I have no idea why I never thought to create elements that are straight/mechanical/etc separately in Illustrator like that, but I will definitely be employing that in future pieces! Thanks for the inspiration, and great work! (Especially dig your line quality)
Thanks so much! This band was awesome to work with and are still going strong :) Check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) if you'd like to see my more recent stuff! Thanks for watching!
Aw that's awesome, thank you so much! I have a new channel, Merchenaries, with more recent time lapses and tutorials on it. Check it out if you want! Thanks again :)
+sophia virdi "I'm confused on how you kept it so clean the whole time. When I do something like this, I usually end up making it look like a mess when I start adding the second color because I ruin the first black outline that I had by running over the black with the second color. Did you use a tool to keep the 1st color from being altered when you put the 2nd color down? You did a really fantastic job by the way! It's amazing!" There's no option for me to reply here, so hopefully you get this! I work a lot with layers, so I'll do my line work on a layer, lock it, then do colour underneath on a new, separate layer. This is true for Photoshop and Illustrator, for me anyways. I'm totally guilty of having like, 30 layers before I go in and clean everything up for actual printing. Let me know if you have any other questions! Thanks for watching!
+Katie Hodgson So Katie i'm a complete beginner at illustration. how do professionals have the base sketching before "tracing" and coloring? Like do they sketch on a4 and then scan and upload it? Or?
+Zack hey! You can really sketch however you like. I sketched the dinosaur out on paper then sketched the rest out in Photoshop, but nowadays I generally sketch everything really loosely in Photoshop before diving into the design. There's no wrong way to prep a design, but I will suggest not getting too caught up in the sketch because things will naturally change as you flesh it out. I like to focus on composition (size/layout/the figure/ground etc.) rather than try and get the sketch perfect. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much! I'm sure you're very talented! If you enjoyed this, take a look at my new tutorial and time lapse channel, Merchenaries (commenting here). My most recent work is going up on there, along with tuts and tips related to merch design. Thanks again!
Thanks! I'm actually recording a few today, although I'll be hosting them on a different channel. Let me know if there's anything in particular that you want to learn!
+TheHyder It's up with no videos right now, but it's called Merchenaries. Doing a website with written tutorials as well, and maybe some vector freebies down the road. There probably won't be anything up until late January since I'm trying to get a bunch of content ready ahead of time. ua-cam.com/channels/E5KovpNSTMFTrIlnKS-MoA.html
I'm confused on how you kept it so clean the whole time. When I do something like this, I usually end up making it look like a mess when I start adding the second color because I ruin the first black outline that I had by running over the black with the second color. Did you use a tool to keep the 1st color from being altered when you put the 2nd color down? You did a really fantastic job by the way! It's amazing!
Awesome speed art. Just want to know the brush you're using or something? I managed to draw an awesome sketch but unfortunately, can't figure out the brush that i'll be using since this is way too fast for me.
Hey! And thanks! The gritty texture was made using a brush in Photoshop. There's a few comments here where I've gone into detail about switching between Ps and AI to do this if you wanna check them out. In the end I separated the inks to have both a solid and halftones channel so the halftones got the attention they needed and the solid bits weren't jagged from halftoning them. Hope that helps!
Let me just start by saying Incredible work! - This is quality for sure. But i have a question, and this is a sincere question, I am not trying to take anything from what you do, just simply learn. How is this profitable? is the profit in the qty sale? I ask because I've been doing shirts for a while and I know that Vector Art just has and will always have a relationship with T-shirt designs... but This is a time lapse. Now, this being said.. if its only 500% and you literally did this in an hour, than I'm just way slower than you (HOLY COW) but i know how this Line art goes... its a tedious process. I charge $250 for a design and i never touch a T-shirt. I'm curious to know how much you charge to do these like this because they are awesome and i need to know how much faster i need to get to volunteer this kind of work for what price?
Great work. I really liked the dust from the vulcano and how it's interacting with the font. But what seems weird is the Trex' waist. This shadow lines are unlogical for me.
FelixSchlegelMusic Yeah I really struggled a lot with this one. I'm stoked with how it turned out but there's always a few things that bug me about everything I do, you know? But glad you liked the dust! I think that's when it started coming together for me!
Katie Hodgson I know what you mean. There's always a tiny bit that you want to do better. But it's good to finish a porject and start from scratch again growing better and better. Good luck achieving that!
do you have any tutorials about proper use of edges of pen tool because i dont have any pen tab on me i only use mouse in designing. I wanna know how to properly use or pick the edges of any shapes i make using pen tool.
Hey David, Katie here - thank you so much! This illustration took entirely too long haha, I think the total was 10 or 12 hours? I was experimenting with a lot of techniques. Generally my illustrations take around 8 hours. I have a new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) with some new time lapse illustrations and you can really see how my style of drawing has shifted. It's much faster now :) Thanks for watching!
Hello! Amazing job! I have few doubts: How do you got that halftone effect? I saw that you made normal gradients on PS. Do you usually apply this effect during the process on PS or only when preparing the file to print? How do you prepare your arts to print? Really, I´d like to learn more about the whole process. Even if you charge
Hey Giuliano! Thank you so much! I don't charge, but that would be nice haha I have a new channel set up for time lapses and tutorials. It's called Merchenaries, and I'm commenting from it right now. I actually just started a tutorial series on vector separations, if you wanna check it out! As far as this separation goes, it's not the best example to learn off of. I combined raster separations from photoshop with vector separations from illustrator for a variety of reasons, but it's a really complicated process that isn't super easy to explain unless you're pretty well-versed in separations. That said, after I'm done the vector sep series, I'll be doing one on raster seps and eventually a series on crazy complex separations like this one. Thanks for watching, and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
Hey, love your work. I just wondered how to separated the colours for printing, I'm guessing there's three layers when it goes to screen. So the second layer of the black that you do later on, how do you make it so the other layers don't have the colour underneath anymore to go to print? Also do you use the pen tool to make the lines?
