I recommend you guys take advantage of this offer. I got mine and I love my Wacom Cintiq 16 and the stand. I just wish I had the remote. That remote is 99 bucks :(
@@jovontowns591 yee i keep my keyboard to the side for some hotkey stuff. I feel like i need to hunch over the cintiq too much right now though, i need the stand lol
@@ssdd7704 there are certainly artists that do and can create beautiful work with one. But you have to find creative ways to workaround problems that using a stylus solves. Maybe there are some other UA-cam tutorials that show those techniques. I am not familiar with them.
I used to use undo so much that I found myself tapping people with two fingers (procreate's undo gesture) everytime I said something awkward and wanted to redo. It made things only more awkward :\
Well, I think the video is about how to use digital tools to achieve traditional paintbrush feel. Any digital tool you use will have no traditional equivalent. All digital brushes are approximations. Some are less realistic than others...
@Ethan agreed, all the tips are spot-on, lots of useful info here! Presently, I use layers heavily. But as I’m getting better I will try to use them less, because right now if I look at my drawings, I can tell that some objects/characters were painted on different layers. When you paint on layers, things tend to stand out. You can go back at the end and try to smooth out the edges/transitions, and that’s pretty much what I do for now, but the result is just not the same. I think for relative beginners such as myself, it’s more important to get things right at any cost. We need to get confidence of completing a painting in a very short time. Layers and smudge tools give my paintings a degree of realism that I keep getting amazed at. I think absolute beginners should not follow this video (unless they know they can...). I would suggest taking notes of what’s suggested in the video “for later”. Before digital age, there were a lot less artists. Learning via traditional path is hard. Learning with unlimited eraser and layers is a much better way. First step is becoming confident that you can depict something that was just inside your mind. Once you have the type of confidence that if you think of something, you know right away that you can do a rough sketch of it in about an hour, then bring on the next level of challenge. Before getting an iPad + Pencil, if you asked me how long it would take me to draw a somewhat realistic fire, I would have absolutely no clue. Now I can pull it off in a few minutes. Don’t worry about picking up bad habits etc. You can’t acquire perfect skills before you even start. And if you make a goal to do this from the start you will not have any fun along the way. Having fun while painting, and acknowledging your own levels of success is what pushes me forward all the time. I keep doing things I couldn’t do previously. And that’s really exciting. Before going digital, my “art” was extremely primitive and boring, and the goal of becoming better seemed unattainable. So get good first, and then apply *all* the techniques in this video, it’ll make the ride much more smoother!
Speaking of being concise, on the off chance that you haven’t already, check out Marco Bucci, especially his 10 min videos. That level of ability to pack and convey so much useful info... I learned so much hands-on info from his chan, and brilliantly presented too.
Hi i tried to emulate some brushes like the ones used in the candle example, for Paint Tool Sai :) 1st brush used in the example: *Min. Size: 50% *Density: 81 *Bristle: 50 * Fabric 01: 10 *Blending: 59 *Dilution: 8 *Persistence: 80 Every other advanced setting remains untouched from the default brush. 2nd brush, the square kinda paper-y one: * Min Size: 50 *Density: 82 *Middle_Flat: 100 *Paper 02: 48 *Blending: 47 *Dilution: 0 *Persistence: 80 3rd brush, the one that looks kind of like watercolor: *Min Size: 50 *Density: 62 *Aquarelle: 22 *No texture *Blending: 50 *Dilution: 0 *Persistence: 80 4th Brush, the very very very soft and stroke-y one (good for blending!) *Min Size: 31% *Density: 58 *Bristle: 100 *No texture *Blending: 83 *Dilution: 55 *Persistence: 44 *Keep opacity ✅ Advanced settings: *Quality: 4 (smoothest) 5th brush, the last one that has the most noticeable texture: *Min size: 50 *Density: 100 *Middle_Flat: 58 *Fabric 01: 68 *Blending: 50 *Dilution: 0 *Persistence: 80 Everything else remains untouched. Hope this can be useful for somebody :) have fun!! ✨
PREACH! Understand traditional painting, make your own brushes, use fewer layers, reduce special effects, don't use erasers, use a palette, keep your painting small/stay zoomed out... This video is like all the stuff I love about painting. Great video. :)
1:50 - Tip 1: Follow a Traditional Process 3:03 - Tip 2: Textures! 5:47 - Tip 3: Limit your layers 7:07 - Tip 4: Avoid special effects 8:59 - Tip 5: Use a controlled color palette 10:43 - Tip 6: Stay back! 11:43 - Tip 7: Forget the lines. It's all about the edges. 13:14 - Conclusion
If using only one layer, but still want to make use of the digital strengths of deleting things done that you didn't like, simply CTRL-J the layer (make a copy) and attempt the new idea on THAT one, instead of the first. That way you have a second chance to mess everything up you had going already, when testing out the new approach.
I love this so much. I am a traditional artist who tried digital art a few years ago and I absolutely hated it at the time. I want to try it again, and now that I know I can use a tool that feels similar to what I already know, things start looking a bit easier for me. And as someone who has a "messy" art style, the excessively "polished" look present in most digital art I see never really appealed to me. Thanks for making this video!
