Important update : 1) if your colors look weird, in the layers panel you'll need to uncheck "use lights" at the bottom of the layers list, for each layer, just under the blend mode and opacity. This option is used if you have lights sources close to your drawing, to make it affect the color. 2) if your canvas is hidden behind the cube, dont worry you will see in the next step how to move it. For now, just hide the cube with the eye icon in the outliner 3) if you finished this tutorial, please check my update to go further in my other video ua-cam.com/video/saIFT8_j0LQ/v-deo.html 4) If your paint bucket doesnt work, it probably has the intermediary gap auto-fill. It means that it works only two clicks. After the first click you can adjust the gaps with the mouse wheel, and then click a second time to paint 5)At the drawing introduction, if the canvas grid is hidden under the cube for your blender version, you can temporarily hide the cube in the outliner in top right list, by clicking on the eye icon for the cube
or generally turn pictures into objects in such a way that every pixel is a surface ? That must be what's happening when the picture is imported as a plane except the individual pixels aren't interactive until you subdivide the plane, while making sure the mapping remains correct ?
If you're watching this 3 years later like me, you can snap the 3D cursor to your "floating lines" drawing without placing a box in 3D space by going into edit mode, selecting one of the points of your floating lines (as explained in the video the line is just a series of points), pressing Shift-S and choosing "cursor to selected" 35:00
Heads up: If you are using Blender 2.83+ grease pencil is now affected by lighting, so if you are at the step where you add fill color to the scene and it looks off that is why. You can disable lighting on each layer by unchecking "Use lights" or for the whole grease pencil object by going into Object Properties (Orange box) on the right and under Visibility uncheck "Use Lights"
At the drawing introduction, if the canvas grid is hidden under the cube for your blender version, you can temporarily hide the cube in the outliner in top right list, by clicking on the eye icon for the cube
edit: almost got it.. thanks again so much. that was cursed indeed to find it :). how do i manage to make the planes of the box match? they don't seem to be aligned ever...
Or you could also do this, there's the same icon as x-ray toggle mode beside the canvas option, if you check that. You'll be able to see the canvas through the cube
imagine opening Blender every time and seeing your work as the splash screen, lol that's some prime achievement in my eyes so kudos there. :) I'm glad this is finally out, thank you! Can't wait to dig in and figure my way through GP, feel like a lot of us would wanna start using it in our work in the coming days. PS regarding the emulate 3 button mouse overriding your loop selection, you can then just double click on the component to select the loops, just like in Maya.
ahah yeah i'm still amazed everytime i open the software. It feels like i just opened a previous file that was auto-saved XD. And yeah, i wish you the best in your next projects !
To people saying "use empties instead of boxes for the 3D cursor" ... The problem with the empties is that you need to leave your drawing tool, switch to object mode, then select the empty, then press shift+S, put 3D cursor to selected, go back to the greasepencil object, switch to draw mode.... And continue to draw. With the boxes, while you draw, you just press shift + Right click on them, and don't even need to leave the drawing tool :-). As an illustrator, i know that leaving the pen just to reposition a cursor is very bad for the creation workflow... So with this technique, you just need to place the boxes once for all
Also if for those who don't know, if you press N you open up a side bar menu, in one of these menus you can adjust the XYZ co-ordinates of the 3D cursor so if you set everything to 0 the 3D cursor will move back to world origin. TLDR: press N to open a side menu, find the 3D cursor setting, hover over them and press BACKSPACE/set everything to 0. There your 3D cursor is now back to default.
Hello ! J'ai un problème à 18:10 dans la toute nouvelle version blender, Il faut dans "drawing plane" sélectionner "Cursor" sinon le canvas ne bouge pas... mais quand je bouge le canvas avec cursor il reste tjrs dans la même position en biais ... help ! Et merci pour ce Tuto :)
What about using planes? It seems to work for me. You migth have to rotate it, but you don't have to go through the repositioning hassle. The only downside I see, is that you won't see the plane from the side view. (also, great tutorial!)
I've used Blender for a while but have always been a little bit bewildered by the grease pencil. This tutorial was a total revelation, incredibly comprehensive, detailed, and very friendly and accessible. Thank you so much Dedouze!
I cant believe you managed to tutorialize the technique ive been imagining in my dreams for so long, from now on, whatever piece of art I'll do with this, I will owe it to you
Did you have Blender automatically create that based on your voice, and some randomization for blinking and looking down? Or, did you do it all by hand?
This is an brilliant tutorial. It's quite dense in information, but everything is very clear. Not only do you explain how to do everything and exactly WHY it works that way, but you also mention what to look out for and possible mistakes you could make in the process. I've been a fan of your work for some time now and went into this basically expecting to be overwhelmed by how difficult what you do is (like with... a lot of blender tutorials lmao). In the end I managed to not only understand exactly how everything comes together, but also learned something i could use to incorporate into my own art (the "draw on shape" tip in particular, even though it wasn't even needed here). Thank you so much for making this amazing tutorial, I imagine this took a heck of a lot of time to assemble.
TheRandom Noctowl yeah it’s crazy. I know some people one day will always dislike because they will believe they have better techniques for one specific task i showed or whatever but, anyway, i did this video with all the knowledge i had at the time i recorded it... i am learning new techniques myself everyday and i will make other tutorials. This took weeks to record and edit and it is free so, i am glad people like it!
@@dedouze Did you record it all in one go? And did you prepare a script before you did it? I mean that was a ton of knowledge dropped in this hour and very concisely explained with no major interruptions (sometimes even a little bit fast, but that's what the pause button is for :) It must have taken a ton of work to organise all your knowledge in a good concise order to present.
