Top 5 Digital Art Mistakes (That We Keep Making!)
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
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Hey everyone! After SO much Nima content (which i love btw), it felt right to get back to basics and make an instructional art video. I normally like to focus on the positives, but it was finally time to address some of these common mistakes. There's a ton of content out there discussing "top" mistakes, but these five personally apply to me. I'll be honest, sometimes it pains me to reach deep into the vault and pull out some of these early pieces to prove a point, but if you all can learn from my mistakes then it's definitely worth it. Hopefully I can give you a different perspective and help you address your own top mistakes. Whatever you do, keep making art!
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Muddy Shadows
02:19 - Importance of Under Painting
03:21 - Lack of Foundation
04:32 - Missing the Big Picture
05:48 - Overestimating Equipment and Brushes
07:01 - Not Utilizing Digital Tools
09:05 - Outro
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What's your biggest art mistake so far?? ✍🏻
Thanks for ALLLLLLL the love lately! It's been a crazy summer with the release of my book and my 2020 is looking better all thanks to you guys ❤️
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One of my biggest mistakes was composition (rule of thirds, direction, focus etc.), all of my illustrations back then are disorganized and don't have anything significant within the piece. I might even be doing the same mistake now but at least I notice I'm improving on it 👌
i did all things by airbrush TT, and I was drawing by mouse - not pen
one of my top mistakes was not discovering this channel earlier.
Trying to avoid humans, i love your videos and my friend bought your book and i already read it 2 times
I forget to draw the forehead. LOL
When he talks about Nima his face is so radiant like a ray of sunshine
Like real-life color dodge...
@@victorkook781 😂this made me laugh
@@victorkook781 you really can't lie, can you?
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People whos really passionate about things tend to do that, its really attractive tbh
7:55 "Photoshop recognize that this is a face"
me: *Well, in terms of recognizable faces, I have no recognizable faces*
Mine look like if someone took a pancake and mangled it
I felt so proud the other day when my camera noticed the face of a bust sketch was doing of Hardcore Leveling Warrior
can you please say if his essential brush pack can be used on other programms
like ibis or clip studio
1000 Like :3
@@anithapalla9328 Due to the recent update of Clip Studio Paint 1.10.5, you can now import photoshop brushes to CSP. I don't know about other programs doe ;w;
The worst mistake is thinking you don't make them.
OMG I'm a top comment \o/
Omg this is so helpful!!! Thank you!!!
Much agreed my friend 💜👌🏾
Damn
True
You only spoke truth.
" I try to focus on painting small"
*has giant drawing tablet*
LOL
He meant canvas size, but lol
Oh wait I just realized that was a tablet lol. I thought it was some kind of computer
@@reallybad7062 Nope. He meant to sketch the thing zoomed out.
Leongon draws stuff What? That's different tho, because what he meant by painting small.. is trying to do the bigger picture first before doing highly detailed ones
Tips from the video
1:02 Shadow are more saturated.
3:43 Work on Basics.
4:30 Zoom Out.
7:02 Liquify Tool
7:38 Face Aware Liquify
8:08 Magic Wand
8:30 Colour Dodge
Thanks a lot! :D
AaaYghggGhg thank you!
Haha No problem!!
i think ppl make that shading mistake because they usually go for colder less saturated shadow, which makes them look dull, try experimenting with different values
Thank you
My biggest mistake is I already know all of this but still manage to forget while drawing
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A_Neko _C yo, that s painfully true.
Easier said than done eh😭😭😭
I made a checklist I pull up during my paintings, it helps to keep map out all the different attributes and eventually becomes second nature.
@@razor191919 woah, that's smart
Imagine having add and trying to comprehend all these informations
hey Ross! I'd really like a video on "final effects", you know those last few hours of rendering you don't show on the videos, they really bring simple characters to life and perfectly matches with the background. Thank you!
I think he posted on his patreon.
I STILL get caught up in the details. Especially when I'm working on line art. I really need to learn how to prioritize details. Not EVERYTHING needs to be in focus. I know that & yet l can't seem to help going into 1000% zoom mode...lol
I don't think it's a bad thing at all!! You shouldn't forget about the whole picture, but I really like those arts with little tiny details, they make the art much more interesting and deep!
by the way, color dodge on Paint tool Sai is basically Luminosity or Lumi and Shade :)
And color dodge on Clip Studio Paint is called “Glow dodge.” There is an effect called “color dodge” but it doesn’t have the same features as Ross’. Glow dodge is more accurate.