It's amazing to me that this video only has 240K views right now. 240K is nothing to sneeze at, but honestly, this should have millions of views. This is hella good and useful.
I think I’m going to mix both of these techniques to create a half digital half traditional look. For example, perfectly smooth textures would be better to draw in a digital art style, rustic and natural textures would look better in a paint style.
tbh overlay effects can do wonders if you have a solid painting under them! you definitely need good ol' painting skills first but do make use of the tools you have
Ágnes Kéner Did you forget what the whole video was about? It’s about creating a traditional look with digital and traditional pairing does not have overlay. I am a digital artist who likes my work to look very traditional because I can’t afford the traditional things. Staying away from the cheat tools is what you need to do. No matter how you try it, it doesn’t look good when you use the tools made for digital. Overlay has a very artificial effect when it’s used and If you are going for a traditional look, you don’t want to use it. Not once did they say that overlay is bad. They said to stay away from it if you are trying to do a traditional look and they are right.
@@klausd.6285 it really doesn't have to look artificial if you know how to use it. you're welcome to stick to whatever you want, but you Can make something that looks traditional with digital effects. my comment was intended for those who do use overlay and the like but feel after watching this that it's the "easy way out"
I think most digital painters would benefit from going on a blend mode detox and learn how to paint with handpicked values and hue shifts instead of abusing effects like color dodge that does it for you.
@@klausd.6285 I know it's three years later, but I have to say that traditional painting *can* have an overlay! Variegated glazing over a dry painting with one or two colours can really make things pop, and help unify the whole piece. Ágnes does make the important point though: whether traditional or digital, you have to have a solid painting to start with. A fancy glaze or overlay won't rescue a complete turkey. Enjoy your painting, Klaus, whatever your techniques!
Finally!!! A digital explanation while keeping the integrity of the tradtional painter intact. Question: are you a painter? Or are you painter? Do you push buttons and presto you have a painting; then the answer is no, you are not. Do you move a stylist around stroke by stroke, line by line in the utmost tidium? Then the answer is yes you are. Finally I can reconcile the two...mmm i wonder of my digital has paint dried?. Thank you again.
If you don't want to use layers, a better option to save progress is taking a snapshot of your document, under the history window. It'll save an instance of your document that you can contrast & compare or go back too.
Hi there! I am also a Traditional painter before i also do portraits of different people on canvas but now i shift to Digital Painting and Portraits and i relate and learned on this video.
You practically presented the exact same approach I arrived to in my attempt to get a trad feel in digital. The only difference is that nowadays I don't make palettes, just figure things as I go. But want to experiment with palettes again in the future - especially with extremely limited ones. Some artists I love achieved great results using only two very small color ranges, or just one, and using grays for the rest. Eg. Sargent has some great examples of this.
Amazing, thank you. Especially for the mini-tutorial on creating your own brushes and textures. I had no idea you could scan materials and turn them into digital textures.
Thank you for sharing a different method of digital painting, I felt like learning digital was becoming boring because all of my work looked very computerized however I was looking for a more natural style. This definitely helped think about digital painting in different methods which is very interesting. I feel a lot of people encourage the same format of learning digital painting that does result in a non traditional style which is okay but it's just nice to hear about a different way to get good results.
Yeah, I have noticed that a lot too when it comes to digital painting. So many people literally sitting there telling you you HAVE to do it this way and you HAVE to do this way and that. Meanwhile, you look at traditional artists and they do all kinds of weird stuff and no none has just one way of doing something and they encourage you to try to do different things and media mix and what not. I was a traditional artist before I started doing digital. I paint mostly using 1 layer and nothing else for the most part. I can understand that having more layers is nice, but it's not really needed unless you plan to use filters or bouncing ideas of to see what looks better. This idea that you HAVE to have a layer for every little thing just confused me. My partner is like that. They use layers for every little thing and end up using close to 200 every single painting just about. So many vidoes I watched also say you HAVE to use layers, one for everything. All in all, I think the digital art community as a whole are really limiting what they can do with digital painting when they all have all these rules that you "must" follow. At the end of the day, digial painting is just another medium and people shouldn't feel pressured into having to use all the same tools excatly the same way everyone else uses them. We don't do that with traditional, why are we doing it do digital.
Thank you so much!!! That was so overdue. I'm a colored pencil artist but from years of doing so my wrist is pretty worn out. So my hubby got me a Wacom for Christmas but it's so different. While I could create nice pieces they all seemed 'flat' and 'uniform' and so not traditional looking. It was just too digital. This video is to the point and makes total sense of course but if one hasn't done digital then one doesn't think of it. Thanks for making this video. This will help me loads.
Honestly, I unknowingly apply most of these tips before even watching this video. Now that I watch it I know why I suddenly get much better. So I can’t wait to use all of them to improve myself.
Bob Ross used a set of formulas and cheats that can get you something that looks good to the untrained eye without actual knowledge or understanding. It's nice party trick if you want to impress people without putting thousands of hours into learning how to paint properly, and it's also great as a relaxation exercise. But that's just all it is. Now, make no mistake, Bob was doing lot of good by getting people interested in painting and sending out the - true - message that anyone can learn art, he deserves all the praise for that. He was a great guy. But if you want to get good at painting forget all the "techniques" he used and learn the fundamentals. Be warned though, if you want to be able to paint like Court Jones or Proko or any of the artists showcased in this video, there won't be happy little trees - there will be lots of struggle, stress, hard work, failures, roadblocks, sweat and blood instead.
