Howdy y’all, thanks for stopping by! (^^)/ I’m still a very busy bee atm but it feels real nice to have been able to get a new video out in between all my behind-the-scenes bits n’ pieces! 💖 (Tho truth be told I’m a lil’ anxious about this one since it’s so different from my usual character art vids lol - but I hope it can be helpful to at least a peep or two!) Have a good one y'all! (^^)/
that grid option changes from orthographic to perspective view, you can add layers way easier in the timeline windiow at the bottom, you should also try using 3d primatives to block out basic shapes of your scene and then you can experiment with different lighting setups, also for my comic i am currently experimenting with a line shader, renderer in blender, so i can model the backgrounds in blender once then have it do all the bacgrounds, with lighting for me. also you can automatically lock the viewport into orthographic views by selecting the circles on the end of the rotating thing, with your numpad or with gestures/shortcuts. this would be helpful when drawing things like the floor plan or the side of the wall, you could also import images in to it as 2d planes. another coo feature is the ability to draw on 3d objects, which would mean you coluld scale a cube to create a building then just draw on the details
Not sure if it still works in grease pencil but can't you press g for grab (or move), s for scale & r for rotate? it saves time so that you don't need to use the transform tool. Also unless that thing at the bottom looks different in grease pencil to the blender mode I'm used to, it's frames (but they work in a bit of a weird way), they're more useful in animations than sketches, you should be able to hide it if you click the top and drag it down (I checked some things, they do seem to work although also e or "Extrude" ends up acting very weird most of the time)
I just finished up a college course on blender and let me tell you, the most important thing you can learn is the hot keys. The buttons on the side are useful on occasion but are VERY slow. They will waste hours of your time. (You probably knew that, I wasn’t sure if you were just using the side buttons for clarity in this vid, but in case you didn’t now you know.)
For an initial attempt at Blender, that's really good, Grease Pencil has a lot more features, even a layer system different than what you figured out (which is by creating new objects). You can even create filled areas for colors, or just filling in walls. Great video
Great tutorial! I've been doing 3D art for about a year and a half, and you explained grease pencil in a very comprehensive way! Another really good reference for creative ways to use this tool in blender that has really helped me out is Kevandram's grease pencil tutorials. Really helped me out in my own blender journey! :) (also if anyone is interested in learning how to use blender's 3D modelling capabilities, BlenderGuru's doughnut series is a very popular and effective jumping off point) ((sorry this has been a special interest for me for a while lol))
Actually I am very interested, since there had been some changes to the UI and definetly the program looks very different from the Donught tutorial, is it still as easy to follow? I was actually afraid of jumping into it because of that reason xD I thought finding the tools/options/settings used in the tutorial will be just too much of a headache, because the program looks so different now.
@@divinekataroshie4805 i believe there’s a more recent tutorial from that creator, but if that doesn’t work then there are a lot of great tutorials out there that go over the basics for the most recent versions of blender. (I’d recommend a project oriented tutorial personally as they usually teach more of the tools that you’ll be using most frequently) most of the features in older modeling tutorials should still work though, as they largely rely on blenders base mechanics which don’t get changed too much. i get it though, it’s easy to see the old ui and get overwhelmed lol. (hope this makes sense, i just woke up so sorry if clumsy wording :p)
Do I draw or do anything else that this tutorial would be helpful? No. Will I watch this video nonetheless? Absolutely, your videos are always so relaxing and pleasant to watch
Very, quite literally this whole week I've been thinking "I should learn Blender" for both 3D modelling and drawing-sketching purposes, and this video just fueled the thoughts even more (positively). Your explanation was really awesome and so clear that you've totally convinced me to try it out! :D Thanks for making this video!
my jaw literally DROPPED as soon as i saw the lineart come together!!!! this is so useful and you've helped this artist!! will definitely be trying when i start my own comic one day :') youre a gem alex, truly!!
I highly recommend Marco Bucci's blender videos! He's also more of a 2d artist and has been starting to get into blender and the way that he explains things is really great and targeted at other 2d people! He has this video where he makes a 3d scene out of a 2d painting by kind of chopping up the layers and it's become my favorite thing to do in blender :D
I downloaded blender a couple days ago, so this was a very fortunate coincidence! And, as someone who also only works in 2D, I think what you're talking about here is a good bridge between 2D and full-on 3D stuff. Thanks for this video, I'll definitely have to try this out before jumping in to trying to wrap my head around 3D models!