@@FreakStyler i re did the tutorial 4 times after learning new stuff myself. And for the final version, i recorded the audio multiple times, and wrote a lot of the script. it was so many nights of work
Your tutorial is not just about Blender and grease pencil. You are a sleep therapist! Never heard anybody sound like you, and your command of English (going by the French accent) is just unexcelled! Thank you so much for being such a patient human being!
These techniques feel like the future of animation. As these tools mature, I think a single animator will be able to create so much more output per time than they can currently. Maybe one day we can even reach the holy grail where with smart use of tools a single animator can create very long animations.
Best part here is that since it's your first tutorial, you also have a very efficient fundamental overview for new users. It's pretty straightforward. I wish that I had this when I was learning years ago. Thank you!
At 8:43… I can’t find the plus button. His tabs somehow change and are much different to mine? The plus button doesn’t appear and I’ve looks so long trying to find it but I’m pretty much a beginner so I don’t know where anything is 🤷♀️
just a note: if your canvas is not showing on top of the cube, click the button with the two boxes next to the canvas checkbox/slider ("Canvas X-Ray")! ^_^
35:51 Tip: Alt + D to create an Instance (changing one object's properties affects all) Shift + D to create a Duplicate (each object is unique and treated differently)
Was stuck at 28:22 with the color until I wised up and actually read your pin. This tutorial has been amazing and is getting me motivated and moving. Thanks Dedouze, you are an awesome teacher and fantastic artist!
Note for those who are using Blender 2.83+. If your colors are too dark and changing color managment does not help. Uncheck "Use Lights" on every layer in your Grease Pencil Layers list. Second note: If you can't see your canvas (that square grid thingy in middle) even when it is turned "on" it is possible that color of background match color of your canvas. To change it go to that panel where you have grease pencil layers, then Viewport Display > Canvas and change color :) Third note: in Blender 2.83+ for fill you can use vertex paint which is faster but using materials have some benefits. For example you can quickly change colors in every layer.
Hi, thanks for the tips. The problems i've ran into with the canvas is that it is being obscured by the cube. If i look inside the cube I can see the grid.
Just finished this first part of a tutorial and I LOVE IT SO MUCH i learned more than in my art school lol Thanks to all the people that uploading such great tutorials
I'm about 34 minutes into this video while following along, and I feel like I'm at a point where I can say this has been super helpful in learning the basics of blender. Thank you Dedouze!!
Someone might have already given this tip but... in order to hide any kind of object in the final render you can also click the "funnel" drop-down list above the Outliner and select the "Disable in Renders" toggle, natively it's hidden. It's basically the same operation but in the long run and in more complex scenes it helps you visually keep track of all the objects. Absolutely brilliant tutorial nonetheless!
I joined a digital media class to learn how to animate and by the second year hated my art entirely. You've resparked my love for my own art and introduced me to an awesome new way of creating!
This is a great tutorial. A little tip, I'm not sure if it's the same in grease pencil but in every other tool that uses a brush (especially sculpting), the hot key F will allow you to resize the brush without having to adjust the slider. I forget but i think shift F allows you to adjust the opacity/hardness of the brush. Also if you press the TAB key it's a shortcut to change modes (object mode, drawing mode, sculpting mode, etc.), a littl wheel will appear and you can move your mouse and click yo change modes, if you're quick it will change to the mod3 you move your cursor to if it's done quickly. Also if you press Z you can switch between the views (render view, wite frame, texture preview, etc.) so you don't have to click in the top right. I'm sure you probably knew these but if you didn't here they are and if you dod well i hope this helps someone in the comments ^-^.
For the weel you actually have to press ctrl + tab, but yes, thats very useful! (Edit: also, the "if you do it quickly" happens when you move your mouse whilst still holding down the key (key or tab). The mode will change as soon as you let go of the key.)
even tho some funktions are different now (seems so) it helps me a lot following this tuto. i love the relaxed explanation, that little animated figure that visualizes the narrator, and its so friendly. i love it. its perfect for me as a non native english speaker.
you make blender seem so simple, i’ve always been intimidated by the complicated menus and the massive amount of STUFF in blender but you do such an amazing job of making it easy to understand, much better than my CAD teacher lol
Thank for Grease Pencial tutorial, this is the first time I use it. Great tool. 34:50 You can Add Plane at 3D Cursor then move Cursor. When you want to go back, just Shift + S > Cursor to Active / Cursor to Selected.
That was amazing dude, thankyou so much. Can't wait for part 2! Also... that part you mentioned at 42:46 was so bloody helpful! You don't know how long I've been trying to sort that weird 2D layer issue out. Thankyou so much!
The fact that you have so many subs and yet are still commenting regularly on comments coupled with your amazing style goes to show how good u are and how much u are a part of your community u are
dude, thank you SO MUCH for this, I'm astonished with the effort you did on it and still released here. I've been postponing to learn blender for a bit time now, but with this I feel like I should not worry about anything and just go into it. also, the tips were amazing! specially the 3d cursor one. I started downloading blender right on the start, but my connection is a bit low so I'm still waiting, but I'll be watching part 2 real soon with blender installed already! again, thank you!