Hey there! With this design, and most of the stuff I do, I try to use the shirt colour as a 'colour'. In this case, this was printed on black shirts, so we didn't have to print any black ink. In this case, there were 3 ink colours and a white base, so 4 colours in total. The linework was done in illustrator and most of the painting was done in photoshop. The final separations were a mixture of raster and vector seps, which is a really complex thing to do but it preserves the crisp vector lines and makes softer halftones, IMO. If you're interested in learning more about separations, check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here). I actually just put out the first 2 videos in a tutorial series on vector separations, and will be doing a series on raster seps down the road. Thanks for watching, and feel free to ask me any other questions!
hey, this is incredible work fair play! Just a quick question, how did get this ready for print? It's my next step to learn. I'd really love to see a tutorial on this. Probably sound pretty dull, but it's harder to put into words lol Thanks Jack
Oceanfront Studios Hi Jack! I'd really love to make a tutorial about this, and when my life slows down a bit I'll be doing stuff like that. But in the meantime, you want to read up on "separating for screen printing". There are lots of different ways to separate images, and this illustration isn't really the best example for a beginner as it uses several techniques in one shirt. Check out my Nuclear Mermaid design for a straight up halftoned shirt. But reading up on that should help you get started!
Hashen Dushshanka Oh god this shirt took WAY too long. I was messing around with some different things and I think this was the shirt that made me realize that gratuitous, tiny details don't actually show up when you print. I honestly couldn't tell you, though. Maybe 10, 11 hours? Should have been 4 or 5, but again, was playing around with techniques. Thanks for watching!
Hey, thanks! (I'm working off this channel now, just so you know) I alternate between both tools. Sometimes you can lay a line down with the brush tool, but sometimes it's easier to use the pen tool.
Thank you! Yeah pretty much! I have always had a thing for t-rexs, though. Started drawing them in high school when I had a horrible teacher who would look like one when she was pissed off. Thanks for watching!
can i ask you about brush ? is that brush you are using is default brush ? and how to make the brush become pointed at the end ?its because you using pen tablet or be able to mouse, like we setting the brush) thanks, :)
I tried to follow up the steps and I just couldn't understand how you converted those colors added in Photoshop to vector format in Illustrator and they still had the gradient effect looking exactly like in bitmap Ps format. You see, I'm having such a hard time trying to create those half-tone gradient effects and until I can do this, my designs are not going to be good as much as I want. Thanks for the video, anyway. It helped a lot :)
I mean, that part just after 6:45 when you export that .png. How do I get those highlights and shadows to be smooth gradient in half tone vector format? Is this even the right process? Thanks again :DD
+Mateus Breseghello Hi there! The gradients I made in PS were actually output as bitmaps from PS. I know on screen halftone bitmaps from PS look like they're low resolution but it's just a previewing thing. If they're actually printing at low resolution, you'll want to adjust your settings.. I output my halftones at 900 - 1200 dpi, and you can mess around with the angles. If you're consistently working with one print shop, you should ask them what they prefer - different shops like different settings to suit the screens they have and what they're used to. In Illustrator you can automatically make halftones when you print your file through RIP software to be separated onto films, but this is something generally only print shops have as RIP software is crazy expensive and it's just not necessary for a designer. I really don't recommend working the way I did in this video. I was screwing around with combining Photoshop and Illustrator and it ended up being pretty complicated. If you want to, though, all you need to do is place you working PSD file into Illustrator so you can draw vector shapes on top of it. When you update the PSD file, it will automatically update in Illustrator. Then when you want to switch to Photoshop, just copy and paste all your vector layers from Illustrator into your PSD file. There's probably an easier way to do it, but that's what I did here, and it was a pain in my ass. Good luck!
You created this using the brush?! I didn't know it was possible to make straight lines with the brush tool, instead I always use the pen. does anyone know of youtube tutorials that can help me to increase my skill? one luv x
Hey Ross, Katie here! I did all of the inking and line work in illustrator before moving into photoshop, and I just used the default brushes in illustrator with pressure settings applied from my tablet. I'd be interested in doing some tutorials on brush work, for sure! Check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) and when I have something on using brushes, I'll come tag you!
+Natalie Butsinas Are you working with 100% opacity? The lines can be adjusted by double clicking on the brush tool. You can change your Fidelity and Smoothness to make the lines more smooth or haggard. Also, double click whatever brush you're using and make sure your Diameter has 'Pressure' set and give it a few pts of Variation. If you don't save the brush set you'll have to do that every time you start a new document. Hope this helps!
Hey there MrMeeples, Katie here! I can't remember if I cut off the separation portion or if this video is just too fast to see, but either way, this illustration is not the best example to learn from for separations. I combined raster and vector seps to get the final separation, which is a really complex way to do it. This was to preserve the crispness of my vector linework and to have a bit more control over the halftones. If you're interested in learning more about how to do separations, I have a new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) and have started a tutorial series on vector separations. When I'm done the vector series, I'll be moving onto raster seps, and eventually super-complex-brain-exploding separations like this illustration haha Thanks for watching!