@@catcactus1234 How about Add(Glow)?
Thank you kind stranger!
And color dodge on medibang paint is "dodge"
@@catcactus1234 is there a liquify on Clip Studio?
I think my biggest mistake is the lack of foundation; I find it so hard to find references for the stuff I wanna draw, even when I know a lot of sites with this kind of stuff, even with a bunch of anatomy PDFs so I can study better... it's really hard for me to put it all together to draw lmao
Agreed
Pinterest is a good place to search for references,if you want to study anatomy study one part at a time dont go full blast body...once you understand each part you can figure out how they connect to each other,i recommend watch Proko in youtube
I recommend 3 things for you: One is taking your own photo references (Of yourself or someone helping you, so you have exactly the position you want), second is buying a figurine that you can pose to grab references (the usual ones for art are those made of wood, very simple shapes, I don't really like them but you can try). Third advice I can give you is getting a program like poser for example, that let's you position a character in a 3d space the way you want, and use that as a reference. Hope these 3 advices help you :P
Don't be afraid to franken-reference my dude, if you find something that looks kinda like what you want, and then something else that has a different aspect, photoshop them together. Especially useful for fantasy creatures, but just be mindful of the angles ^-^
thanks everyone for the tips! It's very helpful, now my challenge will be to actually study and learn from all these references :'3
For the people who think they don't have that liquefied tool thingy.
You have Mesh transform it's kinda the same
It gets blurrier every time I use it 😓
@@Noodelousart123 Work in a bigger canvas if your system can handle it.
@@Leongon gotcha, thx
@@Leongon It always creates some blur though, doesn't it? I sometimes use it but usually have to repaint a bit
@@scarlet8078 If you work in a bigger canvas, in pixels, you have more information for the warp to work with, leaving less blur behind after the operation. It's good to work in as big resolution as your system can handle for this kind of cases, you just work more zoomed out.
When you make all the mistakes he points out 😐😐.....
Just means you have opportunities to improve as an artist!!!
Lucky your mistakes pointed out, so you can fix them all
I hahe such horrific memories of the burn tool X,D
Hi!
I stopped drawing over 2 months, and I tried something today; I was like wth, how did I do this.
Nah your critical eye is not developed yet, don't get too confident kid.
That happens sometimes, just because you're not drawing doesn't mean you're not still absorbing more information ^-^
But in the long run it helps to practice more consistently, so you can actually figure out what is the thing that you're doing better rather than just by a fluke
I sometimes dont draw for a while and then when i do its like my real artistic skills come out of hiding and i draw the best thing ive ever drawn. Its wack.
@@CristalPeace I recommend you read the book "drawing on the right side of the brain" by Betty Edwards, I think that'll help explain it! Basically, the more you think about drawing, the more your brain interferes, so you tend to do better when you're not actively trying to do a good job ^-^
@FinikiFinFuzz Yeah, but have you been studying nonstop for a few months? Drawing the same mistakes over and over isn't nearly as useful as drawing a lot of life drawings and study stuff
Yey. I like your art so much. I'm a biginner digital artist, and I learned a lot with your videos. It inspires me. Love it❤
Agreed
Ayy just when i was struggling with my digital art
MY BIGGEST ART MISTAKE WAS AVOIDING ASKING FOR ADVICE FROM PEOPLE THAT *ARENT* ARTISTS. THEY MIGHT NOT DRAW WELL BUT THEY CAN SEE THE MISTAKES THAT YOUR MAKING AND GIVE GREAT ADVICE. ASK YOUR FRIENDS FOR HELP KIDS
Um, I hated using blending, I still suck, Ross is god.
Yay! Thank you for the tips! I really need this so much! Your amazing! I'm so happy to get your book! ❤ I'm so excited for Nima merch!
I’ve already been taught a few of these including making sure not to zoom in on your work on my current university course, but a lot of the others are still very useful, especially in terms of applicable techniques in photoshop.
Ross: 6:52 "You don't always need the most expensive equipment"
Also Ross: *Uses Photoshop
You can get PS for free easily :/
You can get a vpn to get ps for free
Why don't you guys also suggest shoplifting a display tablet?