Woah. This got in my recommended and I’m glad it did. My graphics card isn’t good enough for blender but your so talented, chill, and soothing it doesn’t matter. Gonna be saving up for a new graphics card. I hope you get more recognition! 👌😀
Dude, you explained this so eloquently. These concepts can be hard to understand when explained badly. You made it simple and it takes a lot of talent and knowledge to do that. Thank you very much for sharing this ♥️
Wow, amazing tutorial! Not only is it awesome just to see your process, but you explain everything really well, in a nicely structured way (the concepts, Blender's quirks, your workarounds). Also, your voice is quite soothing. Using GP definitely looks less arcane to me now, makes me want to play with it. Thank you so much for making this!
If you're having a hard time seeing the canvas due to it being too faint. You can increase the "Canvas Grid Opacity" in the overlays panel and also change the color by clicking the "green spaghetti" under "viewport display" - "Canvas" - "Color".
this is exactly what i was looking for: animating 2d in 3d media. i love frame-by-frame animation but always struggle with creating believable space and imagining characters actually moving around in it.
lumi XR thank you! I’m glad you like it! some other people said it was too smooth, it made them want to sleep instead of finishing the tutorial! Ahah... ASMR 3d animation tutorial 😂
Dédouze, your illustration for blender is my reason to chose this tool！ Finally, I found ur channel! I really love the idea that we can make 2D illustrations move like 3D~ love ur work !
Went through a ocean of tutorials on 2D animation in Blender, and never found a more explanatory yet simple video than yours! Thanks a ton mate! Like seriously. 🥂
I've been waiting for this day forever!! :D Can't wait to see more content! Thank you sooo much for sharing your process. Your channel is gonna be a huge step for grease pencil and blender in general :)
I have been waiting to watch this tutorial for many months now and finally I finished this tutorial part 1 and I couldn’t stop smiling throughout the video because this is everything I dream of and more. Your instructions are so clear and easy to follow and this process has been so rewarding…onto part 2!
FINALLY! Someone makes tutorials on Blender with it's 2D drawing animation ways! :D I can finally learn how to animate in Blender! ^-^ P.s Thank you soooo much from the bottom of my heart for sharing this! It means a lot!
This video made me realize how helpful it is to be left handed. I can use the mouse at the same time as my pen, so I don't have to bother rebinding anything
t'es un tueur, tes couleurs et ton style est incroyable, t'es vraiment la definition d'un vrai artiste qui a un univers et un style bien a lui, j'adore
Great tutorial! Unfortunately I can't draw for shit so my juice box doesn't look nearly as good as yours XD but i've already learned a bunch! Can't wait for part 2 :)
What's amazing about blender is that it's base is a 3D software, meaning you can model the box in 3d and just draw over it in any rotation and angle. Truly amazing for a free software
"What is the purpose of my life" XDD oh gosh that me haha, thank you for this tutorial !!! I've been wanting to get into the grease pencil tool for a while now
I also have problems with the canvas! he is behind the cube, and also very very pale (faint ? slight? my english super bad) but the lesson is super, thanks! you are wonderful :)
Thanks for the tutorial! Honestly, till I tried it myself, I didn't think it was possible to properly use blender for 2d. I just have a small problem (and I've seen several other people with the same issue). In Blender 2.83 my straw gets overlapped by the box in certain camera positions. I opened the same file in 2.82 and the problem vanished. I -would- use the old version, but I can't get my pressure sensitivity working in it :/
I am using Blender 2.93 and am also having the same issues with this overlap 'flicker' effect between the box and the straw as I move / pan the view port (or camera) around. Both the straw and box are in '2D Layers' Stroke depth order as per this tutorial. As a test, I created an additional simple circle shape within the 'box' object / 'side float lines' as the active layer (followed by 'side float colors' to fill with a color). In case it is relevant, I created this on the same plane / X position as the side floating shapes, but around the same Z and Y position as the straw. Next, in edit mode, I selected all the points for line and fill of this extra shape, and pressed 'P' and separated these strokes by selected points, making it a new separate Grease Pencil object. Interestingly, this newly separated object 'Box.001' properly Z sorts with the straw... But *only* with the straw! Not only is there no flicker, but they correctly overlap with each other depending on which one is closer to the cam / viewport. There seems to be no option to sort objects by priority in 2D layers, yet these two objects just work. However despite successfully 'Z-sorting' with each other, the straw and this test 'box.001' object still both have the flickering issue with the main juice box object itself. Strange.... So we know that correct Z-sorting is possible, but either there's a bug with Blender, or there is a particular set of circumstances in the hierarchy / object data which determine whether or not this undesired effect occurs.
Wow thank you so much for this video. I just switched to linux and have basic navigation and modeling 3d objects with blender, I recently decided I wanted to start making animations using 2D objects and after a bunch of searching for different programs (after already installing blender and not even considering it for video editing) and trying shotcut and davinci I found myself back at blender. I'm amazed at the complexity of the software and am beyond grateful for this video! I didn't even know there was a grease pencil tool! I've been using blender for probably 30 hours before watching this video. Blown away, and subbed!
Anybody knows why when I click "show overlays" and then I click to see the canvas it's overlayed by the cube? I mean the canvas is not in "x ray" mode. How can I solve this?
Repost: Maybe might help for the canvas issue in 2.83. Grease Pencil Object Selected-> Object Data Properties (Green icon) -> Vieport Display -> Canvas -> Increase the scale. This doesn't solve the issue but at least you can change the size and the color.
not sure if this solves the problem for you - i'm using 2.9 and there is a little "Canvas X-ray" icon on the right side of the "Canvas" option (where he clicked canvas). if you click that, it will make the canvas more visible like it is in the video.