13:28 That grid one I believe means to toggle between perspective view and orthographic In simplest terms, perspective actually gives you the depth of the object as if you were looking at it live, and orthographic is where all of that perspective is just flattened out. It's more or less a way to look at how deep an object it actually is Not a Blender magician, but I hope it makes sense
Ah yes... the start totally convinced me! It was so thought out and nice and calmly explained... I am happy to say... that it isn't important to be able to understand huge programms especially things like Blender. Heck, I use programms at work that I still don't understand, yet I get a product out of it at the end of the day. And as long as the product is enough, as long as you yourself is satisfied about the results then everything is fine.
thank you for this video! i'm a 2d artist wanting to get into 3d, and blender is SO confusing and overwhelming to me, but your way of explaining it makes it easier to understand how the program operates wonderful as always
AHHHHHH, I was waiting for this notif!!! I just wanna say, you have litterally kicked art block out of my life. I have been so unmotivated to do the funny little art stuff, but after binging some of your videos, and then having them on 24/7 for background noise, it's helped my art process and inspired me to also forage through my old art and find some stories to revamp! You also happened to post the Trigun Stampede video right as I was getting into it (hyperfixations yay) so that also boosted my motivation. So, THANK YOU DEARLY for being, I love your artwork so so so much, keep up the amazing work, take care of yourself, and stay hydrated!! :D
This is super cool! I’ve been using blender to build 3D environments for 2D reference too (mostly the sculpting modes), but i had never thought of using grease pencil! That sounds such a cool way to bridge between 2D and 3D
this looks so fun to do! I wish my computer was strong enough to use blender because I really wanna try that now. it's looks like a really awesome way to make reusable backgrounds for comics, because it's still actually drawn by hand so it lets you add more details without having to redraw it over and over, and if you put in enough effort to make sure it looks good from most angles then the possibilities are endless. I don't think it will be good for comics with a lot of diverse backgrounds, but ones with like 1-3 major backgrounds can definitely use this technique.
Wahh this is so fun, thanks for this nice video! I recently got townscaper to try to learn how to build cityscapes in Blender. You can export an image of the 3d mesh from blender, paint it in photoshop and reproject what you painted onto the buildings back in blender. It's similar to what they did for some of the backgrounds in Arcane!
3:38 If someone is curious, whole deal with dimensions is mostly about how many numbers you need to describe/measure some particular shape. For example line is 1D because it only has length (I know it's more complicated but we're talking about basic euclidean geometry here in which lines have zero thickness), square or rectangle or other flat shapes are 2D because you need both height and width (and obviously these measurements can vary in one shape and these names may not work in certain situations), cubes and pyramids are 3D because to describe them you need height, width and depth. We live in 3D world so 4D is actutally kind of hard if not impossible to grasp on for us (or maybe I'm just lacking some info idk). Similarly if we had creature living in 2D world in which everything would be like drawn on paper and it couldn't raise above said sheet, it wouldn't be able to understand concept of third dimension, because it would only percive lines and angles and had to work around this to understand/guess what shape does it interfere with, as if we had a look at this world from above, we would have easly see that this shape is for example a rectangle. Though I'm not sure about this 2D world to be honest, I recall like through fog having something about it in math textbook few years ago, but it probably was more like warm up exercise I never really solved. Also, on coordinate systems axis showcasing "width" is usually referred to as x axis, "height" is an y axis and "depth" is a z axis, usually going diagonally from common 0 point, though this is some quite advance math when z axis comes to use. I think so at least but I'm not the best source of info, I onky know I never had it in my advance math classes in high school Sorry I started rambling. I spend way to much time typing this comment tbh. Also sorry for my lack of English skills, I hope it's readable and I didn't do to many eye-catching mistakes. Hope you're all doing well and life will only be better for you Thanks for coming to my TED-talk or something
As someone who swapped from being an illustrator to a 3D modeler in the past few years, I still haven’t tried out the 2.5D stuff that a grease pencil can do in Blender. This video inspired me to at least try opening the grease pencil layout.
It makes sense that you learned a lot while trying to figure out how to teach-that's how it works for me when I do tutoring on newer subjects to me and have to learn for the purpose of teaching others. This looks really good, I'm so glad I found this video. Thank you!
