my instructors always told us "custom brushes won't help you improve, they're there to help you shorten the process. If you don't know what you're doing, they won't save you."
I forgot who said this but in my experience it's always been true. " Your lack of fundamentals will show" and i don't think custom brushes will help you with that.
if your painting style relies on heavy textured brush strokes you are gonna have a bad time with the default round. might even be impossible unless you change your style to fit that
I'm honestly just looking for a brush to colour block: not the basic circle but something with a bit of opacity and texture. So I can use just own brush throughout the painting.
For some reason, I prefer the one with the default brushes...meaning, I wish I could paint like this. But if I see the one with the custom ones, I will always know that it's your work :) Both are very beautiful as always. It always looks so easy when you do it.
I'm starting with digital now, I have a bit of experience with traditional painting, and this video helped me a lot. I feel like a beginner using custom brushes end up putting a lot of information that doesnt help to solve the picture, once you know what is missing from your painting is when you will need a custom brush.
I love this message. I’m a traditional charcoal pencil artist and I got procreate to be a way to not have to take out all the supplies all the time. I soon found myself overwhelmed with all the layers and brushes. 3 years into procreate and I’m finally going back to my roots. Very few brushes and layers. Like he said at the end of the day brushes and layers don’t make the art, you do. Since I let that go I have found peace and more enjoyable time doing art. People can’t believe it’s digital or traditional unless I tell them. Layers and brushes aren’t bad! I’m definitely a huge believer that you make the art and those are just tools. Focus on your art and not the tools. Practice helps! Don’t give up.
I always believed that I was bad at art because I didn't have the right brush. It wasn't until I actually started getting better when I realized that brushes are more of a time saving tool. Fancy brush won't make you a better artist, but it might make you faster, if give you a satisfying feel to your work.
I should really try painting environments more often. Hopefully one day I'll be as good as you are 🤞 If it wasn't obvious already, I LOVE this piece! I'm only halfway through but it's soooo amazing 😍
-7:36- there’s a wow face in the left tree and it made my day 😂😂, guess even the default brush is surprised that someone is using him and doing good art! Btw, I use default brushes too, but I also use sketchbook so .. 🤷♂️
I love this! I think it could also be applied to any medium- to start art you don’t need expensive materials but practice and skill can get you far ❤ I also love seeing people use custom brushes and textures to add a sense of controlled chaos and freedom to art. I’m a perfectionist so seeing people use different materials to achieve unique looks instead of doing every detail by hand is inspiring too
I agree with you entirely about it not being the brush that does the brushing. But, at the same time, the psychological edge you get when you are excited about what a brush can do can translate into your work and take things in different directions. Also, the immediacy and deliberateness of the stroke is an important aspect to all this, and if the default brush means you have to carefully craft every texture, that could come across as being more stiff. Just philosophizing here. Thanks for this video. I dug it :-]
I think we all need to focus on developing the skill and learning the basics, the fundamentals and then thinking about the brushes and all the little details, because making this video may seem like anyone with a round brush can do that, but in fact , everyone can do this if they studied hard
To be honest I love his older videos so much more.. still love the new ones but I wish he makes more videos like these since these ones catered less to trends but more art knowledge
dang this video came out quick! i loved the rendering of the stairs with the default brushes but with the custom brushes it did change the mood to feel more chill
Both of them are gorgeous 🥺❤️ the colours are so bright and happy!!!! I especially love the stairs and the custom brush textured trees! There is slightly more to look at on the textured painting, but the default is still so charming 🥰
Watching this a year after it was posted and a year into Procreate. I have bought custom brushes (cough cough Sams, lol) and can really say that the procreate brushes are just as good, it all about how you use it and your fundamental knowledge. I've scaled back to using a lot of the default brushes. A lot of the brushes don't work for my workflow. People always think that as a trained graphic designer I'd be good at digital painting. I know how to manipulate text, color, images, and shapes for print designs. I wasn’t trained to paint on a computer/ tablet. I was trained to paint using oils and try and to achieve a realistic look. That tends to translate into my work where I can paint a 10+ hour drawing a make it look realistic. Being more semi-realistic/ stylized is something new for me. I'd love to one day get to the point where i'm panting something in an hour to two hours. ( I have kept some of Sam brushes as they work better than some of the Procreate ones; love the round brush, airbrush, the blending brush and hard eraser)