3D animation software has come so far since I used it back in high school. I remember with Z Brush was just a plug-in and Ink and Painter modifier was revolutionary. This is amazing. Thanks for sharing Dedouze!
Hi, really like the tutorial, but I have a problem with the canvas, when I add the canvas they don’t really appear. It’s like the cube it’s solid enough to not let show the canvas line. Hope you can help me with this.
it happened to me once, i dont remember how i solved it.. First you must be sure that you're not on "surface" mode in the top rule. And then, for me, i think i switched the preview modes in the top right corner of the viewport, or went back to other modes like sculpt or object, the back to draw mode...
thank you for making this! As a student, I'm broke lol so it's amazing to be able to have access to high quality tutorials on here, excited to learn :- )
omgitsaidsyay yeah :o ! As i mentioned in another comment, I know some people one day will always dislike because they believe they have better techniques for one specific task i showed or whatever but, anyway, i did this tutorial with all the knowledge i had at the time i recorded it... i am learning new techniques myself everyday and i will make other tutorials. This took weeks to record and edit and it is free so, i am glad people like it!
Important update : 1) if your colors look weird, in the layers panel you'll need to uncheck "use lights" at the bottom of the layers list, for each layer, just under the blend mode and opacity. This option is used if you have lights sources close to your drawing, to make it affect the color.
2) if your canvas is hidden behind the cube, dont worry you will see in the next step how to move it. For now, just hide the cube with the eye icon in the outliner
3) if you finished this tutorial, please check my update to go further in my other video ua-cam.com/video/saIFT8_j0LQ/v-deo.html
4) If your paint bucket doesnt work, it probably has the intermediary gap auto-fill. It means that it works only two clicks. After the first click you can adjust the gaps with the mouse wheel, and then click a second time to paint
5)At the drawing introduction, if the canvas grid is hidden under the cube for your blender version, you can temporarily hide the cube in the outliner in top right list, by clicking on the eye icon for the cube
Thanks so much!
Is it possible to convert PNG (line art transparency) pixels to a grease pencil object ?
or generally turn pictures into objects in such a way that every pixel is a surface ? That must be what's happening when the picture is imported as a plane except the individual pixels aren't interactive until you subdivide the plane, while making sure the mapping remains correct ?
WOW, thanks a million, the entire day I tried to figure out what was wrong.
i have no clue how to find this
This dude talks in lowercase with a light grey font.
Why is this so accurate
lol
It’s calming though
@Benny Kanza Dude I didn't. I like his videos, I'm just spitting facts.
@@thisisajoke0 Man that was so cool way of saying you liked his video
I really liked it
nah he speaks in mini caps
If you're watching this 3 years later like me, you can snap the 3D cursor to your "floating lines" drawing without placing a box in 3D space by going into edit mode, selecting one of the points of your floating lines (as explained in the video the line is just a series of points), pressing Shift-S and choosing "cursor to selected" 35:00
god, i adore your style
Wait what is he doing here?
Thank you!!
i knew it, you use blender...
I know right? His voice and art style really blend well, his accent is charming it all fits just so well!
@FIR Check his Twitter...
Your voice reminds me of my grandma softly comforting me in childhood when I fell of the bike
finally someone walking regular artists through the absolute hell labyrinth that is blender
also your tone of voice is so soothing
BLender is Life.
was looking for this comment
to me the way he speaks is annoying.
@@samaraexe
Ok
Blender is easy when compared to Autodesk stuff.
Heads up: If you are using Blender 2.83+ grease pencil is now affected by lighting, so if you are at the step where you add fill color to the scene and it looks off that is why. You can disable lighting on each layer by unchecking "Use lights" or for the whole grease pencil object by going into Object Properties (Orange box) on the right and under Visibility uncheck "Use Lights"
Doesn't change a thing, I still have lights problems:(
You have saved me. Thank youuu
thanks
Thanks!
Thanks a lot❤. I was about to restart until I found this out. Thanks so much for helping me and I hope you have a wonderful day 😅
thank you so much, this is very helping French Michael Jackson.
OMG i was like... this voice reminds me of somebody!!!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
hahahahahaah xD
Yeah but I doubt the guy here likes little boys.
HEEEEHEEEEE
WOOOOO
YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY
YOU'VE BEEN STRUCK BY
A SMOOTH CRIMINAL
At the drawing introduction, if the canvas grid is hidden under the cube for your blender version, you can temporarily hide the cube in the outliner in top right list, by clicking on the eye icon for the cube
edit: almost got it.. thanks again so much. that was cursed indeed to find it :). how do i manage to make the planes of the box match? they don't seem to be aligned ever...
Or you could also do this, there's the same icon as x-ray toggle mode beside the canvas option, if you check that. You'll be able to see the canvas through the cube
i was looking for that
Thank you! :)
@@thismakesnosense4815 i wanted that to work, but it did nothing to my cube
imagine opening Blender every time and seeing your work as the splash screen, lol that's some prime achievement in my eyes so kudos there. :)
I'm glad this is finally out, thank you! Can't wait to dig in and figure my way through GP, feel like a lot of us would wanna start using it in our work in the coming days.
PS regarding the emulate 3 button mouse overriding your loop selection, you can then just double click on the component to select the loops, just like in Maya.
ahah yeah i'm still amazed everytime i open the software. It feels like i just opened a previous file that was auto-saved XD. And yeah, i wish you the best in your next projects !
literally waiting for this forever thank you
atenahena you’re welcome!
