@@AjarnSpencer Hopefully you ended up taking them, if not, they are very much so at your own pace. And once you buy the course, its yours. I am currently taking one of his. Awesome!
Awesome! I loved this video. I also hated it... Because I spent roughly 1 zillion dollars going to a private art college in Detroit. Now I've been instructed by a former Disney animator... for free! Thank you, sir.
Agree. Learned more from this guy, and with less intimidation, than my expensive on-line graphic design school. I cannot get a job in GD because the courses only took me so far with the skills. Have to re-enroll for the more sophisticated tools! NOT!
i started a graphic design course which folded after 6 months but i was glad as all they were doing was charging and sending us to you tube to learn lol
You are not only a professional but Super Talented in Teaching, too! Many Teachers overlook little things that are too basics(which they easily forget to explain) but you exactly know where beginners are coming from. Making Highly Complicated Works too easy, throwing all required tips & skills in 1 Hour of Time. Thank you so much!!! I trust in helping others and sharing love. Your teaching is planting another love.
I went to the Art Institute of Phoenix back in 2003, for Media Arts and Animation... and they told me that traditional art was dying and that it would be more practical to get into digital animation. I was sad and ended up changing my major and then not even being able to finish, but going to that school had killed my desire to draw.. ten years later i finally started drawing digitally. I love it and I improve every week and since finding your videos I have improved even more. You have made it easier for me to learn more in digital art. Even going back to basics like this allows me to take another leap forward. Thank you! :] You are the 'Bob Ross' of the digital art world. XD
***** I had sent you a message on Facebook when i first found your videos (I'm sure its in your others folder) but Thank you so much for that extra push I needed to get back into animation! :] I'm also Left handed! XD
Ess Griffith That's so funny. I was there from 2004 - 2007 in the Video Game Art & Design program. Knowing what I know now I would've made a different decision. I wish they focused more on building a solid art foundation instead of just teaching different types of software. Thank goodness for the internet, though.
STEER CLEAR OF THE ART INSTITUTES!!!!!!! They're an absolute total joke!! They're a cookie-cutter school (if you can even call it a school) and they're not exactly accredited. The Art Institutes are a VERY elaborate corporate scheme and they'll accept anyone who shows up with a pencil and a wallet. They're a FOR-PROFIT organization and that's exactly what they're doing: profiting off of you. Just google "lawsuits against the art institutes" or "art institute scam." Many of the Art Institutes have been closed down. If you value yourself, your time, your art, and your money...then DO NOT even think once about the Art Institutes. There are so many other great LEGITIMATE art schools out there. DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU GO TO ANY SCHOOL.
traditional art never dies! It's like you'll say "people will stop to learn how to wirte and read because of keyboard and audio-files". Digital Art will give you some benefits of work process. a digital work will never reache the same value of a traditional painted picture. it'll never be sold for millions or get stored like a mona lisa in the luvre.... - think about this, every now and again. digital is just an other medium nothing else...
Thank you, this is a fantastic video/tutorial. You have possibly brought me a step closer to illustrating and finally publishing the picture books I write. It is a pleasure to see you work. What a treat!
It's for videos like these that I wish there was a "love" button! Thank you so much for taking the time and energy to create this video and sharing it with us. It's very inspiring and incites me to just let go let me see where this journey takes me!
I have been working in photoshop for almost 10 years, I got the program from my father at NASA when the government sent it their companies. As a 12 year old until now (22). I am always learning. I just want you to know this is THE BEST photoshop/ illustration tutorial I've ever watched. You'v broken it down so simple I only wish I had this 10 years ago! You also filled in ALL of the little gaps about digital illustration I had questions about! Thank you so much! I'm currently an UCF animation student working at disney as a caricature artist. I'm hoping to work with Disney one day at their animation studio, I love all of your videos! I'll be following you every week! These are so helpful!
Well, I believe it is a great drawing. And the fact you did it 'live' in about an hour whilst teaching shows you're incredibly experienced. Wow. I hope o can achieve something close to this within an hour 🙏
I've been watching several online tutorials for beginners, and I have to say that this was one of the best, most simple and educated tutorial I've seen in a while. This was the kind of guidance I was looking for and just because of that I've advanced quite a bit in my digital painting skills. Thanks a bunch, Mr. Aaron. Love your artwork!!!
Absolutely amazing! My granddaughter Helen in Berlin will be so happy I watched this. She was so pleased to have met you at Drink and Draw recently. Don Blankman, The Villages Florida
He has a cintiq, its much easier than on regular tablet, just like drawing on paper, even easier. On cintiq you have direct contact with what you draw, not like on regular tablet where you draw on one surface and then watch on the screen.
I gotta get me one of those. I feel my digital drawings will improve by 1000%. Direct contact for drawings just feels so much better than looking at a screen and controlling a cursor to draw.
Thanks a lot Aaron!! I´m a real Rookie drawing on Ps. and spend half of my day watching lots of videos to improve my short digital experience. I can swear I really learned much watching this video than in the last one hundred.. Thanks again.
This is the best introduction/basics tutorial ever. I can't wait to get down to digital drawing. Watching you draw and paint has been an enjoyable, inspiring experience. Thank you.