@@Leongon wow, nice idea mate! 😂😂
Leongon draws stuff Funny comparison, but stealing physical items is not the same as duplicating a program’s license from an infinite supply. Adobe is outrageously expensive and has a near monopoly on the art industry. They also have terrible anti-consumer practices, mainly when they turned all their software into subscription-based services upwards of $1,000 a year just to milk corporations. Adobe is the only company I’m morally acceptable with pirating, as should everyone else.
Regardless, I still can’t help but want the expensive tools 🙄 lol
you just need good quality! it is t always expensive :D
OMG I MADE ALL OF THESE MISTAKES BUT NOW I KNOW WHAT TO DO! THIS WAS SO HELPFUL! TYSM ROSS NOW I CAN SEE MY ART HAS IMPROVED A TON!! TYSM TYSM TYSM TYSMMMMM BLESS THISSS MANNNN
Bruh this is basic stuff.
@@KershalJC That's not the point. They learned something new to maybe help improve their art. You might've known these things, but that doesn't mean its 'basic' knowledge.
@@KershalJC not everyone is at your level. Some people are below levels and some people are at higher levels than yours. This stuff is definitely not basic stuff for self-taught artist and for artist who don't draw digitally as much
A common mistake I see digital artists make is treating every part of an outfit or hair as a separate picture with no relation to each other - this or that isn't casting any shadows or reflections on the items around it, everything has a different color palette with different tones in the shadows and highlights... then it looks like a paper doll made from newspaper cutouts, not a unified image, yannow?
My own most common mistake is wildly over- or under-estimating how big my canvas needs to be. I end up with a ton of marginal space with nothing in it, or a resolution so small I find out too late I can't edit any details anymore.
I love this vid so much!!!! 👏🥺I would also say lighting is a major part in art. It could literally make or break a piece. ❤️
EDIT: *And not using REFERENCES IS BAD!!!!!* You are sabotaging yourself by not giving yourself the opportunity to find what you like in another piece and implementing it into your own art so you can grow faster.
my biggest regret and mistake, is that ive been drawing for 3 years so far, but in the first 2 years i drew like once a week and barely even practiced which made my art improve REALLLYYY slowly
And i wondered why my art wasnt good enough..well no wonder why. it wasnt until a year ago i started to do a few practice sketches a day and try to experiment with styles and poses, honestly i improved way more than before (Not to mention, i used to only draw headshots 3/4 for 2 fuckin years). A thing im tryna improve on right now is making my composition cool with cool angles, a really good tip i can give is basically you dont have to show everything in the picture just cuz you drew it, some parts can be taken out to show the focal point, even if it means cropping some parts out. Good luck everyone!!
I feel that 😭😭 I was born with zero talent when it comes to art. When I started drawing (I was around 11/12 years old) I only drew chibis and straight on faces with zero variation. I still enjoyed it sooo much that I kept drawing these things for like 3 years and that was the point when I finally switched to realism and stuff and sadly I realised I didnt learn a lot till then. 3 years wasted :)))) Afterwards I had too much going on with school so I was focusing on the right things, but I barely spend time actually drawing, so another couple years wasted.. But half a year ago I finally understood that I wanna become an artist, no matter what and now Im paying as much attention to my art as possible :) Better late than never!
Headshots are actually more important than some people think 😂
I listened to all those who said we need to work on anatomy, lights and that stuff, and realised that I actually don't know how to draw eyes and hair 😅 Now I still have a problem with hair and eyelashes, but it's getting better
@@astra8372 im glad you are improving, keep up the good work! :)
Your channel has helped me so so much in my digital art journey! Crazy thankful for people like you!
I really like how you've organized clear, simple and powerful problems everyone seems to run into. You're on the spot with your content for a community hungry to grow with their painting skills.
I've been using liquify for like 10 years and never looked to the right panel 🤦♂️
Years of academy training wasted
What do you mean by panel? I think I'm still not doing it right, so I would be very happy to understand what you mean by that. :)
@@lalartworks I've always only liquified everything manually, with the tools on the left. I've never looked at the features on the right until now. Maybe it's also only in newer versions of PS.
Thank you :)
Thank you so much for making videos like this!
