean L O T S , of hours in learning the basics and iterating with it. And yet they struggle.
I take this as a gold worth lesson.
Thank you
Yes! This is absolutely true
9:45 made me subscribe.
I’m fr getting desperate bro, splash arts are my goal for art, hopefully I can come back sometime in the future and say that I’ve made it. Thank you for the tips 🙏
As a young artist, I watched the whole thing and this was so so helpful 😭😭😭 how is this free?!
I've done splash arts for a card game so I have a lil bit of experience, but I still really struggle to get the backgrounds to a good level of finish. I would love to see a video about how to approach the backgrounds, see if and how photobashing techniques are used etc.
Me too
Simultaneous contrast is also known by James Gurney as "counter change". His blog still features the post on the subject. Generally a lot of these concepts were skimmed from masters, and translated into modern terms so I'm not surprised this one has a new(er) name, but it's just funny seeing it since it's such a great abstraction of reality for the sake of impact. At least I take plenty artistic liberty to introduce clarity through value separation with that method
As a semi-realistic artist with very soft shading, splash art is one of my biggest art goals, so I will try to take this at heart. Thank you!
The part I most liked about this was hearing about your struggles. It's quite ensuring to think that no matter how much I improve, those types of struggles will never go away, I can prepare for them and just get my headspace worked on.
19:45 You can also generate a lens flare in photoshop - I usually make a new pure black layer, generate the flare (filters > generate > lens flare) and then follow from what he did. You can then mess around with the hue saturation and colors with ctrl+u and ctrl+b. Thats what I usually do when I want a specific lens flare to fit my image. Hope this helps!
Materials and material rendering are such an underrated part of the process
I always felt so insecure about using references because I always thought it was cheating for some reason but after watching a good amount of art videos I understood that I was only trying to prove something that doesn’t exist yet since I’m a beginner so thank you so much for sharing this ! Lots of artists post their speed paint but we can’t see anything besides the canvas which really confused me for a long time..
full "no thoughts, head empty" playlist, goat!
This is actually nuts how helpful and informational this is. This should be paid content.
WOAHH this guy is kinda amazing at splash art I would love to see how he renders materials!!!
LOL thanks Sean
sean?
Another thing about drawing with references is that it makes you better at drawing without references.
If you have to draw a horse from memory the result will be much better if you've drawn 20 horses from reference.
hands down the best splash art tutorials out here on youtube, this channel is such a hidden gem! keep up the great work 🔥
thank you mr.chinese, you might just be on to something over here🤓🤓
@@nimnoraa ok but who asked?
@@MrChines you dont SPEAK to the ALPHA like that 🐺🐺
I always wonder how the splash art workflow works! Thank you for this! ✨❤️
DUDE, im so glad i stumbled upon this video!!! 😭😭this is a goldmine for an aspiring splash artist like me !!! thank you so much!!
Plz would love the material / metal rendering tutorial
Incredible video and art, inspired me alot! Would be nice if you make a video explaining your render process and how you use each different layer mode!
This tutorial is gold! I've seen a ton of tuts like this, but none of them scratched the surface of the topic so well in a couple of different aspects. I'd love to see more extensive tutorials dedicated to dynamic poses and greyscale. Awesome work man, thank you!
DUDE this is such a comprehensive tutorial, thank you so so much!
im completely speechless you're so skilled
One thing that i would suggest is studing basics of photography ( I mean getting familar with them). Honestly, 70% of the time (at the very very least) you were talking about things that i studied in photograpy classes during my first year at uni. Things like what is dynamic, value, depth, high key and low key and visual language. ( look at this, drawing classes were useless compared to these lol) And the reason is that photography focuses on how things look great on paper while when you study drawing you get stuck in trying to draw things that look like something and we forget the rest I am looking forward to seeing your next videos! ( i hope i will get to see something that useful about concept art too some day in the future hahahah)
ur first time splash art other than the lee sin preportions looks amazing it honestly looks like bl2 style a little ngl (borderlands 2)
I just've watch 10 min of this video with 1.5 speed and I can tell I love your channel! Thank you
Thank you sooo much for this! This is exactly what I was looking for like a month ago.
this tutorial worth thousand dollar, thank you so much, it is really helping for a beginner that don't know where to start lik me
As a beginner splash artist this is so helpful thank you so much for your effort explaining it to us as simple as possible 🙏🙏🙏
Every human being on planet earth should watch this video and I've been missing out
there should be no other persons missing out on a video like this for over TWO FREAKING MONTHS??
This upload was perfect timing! I've been practicing with studies of league Splash Arts and I want to attempt my own soon.
I also did not know PureRef had a grayscale setting; Thank you!
After following you on ArtStation for quite some time, can't be more excited to see your explanations and workflow in a video format. Really looking forward to even more great content.
You have no idea how useful this video is. Thank you so much and keep up the good work !
YOU ARE A LIFE AVARR ILY 🙏🙏🙏🙏
thank you for sharing your knowledge
Woah!! I saw ur akali painting video ages ago when i tried making my first splash art (and not doing so well lmao) But dude, ur amazing, and these videos are so inspiring and informative, thank you so much and please keep painting!!