NOO I DIDNT KNOW ATENAHENA WATCHED DEDOUZE YOOOOOO
wait you made that blender start up artwork? HOW
nice logo
You can use side car that’s what I’m doing
nice logo
@@Kyncaid84 I had no idea these learning resources existed until now, thank you so much for sharing!!
nice logo
To people saying "use empties instead of boxes for the 3D cursor" ... The problem with the empties is that you need to leave your drawing tool, switch to object mode, then select the empty, then press shift+S, put 3D cursor to selected, go back to the greasepencil object, switch to draw mode.... And continue to draw. With the boxes, while you draw, you just press shift + Right click on them, and don't even need to leave the drawing tool :-). As an illustrator, i know that leaving the pen just to reposition a cursor is very bad for the creation workflow... So with this technique, you just need to place the boxes once for all
Also if for those who don't know, if you press N you open up a side bar menu, in one of these menus you can adjust the XYZ co-ordinates of the 3D cursor so if you set everything to 0 the 3D cursor will move back to world origin.
TLDR: press N to open a side menu, find the 3D cursor setting, hover over them and press BACKSPACE/set everything to 0. There your 3D cursor is now back to default.
Hello ! J'ai un problème à 18:10 dans la toute nouvelle version blender, Il faut dans "drawing plane" sélectionner "Cursor" sinon le canvas ne bouge pas... mais quand je bouge le canvas avec cursor il reste tjrs dans la même position en biais ... help ! Et merci pour ce Tuto :)
What about using planes? It seems to work for me. You migth have to rotate it, but you don't have to go through the repositioning hassle. The only downside I see, is that you won't see the plane from the side view. (also, great tutorial!)
@@Giga_Hood Or you can just press Shift-C to reset 3D cursor position to 0
@@EliasDaler thanks for the shortcut, didn't know that.
"What is this. Where is this. Why is there a 3D Cube. What is the purpose of my life?"
I felt that.
Awesome video. Thanks so much
Why did I read this as soon as they said it in the video?? Lol
@@dreamsproject3355 when is he saying it?
@@yursirski 1:45
@@dreamsproject3355 thanks :)
I've used Blender for a while but have always been a little bit bewildered by the grease pencil. This tutorial was a total revelation, incredibly comprehensive, detailed, and very friendly and accessible. Thank you so much Dedouze!
Nicko16 you’re welcome! Thanks for your feedback!
there is honestly no way you have given this to us free, thank you so much
I just... can't even explain how much I have learned from this video....
I cant believe you managed to tutorialize the technique ive been imagining in my dreams for so long, from now on, whatever piece of art I'll do with this, I will owe it to you
The tutor kid at the lower right is so cute hahaha
Did you have Blender automatically create that based on your voice, and some randomization for blinking and looking down? Or, did you do it all by hand?
@@blahuhm6782 he used "bake sound to F-Curve" basically making the up and downs in the sound wave to move them.
@Major Knucklehead 😵🤣😂
Major Knucklehead ahah
Agree it is cute but a little bit distracting when watching the tutorial haha
30:39 when he says hold control, for me it was shift for me. Was stumped for a bit on this, just commenting in case this helps anyone else.
This is an brilliant tutorial. It's quite dense in information, but everything is very clear. Not only do you explain how to do everything and exactly WHY it works that way, but you also mention what to look out for and possible mistakes you could make in the process.
I've been a fan of your work for some time now and went into this basically expecting to be overwhelmed by how difficult what you do is (like with... a lot of blender tutorials lmao). In the end I managed to not only understand exactly how everything comes together, but also learned something i could use to incorporate into my own art (the "draw on shape" tip in particular, even though it wasn't even needed here). Thank you so much for making this amazing tutorial, I imagine this took a heck of a lot of time to assemble.
3K likes 0 dislike, _A perfect balance, all things should be._
TheRandom Noctowl yeah it’s crazy. I know some people one day will always dislike because they will believe they have better techniques for one specific task i showed or whatever but, anyway, i did this video with all the knowledge i had at the time i recorded it... i am learning new techniques myself everyday and i will make other tutorials. This took weeks to record and edit and it is free so, i am glad people like it!
Clearly your comment triggered people
@@v1nigra3 ahah yeah, let's keep this low XD
@@dedouze Did you record it all in one go?
And did you prepare a script before you did it?
I mean that was a ton of knowledge dropped in this hour and very concisely explained with no major interruptions (sometimes even a little bit fast, but that's what the pause button is for :)
It must have taken a ton of work to organise all your knowledge in a good concise order to present.
@@FreakStyler i re did the tutorial 4 times after learning new stuff myself. And for the final version, i recorded the audio multiple times, and wrote a lot of the script. it was so many nights of work
Your tutorial is not just about Blender and grease pencil. You are a sleep therapist! Never heard anybody sound like you, and your command of English (going by the French accent) is just unexcelled!
Thank you so much for being such a patient human being!
These techniques feel like the future of animation. As these tools mature, I think a single animator will be able to create so much more output per time than they can currently. Maybe one day we can even reach the holy grail where with smart use of tools a single animator can create very long animations.
@That guy 🤣
Best part here is that since it's your first tutorial, you also have a very efficient fundamental overview for new users. It's pretty straightforward. I wish that I had this when I was learning years ago. Thank you!
7:49 how to create drawing
8:43 how to add 2d animation
Just in case I cant find.... Your tutorial is awesome!! Thank you for your sharing:)
At 8:43…
I can’t find the plus button. His tabs somehow change and are much different to mine? The plus button doesn’t appear and I’ve looks so long trying to find it but I’m pretty much a beginner so I don’t know where anything is 🤷♀️
just a note: if your canvas is not showing on top of the cube, click the button with the two boxes next to the canvas checkbox/slider ("Canvas X-Ray")! ^_^
Thanks!