+Faster Days Hi there! This is actually kind of a complicated thing to explain, but to put it as simple as possible try doing the following: 1. Draw something quick and random in photoshop in black 2. Put a gradient behind it that goes from black to white 3. Use Select > Colour Range and click on the blackest part of your image. You can adjust the Fuzziness to pick up less or more black 4. In your Channel panel create a new channel and fill your selection with black 5. Delete all the other channels 6. With one channel left, click Image > Mode > Bitmap and put your output from anywhere between 900 and 1200 dpi and choose Halftone from the Method drop down 7. Set your settings like this (what I use, you can mess with them though) Frequency: 45 LPI, Angle: 22.5 degrees, Shape: Ellipse And boom, you have a halftone. There's lots of different things that effect how a halftone will print, especially the settings in the last dialogue there. If you're doing lots of different colours you can split your channels and do them all individually, or if you have RIP software to a film outputter like they do in print shops, Photoshop will automatically halftone your channels. Let me know if you have any other questions! It's a super weird thing to do the first few times. You can also make vector halftones in Illustrator which can be pretty fun.
Hey, thanks! I need to play around with it a little more, but this was really helpful! I didn't knew that about illustrator! Have you considered making a video about that? Or all kind of tutorials? haha
+Faster Days I am actually in the middle of starting a new tutorial channel, but have been moving and traveling around the province, so it's been pushed back a bit. I could definitely do a tutorial on that though, they're super fun :) If you want to subscribe to the new channel, you can go here: ua-cam.com/channels/E5KovpNSTMFTrIlnKS-MoA.html The first few tutorials I'm working on are about custom brushes to speed up designs, but I'll for sure put that on my list. Glad I could help :)
Katie Hodgson Subscribed! Hey seriously, thank you so much for your help, your willingness to share your knowledge is something that I really appreciate. You're awesome!
Hello Goodnight. My name is Sandra and I am from Argentina. I would like to ask, as I'm watching your work and are excellent ... I made a digital illustration with my wacom tablet but when passing it for printing, to print T-shirts; despite working all 300 dpi I went blurry with no detail. Not that I could be wrong, save the file by attaching the layers in PDF format for export to Corel Draw and put crosses record, and saving it ends cdr file. I await your prompt response and I need your help and I hope not to bother him with my concerns ... Best regards!!!
+Sandra Choquevilca Hi Sandra, sorry I'm just seeing your comment now! It sounds like you're overthinking how to send your file to the printer. It's great that you worked in 300 dpi and you should just be able to send over the working Photoshop, Illustrator or CorelDraw file and have them print it with no problem. Perhaps something went wrong with outputting it to a PDF specifically for CorelDraw? Also, were you working at 300 dpi at print size from the beginning or did you resample the image to 300 dpi from a lower resolution? At my print shop we warn people about low resolution images. I'm not going to call out your print shop at all but perhaps speak to them about having their designer email you if the print is going to be blurry before going to press or explore other print shops and see what their procedures are? There's no harm in trying out different shops until one fits.
Hi there, this was just the basic brushes in illustrator for all the line work, with some pressure sensitivity from my tablet's stylus. I think the smoke was made using Grit & Grunge brushes. If you google that they should come up! And thanks for watching! If you're interested in seeing my most recent stuff, check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here!) I've put out some new time lapses and a couple tutorials!
No, you! Seriously, though. Thank you for watching. If you'd like to see more of my work, check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here). Thanks again!
Have watched most of your work, you still rock. Your understanding of illustrator is just amazing, can't imagine how sick you are of vectors. Keep it up
where did you learn to draw like this? do you use references? do you have any resources that you could send our way to get better at drawing in this style?
You can! +Secondhand Habit sells these online. Here's the link: secondhandhabit.com/merch/dinosaur-design Thanks for watching! And check out my new channel if you want to see some more recent work: ua-cam.com/channels/E5KovpNSTMFTrIlnKS-MoA.html
+Stic Graphics hey there, yes I do! I drew this with a Wacom Intuos 5 but I currently work with a Cintiq 13 HD. Check out my new tutorial channel, Merchenaries, to see what I'm up to currently!
+Khairul Anam *deleted the first half of this because beers were involved and it was just... weird.* My suggestion to you would be to find an artistic process you love and want to master, and start learning. Specializing was the best thing I have ever done with my professional life and I feel like I can completely credit that with any growth I have made as an artist. Also, please feel free to message me on my FB page if you have any questions about shirt design! I love to help people who are interested!
Woah, thats a long comment, anyway i am sorry if I, offended you in any way, just to let you know that, i will be terribly glad if you could upload a tutorial video like for this one. im a budding artist myself, but to accomplish the same feat as you are now, is a long way to go.
Khairul Anam Not offended at all - and sorry it was so long, I can get long-winded with a few beers in me. This shirt is kind of complicated to produce - it's not the best example for anyone starting out. I'm hoping to have some tutorials towards the end of the summer, though, so I'll keep you in mind!
Hey man! We all start somewhere, and learning how to draw is like learning guitar - anyone can do it, but it takes a lot of practice to get good! I'm sure your work is way better than you think it is!
carefully haha bit I tagged you in a previous comment for what actually goes down. 10/10 would not recommend working back and forth unless there's only a few jumps between.
+Katie Hodgson I have a similar question and couldn't find an answer in previous comments .... maybe I just missed it. Anyways, I can see that you are doing background gradients in photoshop and then bringing it back into illustrator. How are you doing this so seamlessly? Design looks great btw!
+Nick Bers I wanted to use some of my favorite Photoshop brushes in this design so I did all the halftone stuff in PS instead of Illustrator. It was really confusing, tbh, and I haven't worked like this again. But if you want to play with both programs on one design, all you have to do is copy and paste all your vector elements from Illustrator into Photoshop, and place your saved Photoshop file as a link in Illustrator. Every time you change the vector, replace the layer you made in Photoshop. The Photoshop file will automatically update itself in Illustrator when you save it. Links are cool :)
I could not tell you. I just kind of do it haha If you'd like to see more of my stuff, check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here!). I've put out some new time lapses and a couple of tutorials! Thanks for watching!