I remember finding your channel years ago, and being absolutely inspired as a young artist. I found myself recently thinking about your art style and how it shaped mine in a way, for a while I couldn’t remember what your channel was called, but I finally found it! Your content definitely inspired me a lot as an artist, thank you for being an awesome content creator ❤
I love this vid already! I love the chibi-ish style you're using for the little dude during the explanations (not sure if you've used it before lol) Also your humor is great imo
For the grid button around 14:00 that you mention- it switches between "orthographic" and "perspective" viewing. Orthographic gives you an isometric POV on your scene- think like the drawings of buildings you'd see in older Japanese woodblock prints or isometric games. Straight lines are either on a 45 degree angle or straight up and down, creating an illusion of perspective that isn't based on the point system. Perspective means the point system- in this case, 3 points because it's in 3D. (You can also draw in one and two point perspective.) Thanks for the video, I'm going to get drawing now!
This's awesome. Been really happy to see other artist learning to make backgrounds in Blender for comics. It's what I've been working on for awhile too. You're right about how overwhelming it is to build and texture 3D models. Kuddos to everyone that hones these skills. Love the video, it was very helpful and now I want to try it out this method too.
oh my gosh, this is so awesome!! i'm pretty good with digital art, but i've struggled A LOT in the past with drawing rooms and scenery. about a month ago my graphic design/digital art course taught me the basics of Blender, so this couldn't have come at a better time! i'd already been thinking about using Blender to help me out, but didn't really know where to start (and my adhd can make it difficult to research these things without a good base). i had no idea so much of this was even possible! great tutorial :)
I've tried opening Blender a few times now and every single time got scared away by the massive amount of different tools and options- this video might actually have given me the basics I need to start working on 3D environments of the classrooms of the Academy in my story! Thanks Alex!✨
Oh. My. Gosh. THANK YOU!!!!!!! I'm starting a comic with one of my friends this summer and was absolutely banging my head on the wall trying to figure this method out for background designs. Your videos are always so fun and to the point with tutorials, and I really love your art style anyways. Your whole channel is a chefs kiss (P.S. You got me into D&D, so thanks for that hyper-fixation too), so thanks again!
Blender is such a great tool to have! I downloaded it awhile ago because I wanted to create building structures and backgrounds for my art. I even created a castle for a story I'm developing and it was fun as hell! Awesome tutorial!👍🏻
This'll actually be super helpful-I'm heading into my thesis year of animation school and was planning on using Blender to lay out the backgrounds since my film's set in a decently complex tavern. Was gonna use the basic shapes in Blender to block out items and sketch over those in Clip Studio, but using the grease pencil looks like it'll be much easier-skips an extra sketching step when I screenshot to bring into inking!
I am so happy that you found a way of doing this that works for you. Really impressive results. 👍 My own workflow is all about boxing out rough 3D shapes and then refining as needed. The closest I get to drawing is when I import references to build from. Well done! Blender is a beast to get into and you are doing spectacularly 🎉
This is the first time that I see someone use it this way. And it's incredible ! I want to do it too. Background, scenery are so difficult for me to do that knowing this technique will be an amazing time saver!!! Thank you!
I would really recommend figuring out some basic object making that you can draw on top of with grease pencil. And maybe even nodes to create different looks. That way you can make models that can be used directly from render. Itd also help with the furniture and things. Ive been learning blender to create backgrounds for comics too.
I must say thank you for introducing this. I've heard of Blender being mentioned, but I have never seen it in use. I need this program in my life! Keep up the wonderful work!
I've been using Blender for a few years now, but the grease pencil always mystified me, so I'd just elected to ignore it rather than figure it out. This is a great overview of a Blender function that I've definitely underutilized -- thanks for the comprehensive and helpful video!
This was such an amazing video!! I always had a difficult time trying to make 3d scenes and watching this video gave me so much advice on how to work it better!! Thank you Alex ❤❤❤
What a good idea. Englisch So das war es also was du die ganze Zeit gekocht und vorbereitet hast. Hat sich echt gelohnt. Ich habe vieles von dir gelernt und du hast es sehr gut erklärt. So that's what you've been cooking and preparing all this time. Was really worth it. I learned a lot from you and you explained it very well. Maybe I'll try this method too. Unfortunately, I generally have problems seeing things in 3D, not only the background but unfortunately also the characters. But I'm also learning how to draw again from the beginning because I never really learned it. I also like to learn programs that I don't know. 💙
This was so great. Thank you for making this video. I never knew Blender had such features. Such a cool way of using it. It certainly looks helpful for storyboarding & sketches & creating reference images that can looked back on. I mostly use keynote (powerpoint for macs) for art, mostly like coloured shapes layered over each other with highlights, shadows & lowlights & some line art. but find it sometimes difficult for detail work & so tried my hand at Blender but struggled with the strain it placed on the computer. This method of using blender seems a lot more fun & makes the thought of creating 3D reference spaces easier. It's pop-up paper house. That's way easier to conceptualise & makes the concept less overwhelming/daunting.
