Thank you SO much for making this approach at tutorial digital painting!!! Bless you!! The speed painting videos just leave us who are a new to PS to just selfishly try to figure it out for ourselves!! You're a Life saver!!!
thank-you ...for talking , explaining ....and not just showing off .....by taking the time to speak ....you are really TEACHING .....not just grand-standing . I will follow your videos from among the many , many choices out there .
Thanks so much, I've been attending a digipen offered class through my high school, but the class only briefly touched on huge aspects of color and how to go about it, and my drawing skills are definitely nothing to brag about, I look forward to looking through all of your tutorials
You are now what exactly i am looking for.. You are second best thing in the world for me right now, first is doing art while chatting with friends who are making art too.. Thx much man, i mean it
Hi , regarding digital art .... I just wanna thank you for such an informative digital painting 101. great things indeed. keep it up Sir, awesome stuff.
i took 2 years of photoshop and learned literally the basics in HS. you taught me some new tricks that my teacher never told me about... you wrecked my teacher in 8 minutes hahaha TY so much
Thank you for this great instructional video. I'm a real beginner to Photoshop. I want to make sure I can learn it before I commit to buying it. So I've been looking for some intro instruction. This is the first that was basic enough that I don't feel frustrated. You're a great teacher…and thanks for being generous enough to share your knowledge.
Thanks for the video series! I am not new to Photoshop or digital illustration but I think if you want to be a good artist and remain a good artist you should be comfortable going back to the basics; even if you already know them. It helps me stay well-rounded as an artist.
Thanks for this series. I just started trying to draw digitally, but all the help videos I've seen to date are either too advanced, or spend like 40 minutes on what tablet to get
good brushes to have are in the default brushes, the hard round and the soft round. that is all you really need. the brush itself will not make you a painter. learning techniques - by watching matt's videos on ctrlpaint, for example - is what makes you a painter.
thanks for creating this series, I am drawing digitally for some years now but were never sure if I missed several important things. As this shows me I definitely did :D Got some nice shortcuts out of this that I will certainly use^^
i have an advice concerning zooming in and out. i see a lot of people using the method u explained but i've found a way to zoom in/out without taking ur hand off the mouse n that's holding CTRL + SPACE and clicking the left mouse button to zoom in and CTRL + ALT + SPACE and the left mouse click to zoom out (same thing for mac users but u use COMMAND instead of CTR). if ur using the pen then u dont click with the mouse, u use the pen instead, obviously.
I'm currently using a 6x8 Graphire 4 tablet. It has 512 levels of pressure sensitivity and has a resolution of 2032 lines per inch (similar, but not the same as 2032 dots per inch, or DPI). An optical mouse tracks 400 dots per inch, and a laser mouse around 2000. Graphire 4 has similar resolution to a laser mouse but adds pressure sensitivity. Still, it's a matter of taste: go with what's comfortable to you! :)
I have a few questions, if you could give me your best answer it would be a world of help. 1. Can you have a tablet for a desktop PC? 2. What version of photoshop do you use? 3. I am plan going into the video game design industry also and I was wondering what type of schooling (university/college) did you take to give you such experience?
many of these shortcuts work in other programs too such as Corel or Sai For those who use undo a lot Ctrl+Z is an easy shortcut that works in a wide variety of programs not just for painting.
So, I have a Wacom tablet at home, but it's not set up yet. Does the sensing work for left-handed people like me? Also, I'd be happy to know if there's anyway to simulate oil painting in Photoshop.
I'm looking into purchasing a tablet. I don't want to spend copious amounts of my precious dollars, but I have a keen interest in starting digital painting. Does anyone have a suggestion for what kind I should look into? I have an idea from my research thus far, but I always love to hear suggestions from experience. Also, thank you for the incredible video! Its helped me work through the basic concepts a lot better than any other video I've seen.
@biggestfanof300 1. you can use tablets on any computer that has an USB input (thats every computer i know of) 2. Photoshop CS5 it isn't free 3. If you want to have any arts as a proffession you have to practice a whole lot, not just schooling. How much you practice is a very important thing, what you teach yourself is around 75% of the skill you need for drawing. Schools you should apply for things directed to one pieced illustration. Practice is the key, im 13 and i practice 5h+ daily c:
Hi, I'm about to buy myself a Cintiq, I usually use a bamboo tablet, I've been using photoshop for a while, based on just learning as i go and small tutorials here and there on youtube.. I did animation in college in ballyfermot, Ireland.. but really what I want to do is concept art. Just wondering do you have any video's or even advice on what you had to learn or big parts other then the obviously important practice. Any help would be great. thanks for the helpfull video's on photoshop
im thinking of getting the bamboo create tablet. I'm just an amateur and am looking to learn. Don't have a whole lot of money to blow right now so would this be a good starting tablet?
i know this sounds dumb but why doesnt my stylus make the paint marks fade like a gradient? (dark to very light) did i not set something up right with my stylus in the brushes with photoshop. fantastic tutorial.