Your early ones were fun and lively, but very hard to actually learn from. Please teach us more when you can ^^ !
These are very helpful. Thank you so much for having this video Ross!!!
You're so energetic and optimistic in these videos, it's great! Thanks for sharing your experience
Listening to @Rossdraws made me go back and sit my ass on the chair and start studying to have a better basis, because that's what keeps me from improving my art. Thank you for lighting my mind.
You are one of the very few artists that I like. Your art is very unique and I think your digital art tips are very helpful. Thank you.
Damn I Missed those Videos so much 😍 I really appreciate how much work you put into them and how reflective and honest you are about your old work! This really motivates me and keeps me pushing my Art every day! You always remind me of Not using too many brushes as soon as I get into rendering and it definetly pays of in the end! Keep up the amazing work 😄
My BIGGEST art mistake, was probably thinking I could never do good lineart. So what did I do to fix this? I used the circle tool for every. single. line. For any line, I just resized the tool and then traced the line. It took SO long and I absolutely KNEW that it wasn’t going to work, but I did it anyway.
Thanks, those were some mistakes I was trying to correct on my own and you really cleared me up Ross! But I didn't know about the "liquify" tool, this is totally going to save my future art✨✨💕💕
Thank you so much for the tips! You're really good at what you do and I love your art style!
The advice with using more saturated colors for the shadows just blew my mind. For now I tried it in traditional art and thanks to that, I made my best paining so far! Thank you very much for this video, you're doing great job, Ross! 🥰🥰
Thank you so much for sharing these tips!!! I cant wait to apply them to my work!
I want to become an illustrator when I am older so your videos are really helping me a lot! I still have to learn so much, but I hope that one day I will be able to create amazing art like you do. Thank you so much for inspiring me and many others! ❤
Jaimmmee Jooonnneees. Such a king. I'm waiting for his next art drop online. Great tips, Ross! Keep up the excellent work. I remember finding the fundamentals through Andrew Loomis and how I grew 3x that year than I had in the previous 5 years. Gotta hit the basics hardcore.
I got my book about a week ago and it's so beautiful! I love it so much 😍😍 thanks for the great tips! I will definitely use them on my drawings now 😄
This GENUINELY helped so me so much-
Thanks so MUCH
You evolution is a inspiration for me! All videos have a edition so cool
This was being awaited thank you Ross!
This was such a joy to watch!! Really motivated me to drag my butt off my bed and start making some good art too ❤️
Get your “Before 10k views” ticket here.
Thanks *takes 1*
I'm just gonna say it. Y'all are gonna fall for this like begging.
I'm disappointed in all of you.
@@mura_saki How is it like begging? They didn't even ask for likes lol
I got it right on time
Nice to know uwu
Thank you for your instruction! I like the way you using color dodge. It's very inspiring!
I’ve been binge watching art tips and tutorials lately but this one really stuck out from the rest. I just kept going “ohhh!” This is just everything I needed. I have so much to practice.
You're just so amazing man! I always have the biggest smile on my face while watching your videos and the biggest feeling of inspiration after. I hope I get to meet you someday so I can thank you. :))))
COLOR DODGEEEE! You're really amazing using it, I should try it next time. I'm using Glow Dodge sometimes by the way. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEOOO!! Keep drawing and creating! ♥️♥️
This video is so helpful, thank you Ross!!
Thank you for sharing Ross! Your video was really helpful! :)
Thank you ross i needed this✨!
I really had soooo many brushes, now I use 6, and just sometimes I go after something more specific. Love the video 😊
Ross's art tips really helps me alot with my art ❤
This is such a great tips! Thank you so much!
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I love color dodge too! 😍❤️❤️
oo nice ross the examples are great and you're efficient with your tips! i hope you're doing well ^_^ your paintings are really pretty btw : o
I am digital artist for around eleven years now, started to work recently on concept art portfolio and i have to say your videos make me feel more confident in my art, want to try more new things and so. Thank you very much ☺️
I just love the way Ross colors his art. The colors are so bright and interesting!