lol this came with perfect timing! i had just downloaded blender and was procrastinating learning it, but i like the way you explain things so i opened up blender and got started! thanks!
In this video, you create a new layer by creating a new object. That is not necessary. You can go to Object Data properties (it’s one of the icons on the side of the toolbar, I can’t remember which one off the top of my head). There you will have a panel with layers. Just click the + button.
Glad to see you back, and with such a unique and helpful video as well. Your channel actually inspired me to start studying art and as someone who just recently started working with 3d softwares I can assure you that you did an amazing job and manage to do in a few month what I’m trying to reach for an whole year. Great work
I really like this! It reminds me of like a video game! I tried to learn blender a few years ago and couldn't figure out how to do everything I wanted but I might try again!
Great tutorial. I never use grease pencil but I do use the 3d modeling part of the program. If you learned how to model, you can literally save time by importing the model into clip and pressing a button and it draws the lines for you. cheers
whoa what a cool channel this is i love blender and ive been trying to learn 2d art so im definitely gonna sub ps: you can get a completely front on orthogonal view if you left click the xyz letters on the 3d gizmo on the upper right corner of the viewport
Howdy y’all, thanks for stopping by! (^^)/
I’m still a very busy bee atm but it feels real nice to have been able to get a new video out in between all my behind-the-scenes bits n’ pieces! 💖 (Tho truth be told I’m a lil’ anxious about this one since it’s so different from my usual character art vids lol - but I hope it can be helpful to at least a peep or two!) Have a good one y'all! (^^)/
that grid option changes from orthographic to perspective view, you can add layers way easier in the timeline windiow at the bottom, you should also try using 3d primatives to block out basic shapes of your scene and then you can experiment with different lighting setups, also for my comic i am currently experimenting with a line shader, renderer in blender, so i can model the backgrounds in blender once then have it do all the bacgrounds, with lighting for me.
also you can automatically lock the viewport into orthographic views by selecting the circles on the end of the rotating thing, with your numpad or with gestures/shortcuts. this would be helpful when drawing things like the floor plan or the side of the wall, you could also import images in to it as 2d planes.
another coo feature is the ability to draw on 3d objects, which would mean you coluld scale a cube to create a building then just draw on the details
Not sure if it still works in grease pencil but can't you press g for grab (or move), s for scale & r for rotate? it saves time so that you don't need to use the transform tool.
Also unless that thing at the bottom looks different in grease pencil to the blender mode I'm used to, it's frames (but they work in a bit of a weird way), they're more useful in animations than sketches, you should be able to hide it if you click the top and drag it down
(I checked some things, they do seem to work although also e or "Extrude" ends up acting very weird most of the time)
I just finished up a college course on blender and let me tell you, the most important thing you can learn is the hot keys. The buttons on the side are useful on occasion but are VERY slow. They will waste hours of your time. (You probably knew that, I wasn’t sure if you were just using the side buttons for clarity in this vid, but in case you didn’t now you know.)
Really impressive 3d art work
tysm!! 💖
@@ABDIllustrates no problem keep surprising me
For an initial attempt at Blender, that's really good, Grease Pencil has a lot more features, even a layer system different than what you figured out (which is by creating new objects). You can even create filled areas for colors, or just filling in walls. Great video
ooh im gonna have to try that out! :0c
Bédouze on youtube also made very good tutorials on the greace pencil tool, it's very useful and inspiring 👌
Great tutorial! I've been doing 3D art for about a year and a half, and you explained grease pencil in a very comprehensive way! Another really good reference for creative ways to use this tool in blender that has really helped me out is Kevandram's grease pencil tutorials. Really helped me out in my own blender journey! :) (also if anyone is interested in learning how to use blender's 3D modelling capabilities, BlenderGuru's doughnut series is a very popular and effective jumping off point) ((sorry this has been a special interest for me for a while lol))
ooh neat, thanks for sharing! 💖
Actually I am very interested, since there had been some changes to the UI and definetly the program looks very different from the Donught tutorial, is it still as easy to follow? I was actually afraid of jumping into it because of that reason xD I thought finding the tools/options/settings used in the tutorial will be just too much of a headache, because the program looks so different now.