My god!! You are saint
Thank you so much!
X-ray not available in current mode ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@gecoka change to object mode lmao
Yet I know nothing about greasepencil. Looks like the best place to start learning😊
ur profile pic says it all
I love how his little head moves depending on what he says. I absolutely love the attention to detail
This is the best Grease Pencil tutorial I've ever seen.
35:51 Tip:
Alt + D to create an Instance (changing one object's properties affects all)
Shift + D to create a Duplicate (each object is unique and treated differently)
Was stuck at 28:22 with the color until I wised up and actually read your pin.
This tutorial has been amazing and is getting me motivated and moving.
Thanks Dedouze, you are an awesome teacher and fantastic artist!
I love this tutorial cause u talk about mistakes u made and how to avoid them, thats a huge value u know
Note for those who are using Blender 2.83+.
If your colors are too dark and changing color managment does not help. Uncheck "Use Lights" on every layer in your Grease Pencil Layers list.
Second note: If you can't see your canvas (that square grid thingy in middle) even when it is turned "on" it is possible that color of background match color of your canvas. To change it go to that panel where you have grease pencil layers, then Viewport Display > Canvas and change color :)
Third note: in Blender 2.83+ for fill you can use vertex paint which is faster but using materials have some benefits. For example you can quickly change colors in every layer.
Thanks for the "use lights" tip, that was just the problem I had!
@@trenensen8592 Sure, no problem :)
Hi, thanks for the tips. The problems i've ran into with the canvas is that it is being obscured by the cube. If i look inside the cube I can see the grid.
omg thanks for the color tips so much !!
I really need this, thanks man👍👍👍👍👍
Just finished this first part of a tutorial and I LOVE IT SO MUCH i learned more than in my art school lol
Thanks to all the people that uploading such great tutorials
Terrific! 🍭
Didn't expect your legendness in a non music video :-P lol
I'm about 34 minutes into this video while following along, and I feel like I'm at a point where I can say this has been super helpful in learning the basics of blender. Thank you Dedouze!!
And to think, this is mostly for the grease pencil !!!
Someone might have already given this tip but... in order to hide any kind of object in the final render you can also click the "funnel" drop-down list above the Outliner and select the "Disable in Renders" toggle, natively it's hidden. It's basically the same operation but in the long run and in more complex scenes it helps you visually keep track of all the objects. Absolutely brilliant tutorial nonetheless!
I joined a digital media class to learn how to animate and by the second year hated my art entirely. You've resparked my love for my own art and introduced me to an awesome new way of creating!
This is a great tutorial. A little tip, I'm not sure if it's the same in grease pencil but in every other tool that uses a brush (especially sculpting), the hot key F will allow you to resize the brush without having to adjust the slider. I forget but i think shift F allows you to adjust the opacity/hardness of the brush. Also if you press the TAB key it's a shortcut to change modes (object mode, drawing mode, sculpting mode, etc.), a littl wheel will appear and you can move your mouse and click yo change modes, if you're quick it will change to the mod3 you move your cursor to if it's done quickly. Also if you press Z you can switch between the views (render view, wite frame, texture preview, etc.) so you don't have to click in the top right.
I'm sure you probably knew these but if you didn't here they are and if you dod well i hope this helps someone in the comments ^-^.
For the weel you actually have to press ctrl + tab, but yes, thats very useful! (Edit: also, the "if you do it quickly" happens when you move your mouse whilst still holding down the key (key or tab). The mode will change as soon as you let go of the key.)
This is one of the most valuable blender tutorial channels due to how rare are good grease pencil tutorials are thank you Dedouze!
Such stunning work. We need more tutorial makers like you out here!
this is what type of videos i was looking for when i was a beginner, bro is answering every question that a beginner will face, thanks bro
This is awesome, need to sit back and watch again later to learn this!
even tho some funktions are different now (seems so) it helps me a lot following this tuto. i love the relaxed explanation, that little animated figure that visualizes the narrator, and its so friendly. i love it. its perfect for me as a non native english speaker.
you make blender seem so simple, i’ve always been intimidated by the complicated menus and the massive amount of STUFF in blender but you do such an amazing job of making it easy to understand, much better than my CAD teacher lol
Thank for Grease Pencial tutorial, this is the first time I use it. Great tool.
34:50 You can Add Plane at 3D Cursor then move Cursor. When you want to go back, just Shift + S > Cursor to Active / Cursor to Selected.
That was amazing dude, thankyou so much. Can't wait for part 2! Also... that part you mentioned at 42:46 was so bloody helpful! You don't know how long I've been trying to sort that weird 2D layer issue out. Thankyou so much!
No problem !! thanks for the feedback !! Yeah i've been through that ! i'm glad to share the solution now ! XD
Part 2 is now online ! ua-cam.com/video/mhcNPYxPqhw/v-deo.html
Still get the same results after switching it back to 2D_layers
The fact that you have so many subs and yet are still commenting regularly on comments coupled with your amazing style goes to show how good u are and how much u are a part of your community u are
cant believe you sync animated the character head to your talking for 53 minutes. legend.