I purchased a Wacom tablet 2 years ago and have been struggling with how to use it since the day I got it. After watching this tutorial I have witnessed a drastic change in the quality of my drawings, and have matched up with my pencil and paper skills and the feeling is spectacular! thanks and a tip off the hat to Aaran, you are highly inspirational and cant thank you enough. I will continue my skill and also continue watching your tutorials and learn from you.
Oh I have been waiting to find someone for so long that could explain photoshop to me and I understand and take it in.Thank you,Thank you.You are brilliant.
Thank You. What a great introduction to Photoshop. I have been fighting with illness and technical problems on my tablet. I was beginning to believe that I would never get a drawing done in Photoshop let alone paint it. WOWIE!! It will take me a few times to digest all this great information. I will be a follower for life. Thank You. Thank You.
Hi Aaron! Do you mind taking us with you on a walk down memory lane and allow us to view some of your beginner/early work? I think it's really inspiring to see how great artists grow through practice and life-learning :) Really enjoying your videos! Have a great week!
Hi Aaron, greetings from London! Many design teachers in the UK say that drawing skills are a lost art, and many designers rely too much on CAD/3D and adobe. I love combining both! THIS VIDEO IS BRILLIANT!
Whitepcock Product & Graphic Design I think there will always be a place for traditional art. Some people just don't like the digital stuff and that's ok. I myself didn't watch any cgi animation for years because I love traditional 2D-animation. But eventually I gave it a chance and now I love both styles (still favoring traditional 2D though) and I love to do digital stuff :) I'm not good at it, but I love it :D
I can't get tired of watching this, the skin tone, shadow and lightning make such a huge difference from a flat drawing to something that's almost palpable. Thank you for sharing Aaron.
You're a breeze to watch - Thank you! I'm just setting out on illustrating and writing my first book, a children's book. I have used photoshop in the past, and I am currently using the traditional method; however you've convinced me to return to Photoshop - no small accomplishment. Okay, now time for Raisin Bran!
The BEST tutorial EVA! It is not so difficult to find beautiful art, but very, very difficult to find a good tutorial. People many times do not know how to teach, but you do! I followed this tutorial with my iPad Pro using Procreate and it worked just great! Awesome, thank you! ♥
Thank you so much. You don't know how much that means to me and how much that will help me! I wrote a children's book 2 years ago and wanted to illustrate it myself but I had no idea how to do it. I had all the characters, streets, buildings etc in my head but had no clue on how to illustrate! I found this video and ordered everything online now so I finally can get started!!! Thank you for taking the time and doing this video!!!
Thank you so much for taking your time to do these, I love hearing your explanations and process. Creates a really good conversation around the water cooler, I try to share and experiment with other artists as much as possible. You've definitely had a part in that. Rock on and keep inspiring!
Thank you! I've been working on Photoshop for years, but I'm new to digital illustration and painting with a tablet and you're the first one to show your brush settings properly and you're a REALLY great teacher.
"Existem pessoas más que acham que são donas do mundo por obter conhecimento, e existem boas o suficiente para compartilhar o conhecimento, e você é uma pessoa boa". Thank you so much! Really, you got my axe!
I received a hand me down wacom tablet from my lady, and I'm not too familiar with photoshop. This cleared up a lot of things to get me started. Thank you a thousand times.
Mr Blaise, I'm so glad that I found your video. I've just gotten into digital art and Photoshop. I searched for tips and tutorials on UA-cam for months and always found the same thing. 10 steps and "set-ups" to do the most simple thing. It made drawing so "technical" that I just didn't enjoy it. Your video changed all of that. Thank you for a "REAL" introduction into digital art and Photoshop as well. This video is absolutely awesome and very easy to follow and above everything else, it's FUN! Many thanks to you. You are a wonderful teacher.
Mucha, muchas pero muchas gracias señor Aaron Blaise, con usted aprendi en una hora mucho mas que en otros lugares, le agradesco eternamente, que manera excelente de compartir su arte mil gracias, saludos desde Bolivia, seria un honor poder ser su amigo. disculpe mi ingles jiii. Many, many, thank you very much Mr. Aaron Blaise, you learned in one hour much more than elsewhere, we agradesco eternally great way to share their art thank you, greetings from Bolivia, it would be an honor to be your friend. excuse my English jiiii
The best tutorial I have seen on photpshop digital art. Going to the absolute basics is especially beneficial for a total beginner like me. I appreciate this so, so much
Hi Aaron thank you for sharing your skills . I am 62 and a photographer for many of them and now learning digital art . I started with a bamboo and just received an intuos pro , with the aim of getting a cintique when I can afford and justify it .
Thank you, Aaron! This lesson is very helpful for a beginer like me. I was very confused before how to start and what to do step by step. Coloring and shading are the most difficult parts for me also...
I don’t usually have the attention span to watch such long videos but this just captivated me! Great explanation, amazing skills, learned so much in such a simple manner. Thank you very much. You’re amazing! Keep up the great work!
this video helped me a lot to understand how layers work and how to work on different layers and adding lights and highlights. i have been struggling to a lot cause i am a very beginner in photoshop and this video helped me a lot. thank you so much
Really, really well done, an excellent tutorial, by far the best I have watched till now. There are tons of videos where the only thing seems to be draw impossible sceneries... whilst sometimes you can see really poor works and no method... my best wishes...