Storm Engineer Bob Ross drew, not to be harsh on him, almost nothing else than happy little trees. What he had however, he was a great entertainer and personality .
Man you hit the nail on the head! This is just what I was looking for... I started this yesterday, and tried to limit myself to work with only the colors you can find at a local Store... didn't sample anything from reference photos. However I haven't thought of "washing the canvas" with paint like you would on an actual Canvas surface... and I didn't know the efects of paint brush are created from brushes that imitate those realistic marks... This will advance my studies a lot!!! Thanks !!!
I like this way of thinking. (Got there via Shodo calligraphy / zen Buddhism - being 'in the moment' / appreciating mistakes. Trying to incorporate it in everything I make (including music). I've come to find it a lot more relaxing, since work CAN in fact be finished (enough)... The candle flame at 8:20 is 🔥 by the way 😬🙃 (and I really prefer the 'textured' way of painting. So much more life in the final result..!)
I have been looking to upgrade my 13 inch cintiq to something bigger for awhile, the smaller one has worked great for about 5 years but I am feeling very cramped on it lately. So after watching this video, I bought a new 24 incher. Feel free to pass this info onto your wacom overlords.
It might not apply to oil. But in general I do use the eraser. But only on lower capacity. Those imperfections and flawed erases gives inspiration. Sometimes they show how I want a stroke to be and other times they paint them selves.
I've been really frustrated with an illustration lately, and I needed to hear every second of this. I love my lines, but often fret too much over coloring and make all the mistakes described in the video. I'm scrapping all my (too many!) color layers and starting from scratch with these techniques.
Read the brush name as "Stanky" not "Streaky". This video was wonderful and as someone very new to digital work, I was able to understand easily and confidently with your guidance.
As a PaintTool SAI user, I recommend the pack of brushes for SAI by Ramon Miranda (they are completely free for download), which proves that Photoshop or Corel aren't the only options out there to mimick traditional /oil painterly looks in digital art
Celtic Botan's Digital Art They never once said in the video those were the only programs. They said “programs like” and gave a few examples. Listen more closely next time.
@@klausd.6285 Wow, I never said that, jfc. I'm only trying to help those who, like me, never adapted to Photoshop, that's it. It's no news that PS is the program that people talk the most. "Try reading more closely next time" :)
Honestly, using the color picker is a good method to learning and understanding color in my opinion. But observing how the hues, tints, and shades change in different situations on the color select square. It's a method of learning that I use to observe how things work and to fix any mistakes I may have when not using the eye dropper tool. Then I can test my knowledge on other paintings
the undo command is so contagious, there were times during a pencil on paper drawing or oil painting where my hand would reach for the undo button when I made a mistake.
Awesome. Thank you. I've been trying to get into digital for a while, and I've always assumed my approach had to be different from traditional. It's refreshing to learn that I don't have to do that. I just need to get more brushes.
i want to be your disciple sensie😭😭😂 all my questions has been answered by just watching this. my digital paintings are so clean with fine edges but what i really want is the traditional look. Thank you so much this helped me a lot. ♥️
Managing colours is great in Painter, especially with the mixer pad. You can treat it almost like a painting and have your traditional pallett colours and mix them as you go avoiding the colour picker over all.
omg this is one of the most helpful art videos ive ever watched. ive been trying to go for a painty style for some of my art but it never works out. i never knew it was so easy to make a brush lol.
Ok, some of this stuff was undoubtedly helpful, but I feel like some things would just make the process much more longer and tedious than it needs to be. I do agree that for achieving a more traditional look you should stay away from certain digital features, such as perfect gradients. But there's a difference between abstaining from features that would look very artificial and not utilizing the features that digital art has to offer. Sure, you could just change the color of your piece by painting all over it, but it would simply be much more efficient to just use the hue modifying tools. Also, about layer modes, I think using them or not mostly depends on what you're drawing and your style. Traditional doesn't mean realistic, although layer modes would look artificial on a realistic painting, a mindful use of them can fit more colorful artstyles really well, without it looking too artificial and achieving the desired look much faster. Overall, I feel like how you take the techniques shown in this video depends a lot on the time you are willing to spend on your painting and your style. (Sorry for the long ass parragraph)
couldn't agree more, most of the tips were incredible and opened my eyes to different tools and techniques but some of them just didn't land right with me
I'm kind of wondering why, if someone follows all the tips in this video, would they use digital tools instead of physical paint at all. It takes way more work to try to replicate digitally and you lose lots of the conveniences of the software.
Abby Z because you still get a lot of the advantages of digital. Paint and canvases get expensive, while you can get a decent tablet for a one time purchase of $100 or less. You don’t need to wait for paint to dry; oil paintings can take months due to needing to wait for paint layers to dry. If you do make a major mistake that would be too much work to fix, you can still undo it. And having your art saved as a digital image is useful for making prints or incorporating the image in books, videos, or games.