This made me realize it’s very similar to traditional painting thanks for this I learned new things! Mostly how I can draw stairs I usually have a very hard time with stairs because I never really drew them
Both are very, very lovely pieces. I think that the custom brushes only looks slightly better to my eyes because you have indicated lighting better in my taste. Maybe because, like you mentioned, the default brushes meant you have to do it all manually, you're not as familiar (not unfamiliar though) with the work flow, and again, like you said, the fact you've used the custom brushes more meant you could be looser with it. But all in all... Damn, you're right. There's not a SIGNIFICANT difference between the two! Thanks for this!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I always thought painting background was a total pain, but since I discover your videos, I realized how much environments are important and I enjoy use some Pinterest references to express that ! Thank you for making this video, cause now, I know it’s possible to get something AMAZINGLY beautiful even without crazy brushs,, it sure takes more time to find/choose brushs then to actually starting to paint and do it right,,, but I still really need a lot more notions and practice 😅 thank you ☺️
Something I really struggle with, as I use pretty basic brushes, I don’t understand how to get the foliage look. I saw you paint it in, and it looked kind of like splotchy paint, but I just can’t figure out how to accomplish this myself.
i think its like comparing mouse and drawing tab, by both ways we can draw but drawing tab makes it simple with all pen pressure and all, same for the brush default brushes can also help us recieve same result however custom brushes helps us creating the same yhing with ease and in less amount of time
Exactly! It’s not the tools, it’s the user... if the user has the ability, custom brushes help your workflow & give you the ability to faster & add more expression.
I learn so much while watching his videos.........😃😃😃 You get an urge to draw after watching him draw....🤩🤩🤩 I love watching him draw.... 😍😍😍 please teach me more about how can I use brushes well 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I absolutely love these videos. I’m someone who doesn’t like to use custom brushes a lot when you can do it with default brushes. Just a simple recommendation: I know many people who spend tons of money on many art programs. But I never understand why. I am someone who loves to use procreate and photoshop. But at the same time when I use photoshop to draw I’m usually told that’s the wrong art program. Can you please do a video about art programs and explain this.
This is really interesting! Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It's especially interesting for me as I notice I really enjoy the clear quality of the version without the custom brushes. I love using paper textures (esp brushes with them included) but this made me think if it would not be better for me to apply the texture effect last step. Because sometimes it feels to mach. Ah anyways. Thank you!
Love your videos....I used to worry a lot about brushes but your art tell me otherwise 😉 your art videos are the reason for my improvement in art😍you inspire me a lot 😘 I have told this in these comments a lot and I don't mind saying it again....love your art💕 How about how to create water texture in next video😉
I haven't watched the video yet, but here's my view on things: It's not the brush that makes the art, it's the artist. However, the right brushes help a whole lot.
basically he’s saying the brush isn’t the problem, its you. 😂
I've always known I'm a problem
Facts
💀😂😂
fr 😂
basically, he’s saying so if you want easy grass clouds or scratches go buy some texture brushes
You had me at "it's not the brush that does the brushing" 😂😂😂
LMAO
You made me giggle lol
@@sabeelm9 🤨📸?
@@samdoesarts no swearing Sam.
my instructors always told us "custom brushes won't help you improve, they're there to help you shorten the process. If you don't know what you're doing, they won't save you."
I forgot who said this but in my experience it's always been true. " Your lack of fundamentals will show" and i don't think custom brushes will help you with that.
Preach
if your painting style relies on heavy textured brush strokes you are gonna have a bad time with the default round. might even be impossible unless you change your style to fit that
@@kipop3611 the existence of custom brush is to save time
we all know this but his voice is sooooo soothing
Thank you
I SWEAR😭
Reminds me of bob ross😂
I'm dreaming of that one day when SamDoesArts will start a second channel and reading audiobooks to us...
@@martist869 bob Ross but it’s modern digital bob ross
photoshop users: only the default, we need more to draw
procreate users: **laughs in 200 default brushes**
Frrrrr
AAHAHAHHHAHAH
*Laughs in clip studio paint*
200 default brushes and I use 0
@@yoongi_mew_6046 yeah and hi army
a full-pledged and detailed environment in only 1hr and 30mins is crazyyyy
Bro your videos are the perfect inspiration whenever im feeling the art block coming on.