" Not a great drawing" This is fantastic! I'd hate for you to see my work on photoshop! haha! Thanks for the helpful video even if its 4 years after the post.
I just wanted to stop for a second and leave a comment . I usually don't leave comments very often but i just wanted to tell you how much i enjoyed this video . There are so many art videos out there , by really good artists however the way that you teach is awesome . So often ill be watching art videos and although the person doing the video can draw great i find that at the end i really didn't learn anything and nothing really stuck with me . But watching your video you kept my attention , didn't go off on any tangents , and made it really enjoyable to watch and learn . So i just wanted to let you know how much i enjoyed it . I'm 30 years old and have taken art classes all my life but in the last two years have started to take art a lot more seriously and this video will help me take the next step and start trying digital illustration . Although i cant afford a cintiq I have a wacom tablet and not the cheapy ones so it has pressure sensitivity so hopefully ill do alright . In the future i hope ill be able to get one like you though . Those look like so much fun . Any way thank you and best wishes . -Brandon
You sire are a miracle worker. You have no idea how much this helped me. I was so overwhelmed by all the Photoshop features and I didn't know where to begin. Now I can actually create something and just get better from there. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Awesome stuff! I really enjoy seeing your process. I was wondering though, character design is something I really struggle with: Could you create a video going over how you concept and design animals and people? I think it'd help a lot of people, including myself.
I am not an artist, but your way of presentation digital painting is very simple and straight forward, its just mind blowing, learn a lot today, thanks a ton Aaron
So happy to have found you! You are a relaxed and natural teacher and explain things simply & slowly without missing steps. So many PS tutorials out there have people doing things so fast I cannot follow them. I am in college for Multimedia Communications and while I like my instructors, they tend to do the same thing and make things seem so much more complicated than it needs to be or actually is (the book tutorials are even worse!). I love your style because I can learn about the traditional art of drawing AND how to translate that to digital art using PS in a relaxed and non-stressful state (pretty important for those with PTSD/anxiety issues). I will definitely be checking out your website for more, thanks!
Aaron: “It’s not a great drawing” Me: fell off my chair! 😂 ....he’s so freaking talented! His not so great is everyone’s super amazing. Man, those 20 something years at Disney really show🙌 love this video! Just subscribed. Thank you! Learned a ton in just this clip.
So glad you put this up. I have watched the video you did of Walter that is sped up and I tried to slow it down just to see the process. I have been waiting for one like this. Helps SO much. Thank you for all your tutorials here and your website. So helpful!
Thank you a bunch for teaching those of us that love your work. I'm trying to write a children's book and need some coaching for the illustrations. You are an answer to a prayer. I'm a FAN!
Finally a tutorial where I don't feel lost half way through! This tutorial was easy to follow and I really loved how everything was broken down and explained very well. I recently went back to college and my goal is to become an illustrator and this is a perfect starting point for me. Thank you!
Aaron, thanks so much for this. Even though I've been using photoshop for years, it's always great to hear and see how other artist use the same tool. Now, would you please do a similar "Introduction" video for using TV Paint? Please; I'll give you money :-)
I couldn't afford a Cintiq 22 HD (around 1500 Euros), so I bought a 13 HD (around 750 Euros). Even at this size, like you said, working with a Cintiq is so easier than working with a tablet.
***** Yeah,as a poor student all i could afford was a low end intuos pen xD but now not bothered by that, we have what we work for. Im more concerned of my skills and if i will be able to make it. Any advice would be cool, im a self taught late starter (20) and i never drew as a kid been drawing seriously since the start of this year. i think im asking too much but yeah lol,i really want to be an artist and education is too expensive for me =/
Cowboy Tanaka The best advice anyone can give you, is to see your subjects as 3D objects. Construct things with shapes (spheres, cylinders, cubes, etc) and learn about perspective. These are just a few fundamentals you'll need to learn, and I think perspective is the most important one.
Aaron, I recently discovered your videos and I find them invaluable. I have been playing around with art on my phone and I am ready to take the plunge into Photoshop! You are an excellent artist and teacher! I will be getting your courses. Please keep them coming!
I can't like this video enough. I've been struggling for years on and off with different classes and videos to learn Photoshop and always abandoned it after a couple of tries. Your way of teaching is so lovely and I enjoy your type of drawings a lot. Just finished following this tutorial the second time and I already got better. Will repeat until I master everything taught here and move to the next one. Thank you! ♥
Oh i might be late, but in case that you haven't figured it out yet. You make an adjustment layer (one of the icons besides the one to create a layer, and chose hue/saturation) right on top of your secondary light, press alt and left click right in between the adjustment layer you made and the secondary light one (this will make that that adjustment layer only affect the layer below) and now you can change the hue (color) however you like.
careful not to coach the guy on commands and shortcuts. remember, this vide is for newbies, im sure he is intentionally keeping it easy and newbie-friendly by showing them the visually easy ways to CLICK and DRAG things to places, and such. Best learn the basics first.. OH look!! "Basic" is in the title! :O
Yes! Basics first. Shortcuts definitely shave time off of your workflow, tho. Aaron gives us command/control + or - to zoom in and out, also good to know for newbies is "change brush size", left bracket (reduce size), right bracket (increase size). OH one of my favs, rotate your entire artboard/work surface with just the letter "r" on the MAC. There are dozens more, but yeah, just a few will save you some time.