@@divinekataroshie4805 i believe there’s a more recent tutorial from that creator, but if that doesn’t work then there are a lot of great tutorials out there that go over the basics for the most recent versions of blender. (I’d recommend a project oriented tutorial personally as they usually teach more of the tools that you’ll be using most frequently) most of the features in older modeling tutorials should still work though, as they largely rely on blenders base mechanics which don’t get changed too much. i get it though, it’s easy to see the old ui and get overwhelmed lol. (hope this makes sense, i just woke up so sorry if clumsy wording :p)
LITTLE ANIMATED GUY AT THE START. LOVE HE
Do I draw or do anything else that this tutorial would be helpful? No. Will I watch this video nonetheless? Absolutely, your videos are always so relaxing and pleasant to watch
Very, quite literally this whole week I've been thinking "I should learn Blender" for both 3D modelling and drawing-sketching purposes, and this video just fueled the thoughts even more (positively). Your explanation was really awesome and so clear that you've totally convinced me to try it out! :D Thanks for making this video!
aw yay i'm so glad it could be helpful to ya dude! Thanks for stopping by! (^^)/
my jaw literally DROPPED as soon as i saw the lineart come together!!!! this is so useful and you've helped this artist!! will definitely be trying when i start my own comic one day :') youre a gem alex, truly!!
I highly recommend Marco Bucci's blender videos! He's also more of a 2d artist and has been starting to get into blender and the way that he explains things is really great and targeted at other 2d people! He has this video where he makes a 3d scene out of a 2d painting by kind of chopping up the layers and it's become my favorite thing to do in blender :D
I downloaded blender a couple days ago, so this was a very fortunate coincidence! And, as someone who also only works in 2D, I think what you're talking about here is a good bridge between 2D and full-on 3D stuff. Thanks for this video, I'll definitely have to try this out before jumping in to trying to wrap my head around 3D models!
This is awesome, very well explained 😊
I'm so glad ya think so dude! 💖
WE NEED MORE OF 2D ARTISTS DISCOVERING BLENDER THAT SHIT IS A LFIESAVER
13:28 That grid one I believe means to toggle between perspective view and orthographic
In simplest terms, perspective actually gives you the depth of the object as if you were looking at it live, and orthographic is where all of that perspective is just flattened out. It's more or less a way to look at how deep an object it actually is
Not a Blender magician, but I hope it makes sense
Ah yes... the start totally convinced me! It was so thought out and nice and calmly explained...
I am happy to say... that it isn't important to be able to understand huge programms especially things like Blender. Heck, I use programms at work that I still don't understand, yet I get a product out of it at the end of the day. And as long as the product is enough, as long as you yourself is satisfied about the results then everything is fine.
even if you aren't an expert, this made it seem way less overwhelming to start and that's what I needed, so thank you
LETS GOOOO NEW ABD ILLUSTRATES VIDEO!!!!! HELLOOOOO!!!!!!!!
thank you for this video! i'm a 2d artist wanting to get into 3d, and blender is SO confusing and overwhelming to me, but your way of explaining it makes it easier to understand how the program operates
wonderful as always
I didn't think about using the 2d animation section of blender instead of trying to fully build a scene! Definitely saving this for my next project
AHHHHHH, I was waiting for this notif!!! I just wanna say, you have litterally kicked art block out of my life. I have been so unmotivated to do the funny little art stuff, but after binging some of your videos, and then having them on 24/7 for background noise, it's helped my art process and inspired me to also forage through my old art and find some stories to revamp! You also happened to post the Trigun Stampede video right as I was getting into it (hyperfixations yay) so that also boosted my motivation. So, THANK YOU DEARLY for being, I love your artwork so so so much, keep up the amazing work, take care of yourself, and stay hydrated!! :D
This is super cool! I’ve been using blender to build 3D environments for 2D reference too (mostly the sculpting modes), but i had never thought of using grease pencil! That sounds such a cool way to bridge between 2D and 3D
this looks so fun to do! I wish my computer was strong enough to use blender because I really wanna try that now.
it's looks like a really awesome way to make reusable backgrounds for comics, because it's still actually drawn by hand so it lets you add more details without having to redraw it over and over, and if you put in enough effort to make sure it looks good from most angles then the possibilities are endless.