You have to change the brush dynamic options. I use gimp so i dont know exactly how to do it on ps. Look for something in regards to "brush dynamics" and change the opacity to pressure sensitive.
He has big screen resolution. If you're using Windows, right-click on the desktop then to go settings. You can see you screen-resolution there. Yours might be 1024x768, increase it. For example, mine is 1600x900.
Can the painting techniques for Photoshop be used for other software, such as SAI, Corel Painter, etc.? I really prefer those two programs over Photoshop.
Hey there, I am really interested in learning how to paint in Photoshop, I just recently got it (legally, unlike most people now a-days haha), but I'm 16, and I'm not completely sure if I want to commit to the 80 dollar purchase of the Bamboo Connect, I'm wondering if there is something I can do instead. Do you know of any way I could test one, or any lending service? thank you for the great videos, they are only inspiring me more
@zanpaku A modern Wacom tablet has 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity with a high level of resolution. A capacitive touchscreen will probably have significantly less pressure sensitivity, and low resolution, although it will permit other nifty things, like multi-touch. Wacom tablet is highly recommended, even a basic Bamboo unit!
hey thanks for ur videos. Iv watched them many times. I have a question slash problem. When im in photoshop and i try to use the eye dropper tool like you have shown. It did work, but then for some reason instead of staying on the forground color, it switched to the background color everytime i change the color. Im not sure if it is because of its the new cs6 or something i did. Thanks and hope to hear from you soon :P
I think the basic principles are similar in all the other painting programs. Though Sai for example mixes colors a lot more easier, more similar like painting. Corel Painter is more geared to drawing then PS, however I still like to draw more in PS xD
hey man i love u videos. i watch the 5 parts of this. but i have a little question for u. what do you recoment for someone who doesnt have a tablet? btw suscribe and like'd
can you suggest good brushes to have, and where to get then, im so lost with photoshop and i design t shirts and stuff like that and i just bought myself a bamboo tablet :)
He has big screen resolution. If you're using Windows, right-click on the desktop then to go settings. You can see you screen-resolution there. You should increase it.
I know you said videogame industry... but have you made any artwork for the trading card game Magic The Gathering? Your art at the beginning looks like it might be something in the game.
You are an exellent teacher and paint, if I could give you and advice? or maybe tip? on that painting with the sea monster, you could add some blur maybe? so it's more action type painting, i'm just saying :P
I buyed a basic Wacom table last year to do a job but, as my first time, It was terrible.i felt like the tablet doesnt have the dinamics of the paper, such as turning the paper easily, getting some effects more quickly,the need to change tools all the time, etc.I stop using It as soon as i finished it, but your video inspired me to return.I guess i just have to get used to it.(brazilian guy here, sorry for the mistakes)
When you say "basic" tablet, did you mean non-display? If so they you probably need to know that you rotate the canvas on the program you use, turning the physical tablet around won't be the same as paper because it is a different kind of art. That's why you can make simple pen and pencil drawings just fine with printer paper but acrylic paint needs to be on a thicker material
dont forget about other brands though! If you scrounge around the internet a little, you can find great drawing tablets for a fourth of what an intuos costs, with the same specs! One example of that is the monoprice 9 x 12 graphics tablet. (100$)
@biggestfanof300 I can answer question 1 and 2 for you! You can have tablet for any kind of pc as long as it has an usb input. He using Photoshop CS5. Hope I could help.
+Afolabi Bukola Just do stuff, create, try out new things. If you can, study both, if you can't, you should search around with other professionals to learn which one's better. Maybe you can even study one, and learn the other by yourself.
+Afolabi Bukola both are great to study. you want to add dynamicism to your work, so animation is good to study for that reason. and illustration cuz.. well you are illustrating after all
What about a Wacom Graphire 4 Tablet? I have one, and I think it is very inaccurate. Slightly better than mouse, but not by much in my opinion. Is this Graphire 4 outdated and really inaccurate really? Or is it just me?
I really want to make those kinds of pictures you see if you search up concept drawings or things like that, but I have no idea what I really need to do so.
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This is how tutorials should be done. Giving the viewers a work sheet is absolutely genius. Thank you for this!