This is an insanely well-crafted video! The tips in this are extremely helpful for an intermediate artist like myself; it works as a reminder on how the basics can come together to create a piece that tepps a story while also looking sick as hell. And, of course, the humor is greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much! Subscribed.
hidden gem of youtube. May your channel grow fast❤
Thank you for this simplify and depth explaination about creating splash art game character. Really helpful tutorials and i wish that many people notice your YT Channel.
the way this turned out to be better than the shared splash they chose for the Heartsteel skinline
Dood, I was looking for some silver but found a freaking goldmine! Waiting for the rendering process you mentioned!
i wish another video, this level of rendering is amazing and you should be proud from this painting.
I like a lot how much patience you have for everything and the fantastic technique.
You have a very big fan right here
Thank you! I appreciate it 😳
Never seen your channel before, but holy shit this was helpful. I’ll have to check out your other vids at some point, you’re criminally underrated
This is genuinely so helpful and amazing!!! You're a great teacher, and the video is edited so well it makes it super easy to follow along!!!
The music made this video so fun lol
Thank you so much! this is so helpful. I wish you could become my mentor. I feel like I have been close to becoming splash art level for years now, but I just don't know how to bridge that gap.
As others have said this video is gold man thanks! Would love to see you explain your render process and how you go from what looks like hard brush block in to the smooth finish of materials while maintaining good edge control
Greatest tutorial ever on youtube. Learnt a LOT
This is insane content, thank you very very much!
AMAZING tutorial whowwwwwwwww this is the masterpiece... thank you
Love the kindred theme
Honestly this is awesome, I'm trying to make this my career without going to the conventional art school and I feel like you are incredible at explaining!
Thanks for everything and new sub :3
even if your not making splash art this is a really good video for learning about fundamentals
holy shit even before finishing this your art looks amazing
I really like your process and how you explain each step.
I would like to know if there will be a video explaining the handling and distribution of the layers in PS working with such detailed illustrations, how to optimize processes.
thank you very much ^^
oh im saving that angle tip hahaha, i trend to default to 90's out of convenience
Tons of great advice in this video. Here is a follow up question though, if you don't mind: When you go through all of those steps with great reference and create one splash art after another... Is that how you get automatically better at it? Or should we compliment all of this with other ways of practicing to get better at splash art?
Great question, its a mix of creating original pieces and doing studies. Depends on which youre weaker at, most ppl tend to be able to copy photos and do studies really well, but find that making original pieces can be a lot more difficult. Do more of whatever youre weaker at :)
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Even though this video is targeted at mainly 2D Artists, i find that this video is also a good source for 3D Artists. Very helpful!
Thanks for sharinggg!!!
yeaaas. your akali video helped me so much. Thank you for all these.
I'm new to splash art stuff so this stuff is really helpful. Thanks a lot
Awesome tutorial man! I learned so much! Maybe a tutorial on female characters next?
I'll consider it since youre the one asking
agreed! do this please!
As a fellow artist, ive always wanted to draw in the LOL splash art style. Its super good and they are inspiring to look at. Keep up the good work and thank you for this video! Someday ill get there :D
A rendering guide would be amazing 🥺 rendering characters is such a struggle..
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Love your art 💕💝 I use the same programs when I illustrate and Blender as well. They’re all so helpful in the creation process
Was looking for a splash art guide a couple months ago, algorithm came thru lol 💯
I'm trying to get into the industry and all of this info in super useful!! Thank you so much for sharing❤ Really puts into perspective what I might've have been doing wrong with my illustrations and helps me build a more solid workflow!
Thank you, thank you so much! What a precious font of knowledge and at a very critical time for me personally.
ur so talented and yet very good at explaining. Idk man ur the whole package lmao nice vid
Tons of great practical tips, great video even for experienced artists
This is so incredibly cool to watch. Thank you so much for taking the time and making the effort to break you process down in this much detail. That must've been a lot of work I can't wait to see more ♥
Thank you for sharing this!!
i love your process and style
very informative, entertaining and a whole hour of this?? SWEET
I can't wait for the rest of the series! Loved your explanation and care with us begginers ❤
THIS IS WHAT WE NEEDD!! THANKYOU ALOOOOT :)
Thank you so much for this huge and amazing work and for free ?! 🙏🔥
Of course, glad it was helpful for u sam :)
That pokemon chart at 33:03 took me offguard :D
Wow, so much useful information :) It's interesting to hear about color theory from you.
this was really well made and helpful, great job!
You gave us this for FREE?! Thank you so much! This is so cool!!
Super good !!
Bless your heart man! You're a huge inspiration!
dawg this video is a masterpiece 🙏🙏🙏 really did learn a lot from it! can’t wait for the second part your art is extraordinary 💪
thank you bro I appreciate it 😳
Thank you so much, i like your point that refrences are not cheating
immediate sub, incredibly well done video, easy to understand and super funny
thank you so much for making it!!
Thanks for sharing tutorial
w video, good to see you thriving. you've earned it!
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57:11 RAAAAAAH YUTO SANO'S TEETH DRAWINGS❗❗🗣️
btw I really loved this video and how informative it is about splash art, I want to make this type of art for some character I like so this is really useful, waiting for part 2 patienly. Thanks for bringing this content buddy 😺💗
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this is a great video!I would LOOVEE the post post processing and rendering guide if u make it!
Will you do more content like this? Because after watching this I realized that I need videos like this!
Wow, I waited for video like that so long... Thank you!