I see this was posted in 2015 but it is incredibly hard to find a video like this online. I LOVE the clear instruction and detail in your videos! You make an intimidating program like Photoshop feel easy to utilize.
What you are saying and how you are saying is sooo sweet, i bet it makes SO much meaning to the people who really need to be explaned How and Where to start. Great job
Mr. Blaise, thank you so much for this video! I stumbled upon it by accident. I have been teaching myself how to color in Photoshop and knew even though my drawings look good, I still needed to learn more. When I started watching your video, I said, "I'd just watch for a few minutes now and finish the rest later. An hour later I was still glued to the screen! There were a number of things you mentioned early on, that I had already figured out (encouraging) and then you revealed steps I never knew! Can't wait to start using these techniques to take my colors to the next level! God bless.
It is the first time I watch a Video where I feel like listening the voice of Leonardo da Vinci using Wacom and explaining it as we were in an Academic Atelier of Art. Absolutely fantastic.
Thank you for this, and your other videos Mr. Aaron Blaise. Not to mention your website of resources and things! They're such a big help and you seem like a kind man. :) Your work is so great and beautiful.
The lighting/shadow portion of this is gold. Amazing how even much simpler drawings than this can become interesting just by adding the light/shadow detail. The brain seems to just turn that information into a kind of 3d. Great stuff.
OMG! I learned more from this one video than any of the 250 I've watched. I'm really bad with technology - even a toaster baffles me, but this really helped me understand how to model color.
Great explanations, thank you so much. I am trying to learn scientific/medical illustration and there aren't very many tutorials specifically about those specialist fields of illustration, so I was looking for some tutorials on digital painting. There are alot of great artists that demonstrate their techniques but most create speed paintings (ie show themselves painting but at 10x the speed so the whole painting is done in 10 min, usually to music, and they NEVER explain anything!!), so it is difficult for a beginner to see HOW they are doing what they are doing. It can be frustrating seeing someone performing the technique you would like to learn, but you don't know what it is called or how to do it, and no one ever explains. So I loved how you went right from the start and you explain everything in real time as you are doing it. Thanks for that.
So needed! You are so kind in sharing your knowledge with us! I lost all memory of my skills since being out of college, so this certainly refreshed my memory! Thank you!
Hi Aaron! Thank you for the patient and thorough tutorial. A lot of artists showcase their methods through speed painting and such, but you have been most patient on the tutorial with Photoshop. Thank you for your generosity.
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Maybe one day when time permits i will take a course to 'brush up' on my skills
@@AjarnSpencer Hopefully you ended up taking them, if not, they are very much so at your own pace. And once you buy the course, its yours. I am currently taking one of his. Awesome!
Awesome! I loved this video. I also hated it... Because I spent roughly 1 zillion dollars going to a private art college in Detroit. Now I've been instructed by a former Disney animator... for free!
Thank you, sir.
well, gotta pay for internet lol
I feel the same way, Got a bachelors in Graphic Design. We're in a age of knowledge. You Tube can teach you anything.
Agree. Learned more from this guy, and with less intimidation, than my expensive on-line graphic design school. I cannot get a job in GD because the courses only took me so far with the skills. Have to re-enroll for the more sophisticated tools! NOT!
richardsaddress how
i started a graphic design course which folded after 6 months but i was glad as all they were doing was charging and sending us to you tube to learn lol
20:40 ---- Basic Draw 29:36 --- Refinar Dibujo 37:00 ---- Color Base 43:40 ---- Rojos en la cara
47:00 ---- Sombras multiplicar 52:50 --- Luces Overlay o Normal
58:00---- higelights 59:00 ---- Eye Color 1:02:50 ----- Secondary Light 1:05:20 ---- Background
You are not only a professional but Super Talented in Teaching, too!
Many Teachers overlook little things that are too basics(which they easily forget to explain)
but you exactly know where beginners are coming from.
Making Highly Complicated Works too easy, throwing all required tips & skills in 1 Hour of Time.
Thank you so much!!!
I trust in helping others and sharing love.
Your teaching is planting another love.
Bought myself a Wacom Intous Pro and now I'm hooked. Thanks to Aaron Blaise for all the GREAT tutorials.
I went to the Art Institute of Phoenix back in 2003, for Media Arts and Animation... and they told me that traditional art was dying and that it would be more practical to get into digital animation. I was sad and ended up changing my major and then not even being able to finish, but going to that school had killed my desire to draw.. ten years later i finally started drawing digitally. I love it and I improve every week and since finding your videos I have improved even more. You have made it easier for me to learn more in digital art. Even going back to basics like this allows me to take another leap forward. Thank you! :]
You are the 'Bob Ross' of the digital art world. XD
***** I had sent you a message on Facebook when i first found your videos (I'm sure its in your others folder) but Thank you so much for that extra push I needed to get back into animation! :] I'm also Left handed! XD
Ess Griffith That's so funny. I was there from 2004 - 2007 in the Video Game Art & Design program. Knowing what I know now I would've made a different decision. I wish they focused more on building a solid art foundation instead of just teaching different types of software. Thank goodness for the internet, though.