Thank you SO much for making this approach at tutorial digital painting!!! Bless you!! The speed painting videos just leave us who are a new to PS to just selfishly try to figure it out for ourselves!! You're a Life saver!!!
All of your tutorials are amazing and a great resource to show young beginners as well as older beginners. Your voice is so calming!
thank-you ...for talking , explaining ....and not just showing off .....by taking the time to speak ....you are really TEACHING .....not just grand-standing .
I will follow your videos from among the many , many choices out there .
Thanks so much, I've been attending a digipen offered class through my high school, but the class only briefly touched on huge aspects of color and how to go about it, and my drawing skills are definitely nothing to brag about, I look forward to looking through all of your tutorials
Thank you for doing this. I have been watching speed painting videos, but this has been one of the most helpful in actually educating me.
You are now what exactly i am looking for.. You are second best thing in the world for me right now, first is doing art while chatting with friends who are making art too.. Thx much man, i mean it
Hi , regarding digital art .... I just wanna thank you for such an informative digital painting 101. great things indeed.
keep it up Sir, awesome stuff.
i took 2 years of photoshop and learned literally the basics in HS. you taught me some new tricks that my teacher never told me about... you wrecked my teacher in 8 minutes hahaha TY so much
Very good tutorial! Finally a video that really helps a beginner and not a sped up version of someone painting while commentating! :D Thanks!
i love the bright colors in the art....great stuff...very helpful even for more advanced artists...
Hi Matt, Thank you for the brilliant tutorials, your method of teaching is excellent. please keep them coming, much appreciated.
as far as zoom shortcuts go, i find that its a lot quicker to just press z and drag left or right
I agree. way more convenient.
+Richard Moran I just hold Alt and roll the mouse wheel.
Me too. alt + scroll wheel all the way.
RgAlpha alt+mouse wheel will rule the world
Totally awesome tutorial. Absolutely better than any other on UA-cam.
i know its late but thank you so much for sharing your knowledge :) and for being detailed on this video~ it helped a lot
Thank you for this great instructional video. I'm a real beginner to Photoshop. I want to make sure I can learn it before I commit to buying it. So I've been looking for some intro instruction. This is the first that was basic enough that I don't feel frustrated.
You're a great teacher…and thanks for being generous enough to share your knowledge.
Thanks for the video series! I am not new to Photoshop or digital illustration but I think if you want to be a good artist and remain a good artist you should be comfortable going back to the basics; even if you already know them. It helps me stay well-rounded as an artist.
great stuff man! I`m so sorry I did not know about your lessons when i was starting up, you would`ve saved me a ton of headache!
Thanks for this series.
I just started trying to draw digitally, but all the help videos I've seen to date are either too advanced, or spend like 40 minutes on what tablet to get
I love your style I find your tutorials easy to follow and it really helps me with my art and timelapses. ^^
good brushes to have are in the default brushes, the hard round and the soft round. that is all you really need. the brush itself will not make you a painter. learning techniques - by watching matt's videos on ctrlpaint, for example - is what makes you a painter.
As an aspiring hobbyist who would like to know the way of the force, This hath taught me well..
You can, specially if you're starting out a bamboo is just fine. I started painting digitally 3-4 years ago and I'm still using a bamboo
Great video. Simple and easy to understand. Great job!!! By the way, I love that ilustration!!!!
Thank you a million times over. Big fan.
This is blowing my mind already.
Thx that was a good beginner's tutorial into the world of photoshop!
thanks for creating this series, I am drawing digitally for some years now but were never sure if I missed several important things. As this shows me I definitely did :D
Got some nice shortcuts out of this that I will certainly use^^
Best help so far, going to check out the rest of what you have now. ty :)
Really very clear. Thanks for a great tutorial.
i have an advice concerning zooming in and out. i see a lot of people using the method u explained but i've found a way to zoom in/out without taking ur hand off the mouse n that's holding CTRL + SPACE and clicking the left mouse button to zoom in and CTRL + ALT + SPACE and the left mouse click to zoom out (same thing for mac users but u use COMMAND instead of CTR). if ur using the pen then u dont click with the mouse, u use the pen instead, obviously.
Thanks for the shortcut tips, I didn't know about the space bar one.
Thank you so much! Just what I was looking for.
I'm currently using a 6x8 Graphire 4 tablet. It has 512 levels of pressure sensitivity and has a resolution of 2032 lines per inch (similar, but not the same as 2032 dots per inch, or DPI). An optical mouse tracks 400 dots per inch, and a laser mouse around 2000. Graphire 4 has similar resolution to a laser mouse but adds pressure sensitivity. Still, it's a matter of taste: go with what's comfortable to you! :)
GREAT VID!! Thanks so much for making a straightforward tutorial for beginners in Photoshop like myself.