I don't think it will be good for comics with a lot of diverse backgrounds, but ones with like 1-3 major backgrounds can definitely use this technique.
Little tip, using the fill tool while pressing shift allow you to make blobs of colour just like with a laso tool😊
Thank you so much for this tutorial Alex!!😊
Thank YOU for tuning in dude! 💖
YAAA Art genius back at it again saving lives and braincells!!! YOURE AMAZING!!
Wahh this is so fun, thanks for this nice video! I recently got townscaper to try to learn how to build cityscapes in Blender. You can export an image of the 3d mesh from blender, paint it in photoshop and reproject what you painted onto the buildings back in blender. It's similar to what they did for some of the backgrounds in Arcane!
"Julia, is this BLENDER?"
And when the world needed him the most, he came back!
I was just thinking about you, Alex!! Glad to see you back!
Thank you for all you do! ♡
3:38 If someone is curious, whole deal with dimensions is mostly about how many numbers you need to describe/measure some particular shape. For example line is 1D because it only has length (I know it's more complicated but we're talking about basic euclidean geometry here in which lines have zero thickness), square or rectangle or other flat shapes are 2D because you need both height and width (and obviously these measurements can vary in one shape and these names may not work in certain situations), cubes and pyramids are 3D because to describe them you need height, width and depth. We live in 3D world so 4D is actutally kind of hard if not impossible to grasp on for us (or maybe I'm just lacking some info idk). Similarly if we had creature living in 2D world in which everything would be like drawn on paper and it couldn't raise above said sheet, it wouldn't be able to understand concept of third dimension, because it would only percive lines and angles and had to work around this to understand/guess what shape does it interfere with, as if we had a look at this world from above, we would have easly see that this shape is for example a rectangle. Though I'm not sure about this 2D world to be honest, I recall like through fog having something about it in math textbook few years ago, but it probably was more like warm up exercise I never really solved.
Also, on coordinate systems axis showcasing "width" is usually referred to as x axis, "height" is an y axis and "depth" is a z axis, usually going diagonally from common 0 point, though this is some quite advance math when z axis comes to use. I think so at least but I'm not the best source of info, I onky know I never had it in my advance math classes in high school
Sorry I started rambling. I spend way to much time typing this comment tbh. Also sorry for my lack of English skills, I hope it's readable and I didn't do to many eye-catching mistakes. Hope you're all doing well and life will only be better for you
Thanks for coming to my TED-talk or something
God not watching his content for a while made me forget how much I like him
His voice is so nice ugh
And his general attitude is just
As someone who swapped from being an illustrator to a 3D modeler in the past few years, I still haven’t tried out the 2.5D stuff that a grease pencil can do in Blender. This video inspired me to at least try opening the grease pencil layout.
It makes sense that you learned a lot while trying to figure out how to teach-that's how it works for me when I do tutoring on newer subjects to me and have to learn for the purpose of teaching others. This looks really good, I'm so glad I found this video. Thank you!
I remember finding your channel years ago, and being absolutely inspired as a young artist. I found myself recently thinking about your art style and how it shaped mine in a way, for a while I couldn’t remember what your channel was called, but I finally found it! Your content definitely inspired me a lot as an artist, thank you for being an awesome content creator ❤
I have been re-watching the intro over and over again and I haven't even started on the actual vid because the animation is just SO FLIPPIN CUTE AAAA
I love this vid already! I love the chibi-ish style you're using for the little dude during the explanations (not sure if you've used it before lol) Also your humor is great imo
For the grid button around 14:00 that you mention- it switches between "orthographic" and "perspective" viewing. Orthographic gives you an isometric POV on your scene- think like the drawings of buildings you'd see in older Japanese woodblock prints or isometric games. Straight lines are either on a 45 degree angle or straight up and down, creating an illusion of perspective that isn't based on the point system. Perspective means the point system- in this case, 3 points because it's in 3D. (You can also draw in one and two point perspective.)
Thanks for the video, I'm going to get drawing now!