Awesome tips Ross! Color dodge within Procreate is the -Lightbrush 🤙🏻 Love utilising it, I’ve been painting digitally 3 years now, always a student for sure
This was a huge help! Thanks Ross! 💫❤️
Ross makes drawing seems so exciting and easy that I get, not just inspired but also, hyped to draw c:
The overwatch voice lines, thank you for the help! I'm new to digital art so it's nice knowing all these things ❤
one of the helpful top art mistakes videos!! finally. you dont seem like you're talking down to people when mentioning the mistakes, and you dont just talk about pet peeves, but mistakes that you yourself have made!! thank you.
Hey Ross! I'd love to meet you someday.... I probably can't use digital supplies, but I sure do use your basic principles about lightings, colour complementing, composition, etc. Thank you so much for always trying your best to cheer us up while being so educative. God bless.
Thanks for theses precious advices ! 💕
super informative video dude, well done!
At 4:42, I understood what you meant by focusing too hard on the details and not looking at the bigger picture. However, it can be exciting to find something new every time you revisit a painting. Kind of like how reading can be an adventure, you can also "explore" in an art piece like it's its own lil world. Love your work bro.
Hey Ross! You're my favourite artist and I've always wondered how you get your sketches to a finished piece. I can't seem to wrap my head on how to make such a clean digital painting from a rough sketch like you do.
I'm so used to using linearts/inking with very clean hard shading and I kinda want to break that kind of habit.
Such a cool way to show the improvement. Loved it.
Thankyou so much !! It's time to start avoiding!! Really love your Nima book!!
Great tips! You always give me inspiration
Thank you so much! I'll definitely be trying these ideas out soon! :D
a lot of these mistakes i already know but this vid still was really helpful, seeing that you also made a lot of mistakes and are not some kind of god above all others with your stunning artworks. I'm already studying the fundamentals everyday now since about 4 months but i fear i'll just never be able to get a job as a concept artist or get accepted in to any art school after graduating high-school. Thanks for reminding me that also the best of artist also started out making tons and tons of mistakes, having bad anatomy and being bad at shading and digital painting. Thanks a lot Ross!
Owo it's awasome Ross I love all of your art works 💟
I mean I feel like “ dull shadows” are preference and not a mistake . They can drive an emotion that can’t be seen with saturated tones
Rren Dre I was just thinking this! That painting he showed (girl with the hat) looked just as good before as it did after - the two versions just gave a different feel and it’s a matter of what effect you’re going for that determines how saturated the shadows should be.
However I do think that advice is for beginners only cause they might mistakenly?? Use really dull shadows due to not having so much knowledge on shading/lighting etc.
Today is my birthday and I got the Nima artbook with the black covers! It’s incredibly beautiful !!
Yesss finally! Luv this!!!!
I have never heard of underpainting! But it makes so much sense, thank you!
Loved this vid! would love more vids like this one!
yesss was waiting for this
Hey Ross, you are one of the most influencing artists i have ever seen I LOVE U
Ahhhh I can't wait for the new merch!!!
The 2nd advice is soooo true!
Back when I was a student, my art teacher always told me to not lean in too close when drawing, and to always try to stand up and step back for a moment from time to time, so that I can see the drawing as a ''one big picture'', and not just focusing on a particular part of the drawing. Because only when you do that can you see if your drawing looks weird or not.
I have been forgetting that too, so thank you for the reminder!
And btw, yes, color dodge is love 💕💕
These tips are so helpful!
I would like to learn how to draw like you, you are one of my favorite artist and I everytime enjoy all your draws, tomorrow I will get my firts graphic tablet and I'm gonna try to learn from the basics to the top!
Is the best tutorial Aahat today it's so amazing and I love every details of the video thank you so much for sharing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Im just here to thank you for keeping me inspired to keep on drawing i like your art style so much and I am trying to be as giod as you. Thank you
Holy cow Ross, that last painting, the girl with the red hair. That piece is absolutely stunning.
your book arrived a day early for me today. now i have 2 of your artbooks
Thank you for all of your input! I hope my art channel can grow like yours! Keep posting!
Finally a mistake video that I would watch
Goodness the improvement bro... amazing
I am glad that Ross showed us his not so really good art, it really shows me that even good artists have their failure
Thanks for the video Ross! I just got into digital art and have personally fallen for all of these :( but Imma keep trying
The editing made my day
That liquify tool exists!!! Omg I can't wait to go home and try this.
This is really so helpful 😊
SUPER HELPFUL VIDEO KEEP IT UP DUDE!