I am glad
You're my favorite digital artist because you don't brag about your abilities but instead show us that drawing is all about practice and hard work.
The majority of the digital artists don't even do that
Most artists don't do this
"It's been an hour and thirty minutes..."
Me: That would take all day, on a good day.
Beautiful work!
I use to think I needed to use custom brushes but this video proved me wrong. Thank you for making this video^^
I'm honestly just looking for a brush to colour block: not the basic circle but something with a bit of opacity and texture. So I can use just own brush throughout the painting.
A terrible artist blame his tools, a great one uses anything
Wow great point!!
A fantastic artist steals his tools
You don't know! You weren't there! It was the brush!
*Jazza has joined the chat*
Interestingly, the same can be said for martial arts.
Love your environment drawings they all are soft and have a mood to it!!!
what's up gu- *TRAP MUSIC INTENSIFIES*
Trap music plays when I enter the room
@@samdoesarts -why do I hear boss music?
This guy's gonna be so much more famous than today, so i just wanna say: Here before 20k
Lmao
Same here
Llevo tiempo mirándolo y nunca me había dedicado a mirar los subs, ahora que lo miro estoy sorprendida de lo poco que tiene.
uff here before 100k :P
here before 100k
For some reason, I prefer the one with the default brushes...meaning, I wish I could paint like this. But if I see the one with the custom ones, I will always know that it's your work :) Both are very beautiful as always. It always looks so easy when you do it.
I'm starting with digital now, I have a bit of experience with traditional painting, and this video helped me a lot. I feel like a beginner using custom brushes end up putting a lot of information that doesnt help to solve the picture, once you know what is missing from your painting is when you will need a custom brush.
Thank you so much for this! You’re really a role model as I get back into painting, videos are really nice and engaging and super inspirational!
I love this message. I’m a traditional charcoal pencil artist and I got procreate to be a way to not have to take out all the supplies all the time. I soon found myself overwhelmed with all the layers and brushes. 3 years into procreate and I’m finally going back to my roots. Very few brushes and layers. Like he said at the end of the day brushes and layers don’t make the art, you do. Since I let that go I have found peace and more enjoyable time doing art. People can’t believe it’s digital or traditional unless I tell them.
Layers and brushes aren’t bad! I’m definitely a huge believer that you make the art and those are just tools. Focus on your art and not the tools. Practice helps! Don’t give up.
I always believed that I was bad at art because I didn't have the right brush. It wasn't until I actually started getting better when I realized that brushes are more of a time saving tool.
Fancy brush won't make you a better artist, but it might make you faster, if give you a satisfying feel to your work.
9:00 music is Freeze - Nick (insrumental)
I love your art style so much! It's so creative!
"I'm evolving" hahahaha I died!
Sam: you don't need these fancy brushes to make a good painting
Also Sam in the caption: buy my custom brushes here
Custom brushes are like boyfriends, you don't need them, but they are nice to have.
I should really try painting environments more often. Hopefully one day I'll be as good as you are 🤞
If it wasn't obvious already, I LOVE this piece! I'm only halfway through but it's soooo amazing 😍
-7:36- there’s a wow face in the left tree and it made my day 😂😂, guess even the default brush is surprised that someone is using him and doing good art!
Btw, I use default brushes too, but I also use sketchbook so .. 🤷♂️
Me who just use Ibis paint x, although there are custom brush now for ibis,i still use dip pen,fade brush,and air brush for mostly everything lol.
I love this! I think it could also be applied to any medium- to start art you don’t need expensive materials but practice and skill can get you far ❤ I also love seeing people use custom brushes and textures to add a sense of controlled chaos and freedom to art. I’m a perfectionist so seeing people use different materials to achieve unique looks instead of doing every detail by hand is inspiring too
I agree with you entirely about it not being the brush that does the brushing. But, at the same time, the psychological edge you get when you are excited about what a brush can do can translate into your work and take things in different directions. Also, the immediacy and deliberateness of the stroke is an important aspect to all this, and if the default brush means you have to carefully craft every texture, that could come across as being more stiff.