Hi Jordan, that happens when the shirt is actually separated for printing. I separated this shirt in Photoshop using Channels! Take a look at my new tutorial channel if you're interested in seeing what I've been doing lately!
Hey Merchenaries, saw all your videos today, they are awesome! I'm also looking into learning how to do a proper work on the halftones, would you consider doing a tutorial on that? Thanks!
Nader Guilherme Since commenting this Ive started using 2 programs. One called Separation Studios and the other Accurip. Separation studios separates colors into their own B/W image and Accurip turns those B/W images into halftones as it prints out. Hope that helps a little
Nader Guilherme Hey there! I keep thinking about it, and I will for sure, but the tricky thing about seps is that every job is different and many require a lot of previous experience to know how to tackle properly. But I'm working on it! There's no quick fix to separations but I hope to do a series on separations in the new year after some traveling and family time over the holidays. Thank you for checking out the other videos!
I can teach you lots of things! I have new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) where I'm doing time lapses and tutorial videos. If there's anything specific that you want to learn, let me know and I'll add it to my list! Thanks for watching!
This was so sick to watch, my dream is to become a graphic designer, and I'm planning on transferring majors. I feel like I've always been pretty good at art, but not amazing. Being a graphic designer though would be a dream job for me. Do you feel like you have to be naturally gifted to do things like this or can it be taught, right now I'm doing Computer Science and it's honestly not what I want to do, I want something more creative.
+BirdyRC Thanks for watching, Birdy! I've always maintained that drawing is a taught skill, but a little talent to understand how to translate what is in your head to paper doesn't hurt. It's kind of like learning an instrument - practice and studying form will make you technically good. The talent part comes in with concept - you can be the best guitar player technically but if you can't create a conceptual song, it won't mean anything to anyone. But I don't really think people are necessarily born with talent - as long as you're open minded you can bring it out of you all of a sudden, but studying and practice is key for both the technical and conceptual side. It's a lot more fun than I make it sound, haha I have a few videos coming out that are better examples of conceptual drawings - I love this shirt but it was a commission and I have since done others that were 100% my own concept. Still love this T-Rex, though! If you feel like you'd like to switch majors, do it! I was studying fashion marketing (with a dream of having my own shirt line) and I'm so glad I switched. Three years later, I'm now considering going back to school to switch gears within the industry again (focus more on illustration/facilitating printing rather than freelancing, and get my degree, as currently I have a diploma). Best of luck! Also accidentally replied to this with a super top-secret new channel I'm starting. Whoops! Stay tuned!
I didn't skipped a second the entire video! Wow, mad skills! I've also started a speedart channel, and, if you have some free time you can check me out on this account. Thank you, and again, keep up the fantastic work!
Thanks so much! Be sure to check out my new tutorial channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) to see more of my recent time lapses and tutorial videos! Thanks again!
Aw, thank you! If you enjoyed this, check out my new channel, Merchenaries! I'm commenting here with that channel. I've put out some new time lapses and a few tutorials. Thanks again so much!
Great video, great t-shirt design, and great music, too. Thumbs up!
I have no idea why I never thought to create elements that are straight/mechanical/etc separately in Illustrator like that, but I will definitely be employing that in future pieces! Thanks for the inspiration, and great work! (Especially dig your line quality)
The gradient halftone effect looks so cool
Joel Abad
2年前
it's the basic pressure sensitive photoshop brush. for the sketch lowering the oppacity, and for the final linework at its max.
This is stunning great work again. Every piece you make is wildly inspiring. Thanks.
Thank you so much Joe Ridenour that's very kind of you to say!
Hey, I really like your style and the process of how it was created.
Thanks a lot for the sweet design!
when you type a nice comment and see the last post was like 7 years ago :/ hope u see this. you're amazing. wish you would post again!
dope art and dope music
Thanks so much! This band was awesome to work with and are still going strong :)
Check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) if you'd like to see my more recent stuff! Thanks for watching!
You are the B-O-M-B. Period.
Aw that's awesome, thank you so much! I have a new channel, Merchenaries, with more recent time lapses and tutorials on it. Check it out if you want! Thanks again :)
This is amazing.
Thank you Evil15Lisa ! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great work!
Thank you!
u earned a sub bud.
+sophia virdi "I'm confused on how you kept it so clean the whole time. When I do something like this, I usually end up making it look like a mess when I start adding the second color because I ruin the first black outline that I had by running over the black with the second color. Did you use a tool to keep the 1st color from being altered when you put the 2nd color down? You did a really fantastic job by the way! It's amazing!"
There's no option for me to reply here, so hopefully you get this!
I work a lot with layers, so I'll do my line work on a layer, lock it, then do colour underneath on a new, separate layer. This is true for Photoshop and Illustrator, for me anyways. I'm totally guilty of having like, 30 layers before I go in and clean everything up for actual printing.
Let me know if you have any other questions! Thanks for watching!
+Katie Hodgson So Katie i'm a complete beginner at illustration. how do professionals have the base sketching before "tracing" and coloring? Like do they sketch on a4 and then scan and upload it? Or?
+Zack hey! You can really sketch however you like. I sketched the dinosaur out on paper then sketched the rest out in Photoshop, but nowadays I generally sketch everything really loosely in Photoshop before diving into the design. There's no wrong way to prep a design, but I will suggest not getting too caught up in the sketch because things will naturally change as you flesh it out. I like to focus on composition (size/layout/the figure/ground etc.) rather than try and get the sketch perfect. Hope that helps!
ye me too :P
How did the colors separated with a halftone screen effect and put it on the screen?
What tablet do you use to draw?