Ess Griffith You're not the first person I've seen say one of the AI schools killed their passion for art. Glad you got back into, though!!
STEER CLEAR OF THE ART INSTITUTES!!!!!!! They're an absolute total joke!! They're a cookie-cutter school (if you can even call it a school) and they're not exactly accredited. The Art Institutes are a VERY elaborate corporate scheme and they'll accept anyone who shows up with a pencil and a wallet. They're a FOR-PROFIT organization and that's exactly what they're doing: profiting off of you. Just google "lawsuits against the art institutes" or "art institute scam." Many of the Art Institutes have been closed down. If you value yourself, your time, your art, and your money...then DO NOT even think once about the Art Institutes. There are so many other great LEGITIMATE art schools out there. DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU GO TO ANY SCHOOL.
traditional art never dies! It's like you'll say "people will stop to learn how to wirte and read because of keyboard and audio-files". Digital Art will give you some benefits of work process. a digital work will never reache the same value of a traditional painted picture. it'll never be sold for millions or get stored like a mona lisa in the luvre.... - think about this, every now and again. digital is just an other medium nothing else...
You're like a modern day Bob Ross. Very good instruction. Thanks.
Thank you, this is a fantastic video/tutorial. You have possibly brought me a step closer to illustrating and finally publishing the picture books I write. It is a pleasure to see you work. What a treat!
You are the most kind trainer in the world. I learnt a lot from your clip, the process, the techniques, the layers, all step by step. You are genious.
It's for videos like these that I wish there was a "love" button! Thank you so much for taking the time and energy to create this video and sharing it with us. It's very inspiring and incites me to just let go let me see where this journey takes me!
You are the hero of many people here, thanks so much for this tutorial, now i can practice all this thank you Aaron.
I have been working in photoshop for almost 10 years, I got the program from my father at NASA when the government sent it their companies. As a 12 year old until now (22). I am always learning. I just want you to know this is THE BEST photoshop/ illustration tutorial I've ever watched. You'v broken it down so simple I only wish I had this 10 years ago! You also filled in ALL of the little gaps about digital illustration I had questions about!
Thank you so much! I'm currently an UCF animation student working at disney as a caricature artist. I'm hoping to work with Disney one day at their animation studio, I love all of your videos! I'll be following you every week! These are so helpful!
Well, I believe it is a great drawing. And the fact you did it 'live' in about an hour whilst teaching shows you're incredibly experienced. Wow. I hope o can achieve something close to this within an hour 🙏
I've been watching several online tutorials for beginners, and I have to say that this was one of the best, most simple and educated tutorial I've seen in a while.
This was the kind of guidance I was looking for and just because of that I've advanced quite a bit in my digital painting skills.
Thanks a bunch, Mr. Aaron. Love your artwork!!!
Absolutely amazing! My granddaughter Helen in Berlin will be so happy I watched this. She was so pleased to have met you at Drink and Draw recently. Don Blankman, The Villages Florida
Jesus christ he makes it look so easy... such a talented person
He has a cintiq, its much easier than on regular tablet, just like drawing on paper, even easier.
On cintiq you have direct contact with what you draw, not like on regular tablet where you draw on one surface and then watch on the screen.
I gotta get me one of those. I feel my digital drawings will improve by 1000%. Direct contact for drawings just feels so much better than looking at a screen and controlling a cursor to draw.
I just looked at the prices. I feel ill now.
KaioConnor lol... happened the same to me
Can a Cintiq work like a regular monitor ?
Thanks a lot Aaron!! I´m a real Rookie drawing on Ps. and spend half of my day watching lots of videos to improve my short digital experience. I can swear I really learned much watching this video than in the last one hundred.. Thanks again.
This is the best introduction/basics tutorial ever. I can't wait to get down to digital drawing. Watching you draw and paint has been an enjoyable, inspiring experience. Thank you.
I purchased a Wacom tablet 2 years ago and have been struggling with how to use it since the day I got it. After watching this tutorial I have witnessed a drastic change in the quality of my drawings, and have matched up with my pencil and paper skills and the feeling is spectacular! thanks and a tip off the hat to Aaran, you are highly inspirational and cant thank you enough. I will continue my skill and also continue watching your tutorials and learn from you.
Oh I have been waiting to find someone for so long that could explain photoshop to me and I understand and take it in.Thank you,Thank you.You are brilliant.
Thank You. What a great introduction to Photoshop. I have been fighting with illness and technical problems on my tablet. I was beginning to believe that I would never get a drawing done in Photoshop let alone paint it. WOWIE!! It will take me a few times to digest all this great information. I will be a follower for life. Thank You. Thank You.
Hi Aaron! Do you mind taking us with you on a walk down memory lane and allow us to view some of your beginner/early work? I think it's really inspiring to see how great artists grow through practice and life-learning :)
Really enjoying your videos! Have a great week!
Yes! I second that
Thank you Aaron. I enjoyed your tutorial and learned a lot. you are not only a great illustrator , but also a great teacher.
Hi Aaron, greetings from London!
Many design teachers in the UK say that drawing skills are a lost art, and many designers rely too much on CAD/3D and adobe. I love combining both!
THIS VIDEO IS BRILLIANT!