Because some of this is about learning and understanding. Using the hue modifying tools and layers isn't "cheating", but you're also not expanding your understanding of color and value if you rely on these tools too much. Painting traditionally forces you to make these changes yourself and learn from mistakes. It's not so much about efficiency as much as education. Practicing these techniques will make you a better artist all around.
These are all excellent tips. I'm looking forward to improving my digital painting game. Thanks! On a side note: When I first saw the caricature of Arnold, I had to quickly cover my mouth to stifle my laughter so I wouldn't wake my children. That was fantastic.
Do all this in Microsoft paint with the spray paint brush at 640 by 480 pixels. Only use the ms paint default pallet. It’s fun. You have to blend a lot to get the illusion of more colors.
It has been a while that I have seen a video that was soooooooo usefull and just what I needed! Since a year I own a IPad, but prefer or Photoshop (because of brushes) or simple paper/canvas etc. Great video ♥️🙌
"Try and keep your image zoomed out to achieve this effect" Or just use the navigator window... The one that literally shows your whole image from a distance. I look at this more than what I am painting. You can see everything needed in terms of shapes and contrast. No one mentions it...
Thank you so much! I've been wondering about this. I actually started doing some of these tips already, using one layer and doing the process like a real painting, staying zoomed out. I'm glad I figured out so many tips on my own haha. One thing that helped me figure out how I wanted to digitally paint was actually using MS paint lol. They have really textured brushes that dont blend at all and my favorite digital painting was done on MS paint. The restrictions on blending and the textures forced me to focus really close on specific color. The color tips are really helpful!
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO ON THE WHOLE GODDAMN PLANET EARTH! I never liked digital paintings truly because of the results and i am too impatient for oil colours . But now i really wanna start digital again to do some of natural lookin paintings
Im transitioning from traditional art to digital but still want to keep the traditonaly look, a painting style more familiar to me You have no idea how helpful this is to me
Make sure to check out the other video on digital painting "sins" - ua-cam.com/video/QFbYuWixFBU/v-deo.html
lol literally got a 16 inch the other day, but I don't live in america anyway. Its so much better to use than my intuos.
I recommend you guys take advantage of this offer. I got mine and I love my Wacom Cintiq 16 and the stand. I just wish I had the remote. That remote is 99 bucks :(
@@jovontowns591 yee i keep my keyboard to the side for some hotkey stuff. I feel like i need to hunch over the cintiq too much right now though, i need the stand lol
can I paint with mouse ?
@@ssdd7704 there are certainly artists that do and can create beautiful work with one. But you have to find creative ways to workaround problems that using a stylus solves. Maybe there are some other UA-cam tutorials that show those techniques. I am not familiar with them.
When I just heard ”try not to use undo command” I almost had a heart attack.
The only place where people should be allowed to use ctr z is when doing lineartstuff like comics or other stuff because you cant just paint over it
it was one of the best things i've done to improve my painting skills
Me too 😂
mood
I used to use undo so much that I found myself tapping people with two fingers (procreate's undo gesture) everytime I said something awkward and wanted to redo.
It made things only more awkward :\
I feel like this guy could draw a perfect circle using the sponge bob technique
Andrej this is the funniest comment I have ever read.
LMAO
Proko*
@Nate Jones ua-cam.com/video/2s7MIlwtKXo/v-deo.html
lol
The whole video in one sentence:
*To make your digital paintings look traditional, do not use any tool, that has no traditional equivalent.*
Also use textured brushes/patterns! Preferably ones made and edited from actual brushstrokes.
Well, I think the video is about how to use digital tools to achieve traditional paintbrush feel. Any digital tool you use will have no traditional equivalent. All digital brushes are approximations. Some are less realistic than others...
@Ethan agreed, all the tips are spot-on, lots of useful info here! Presently, I use layers heavily. But as I’m getting better I will try to use them less, because right now if I look at my drawings, I can tell that some objects/characters were painted on different layers. When you paint on layers, things tend to stand out. You can go back at the end and try to smooth out the edges/transitions, and that’s pretty much what I do for now, but the result is just not the same. I think for relative beginners such as myself, it’s more important to get things right at any cost. We need to get confidence of completing a painting in a very short time. Layers and smudge tools give my paintings a degree of realism that I keep getting amazed at. I think absolute beginners should not follow this video (unless they know they can...). I would suggest taking notes of what’s suggested in the video “for later”.
Before digital age, there were a lot less artists. Learning via traditional path is hard. Learning with unlimited eraser and layers is a much better way. First step is becoming confident that you can depict something that was just inside your mind. Once you have the type of confidence that if you think of something, you know right away that you can do a rough sketch of it in about an hour, then bring on the next level of challenge. Before getting an iPad + Pencil, if you asked me how long it would take me to draw a somewhat realistic fire, I would have absolutely no clue. Now I can pull it off in a few minutes.
Don’t worry about picking up bad habits etc. You can’t acquire perfect skills before you even start. And if you make a goal to do this from the start you will not have any fun along the way. Having fun while painting, and acknowledging your own levels of success is what pushes me forward all the time. I keep doing things I couldn’t do previously. And that’s really exciting. Before going digital, my “art” was extremely primitive and boring, and the goal of becoming better seemed unattainable.