This can be automated in after effects
Thank you
this is a masterclass ----------------------------- i'ma hav to take notes here
THANK YOU MAN
dude, thank you SO MUCH for this, I'm astonished with the effort you did on it and still released here. I've been postponing to learn blender for a bit time now, but with this I feel like I should not worry about anything and just go into it. also, the tips were amazing! specially the 3d cursor one. I started downloading blender right on the start, but my connection is a bit low so I'm still waiting, but I'll be watching part 2 real soon with blender installed already!
again, thank you!
I'm just fascinated with how you made your avatar animate in time to your voice. It even looks down when making changes. That detail is brilliant
We want more, we want more.
Seriously this is an amazing tutorial, you are providing a wonderful service.
One of the greatest Blender tutorials of all time.
Woah. This got in my recommended and I’m glad it did. My graphics card isn’t good enough for blender but your so talented, chill, and soothing it doesn’t matter. Gonna be saving up for a new graphics card. I hope you get more recognition! 👌😀
Dude, you explained this so eloquently. These concepts can be hard to understand when explained badly. You made it simple and it takes a lot of talent and knowledge to do that. Thank you very much for sharing this ♥️
Wow, amazing tutorial! Not only is it awesome just to see your process, but you explain everything really well, in a nicely structured way (the concepts, Blender's quirks, your workarounds). Also, your voice is quite soothing.
Using GP definitely looks less arcane to me now, makes me want to play with it. Thank you so much for making this!
nibblrrr thank you!! I made lots of efforts for the voice to speak clearly. I don’t usually speak english so it took hours to record this 😅
I'm only a minute and a half in and I'm already feeling like this is a blessed tutorial.
If you're having a hard time seeing the canvas due to it being too faint. You can increase the "Canvas Grid Opacity" in the overlays panel and also change the color by clicking the "green spaghetti" under "viewport display" - "Canvas" - "Color".
wow thanks i was struggling for hours to change the color of the canvas you saved me thanks a lot XDD
this is exactly what i was looking for: animating 2d in 3d media. i love frame-by-frame animation but always struggle with creating believable space and imagining characters actually moving around in it.
you have such a nice + soothing voice! (i'm sure someone has already said this but i just had to compliment haha, so soft sounding)
lumi XR thank you! I’m glad you like it! some other people said it was too smooth, it made them want to sleep instead of finishing the tutorial! Ahah... ASMR 3d animation tutorial 😂
Dédouze, your illustration for blender is my reason to chose this tool！ Finally, I found ur channel! I really love the idea that we can make 2D illustrations move like 3D~ love ur work !
33:35 you could also select the lines on editmode, then shift+s and snap the cursor to selected.
Yes, a time saver. I mostly navigate that way when modelling.
Went through a ocean of tutorials on 2D animation in Blender, and never found a more explanatory yet simple video than yours! Thanks a ton mate! Like seriously. 🥂
I've been waiting for this day forever!! :D Can't wait to see more content! Thank you sooo much for sharing your process. Your channel is gonna be a huge step for grease pencil and blender in general :)
One of the few long tutorials that I don't need to speed through because the instructions are so concise and clear and also so calming 😂 thank you!!!
OMG YESSS i’ve been waiting for this :)))))
I have been waiting to watch this tutorial for many months now and finally I finished this tutorial part 1 and I couldn’t stop smiling throughout the video because this is everything I dream of and more. Your instructions are so clear and easy to follow and this process has been so rewarding…onto part 2!
wow you are the worst procrastinator in the world
FINALLY! Someone makes tutorials on Blender with it's 2D drawing animation ways! :D I can finally learn how to animate in Blender! ^-^ P.s Thank you soooo much from the bottom of my heart for sharing this! It means a lot!
Where do I get blender?? Is it on App Store?
@@creeperawman7453 It's on steam for free, and it is on their website ( also free).
www. blender .org
The "accidents" you can do when not correcting the canvas orientation could lead to some MIND BLOWING illusions
your tik tok brought me here and im so glad i found this! so useful and interesting. thanks a lot :)
Thank you so much! You actually explained things and didn’t just speed run.
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Super dense, find myself having to go back every minute or so to figure out what I messed up. But thats good! Hats off to you my man!
Other animators: Donut
Greasepencilers: Juicebox
This video made me realize how helpful it is to be left handed. I can use the mouse at the same time as my pen, so I don't have to bother rebinding anything
18:13 "and here you can draw little clouds *sweet malicious laughter* "
That head motion with the sound waves is a genius idea!
Only after 20 minutes in, I realized that the kid in the corner move is based on your voice! :D Thank you for this tutorial, learned a lot!
same here! :D
How does he even do that ? Anyone know ?
Kyron King a tool, an addon which moves an object based on the volume of the audio file:)
t'es un tueur, tes couleurs et ton style est incroyable, t'es vraiment la definition d'un vrai artiste qui a un univers et un style bien a lui, j'adore
Je suis totalement d'accord
You are a genius you know?
Alexeis Aular ahah we all try to be geniuses, right? But thank you :D
I'm a genius too but the problem is I'm lazy
@@manda3dprojects966 then move your ass
@@manda3dprojects966 hell yeah
You talk like a background character slowly being talked over by other main characters and you're getting shy. I love you. I love this video.
Great tutorial! Unfortunately I can't draw for shit so my juice box doesn't look nearly as good as yours XD but i've already learned a bunch! Can't wait for part 2 :)
Thank you !! And you can pretend your juice box is from another planet maybe XD
What's amazing about blender is that it's base is a 3D software, meaning you can model the box in 3d and just draw over it in any rotation and angle. Truly amazing for a free software
This video is half a tutorial, half ASMR. And I like that
"What is the purpose of my life" XDD oh gosh that me haha, thank you for this tutorial !!! I've been wanting to get into the grease pencil tool for a while now
Dánae Alba i hope you‘ll find the purpose of your life too!