Hi, this is a great speed art and an amazing piece. I was wondering what kind of brushes that you used for this?
Thanks :)
Cool, I dig :D
holy shit.
i wish i had a fraction of your talent
Thank you so much! I'm sure you're very talented!
If you enjoyed this, take a look at my new tutorial and time lapse channel, Merchenaries (commenting here). My most recent work is going up on there, along with tuts and tips related to merch design. Thanks again!
Your work is amazing!! I really need to learn more from you. Hope you're doing tutorials soon. ;)
Thanks! I'm actually recording a few today, although I'll be hosting them on a different channel. Let me know if there's anything in particular that you want to learn!
+Katie Hodgson I will. what's the channel name?
+TheHyder It's up with no videos right now, but it's called Merchenaries. Doing a website with written tutorials as well, and maybe some vector freebies down the road. There probably won't be anything up until late January since I'm trying to get a bunch of content ready ahead of time. ua-cam.com/channels/E5KovpNSTMFTrIlnKS-MoA.html
Nice! This will help me so much though , thanks to you!
Thanks everyone watching this video and if you want a shirt let us know on FB!
Secondhand Habit Absolutely hit up Secondhand Habit if you want a shirt! Links to their FB page and bandcamp are in the description!
Got one thanks. 😊
awesome
I'm confused on how you kept it so clean the whole time. When I do something like this, I usually end up making it look like a mess when I start adding the second color because I ruin the first black outline that I had by running over the black with the second color. Did you use a tool to keep the 1st color from being altered when you put the 2nd color down? You did a really fantastic job by the way! It's amazing!
wow, dope :)
Cool design. Did you use a pen tablet on making this?
Could you tell me how much would it cost to make some design like that for a specific person?
Awesome speed art. Just want to know the brush you're using or something? I managed to draw an awesome sketch but unfortunately, can't figure out the brush that i'll be using since this is way too fast for me.
How did the colors separated with a halftone screen effect and put it on the screen?
Hi, Great work mate! But how did you do the grain effect to add texture?
Hey! And thanks! The gritty texture was made using a brush in Photoshop. There's a few comments here where I've gone into detail about switching between Ps and AI to do this if you wanna check them out. In the end I separated the inks to have both a solid and halftones channel so the halftones got the attention they needed and the solid bits weren't jagged from halftoning them. Hope that helps!
Does this art style have a name? Where can I find similar stuff or tutorials on how to draw things like these ?
Let me just start by saying Incredible work! - This is quality for sure. But i have a question, and this is a sincere question, I am not trying to take anything from what you do, just simply learn. How is this profitable? is the profit in the qty sale? I ask because I've been doing shirts for a while and I know that Vector Art just has and will always have a relationship with T-shirt designs... but This is a time lapse. Now, this being said.. if its only 500% and you literally did this in an hour, than I'm just way slower than you (HOLY COW) but i know how this Line art goes... its a tedious process. I charge $250 for a design and i never touch a T-shirt. I'm curious to know how much you charge to do these like this because they are awesome and i need to know how much faster i need to get to volunteer this kind of work for what price?
Great work.
I really liked the dust from the vulcano and how it's interacting with the font.
But what seems weird is the Trex' waist. This shadow lines are unlogical for me.
FelixSchlegelMusic Yeah I really struggled a lot with this one. I'm stoked with how it turned out but there's always a few things that bug me about everything I do, you know? But glad you liked the dust! I think that's when it started coming together for me!
Katie Hodgson I know what you mean. There's always a tiny bit that you want to do better. But it's good to finish a porject and start from scratch again growing better and better. Good luck achieving that!
Awsome work dude ! (Y)
Thanks so much! Check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) if you'd like to see some of my more recent stuff!
exelente ilustracion
+yasor barrera Thanks!
do you have any tutorials about proper use of edges of pen tool because i dont have any pen tab on me i only use mouse in designing. I wanna know how to properly use or pick the edges of any shapes i make using pen tool.
Hey! Katie! Awesome work thats amazing! How long does something like this take?
Hey David, Katie here - thank you so much! This illustration took entirely too long haha, I think the total was 10 or 12 hours? I was experimenting with a lot of techniques. Generally my illustrations take around 8 hours.
I have a new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) with some new time lapse illustrations and you can really see how my style of drawing has shifted. It's much faster now :)
Thanks for watching!
i wish you shared the basics
Hello! Amazing job! I have few doubts: How do you got that halftone effect? I saw that you made normal gradients on PS. Do you usually apply this effect during the process on PS or only when preparing the file to print? How do you prepare your arts to print? Really, I´d like to learn more about the whole process. Even if you charge
Hey Giuliano! Thank you so much! I don't charge, but that would be nice haha
I have a new channel set up for time lapses and tutorials. It's called Merchenaries, and I'm commenting from it right now. I actually just started a tutorial series on vector separations, if you wanna check it out!
As far as this separation goes, it's not the best example to learn off of. I combined raster separations from photoshop with vector separations from illustrator for a variety of reasons, but it's a really complicated process that isn't super easy to explain unless you're pretty well-versed in separations.
That said, after I'm done the vector sep series, I'll be doing one on raster seps and eventually a series on crazy complex separations like this one.
Thanks for watching, and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
Hey, love your work. I just wondered how to separated the colours for printing, I'm guessing there's three layers when it goes to screen. So the second layer of the black that you do later on, how do you make it so the other layers don't have the colour underneath anymore to go to print? Also do you use the pen tool to make the lines?
Hey there! With this design, and most of the stuff I do, I try to use the shirt colour as a 'colour'. In this case, this was printed on black shirts, so we didn't have to print any black ink. In this case, there were 3 ink colours and a white base, so 4 colours in total.