So get good first, and then apply *all* the techniques in this video, it’ll make the ride much more smoother!
@Ethan, I know, I gotta work on trying to be concise ;)
Speaking of being concise, on the off chance that you haven’t already, check out Marco Bucci, especially his 10 min videos. That level of ability to pack and convey so much useful info... I learned so much hands-on info from his chan, and brilliantly presented too.
Loved seeing the comparison on the candle painting.
i never realized what a difference it could make.
Hi i tried to emulate some brushes like the ones used in the candle example, for Paint Tool Sai :)
1st brush used in the example:
*Min. Size: 50%
*Density: 81
*Bristle: 50
* Fabric 01: 10
*Blending: 59
*Dilution: 8
*Persistence: 80
Every other advanced setting remains untouched from the default brush.
2nd brush, the square kinda paper-y one:
* Min Size: 50
*Density: 82
*Middle_Flat: 100
*Paper 02: 48
*Blending: 47
*Dilution: 0
*Persistence: 80
3rd brush, the one that looks kind of like watercolor:
*Min Size: 50
*Density: 62
*Aquarelle: 22
*No texture
*Blending: 50
*Dilution: 0
*Persistence: 80
4th Brush, the very very very soft and stroke-y one (good for blending!)
*Min Size: 31%
*Density: 58
*Bristle: 100
*No texture
*Blending: 83
*Dilution: 55
*Persistence: 44
*Keep opacity ✅
Advanced settings:
*Quality: 4 (smoothest)
5th brush, the last one that has the most noticeable texture:
*Min size: 50
*Density: 100
*Middle_Flat: 58
*Fabric 01: 68
*Blending: 50
*Dilution: 0
*Persistence: 80
Everything else remains untouched.
Hope this can be useful for somebody :) have fun!! ✨
YOU DESERVE WAAAY MORE LIKES
thank youudusidhdj
@Karmacoma It's understandable! But there are some people that prefer using it over other programs such as myself and i did it for them :)
@@milanesaconpure5926 Thank youuu! :'D
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This helped a ton and the brushes look really pretty!
14 minutes of pure knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing this!
PREACH! Understand traditional painting, make your own brushes, use fewer layers, reduce special effects, don't use erasers, use a palette, keep your painting small/stay zoomed out... This video is like all the stuff I love about painting. Great video. :)
read the title and never clicked a video so fast, glad to know such valuable tips
Bro I was literally looking for THIS video the other day, is like they granted my wish. 😄
Ditto.
being a microbiologist, the word “cross contamination” gave me a heart attack.....
1:50 - Tip 1: Follow a Traditional Process
3:03 - Tip 2: Textures!
5:47 - Tip 3: Limit your layers
7:07 - Tip 4: Avoid special effects
8:59 - Tip 5: Use a controlled color palette
10:43 - Tip 6: Stay back!
11:43 - Tip 7: Forget the lines. It's all about the edges.
13:14 - Conclusion
Bless you
Tysvm
"Your digital work will be the reflection of you and your skill, rather than the software"
That's the problem, my skill is mediocre at most..
chicken nuggets thank you, chicken nuggets
so do i
Great tips! Embellishing with acrylic gel medium can also give your printed work that "Thick Paint" feel, if you don't like how flat digital art is.
2:49 the most majestic goodboi to ever be painted.
this is EXACTLY the advice I've been looking for!
SAAAAAAAME!
Me too, I like the painterly style and was actually trying to emulate it digitally so this is really helpful
This was honestly one of the best videos i've seen about trying to replicate a traditional painting. Thanks Proko team.
This is actually a really helpful video for someone who doesn't like their digital style and loves the style of traditional art! 10/10 dude
same i like more traditional
I'm an acrylic/oil painter and some of your works look super realistic and undigital. That really impressive
If using only one layer, but still want to make use of the digital strengths of deleting things done that you didn't like, simply CTRL-J the layer (make a copy) and attempt the new idea on THAT one, instead of the first. That way you have a second chance to mess everything up you had going already, when testing out the new approach.
I love this so much. I am a traditional artist who tried digital art a few years ago and I absolutely hated it at the time. I want to try it again, and now that I know I can use a tool that feels similar to what I already know, things start looking a bit easier for me. And as someone who has a "messy" art style, the excessively "polished" look present in most digital art I see never really appealed to me. Thanks for making this video!
THIS VIDEO IS EVERYTHING!!!! No one understands HOW USEFUL this really was
It's amazing to me that this video only has 240K views right now. 240K is nothing to sneeze at, but honestly, this should have millions of views. This is hella good and useful.
I think I’m going to mix both of these techniques to create a half digital half traditional look. For example, perfectly smooth textures would be better to draw in a digital art style, rustic and natural textures would look better in a paint style.
Really great advice, thanks!
tbh overlay effects can do wonders if you have a solid painting under them! you definitely need good ol' painting skills first but do make use of the tools you have
Ágnes Kéner Did you forget what the whole video was about? It’s about creating a traditional look with digital and traditional pairing does not have overlay. I am a digital artist who likes my work to look very traditional because I can’t afford the traditional things. Staying away from the cheat tools is what you need to do. No matter how you try it, it doesn’t look good when you use the tools made for digital. Overlay has a very artificial effect when it’s used and
If you are going for a traditional look, you don’t want to use it. Not once did they say that overlay is bad. They said to stay away from it if you are trying to do a traditional look and they are right.