Just philosophizing here. Thanks for this video. I dug it :-]
I think we all need to focus on developing the skill and learning the basics, the fundamentals and then thinking about the brushes and all the little details, because making this video may seem like anyone with a round brush can do that, but in fact , everyone can do this if they studied hard
Didn't forget to record , I'm evolving ~ Sam Yang 2020
0:11 sometimes up there dosent help but anyway nice video! nice job!
Yeah smooth brain problems I can relate
The best part about watching your videos is that I don't even do digital art but still I watch every single video u post!!! ❤️
To be honest I love his older videos so much more.. still love the new ones but I wish he makes more videos like these since these ones catered less to trends but more art knowledge
everytime i got stuck with my stuffs. i always watch ur videos again sam. and apply ur tips. it helps me alot
I love your landscape drawings! I cant draw them very well but yours look amazing!
I thought the default was perfect but then he added the custom brushes.
I have found my favorite digital artist 🖌️❣️
Fancy brushes ARE super satisfying and fun though! 😂 But definitely agree you don’t need them to make good quality art
My best tutorial! Period! Beginner who learns landscape painting.
dang this video came out quick! i loved the rendering of the stairs with the default brushes but with the custom brushes it did change the mood to feel more chill
I been watching you for a week now and to be honest im staring to fall in love with your vids. Keep it up
everyday i wonder,
where are your 1 mil subs???
LOL one day 😭
One day and we’ll be here to witness it
@@sakareeh for sure
Sakareeh same ;3
@@sakareeh nah I’ve killed myself before that 😩
l love your voice.
makes me really calm for some reason.
Both of them are gorgeous 🥺❤️ the colours are so bright and happy!!!! I especially love the stairs and the custom brush textured trees! There is slightly more to look at on the textured painting, but the default is still so charming 🥰
Watching this a year after it was posted and a year into Procreate. I have bought custom brushes (cough cough Sams, lol) and can really say that the procreate brushes are just as good, it all about how you use it and your fundamental knowledge. I've scaled back to using a lot of the default brushes. A lot of the brushes don't work for my workflow. People always think that as a trained graphic designer I'd be good at digital painting. I know how to manipulate text, color, images, and shapes for print designs. I wasn’t trained to paint on a computer/ tablet. I was trained to paint using oils and try and to achieve a realistic look. That tends to translate into my work where I can paint a 10+ hour drawing a make it look realistic. Being more semi-realistic/ stylized is something new for me. I'd love to one day get to the point where i'm panting something in an hour to two hours. ( I have kept some of Sam brushes as they work better than some of the Procreate ones; love the round brush, airbrush, the blending brush and hard eraser)
This made me realize it’s very similar to traditional painting thanks for this I learned new things! Mostly how I can draw stairs I usually have a very hard time with stairs because I never really drew them
Thanks. Love the simplicity and firm of the original brush, and how you deal with the leaves and light and shadows.
Dang!!!! I know this was a huge amount of work but thank you for choosing a photo with alot of detail! It was very informative and I appreciate it!
It's a real pleasure to see you working on this frames.
You make it look so easy GODDAMNIT!
OMG you really give alot of spirit to more work on! Thank you so much Sam!
I just....wow. This is incredible! I got one of your prints yesterday and can't wait to hang it up!
someone actually courageous enough to say it. custom brush is overrated. your unique style is your CUSTOM brush. thank you!
my heart melts, them cats are so cuuuuuute
Both are very, very lovely pieces. I think that the custom brushes only looks slightly better to my eyes because you have indicated lighting better in my taste.
Maybe because, like you mentioned, the default brushes meant you have to do it all manually, you're not as familiar (not unfamiliar though) with the work flow, and again, like you said, the fact you've used the custom brushes more meant you could be looser with it.
But all in all... Damn, you're right. There's not a SIGNIFICANT difference between the two! Thanks for this!
The default one looks like anime series while the custom brush one looks like an anime movie I like both haha
Marco Bucci did a painting recently on one of his vids with just a default photoshop round brush and the results were phenomenal.