This video should have been on trending
Loved it
really friendly and easy tutorial yet powerful
Thank you for the tutorial
I also have problems with the canvas!
he is behind the cube, and also very very pale (faint
? slight? my english super bad)
but the lesson is super, thanks! you are wonderful :)
I didn't think I would like blender, but you've changed my mind
I love it! Your voice is very calming, too. My colors are much darker than what I have chosen. Any ideas?
Thank you ! well i think you missed an important part, arount 11:03
@@dedouze Voila! merci
Others have said it but it bears repeating... a perfect tutorial voice.
I've barely even started this video but I love it already.
Thanks for the tutorial! Honestly, till I tried it myself, I didn't think it was possible to properly use blender for 2d.
I just have a small problem (and I've seen several other people with the same issue). In Blender 2.83 my straw gets overlapped by the box in certain camera positions. I opened the same file in 2.82 and the problem vanished. I -would- use the old version, but I can't get my pressure sensitivity working in it :/
I am using Blender 2.93 and am also having the same issues with this overlap 'flicker' effect between the box and the straw as I move / pan the view port (or camera) around. Both the straw and box are in '2D Layers' Stroke depth order as per this tutorial.
As a test, I created an additional simple circle shape within the 'box' object / 'side float lines' as the active layer (followed by 'side float colors' to fill with a color). In case it is relevant, I created this on the same plane / X position as the side floating shapes, but around the same Z and Y position as the straw.
Next, in edit mode, I selected all the points for line and fill of this extra shape, and pressed 'P' and separated these strokes by selected points, making it a new separate Grease Pencil object.
Interestingly, this newly separated object 'Box.001' properly Z sorts with the straw... But *only* with the straw! Not only is there no flicker, but they correctly overlap with each other depending on which one is closer to the cam / viewport. There seems to be no option to sort objects by priority in 2D layers, yet these two objects just work.
However despite successfully 'Z-sorting' with each other, the straw and this test 'box.001' object still both have the flickering issue with the main juice box object itself. Strange.... So we know that correct Z-sorting is possible, but either there's a bug with Blender, or there is a particular set of circumstances in the hierarchy / object data which determine whether or not this undesired effect occurs.
Wow thank you so much for this video. I just switched to linux and have basic navigation and modeling 3d objects with blender, I recently decided I wanted to start making animations using 2D objects and after a bunch of searching for different programs (after already installing blender and not even considering it for video editing) and trying shotcut and davinci I found myself back at blender. I'm amazed at the complexity of the software and am beyond grateful for this video!
I didn't even know there was a grease pencil tool! I've been using blender for probably 30 hours before watching this video.
Blown away, and subbed!
Anybody knows why when I click "show overlays" and then I click to see the canvas it's overlayed by the cube? I mean the canvas is not in "x ray" mode. How can I solve this?
I also have this question xD
I need help with this too please. When I try putting the canvas in xray mode it says it's not available in current mode.
Repost: Maybe might help for the canvas issue in 2.83.
Grease Pencil Object Selected-> Object Data Properties (Green icon) -> Vieport Display -> Canvas -> Increase the scale. This doesn't solve the issue but at least you can change the size and the color.
@dilem koren Hi, i saw that part, but unfortunarly it did not solve the issue.
not sure if this solves the problem for you - i'm using 2.9 and there is a little "Canvas X-ray" icon on the right side of the "Canvas" option (where he clicked canvas). if you click that, it will make the canvas more visible like it is in the video.
3D animation software has come so far since I used it back in high school. I remember with Z Brush was just a plug-in and Ink and Painter modifier was revolutionary. This is amazing. Thanks for sharing Dedouze!
Hi, really like the tutorial, but I have a problem with the canvas, when I add the canvas they don’t really appear. It’s like the cube it’s solid enough to not let show the canvas line.
Hope you can help me with this.
I'm having this same problem :/
it happened to me once, i dont remember how i solved it.. First you must be sure that you're not on "surface" mode in the top rule. And then, for me, i think i switched the preview modes in the top right corner of the viewport, or went back to other modes like sculpt or object, the back to draw mode...
@@dedouze Thanks very much! I'll give that a go!
Dedouze what is surface mode?
@@kylezsmilez563 Could someone help me to solve the problem of displaying canvas?, I am new in greasepencil and I would like how to display canvas :(
thank you for making this! As a student, I'm broke lol so it's amazing to be able to have access to high quality tutorials on here, excited to learn :- )
This video literally has 1 dislike and 2000+ likes. Incredible.
I was literally about to make this comment I thought I was the only one who noticed.
It's now 2.5k likes to 0 dislikes. I think they finally realized that this is actually useful.
ITS STILL HOLDING
3k now and still 0 dislikes :D
omgitsaidsyay yeah :o ! As i mentioned in another comment, I know some people one day will always dislike because they believe they have better techniques for one specific task i showed or whatever but, anyway, i did this tutorial with all the knowledge i had at the time i recorded it... i am learning new techniques myself everyday and i will make other tutorials. This took weeks to record and edit and it is free so, i am glad people like it!
Why. This man made my day i the animation looks so hard this guy make look like it only 5 minutes...thank you fir this video..!!👏👏👏👏😭😭👏👏👏👏👏
:D I still haven't brushed my teeth!
ahah don't forget to do it before summer XD