@@klausd.6285 it really doesn't have to look artificial if you know how to use it. you're welcome to stick to whatever you want, but you Can make something that looks traditional with digital effects. my comment was intended for those who do use overlay and the like but feel after watching this that it's the "easy way out"
I think most digital painters would benefit from going on a blend mode detox and learn how to paint with handpicked values and hue shifts instead of abusing effects like color dodge that does it for you.
hard agree
@@klausd.6285 I know it's three years later, but I have to say that traditional painting *can* have an overlay! Variegated glazing over a dry painting with one or two colours can really make things pop, and help unify the whole piece. Ágnes does make the important point though: whether traditional or digital, you have to have a solid painting to start with. A fancy glaze or overlay won't rescue a complete turkey. Enjoy your painting, Klaus, whatever your techniques!
Finally!!! A digital explanation while keeping the integrity of the tradtional painter intact. Question: are you a painter? Or are you painter? Do you push buttons and presto you have a painting; then the answer is no, you are not. Do you move a stylist around stroke by stroke, line by line in the utmost tidium? Then the answer is yes you are. Finally I can reconcile the two...mmm i wonder of my digital has paint dried?.
Thank you again.
If you don't want to use layers, a better option to save progress is taking a snapshot of your document, under the history window. It'll save an instance of your document that you can contrast & compare or go back too.
Hi there! I am also a Traditional painter before i also do portraits of different people on canvas but now i shift to Digital Painting and Portraits and i relate and learned on this video.
You practically presented the exact same approach I arrived to in my attempt to get a trad feel in digital. The only difference is that nowadays I don't make palettes, just figure things as I go. But want to experiment with palettes again in the future - especially with extremely limited ones. Some artists I love achieved great results using only two very small color ranges, or just one, and using grays for the rest. Eg. Sargent has some great examples of this.
Amazing, thank you. Especially for the mini-tutorial on creating your own brushes and textures. I had no idea you could scan materials and turn them into digital textures.
Thank you for sharing a different method of digital painting, I felt like learning digital was becoming boring because all of my work looked very computerized however I was looking for a more natural style. This definitely helped think about digital painting in different methods which is very interesting. I feel a lot of people encourage the same format of learning digital painting that does result in a non traditional style which is okay but it's just nice to hear about a different way to get good results.
Yeah, I have noticed that a lot too when it comes to digital painting. So many people literally sitting there telling you you HAVE to do it this way and you HAVE to do this way and that. Meanwhile, you look at traditional artists and they do all kinds of weird stuff and no none has just one way of doing something and they encourage you to try to do different things and media mix and what not. I was a traditional artist before I started doing digital. I paint mostly using 1 layer and nothing else for the most part. I can understand that having more layers is nice, but it's not really needed unless you plan to use filters or bouncing ideas of to see what looks better. This idea that you HAVE to have a layer for every little thing just confused me. My partner is like that. They use layers for every little thing and end up using close to 200 every single painting just about. So many vidoes I watched also say you HAVE to use layers, one for everything.
All in all, I think the digital art community as a whole are really limiting what they can do with digital painting when they all have all these rules that you "must" follow. At the end of the day, digial painting is just another medium and people shouldn't feel pressured into having to use all the same tools excatly the same way everyone else uses them. We don't do that with traditional, why are we doing it do digital.
I was looking for a video that explains this exact thing the other day, I'm so glad this video finally exists.
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Digital art is so great! You can create basically anything with it!
I have the 24 pro and just picked up the 16pro for traveling. Best tablets on the market. Great video
I can't seem to stop watching this video. It has taught me so much in only a few minutes. Thank you guys so much for sharing your knowledge with us!
I have a Wacom tablet for 10 years and it still works very well. For beginners it is a safe purchase!
proko and schoolism save my life!!! THANKYOU!
Thank you so much!!!
That was so overdue. I'm a colored pencil artist but from years of doing so my wrist is pretty worn out. So my hubby got me a Wacom for Christmas but it's so different. While I could create nice pieces they all seemed 'flat' and 'uniform' and so not traditional looking. It was just too digital. This video is to the point and makes total sense of course but if one hasn't done digital then one doesn't think of it. Thanks for making this video. This will help me loads.
Honestly, I unknowingly apply most of these tips before even watching this video. Now that I watch it I know why I suddenly get much better. So I can’t wait to use all of them to improve myself.
Didn’t expect to see Banner Saga Art in the first few seconds. Made my day!
This is exactly how i do my digital art. lol but that's because i was a painter first before getting into Digital! glad they're using it
Proko, if it is a digital paint looking traditional
Try doing Bob Ross painting using digital.
Love your videos!
not a bad idea
How would one do this? Ive been trying to find tutorials on doing bob ross' wet on wet in Photoshop with no luck.