The linework was done in illustrator and most of the painting was done in photoshop. The final separations were a mixture of raster and vector seps, which is a really complex thing to do but it preserves the crisp vector lines and makes softer halftones, IMO.
If you're interested in learning more about separations, check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here). I actually just put out the first 2 videos in a tutorial series on vector separations, and will be doing a series on raster seps down the road.
Thanks for watching, and feel free to ask me any other questions!
You don't show the process you did the screen tone and color separation😥
Awesome work! I know this is a really basic question but did you scan in a drawing and trace the whole thing on illustrator with a drawing tablet?
Thanks! I usually snap a picture of it and redraw it a few times in photoshop before tracing in illustrator, but yes, you can!
this is amazing! when you give a final design to a client, do you color separate for the printers?
Matthew Stella Thank you! I actually work at a print shop in the art department, so yes, I do!
hey, this is incredible work fair play! Just a quick question, how did get this ready for print? It's my next step to learn. I'd really love to see a tutorial on this. Probably sound pretty dull, but it's harder to put into words lol
Thanks
Jack
Oceanfront Studios Hi Jack! I'd really love to make a tutorial about this, and when my life slows down a bit I'll be doing stuff like that. But in the meantime, you want to read up on "separating for screen printing". There are lots of different ways to separate images, and this illustration isn't really the best example for a beginner as it uses several techniques in one shirt. Check out my Nuclear Mermaid design for a straight up halftoned shirt. But reading up on that should help you get started!
Thank you Katie :) A great help!
This is absolutely amazing ! How long did the piece take to finish ?
Hashen Dushshanka Oh god this shirt took WAY too long. I was messing around with some different things and I think this was the shirt that made me realize that gratuitous, tiny details don't actually show up when you print.
I honestly couldn't tell you, though. Maybe 10, 11 hours? Should have been 4 or 5, but again, was playing around with techniques.
Thanks for watching!
Hey! Great work and channel. Do you use paint brush tool for the outline, or rather pen tool? which one do you prefer?
Hey, thanks! (I'm working off this channel now, just so you know)
I alternate between both tools. Sometimes you can lay a line down with the brush tool, but sometimes it's easier to use the pen tool.
That's awesome! How do you draw that from the top of your head?
Thank you! Yeah pretty much! I have always had a thing for t-rexs, though. Started drawing them in high school when I had a horrible teacher who would look like one when she was pissed off. Thanks for watching!
what size is your canvas to fit the design on the shirt?? how big did you draw the design?
cool
can i ask you about brush ? is that brush you are using is default brush ? and how to make the brush become pointed at the end ?its because you using pen tablet or be able to mouse, like we setting the brush)
thanks, :)
I tried to follow up the steps and I just couldn't understand how you converted those colors added in Photoshop to vector format in Illustrator and they still had the gradient effect looking exactly like in bitmap Ps format. You see, I'm having such a hard time trying to create those half-tone gradient effects and until I can do this, my designs are not going to be good as much as I want. Thanks for the video, anyway. It helped a lot :)
I mean, that part just after 6:45 when you export that .png. How do I get those highlights and shadows to be smooth gradient in half tone vector format? Is this even the right process? Thanks again :DD
+Mateus Breseghello Hi there! The gradients I made in PS were actually output as bitmaps from PS. I know on screen halftone bitmaps from PS look like they're low resolution but it's just a previewing thing. If they're actually printing at low resolution, you'll want to adjust your settings.. I output my halftones at 900 - 1200 dpi, and you can mess around with the angles. If you're consistently working with one print shop, you should ask them what they prefer - different shops like different settings to suit the screens they have and what they're used to.
In Illustrator you can automatically make halftones when you print your file through RIP software to be separated onto films, but this is something generally only print shops have as RIP software is crazy expensive and it's just not necessary for a designer.
I really don't recommend working the way I did in this video. I was screwing around with combining Photoshop and Illustrator and it ended up being pretty complicated. If you want to, though, all you need to do is place you working PSD file into Illustrator so you can draw vector shapes on top of it. When you update the PSD file, it will automatically update in Illustrator. Then when you want to switch to Photoshop, just copy and paste all your vector layers from Illustrator into your PSD file.
There's probably an easier way to do it, but that's what I did here, and it was a pain in my ass.
Good luck!
You created this using the brush?! I didn't know it was possible to make straight lines with the brush tool, instead I always use the pen. does anyone know of youtube tutorials that can help me to increase my skill? one luv x
Hey Ross, Katie here! I did all of the inking and line work in illustrator before moving into photoshop, and I just used the default brushes in illustrator with pressure settings applied from my tablet.
I'd be interested in doing some tutorials on brush work, for sure! Check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) and when I have something on using brushes, I'll come tag you!
Why your never post again?
Everytime I try to paint in Illustrator, my lines or colors become messed up. How did you get it so clean and easy?
+Natalie Butsinas Are you working with 100% opacity? The lines can be adjusted by double clicking on the brush tool. You can change your Fidelity and Smoothness to make the lines more smooth or haggard. Also, double click whatever brush you're using and make sure your Diameter has 'Pressure' set and give it a few pts of Variation. If you don't save the brush set you'll have to do that every time you start a new document.
Hope this helps!
How does the colouring get to be halftoned? Seems to be a stage missing at the end of the video.
Hey there MrMeeples, Katie here! I can't remember if I cut off the separation portion or if this video is just too fast to see, but either way, this illustration is not the best example to learn from for separations. I combined raster and vector seps to get the final separation, which is a really complex way to do it. This was to preserve the crispness of my vector linework and to have a bit more control over the halftones.
If you're interested in learning more about how to do separations, I have a new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) and have started a tutorial series on vector separations. When I'm done the vector series, I'll be moving onto raster seps, and eventually super-complex-brain-exploding separations like this illustration haha
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this! But I can't figure out how you do the halftone at the end. Can you please explain?