At last something good! I just hate speedpainting... and I like this kind of tutorials :) Can't wait to see another parts
I was just recommended these videos and I’m super anxious to start, but these looks awesome and you seem like a good teacher ^_^
thank you this is so helpful, and also would say that gimp is a good alternative to the expensive photoshop
Awesome artwork. Thank you for sharing.
Nice tutorial. You explained things in a clear and sensible manner.
I already knew all of this, but now I am going to check out your other videos :)
I have a few questions, if you could give me your best answer it would be a world of help.
1. Can you have a tablet for a desktop PC?
2. What version of photoshop do you use?
3. I am plan going into the video game design industry also and I was wondering what type of schooling (university/college) did you take to give you such experience?
That was awesome :) i didn't know somee of that
Looking forward to finishing this series. I'm decent with a pencil but still getting used to the tablet (cheapie genius gpen) Thanks for this :D
To zoom, I use the method of holding the "Z" button, then left click on the screen and move the mouse in and out (up and down)
Pliss comeback :"(( i really miss you. I am still waiting for your new quality videos! Keep it up dude
Drawing tablets should have dials like you get on sound equipment for zooming in out and a mini rollerball for panning.
sure you can... :)
art isn't just a talent, it's a skill...
so everyone is welcome to learn it.
Matt, I doing the first exercise. I zoom in on the triangle but it doesn't move. I just draw more lines.
many of these shortcuts work in other programs too such as Corel or Sai
For those who use undo a lot Ctrl+Z is an easy shortcut that works in a wide variety of programs not just for painting.
A hero. Thanks! 👏 great channel.
thanks matt! you just helped me find a new hobby :)
am i color blind or is that square purple?
it is purple
looks like somewhere between phthalo blue or ultramarine
It's in between.
kamikita
indigo man
So, I have a Wacom tablet at home, but it's not set up yet. Does the sensing work for left-handed people like me? Also, I'd be happy to know if there's anyway to simulate oil painting in Photoshop.
I'm looking into purchasing a tablet. I don't want to spend copious amounts of my precious dollars, but I have a keen interest in starting digital painting. Does anyone have a suggestion for what kind I should look into? I have an idea from my research thus far, but I always love to hear suggestions from experience.
Also, thank you for the incredible video! Its helped me work through the basic concepts a lot better than any other video I've seen.
@biggestfanof300
1. you can use tablets on any computer that has an USB input (thats every computer i know of)
2. Photoshop CS5 it isn't free
3. If you want to have any arts as a proffession you have to practice a whole lot, not just schooling. How much you practice is a very important thing, what you teach yourself is around 75% of the skill you need for drawing. Schools you should apply for things directed to one pieced illustration.
Practice is the key, im 13 and i practice 5h+ daily c:
you teaching method is one of the best thanks :)
Thank you for 1. talking 2. going slow lol these videos on here are all 'speed painting' and I cant learn anything from them
Hi, I'm about to buy myself a Cintiq, I usually use a bamboo tablet, I've been using photoshop for a while, based on just learning as i go and small tutorials here and there on youtube.. I did animation in college in ballyfermot, Ireland.. but really what I want to do is concept art. Just wondering do you have any video's or even advice on what you had to learn or big parts other then the obviously important practice. Any help would be great. thanks for the helpfull video's on photoshop
What program did you use to record this with? I really want to make speed painting videos.
im thinking of getting the bamboo create tablet. I'm just an amateur and am looking to learn. Don't have a whole lot of money to blow right now so would this be a good starting tablet?
i know this sounds dumb but why doesnt my stylus make the paint marks fade like a gradient? (dark to very light) did i not set something up right with my stylus in the brushes with photoshop. fantastic tutorial.
I find that ALT+scrollwheel is the best for scrolling
You have to change the brush dynamic options. I use gimp so i dont know exactly how to do it on ps. Look for something in regards to "brush dynamics" and change the opacity to pressure sensitive.
He has big screen resolution. If you're using Windows, right-click on the desktop then to go settings. You can see you screen-resolution there. Yours might be 1024x768, increase it. For example, mine is 1600x900.
Can the painting techniques for Photoshop be used for other software, such as SAI, Corel Painter, etc.?
I really prefer those two programs over Photoshop.