Bob Ross used a set of formulas and cheats that can get you something that looks good to the untrained eye without actual knowledge or understanding. It's nice party trick if you want to impress people without putting thousands of hours into learning how to paint properly, and it's also great as a relaxation exercise. But that's just all it is.
Now, make no mistake, Bob was doing lot of good by getting people interested in painting and sending out the - true - message that anyone can learn art, he deserves all the praise for that. He was a great guy.
But if you want to get good at painting forget all the "techniques" he used and learn the fundamentals. Be warned though, if you want to be able to paint like Court Jones or Proko or any of the artists showcased in this video, there won't be happy little trees - there will be lots of struggle, stress, hard work, failures, roadblocks, sweat and blood instead.
Storm Engineer Bob Ross drew, not to be harsh on him, almost nothing else than happy little trees. What he had however, he was a great entertainer and personality .
Man you hit the nail on the head! This is just what I was looking for... I started this yesterday, and tried to limit myself to work with only the colors you can find at a local Store... didn't sample anything from reference photos. However I haven't thought of "washing the canvas" with paint like you would on an actual Canvas surface... and I didn't know the efects of paint brush are created from brushes that imitate those realistic marks... This will advance my studies a lot!!! Thanks !!!
Best brush tutorial out there is a quick tip in this video..
11:30 why does Arnold Schwarzenegger look like donkey Kong. Lmao
An exaggerated nose would resemble him better than the chin
I like this way of thinking. (Got there via Shodo calligraphy / zen Buddhism - being 'in the moment' / appreciating mistakes. Trying to incorporate it in everything I make (including music). I've come to find it a lot more relaxing, since work CAN in fact be finished (enough)...
The candle flame at 8:20 is 🔥 by the way 😬🙃
(and I really prefer the 'textured' way of painting. So much more life in the final result..!)
I'm so excited to grab my wacom and get started with a new piece after watching this! Really liked the video.
I have been looking to upgrade my 13 inch cintiq to something bigger for awhile, the smaller one has worked great for about 5 years but I am feeling very cramped on it lately. So after watching this video, I bought a new 24 incher. Feel free to pass this info onto your wacom overlords.
This is the most useful art tutorial video I have watched in my entire life
It might not apply to oil. But in general I do use the eraser. But only on lower capacity.
Those imperfections and flawed erases gives inspiration. Sometimes they show how I want a stroke to be and other times they paint them selves.
This is the best advice i ever watched. I also read about most of the advices before but i forgot it as the time goes. Thanks for reminding me!
Holy shoot. That demo of the special effects vs pure painting approach! That was pure magic
The most helpful video about digital art I've seen! Thank you so so so so so much😭❤❤
I've been really frustrated with an illustration lately, and I needed to hear every second of this. I love my lines, but often fret too much over coloring and make all the mistakes described in the video. I'm scrapping all my (too many!) color layers and starting from scratch with these techniques.
Every Artist in this channel is extremely skilled and awesome teachers. Man !! I love you guys.
Read the brush name as "Stanky" not "Streaky". This video was wonderful and as someone very new to digital work, I was able to understand easily and confidently with your guidance.
THANK. YOU. THANK YOU. JUST... THANK YOU. Could not have come at a better time for me.
One of the best digital art vids I've seen
As a PaintTool SAI user, I recommend the pack of brushes for SAI by Ramon Miranda (they are completely free for download), which proves that Photoshop or Corel aren't the only options out there to mimick traditional /oil painterly looks in digital art
Celtic Botan's Digital Art They never once said in the video those were the only programs. They said “programs like” and gave a few examples. Listen more closely next time.
@@klausd.6285 Wow, I never said that, jfc. I'm only trying to help those who, like me, never adapted to Photoshop, that's it. It's no news that PS is the program that people talk the most. "Try reading more closely next time" :)
also clip studio and procreate!
@@valasafantastic1055 Clip Studio has some AWESOME, very realistic watercolor brushes, indeed!
0:24 sent me into a fit and i don't think i will ever recover
Honestly, using the color picker is a good method to learning and understanding color in my opinion. But observing how the hues, tints, and shades change in different situations on the color select square. It's a method of learning that I use to observe how things work and to fix any mistakes I may have when not using the eye dropper tool. Then I can test my knowledge on other paintings
I’ve ALWAYS wanted to paint like Sergei Kolesov. I really really liked his style.
the undo command is so contagious, there were times during a pencil on paper drawing or oil painting where my hand would reach for the undo button when I made a mistake.
Not using the color pick from the reference and limiting my Ctrl + Z's I've definitely learned a lot!!
I aspire to have a lot of styles under my belt and painting convincingly this way is one of my goals! Thank you for this video!
very helpful tutorial...i try not to use undo and just paint over the mistake for the first time. And my speed increase so much.thanks you!!!
This is the video humanity needed
Awesome. Thank you. I've been trying to get into digital for a while, and I've always assumed my approach had to be different from traditional. It's refreshing to learn that I don't have to do that. I just need to get more brushes.
I love the second candle painting
Love the humor, content, and everything ! Great work
i want to be your disciple sensie😭😭😂
all my questions has been answered by just watching this. my digital paintings are so clean with fine edges but what i really want is the traditional look. Thank you so much this helped me a lot. ♥️
I was supposed to watch porn, but then a new Proko video arrived.