+Faster Days Hi there! This is actually kind of a complicated thing to explain, but to put it as simple as possible try doing the following:
1. Draw something quick and random in photoshop in black
2. Put a gradient behind it that goes from black to white
3. Use Select > Colour Range and click on the blackest part of your image. You can adjust the Fuzziness to pick up less or more black
4. In your Channel panel create a new channel and fill your selection with black
5. Delete all the other channels
6. With one channel left, click Image > Mode > Bitmap and put your output from anywhere between 900 and 1200 dpi and choose Halftone from the Method drop down
7. Set your settings like this (what I use, you can mess with them though) Frequency: 45 LPI, Angle: 22.5 degrees, Shape: Ellipse
And boom, you have a halftone. There's lots of different things that effect how a halftone will print, especially the settings in the last dialogue there. If you're doing lots of different colours you can split your channels and do them all individually, or if you have RIP software to a film outputter like they do in print shops, Photoshop will automatically halftone your channels.
Let me know if you have any other questions! It's a super weird thing to do the first few times. You can also make vector halftones in Illustrator which can be pretty fun.
Hey, thanks!
I need to play around with it a little more, but this was really helpful!
I didn't knew that about illustrator!
Have you considered making a video about that?
Or all kind of tutorials? haha
+Faster Days I am actually in the middle of starting a new tutorial channel, but have been moving and traveling around the province, so it's been pushed back a bit. I could definitely do a tutorial on that though, they're super fun :)
If you want to subscribe to the new channel, you can go here: ua-cam.com/channels/E5KovpNSTMFTrIlnKS-MoA.html
The first few tutorials I'm working on are about custom brushes to speed up designs, but I'll for sure put that on my list.
Glad I could help :)
Katie Hodgson Subscribed!
Hey seriously, thank you so much for your help, your willingness to share your knowledge is something that I really appreciate.
You're awesome!
+Faster Days awe thank you! I think it's awesome that you want to learn about this stuff :)
Hello Goodnight. My name is Sandra and I am from Argentina. I would like to ask, as I'm watching your work and are excellent ...
I made a digital illustration with my wacom tablet but when passing it for printing, to print T-shirts; despite working all 300 dpi I went blurry with no detail. Not that I could be wrong, save the file by attaching the layers in PDF format for export to Corel Draw and put crosses record, and saving it ends cdr file. I await your prompt response and I need your help and I hope not to bother him with my concerns ...
Best regards!!!
+Sandra Choquevilca Hi Sandra, sorry I'm just seeing your comment now! It sounds like you're overthinking how to send your file to the printer. It's great that you worked in 300 dpi and you should just be able to send over the working Photoshop, Illustrator or CorelDraw file and have them print it with no problem. Perhaps something went wrong with outputting it to a PDF specifically for CorelDraw? Also, were you working at 300 dpi at print size from the beginning or did you resample the image to 300 dpi from a lower resolution?
At my print shop we warn people about low resolution images. I'm not going to call out your print shop at all but perhaps speak to them about having their designer email you if the print is going to be blurry before going to press or explore other print shops and see what their procedures are? There's no harm in trying out different shops until one fits.
Harambe riding Philosoraptor. Dank af
Haha right on dude
damn u too good man
it insane !! awesome what brush use ???
Hi there, this was just the basic brushes in illustrator for all the line work, with some pressure sensitivity from my tablet's stylus. I think the smoke was made using Grit & Grunge brushes. If you google that they should come up!
And thanks for watching! If you're interested in seeing my most recent stuff, check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here!) I've put out some new time lapses and a couple tutorials!
You rock
No, you!
Seriously, though. Thank you for watching. If you'd like to see more of my work, check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here). Thanks again!
Have watched most of your work, you still rock. Your understanding of illustrator is just amazing, can't imagine how sick you are of vectors. Keep it up
where did you learn to draw like this? do you use references? do you have any resources that you could send our way to get better at drawing in this style?
Alex Gilgenbach bro this vid is 3 years old.. no one gonna answer you
xD Kazuto you just did
i whoud buy that 10/10
You can! +Secondhand Habit sells these online. Here's the link: secondhandhabit.com/merch/dinosaur-design
Thanks for watching! And check out my new channel if you want to see some more recent work: ua-cam.com/channels/E5KovpNSTMFTrIlnKS-MoA.html
+Katie Hodgson look very nice,do you use graphics tablet for designs?
+Stic Graphics hey there, yes I do! I drew this with a Wacom Intuos 5 but I currently work with a Cintiq 13 HD. Check out my new tutorial channel, Merchenaries, to see what I'm up to currently!
I wish i could be as half as good as you, where did you learn all of this?
+Khairul Anam *deleted the first half of this because beers were involved and it was just... weird.*
My suggestion to you would be to find an artistic process you love and want to master, and start learning. Specializing was the best thing I have ever done with my professional life and I feel like I can completely credit that with any growth I have made as an artist.
Also, please feel free to message me on my FB page if you have any questions about shirt design! I love to help people who are interested!
Woah, thats a long comment, anyway i am sorry if I, offended you in any way, just to let you know that, i will be terribly glad if you could upload a tutorial video like for this one. im a budding artist myself, but to accomplish the same feat as you are now, is a long way to go.
Khairul Anam Not offended at all - and sorry it was so long, I can get long-winded with a few beers in me.
This shirt is kind of complicated to produce - it's not the best example for anyone starting out. I'm hoping to have some tutorials towards the end of the summer, though, so I'll keep you in mind!
I can't draw something awesome like this, neither coloring.