Whitepcock Product & Graphic Design I think there will always be a place for traditional art. Some people just don't like the digital stuff and that's ok. I myself didn't watch any cgi animation for years because I love traditional 2D-animation. But eventually I gave it a chance and now I love both styles (still favoring traditional 2D though) and I love to do digital stuff :) I'm not good at it, but I love it :D
I can't get tired of watching this, the skin tone, shadow and lightning make such a huge difference from a flat drawing to something that's almost palpable. Thank you for sharing Aaron.
You're a breeze to watch - Thank you! I'm just setting out on illustrating and writing my first book, a children's book. I have used photoshop in the past, and I am currently using the traditional method; however you've convinced me to return to Photoshop - no small accomplishment. Okay, now time for Raisin Bran!
The BEST tutorial EVA! It is not so difficult to find beautiful art, but very, very difficult to find a good tutorial. People many times do not know how to teach, but you do! I followed this tutorial with my iPad Pro using Procreate and it worked just great! Awesome, thank you! ♥
Wait a minute, that's a ROUGH drawing?
Aaron, you haven't seen "rough" until you've seen mine, lol
Trust and believe that yours is outstanding
I swear this is the only video I watched and I am already illustrating my first book using photoshop. Amazing video!!
Thank you so much. You don't know how much that means to me and how much that will help me! I wrote a children's book 2 years ago and wanted to illustrate it myself but I had no idea how to do it. I had all the characters, streets, buildings etc in my head but had no clue on how to illustrate! I found this video and ordered everything online now so I finally can get started!!! Thank you for taking the time and doing this video!!!
Thank you so much for taking your time to do these, I love hearing your explanations and process. Creates a really good conversation around the water cooler, I try to share and experiment with other artists as much as possible. You've definitely had a part in that. Rock on and keep inspiring!
Thank you! I've been working on Photoshop for years, but I'm new to digital illustration and painting with a tablet and you're the first one to show your brush settings properly and you're a REALLY great teacher.
"Existem pessoas más que acham que são donas do mundo por obter conhecimento, e existem boas o suficiente para compartilhar o conhecimento, e você é uma pessoa boa". Thank you so much! Really, you got my axe!
I have spent hours and hours possibly days watching tutorials and you have put most of that in one lesson, wow and thank you. Intuos Pro user here.
I received a hand me down wacom tablet from my lady, and I'm not too familiar with photoshop. This cleared up a lot of things to get me started. Thank you a thousand times.
Mr Blaise, I'm so glad that I found your video. I've just gotten into digital art and Photoshop. I searched for tips and tutorials on UA-cam for months and always found the same thing. 10 steps and "set-ups" to do the most simple thing. It made drawing so "technical" that I just didn't enjoy it. Your video changed all of that. Thank you for a "REAL" introduction into digital art and Photoshop as well. This video is absolutely awesome and very easy to follow and above everything else, it's FUN! Many thanks to you. You are a wonderful teacher.
Mucha, muchas pero muchas gracias señor Aaron Blaise, con usted aprendi en una hora mucho mas que en otros lugares, le agradesco eternamente, que manera excelente de compartir su arte mil gracias, saludos desde Bolivia, seria un honor poder ser su amigo. disculpe mi ingles jiii.
Many, many, thank you very much Mr. Aaron Blaise, you learned in one hour much more than elsewhere, we agradesco eternally great way to share their art thank you, greetings from Bolivia, it would be an honor to be your friend. excuse my English jiiii
Dayler del castillo Thanks so much! YES we are friends!
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+Dayler del castillo
Very beautiful ❤
Please check out my work .
We all love art : )
The best tutorial I have seen on photpshop digital art. Going to the absolute basics is especially beneficial for a total beginner like me. I appreciate this so, so much
Hi Aaron thank you for sharing your skills . I am 62 and a photographer for many of them and now learning digital art . I started with a bamboo and just received an intuos pro , with the aim of getting a cintique when I can afford and justify it .
Oh Aaron, i'm a beginner in digital painting, and you dont know how much does it helps me. Thanks a lot, hugs from Brazil :)
Thank you, Aaron! This lesson is very helpful for a beginer like me. I was very confused before how to start and what to do step by step. Coloring and shading are the most difficult parts for me also...
I don’t usually have the attention span to watch such long videos but this just captivated me! Great explanation, amazing skills, learned so much in such a simple manner. Thank you very much. You’re amazing! Keep up the great work!
Thank you Aaron for sharing your knowledge...a great tutorial...
this video helped me a lot to understand how layers work and how to work on different layers and adding lights and highlights. i have been struggling to a lot cause i am a very beginner in photoshop and this video helped me a lot. thank you so much
Damn Aaron, you're my freakin hero.
The funny thing is I know all of these things about photoshop but I didn’t skip any part just because of the way he explains stuff. Kudos to you sir!
Really, really well done, an excellent tutorial, by far the best I have watched till now. There are tons of videos where the only thing seems to be draw impossible sceneries... whilst sometimes you can see really poor works and no method... my best wishes...
luca sanfilippo thanks so much for watching!
The patience and love you put into this is so wholesome. Thank you so much.
" Not a great drawing" This is fantastic! I'd hate for you to see my work on photoshop! haha! Thanks for the helpful video even if its 4 years after the post.