Mah man!
Why not both?
either way its nuttable
@@psynide True.
Wtf dude, me too
TIP 6 is definitely the hardest one for me... so easy to get lost in doing really really tiny details too early in the painting.
wow that guy is so talented! a true master of his art!!
Managing colours is great in Painter, especially with the mixer pad. You can treat it almost like a painting and have your traditional pallett colours and mix them as you go avoiding the colour picker over all.
ok this has to be the one of the best video ive watched, thank you so much!!
omg this is one of the most helpful art videos ive ever watched. ive been trying to go for a painty style for some of my art but it never works out. i never knew it was so easy to make a brush lol.
i like how you don't dismiss art that does look digital on purpose
Ok, some of this stuff was undoubtedly helpful, but I feel like some things would just make the process much more longer and tedious than it needs to be. I do agree that for achieving a more traditional look you should stay away from certain digital features, such as perfect gradients. But there's a difference between abstaining from features that would look very artificial and not utilizing the features that digital art has to offer. Sure, you could just change the color of your piece by painting all over it, but it would simply be much more efficient to just use the hue modifying tools. Also, about layer modes, I think using them or not mostly depends on what you're drawing and your style. Traditional doesn't mean realistic, although layer modes would look artificial on a realistic painting, a mindful use of them can fit more colorful artstyles really well, without it looking too artificial and achieving the desired look much faster. Overall, I feel like how you take the techniques shown in this video depends a lot on the time you are willing to spend on your painting and your style. (Sorry for the long ass parragraph)
couldn't agree more, most of the tips were incredible and opened my eyes to different tools and techniques but some of them just didn't land right with me
I'm kind of wondering why, if someone follows all the tips in this video, would they use digital tools instead of physical paint at all. It takes way more work to try to replicate digitally and you lose lots of the conveniences of the software.
@@swiftfated I think the point is to pick and choose the tips that fit you best and apply them
Abby Z because you still get a lot of the advantages of digital. Paint and canvases get expensive, while you can get a decent tablet for a one time purchase of $100 or less. You don’t need to wait for paint to dry; oil paintings can take months due to needing to wait for paint layers to dry. If you do make a major mistake that would be too much work to fix, you can still undo it. And having your art saved as a digital image is useful for making prints or incorporating the image in books, videos, or games.
Because some of this is about learning and understanding. Using the hue modifying tools and layers isn't "cheating", but you're also not expanding your understanding of color and value if you rely on these tools too much. Painting traditionally forces you to make these changes yourself and learn from mistakes.
It's not so much about efficiency as much as education. Practicing these techniques will make you a better artist all around.
These are all excellent tips. I'm looking forward to improving my digital painting game. Thanks!
On a side note: When I first saw the caricature of Arnold, I had to quickly cover my mouth to stifle my laughter so I wouldn't wake my children. That was fantastic.
The fact that Wacom pronounces their own brand wrong
I will forever refute the 'wackom' pronunciation
10:23 this is some really helpful advice. I wish I got it earlier as I was learning
Do all this in Microsoft paint with the spray paint brush at 640 by 480 pixels. Only use the ms paint default pallet. It’s fun. You have to blend a lot to get the illusion of more colors.
Thank you sir, for free education.. i really love how your team explain the content.. i have no money for Art school but i have proko !
It has been a while that I have seen a video that was soooooooo usefull and just what I needed! Since a year I own a IPad, but prefer or Photoshop (because of brushes) or simple paper/canvas etc. Great video ♥️🙌
"Try and keep your image zoomed out to achieve this effect"
Or just use the navigator window... The one that literally shows your whole image from a distance. I look at this more than what I am painting. You can see everything needed in terms of shapes and contrast. No one mentions it...
Tried and aproved !!! Thanks it's amazing !
The last four tips were especially helpful
Thank you so much! I've been wondering about this. I actually started doing some of these tips already, using one layer and doing the process like a real painting, staying zoomed out. I'm glad I figured out so many tips on my own haha. One thing that helped me figure out how I wanted to digitally paint was actually using MS paint lol. They have really textured brushes that dont blend at all and my favorite digital painting was done on MS paint. The restrictions on blending and the textures forced me to focus really close on specific color. The color tips are really helpful!
This is what I need today. Thank you so much for uploading this and share your knowledge!
Not only will this help a lot but it also is very motivating to watch!
The fact that stan is more meme centric now makes me so happy
Craig Mullins is amazing! So glad to see that name drop.
Also recognized a few of those at the beginning as well.
Oh my god I've been watching so much old Proko videos, everything is so new.
Omg the dog painting is SO cute!
every Proko's video works for me! thx a looooot
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO ON THE WHOLE GODDAMN PLANET EARTH!
I never liked digital paintings truly because of the results and i am too impatient for oil colours . But now i really wanna start digital again to do some of natural lookin paintings
Holy cow, I just had to stop the video at 2:00 and comment on this: that screen is HUGE!... now, back to the video.
Im transitioning from traditional art to digital but still want to keep the traditonaly look, a painting style more familiar to me
You have no idea how helpful this is to me
Glad it helps!
Thanks Proko team! You are the best. 💛💙