Hey man! We all start somewhere, and learning how to draw is like learning guitar - anyone can do it, but it takes a lot of practice to get good! I'm sure your work is way better than you think it is!
So what exactly are you doing when you jump from Ai to PSD and back to Ai? How are you dealing with raster vs vector?
carefully haha bit I tagged you in a previous comment for what actually goes down. 10/10 would not recommend working back and forth unless there's only a few jumps between.
+Katie Hodgson I have a similar question and couldn't find an answer in previous comments .... maybe I just missed it. Anyways, I can see that you are doing background gradients in photoshop and then bringing it back into illustrator. How are you doing this so seamlessly? Design looks great btw!
+Nick Bers I wanted to use some of my favorite Photoshop brushes in this design so I did all the halftone stuff in PS instead of Illustrator. It was really confusing, tbh, and I haven't worked like this again. But if you want to play with both programs on one design, all you have to do is copy and paste all your vector elements from Illustrator into Photoshop, and place your saved Photoshop file as a link in Illustrator. Every time you change the vector, replace the layer you made in Photoshop. The Photoshop file will automatically update itself in Illustrator when you save it. Links are cool :)
what kind of drawing style is this?
I could not tell you. I just kind of do it haha
If you'd like to see more of my stuff, check out my new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here!). I've put out some new time lapses and a couple of tutorials! Thanks for watching!
hi I'm wondering where are you base from? i'd like to network maybe talk ? i love your style!!
Kevin Reyes I'm based out of Vancouver! You can contact me through my website!
California o.o yess been looking for someone willing to work with me and show me ropes u can hit me up 6265497579
that digitizing tablet use???
+Danns Estrada Hi there, yes a tablet was used in this an all my other videos.
How many hours you have taken ? :0
So many. This was so many hours haha I'm a lot faster now, thankfully!
How did you turn those gradients into halftones after the fact? Just curious.
Hi Jordan, that happens when the shirt is actually separated for printing. I separated this shirt in Photoshop using Channels!
Take a look at my new tutorial channel if you're interested in seeing what I've been doing lately!
Merchenaries thanks! I actually recently tried this and it came out really muddy, so this tutorial will be great!
Hey Merchenaries, saw all your videos today, they are awesome! I'm also looking into learning how to do a proper work on the halftones, would you consider doing a tutorial on that? Thanks!
Nader Guilherme Since commenting this Ive started using 2 programs. One called Separation Studios and the other Accurip. Separation studios separates colors into their own B/W image and Accurip turns those B/W images into halftones as it prints out. Hope that helps a little
Nader Guilherme Hey there! I keep thinking about it, and I will for sure, but the tricky thing about seps is that every job is different and many require a lot of previous experience to know how to tackle properly. But I'm working on it! There's no quick fix to separations but I hope to do a series on separations in the new year after some traveling and family time over the holidays. Thank you for checking out the other videos!
What is the measurements of the art?
This was an oversized print, I think it was like 13 x 18? Big. The answer is big, haha
how is it called that kind of art?
Not sure what I would call this style but if you search for merch art or gig poster art you'll see a lot of cool shit.
can you teach me how to do that?.
I can teach you lots of things! I have new channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) where I'm doing time lapses and tutorial videos. If there's anything specific that you want to learn, let me know and I'll add it to my list! Thanks for watching!
She draws the dopest shit, has a good music taste... where are these girls IRL?
This was so sick to watch, my dream is to become a graphic designer, and I'm planning on transferring majors. I feel like I've always been pretty good at art, but not amazing. Being a graphic designer though would be a dream job for me. Do you feel like you have to be naturally gifted to do things like this or can it be taught, right now I'm doing Computer Science and it's honestly not what I want to do, I want something more creative.
+BirdyRC Thanks for watching, Birdy! I've always maintained that drawing is a taught skill, but a little talent to understand how to translate what is in your head to paper doesn't hurt. It's kind of like learning an instrument - practice and studying form will make you technically good. The talent part comes in with concept - you can be the best guitar player technically but if you can't create a conceptual song, it won't mean anything to anyone. But I don't really think people are necessarily born with talent - as long as you're open minded you can bring it out of you all of a sudden, but studying and practice is key for both the technical and conceptual side. It's a lot more fun than I make it sound, haha
I have a few videos coming out that are better examples of conceptual drawings - I love this shirt but it was a commission and I have since done others that were 100% my own concept. Still love this T-Rex, though!
If you feel like you'd like to switch majors, do it! I was studying fashion marketing (with a dream of having my own shirt line) and I'm so glad I switched. Three years later, I'm now considering going back to school to switch gears within the industry again (focus more on illustration/facilitating printing rather than freelancing, and get my degree, as currently I have a diploma). Best of luck!
Also accidentally replied to this with a super top-secret new channel I'm starting. Whoops! Stay tuned!
poor myself. haih. demotivated at all
ARK?
I didn't skipped a second the entire video! Wow, mad skills! I've also started a speedart channel, and, if you have some free time you can check me out on this account. Thank you, and again, keep up the fantastic work!
Thanks so much! Be sure to check out my new tutorial channel, Merchenaries (commenting here) to see more of my recent time lapses and tutorial videos! Thanks again!
Too much for me!
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the band sucks terribly
Music and art are subjective. People like different things. You don't have to be a dick about it.
damn u too good man
Aw, thank you! If you enjoyed this, check out my new channel, Merchenaries! I'm commenting here with that channel. I've put out some new time lapses and a few tutorials.
Thanks again so much!
Merchenaries already visited ur channel..im glad u doing all that stuff...ur channel will get big and famous later, only time would tell :)
Merchenaries already visited ur channel..im glad u doing all that stuff...ur channel will get big and famous later, only time would tell :)