The lasso tool is so useful for kind of backgrounds like woww
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I always thought painting background was a total pain, but since I discover your videos, I realized how much environments are important and I enjoy use some Pinterest references to express that ! Thank you for making this video, cause now, I know it’s possible to get something AMAZINGLY beautiful even without crazy brushs,, it sure takes more time to find/choose brushs then to actually starting to paint and do it right,,, but I still really need a lot more notions and practice 😅 thank you ☺️
i knew ur gonna go big since i subbed 5 months ago. u explain things very well! thank for inspiring me whenever i feel im lacking :)
Omg you are a asome artist, the first version whit out texture blow my mind, saludos de Colombia 🥺❤️✨
I already know this.
I just....
I just like how pretty they look-
I barely use any of them-
Just found your channel your art is amazing! I use both default and custom brushes.
im drawing while watching this idk bruh his voice is just so soothing
You're honestly so encouraging ☺️❤️
Something I really struggle with, as I use pretty basic brushes, I don’t understand how to get the foliage look. I saw you paint it in, and it looked kind of like splotchy paint, but I just can’t figure out how to accomplish this myself.
You need to practice a lot.
@@rhalum practice what
i think its like comparing mouse and drawing tab, by both ways we can draw but drawing tab makes it simple with all pen pressure and all, same for the brush default brushes can also help us recieve same result however custom brushes helps us creating the same yhing with ease and in less amount of time
Exactly! It’s not the tools, it’s the user... if the user has the ability, custom brushes help your workflow & give you the ability to faster & add more expression.
his environmental style reminds me a lot of studio ghibli and i love it so much ❤❤❤❤💕💞
cant miss sam videos
I think more than brushes option the use of perfect color scheme is most effective
Its very inspiring to see how you start a drawing i personally only draw Manga/Anime style but i still can Learn a lot of your drawings
this artwork is so beautiful like your eyes
Hey man this is greats learning material! Thanks so much!
The round brush makes it look like a guache painting made by someone from the ghibli studio. I'm in. Imma use the round brushes from now on.
Yeah custom brushes make my art assignment finished faster😊👌
My favorite artist right now 😊❤
can we get more videos on environments? they're my favourite!!
Same bro
I learn so much while watching his videos.........😃😃😃 You get an urge to draw after watching him draw....🤩🤩🤩 I love watching him draw.... 😍😍😍 please teach me more about how can I use brushes well 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I absolutely love these videos. I’m someone who doesn’t like to use custom brushes a lot when you can do it with default brushes.
Just a simple recommendation: I know many people who spend tons of money on many art programs. But I never understand why. I am someone who loves to use procreate and photoshop. But at the same time when I use photoshop to draw I’m usually told that’s the wrong art program. Can you please do a video about art programs and explain this.
I've done both. If you want that painterly look you'll need custom brushes for that
you can change your default brush's settings to get that texture mate
you are the best one at environment art
oh my god i love this guy so much ughhh
hey Sam, love your videos, really inspiring stuff, just wanted to know if someday you can make a video on some tips to get started in digital art 😅
Hello fellow comment scroller! :D have a great day and or Christmas!! Enjoy the video too :)
That's me!!!
Love that painting process and that bgm is ❤..
This is really interesting! Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It's especially interesting for me as I notice I really enjoy the clear quality of the version without the custom brushes. I love using paper textures (esp brushes with them included) but this made me think if it would not be better for me to apply the texture effect last step. Because sometimes it feels to mach. Ah anyways. Thank you!
3:37 after 15 minutes when I'm still trying with the sketch after n hour
Love your videos....I used to worry a lot about brushes but your art tell me otherwise 😉 your art videos are the reason for my improvement in art😍you inspire me a lot 😘 I have told this in these comments a lot and I don't mind saying it again....love your art💕
How about how to create water texture in next video😉
nobody gonna talk about the music? ok. I was just vibing to the music the whole time ngl
Bruh that forehead zoom in always gets me 😂
This guy is a wizard
Wonderful work I loved it ♥️
Default brushes or custom brushes Sam still paints environments beautifully
I LOOOK AWAY FOR 3 BLOODY SECONDS TWORADS THE END AND IT GOES FROM SOME BLOCKS AND SHAPES TO THAT
I do, it makes me confident even if I can do the same thing without a custom brush
I haven't watched the video yet, but here's my view on things: It's not the brush that makes the art, it's the artist. However, the right brushes help a whole lot.
I love your art style, you inspired me with your content!