I just wanted to stop for a second and leave a comment . I usually don't leave comments very often but i just wanted to tell you how much i enjoyed this video . There are so many art videos out there , by really good artists however the way that you teach is awesome . So often ill be watching art videos and although the person doing the video can draw great i find that at the end i really didn't learn anything and nothing really stuck with me . But watching your video you kept my attention , didn't go off on any tangents , and made it really enjoyable to watch and learn . So i just wanted to let you know how much i enjoyed it . I'm 30 years old and have taken art classes all my life but in the last two years have started to take art a lot more seriously and this video will help me take the next step and start trying digital illustration . Although i cant afford a cintiq I have a wacom tablet and not the cheapy ones so it has pressure sensitivity so hopefully ill do alright . In the future i hope ill be able to get one like you though . Those look like so much fun . Any way thank you and best wishes . -Brandon
4:05 I absolutely agree with that ! That's why I finally took a tablet with a screen.
You are the best teacher I ve seen whole my life. Thank you very very much!!
This guy's the Bob Ross of photoshop
OMG, that's exactly what I was thinking.
Ive been saying this
I see why you say that ^^
God bless our good bob
exactly what I was thinking
You sire are a miracle worker. You have no idea how much this helped me. I was so overwhelmed by all the Photoshop features and I didn't know where to begin. Now I can actually create something and just get better from there. THANK YOU SO MUCH
This has been really helpful! Has really inspired me to work towards digital painting. Always wanted to do it but not too sure how! Thank you!
You are so humble and full of compassion. Great soul .
Awesome stuff! I really enjoy seeing your process. I was wondering though, character design is something I really struggle with: Could you create a video going over how you concept and design animals and people? I think it'd help a lot of people, including myself.
I am not an artist, but your way of presentation digital painting is very simple and straight forward, its just mind blowing, learn a lot today, thanks a ton Aaron
I love your videos!!! you inspire me!!! :3
Thanks for watching!
So happy to have found you! You are a relaxed and natural teacher and explain things simply & slowly without missing steps. So many PS tutorials out there have people doing things so fast I cannot follow them. I am in college for Multimedia Communications and while I like my instructors, they tend to do the same thing and make things seem so much more complicated than it needs to be or actually is (the book tutorials are even worse!).
I love your style because I can learn about the traditional art of drawing AND how to translate that to digital art using PS in a relaxed and non-stressful state (pretty important for those with PTSD/anxiety issues).
I will definitely be checking out your website for more, thanks!
Aaron: “It’s not a great drawing”
Me: fell off my chair! 😂
....he’s so freaking talented! His not so great is everyone’s super amazing. Man, those 20 something years at Disney really show🙌 love this video! Just subscribed. Thank you! Learned a ton in just this clip.
This is a brilliant guide, hands down one of the best ways to learn how to use photoshop for new artists like myself, thank you so much
Thank you for this tutorial. It was incredibly helpful!
Aaron, this is a wonderful and insightful gift you offered in this video. Thanks so much.
This is so helpful. I wish I had a cintiq but I have a Wacom tablet.😊
So glad you put this up. I have watched the video you did of Walter that is sped up and I tried to slow it down just to see the process. I have been waiting for one like this. Helps SO much. Thank you for all your tutorials here and your website. So helpful!
thank you SO much for this video! it helped a lot
Thank you a bunch for teaching those of us that love your work. I'm trying to write a children's book and need some coaching for the illustrations. You are an answer to a prayer. I'm a FAN!
Tip: instead of erasing with the eraser you can press Ctrl/CMD + Z and your latest line is erased.
Finally a tutorial where I don't feel lost half way through! This tutorial was easy to follow and I really loved how everything was broken down and explained very well. I recently went back to college and my goal is to become an illustrator and this is a perfect starting point for me. Thank you!
+Brittany Alexandra So glad to hear that! I'm glad you enjoyed it thank you for watching.
Aaron, thanks so much for this. Even though I've been using photoshop for years, it's always great to hear and see how other artist use the same tool. Now, would you please do a similar "Introduction" video for using TV Paint? Please; I'll give you money :-)
Aaron,thank you soooo much for this tutorial, you are not only an amazing artist but also an awesome teacher, wow!!!
I couldn't afford a Cintiq 22 HD (around 1500 Euros), so I bought a 13 HD (around 750 Euros). Even at this size, like you said, working with a Cintiq is so easier than working with a tablet.
Yep but like you say the price is so much harder
they're 11.2k (22hd) where i live. and the minimun wage is 900. 13 hd is 5.6k. be glad
***** Yeah,as a poor student all i could afford was a low end intuos pen xD but now not bothered by that, we have what we work for. Im more concerned of my skills and if i will be able to make it.
Any advice would be cool, im a self taught late starter (20) and i never drew as a kid been drawing seriously since the start of this year. i think im asking too much but yeah lol,i really want to be an artist and education is too expensive for me =/
Cowboy Tanaka The best advice anyone can give you, is to see your subjects as 3D objects. Construct things with shapes (spheres, cylinders, cubes, etc) and learn about perspective. These are just a few fundamentals you'll need to learn, and I think perspective is the most important one.
Cowboy Tanaka I'm not complaining, I'm just stating a fact. A Cintiq is a very good tool, even a small one.