Amazing, thank you so much. This is such a great starting place for beginners like me. :)
Hey there, I am really interested in learning how to paint in Photoshop, I just recently got it (legally, unlike most people now a-days haha), but I'm 16, and I'm not completely sure if I want to commit to the 80 dollar purchase of the Bamboo Connect, I'm wondering if there is something I can do instead. Do you know of any way I could test one, or any lending service? thank you for the great videos, they are only inspiring me more
@zanpaku A modern Wacom tablet has 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity with a high level of resolution. A capacitive touchscreen will probably have significantly less pressure sensitivity, and low resolution, although it will permit other nifty things, like multi-touch. Wacom tablet is highly recommended, even a basic Bamboo unit!
hey thanks for ur videos. Iv watched them many times. I have a question slash problem. When im in photoshop and i try to use the eye dropper tool like you have shown. It did work, but then for some reason instead of staying on the forground color, it switched to the background color everytime i change the color. Im not sure if it is because of its the new cs6 or something i did. Thanks and hope to hear from you soon :P
Is it necessary to use ps to follow these videos or can I use some other software like Krita?
I think the basic principles are similar in all the other painting programs. Though Sai for example mixes colors a lot more easier, more similar like painting. Corel Painter is more geared to drawing then PS, however I still like to draw more in PS xD
epic videos, thank you so much for these fantastic tutorials.
hey man i love u videos. i watch the 5 parts of this. but i have a little question for u. what do you recoment for someone who doesnt have a tablet?
btw suscribe and like'd
can you suggest good brushes to have, and where to get then, im so lost with photoshop and i design t shirts and stuff like that and i just bought myself a bamboo tablet :)
He has big screen resolution. If you're using Windows, right-click on the desktop then to go settings. You can see you screen-resolution there. You should increase it.
I know you said videogame industry... but have you made any artwork for the trading card game Magic The Gathering? Your art at the beginning looks like it might be something in the game.
Hi. Which version of photoshop should I use as a starter?
Wow! I feel a lot less intimidated now.
How did you make your photoshop window look so clean? Mine is all messy and stuffs everywere.. I mean the pellets.. Or what you're calling it :3
You are an exellent teacher and paint, if I could give you and advice? or maybe tip? on that painting with the sea monster, you could add some blur maybe? so it's more action type painting, i'm just saying :P
I buyed a basic Wacom table last year to do a job but, as my first time, It was terrible.i felt like the tablet doesnt have the dinamics of the paper, such as turning the paper easily, getting some effects more quickly,the need to change tools all the time, etc.I stop using It as soon as i finished it, but your video inspired me to return.I guess i just have to get used to it.(brazilian guy here, sorry for the mistakes)
When you say "basic" tablet, did you mean non-display? If so they you probably need to know that you rotate the canvas on the program you use, turning the physical tablet around won't be the same as paper because it is a different kind of art. That's why you can make simple pen and pencil drawings just fine with printer paper but acrylic paint needs to be on a thicker material
dont forget about other brands though! If you scrounge around the internet a little, you can find great drawing tablets for a fourth of what an intuos costs, with the same specs!
One example of that is the monoprice 9 x 12 graphics tablet. (100$)
how do you get rid of the scroll bars on your layer window? when i pan it doesnt work the same way as in the video
These are incredible, thank you so much.
this is a great tutorial. Thanks for this!
@biggestfanof300 I can answer question 1 and 2 for you!
You can have tablet for any kind of pc as long as it has an usb input.
He using Photoshop CS5.
Hope I could help.
Can I use Bamboo for this, or do I need expensive Intuos?
Did you download the driver for your tablet?
is it possible to do concept art without the ability to alter flow. im using elements 10 and finding it impossible to do anything outside of lineart
Wow, what a great video, thk you so much.
What version of Photoshop is he/are you using?
nice and clear tutorial , thanks
Is there a tablet you recommended for newcomers
How do i remove the document window border like you? I cant seem to figure it out
what tablet are you using?
can you tell me how to set up the right image size or canvas size that suits my digital painting project ?
4k
1080p
1440p
2k
I want to- no, I'm going to become a graphic novelist. Would you recommend I study Illustration, animation or both? So that I make myself marketable?
+Afolabi Bukola Just do stuff, create, try out new things. If you can, study both, if you can't, you should search around with other professionals to learn which one's better. Maybe you can even study one, and learn the other by yourself.
+Afolabi Bukola both are great to study. you want to add dynamicism to your work, so animation is good to study for that reason. and illustration cuz.. well you are illustrating after all
What about a Wacom Graphire 4 Tablet? I have one, and I think it is very inaccurate. Slightly better than mouse, but not by much in my opinion. Is this Graphire 4 outdated and really inaccurate really? Or is it just me?
I really want to make those kinds of pictures you see if you search up concept drawings or things like that, but I have no idea what I really need to do so.
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