Thanks so much. Your method of teaching is my method of learning.
This really helps a lot!:) Thank you so much!
Aaron, I recently discovered your videos and I find them invaluable. I have been playing around with art on my phone and I am ready to take the plunge into Photoshop! You are an excellent artist and teacher! I will be getting your courses. Please keep them coming!
"It's not a great drawing."
Shoot me.
Well, show us yours - for us to compare ???
I can't like this video enough. I've been struggling for years on and off with different classes and videos to learn Photoshop and always abandoned it after a couple of tries. Your way of teaching is so lovely and I enjoy your type of drawings a lot. Just finished following this tutorial the second time and I already got better. Will repeat until I master everything taught here and move to the next one. Thank you! ♥
a question: if, after making that secondary light, i realize that the color i chose is too wierd, how do I change it?
Oh i might be late, but in case that you haven't figured it out yet. You make an adjustment layer (one of the icons besides the one to create a layer, and chose hue/saturation) right on top of your secondary light, press alt and left click right in between the adjustment layer you made and the secondary light one (this will make that that adjustment layer only affect the layer below) and now you can change the hue (color) however you like.
This is probably the best video on UA-cam. Thank you!!!
thanks very much!
careful not to coach the guy on commands and shortcuts. remember, this vide is for newbies, im sure he is intentionally keeping it easy and newbie-friendly by showing them the visually easy ways to CLICK and DRAG things to places, and such. Best learn the basics first.. OH look!! "Basic" is in the title! :O
Yes! Basics first. Shortcuts definitely shave time off of your workflow, tho. Aaron gives us command/control + or - to zoom in and out, also good to know for newbies is "change brush size", left bracket (reduce size), right bracket (increase size). OH one of my favs, rotate your entire artboard/work surface with just the letter "r" on the MAC. There are dozens more, but yeah, just a few will save you some time.
I see this was posted in 2015 but it is incredibly hard to find a video like this online. I LOVE the clear instruction and detail in your videos! You make an intimidating program like Photoshop feel easy to utilize.
Thanks! Glad you like it!
Thanks, thanks, thanks! For spreading information, knowledge. You are the man! A great artist and teacher!
What you are saying and how you are saying is sooo sweet, i bet it makes SO much meaning to the people who really need to be explaned How and Where to start. Great job
Mr. Blaise, thank you so much for this video! I stumbled upon it by accident. I have been teaching myself how to color in Photoshop and knew even though my drawings look good, I still needed to learn more. When I started watching your video, I said, "I'd just watch for a few minutes now and finish the rest later. An hour later I was still glued to the screen! There were a number of things you mentioned early on, that I had already figured out (encouraging) and then you revealed steps I never knew! Can't wait to start using these techniques to take my colors to the next level! God bless.
It is the first time I watch a Video where I feel like listening the voice of Leonardo da Vinci using Wacom and explaining it as we were in an Academic Atelier of Art. Absolutely fantastic.
Thank you for this, and your other videos Mr. Aaron Blaise. Not to mention your website of resources and things! They're such a big help and you seem like a kind man. :) Your work is so great and beautiful.
Aaron, I want to thank you for all the work you do to help me and other young artists to develop their skills to become masters of the craft.
Thank you so much!!! There are lots of videos about how to use the Photoshop, but this one is the very special one!
Thank you Aaron for sharing this tutorial, really opened my eyes to how Photoshop is a very powerful piece of software.
The lighting/shadow portion of this is gold. Amazing how even much simpler drawings than this can become interesting just by adding the light/shadow detail. The brain seems to just turn that information into a kind of 3d. Great stuff.
Did not expect to find such a wonderful superlative masterclass on UA-cam. Man, that's so generous of you! Thanks a lot
OMG! I learned more from this one video than any of the 250 I've watched. I'm really bad with technology - even a toaster baffles me, but this really helped me understand how to model color.
Awesome! I like your teaching, the way you approached to us, viewers and wannabe artist. Thank you so much Sir Aaron
Great explanations, thank you so much. I am trying to learn scientific/medical illustration and there aren't very many tutorials specifically about those specialist fields of illustration, so I was looking for some tutorials on digital painting. There are alot of great artists that demonstrate their techniques but most create speed paintings (ie show themselves painting but at 10x the speed so the whole painting is done in 10 min, usually to music, and they NEVER explain anything!!), so it is difficult for a beginner to see HOW they are doing what they are doing. It can be frustrating seeing someone performing the technique you would like to learn, but you don't know what it is called or how to do it, and no one ever explains. So I loved how you went right from the start and you explain everything in real time as you are doing it. Thanks for that.
So needed! You are so kind in sharing your knowledge with us!
I lost all memory of my skills since being out of college, so this certainly refreshed my memory!
Thank you!
Aaron is everywhere, papa of artists. He can draw everything. With everything
Hi Aaron! Thank you for the patient and thorough tutorial. A lot of artists showcase their methods through speed painting and such, but you have been most patient on the tutorial with Photoshop. Thank you for your generosity.
I honestly can't appreciate you enough for this!
I loved how passionate you were throughout the process, and you were so clear. Thanks a lot!
it great to have people like yourself dedicating so match time to spread so much knowledge, Great videos thanks.