This's awesome. Been really happy to see other artist learning to make backgrounds in Blender for comics. It's what I've been working on for awhile too. You're right about how overwhelming it is to build and texture 3D models. Kuddos to everyone that hones these skills. Love the video, it was very helpful and now I want to try it out this method too.
oh my gosh, this is so awesome!! i'm pretty good with digital art, but i've struggled A LOT in the past with drawing rooms and scenery. about a month ago my graphic design/digital art course taught me the basics of Blender, so this couldn't have come at a better time! i'd already been thinking about using Blender to help me out, but didn't really know where to start (and my adhd can make it difficult to research these things without a good base). i had no idea so much of this was even possible! great tutorial :)
I've tried opening Blender a few times now and every single time got scared away by the massive amount of different tools and options- this video might actually have given me the basics I need to start working on 3D environments of the classrooms of the Academy in my story! Thanks Alex!✨
Oh. My. Gosh. THANK YOU!!!!!!! I'm starting a comic with one of my friends this summer and was absolutely banging my head on the wall trying to figure this method out for background designs. Your videos are always so fun and to the point with tutorials, and I really love your art style anyways. Your whole channel is a chefs kiss (P.S. You got me into D&D, so thanks for that hyper-fixation too), so thanks again!
yes yes yes I needed something like this, alright now I'm gonna watch the video
Blender is such a great tool to have! I downloaded it awhile ago because I wanted to create building structures and backgrounds for my art. I even created a castle for a story I'm developing and it was fun as hell! Awesome tutorial!👍🏻
This'll actually be super helpful-I'm heading into my thesis year of animation school and was planning on using Blender to lay out the backgrounds since my film's set in a decently complex tavern. Was gonna use the basic shapes in Blender to block out items and sketch over those in Clip Studio, but using the grease pencil looks like it'll be much easier-skips an extra sketching step when I screenshot to bring into inking!
Ive been learning to work in 3d for a couple months now and this was very interesting! I think I should give blender a shot and see how it works
This is a really nice video! Thanks for the tips! I'll definitely be using this :)
Love your honesty on you wanting to share your "hey guys, look! I learned a thing" knowledge 😆
This is THE tutorial I needed, like, EVER!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! ☺️☺️☺️💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
I swear you help with almost all of my art problems, how do you do it??? Anyways I absolutely love your art and I can’t wait for what comes next!
Omg I love your videos and art so much and it feels like you have been gone for so long
I am so happy that you found a way of doing this that works for you.
Really impressive results. 👍
My own workflow is all about boxing out rough 3D shapes and then refining as needed. The closest I get to drawing is when I import references to build from.
Well done! Blender is a beast to get into and you are doing spectacularly 🎉
This is the first time that I see someone use it this way. And it's incredible ! I want to do it too. Background, scenery are so difficult for me to do that knowing this technique will be an amazing time saver!!! Thank you!
I would really recommend figuring out some basic object making that you can draw on top of with grease pencil. And maybe even nodes to create different looks. That way you can make models that can be used directly from render. Itd also help with the furniture and things. Ive been learning blender to create backgrounds for comics too.
thanks for the video happy to see from you again!!
I was just stressing about backgrounds for my animations, this came at just the right time!!!
This looks like a really cool scene from a cool music video!! 😁
Ooh! I've used blender before but I never knew about this part of the software! Great video
Yes ! more tips from the Autumn God.
I must say thank you for introducing this. I've heard of Blender being mentioned, but I have never seen it in use. I need this program in my life! Keep up the wonderful work!
I've been using Blender for a few years now, but the grease pencil always mystified me, so I'd just elected to ignore it rather than figure it out. This is a great overview of a Blender function that I've definitely underutilized -- thanks for the comprehensive and helpful video!
this is the first digital art tutorial i found helpful
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for stopping by! 💖
OMG Thank you so much!! wanted to do something like this that is not the sims, or just sculpting blindly from scratch when i just want to draw it🥰😁
This is kinda game changing honestly! I never would have thought to use to 2D mode to make 3D spaces!
Thank you for making this amazing group of videos I’m in a lot of pain right now so I’ll watch your video to make myself feel better
Thank you for this. I think you just saved many people's lives ♥♥♥
This was such an amazing video!! I always had a difficult time trying to make 3d scenes and watching this video gave me so much advice on how to work it better!! Thank you Alex ❤❤❤
What a good idea.
Englisch
So das war es also was du die ganze Zeit gekocht und vorbereitet hast.
Hat sich echt gelohnt.
Ich habe vieles von dir gelernt und du hast es sehr gut erklärt.
So that's what you've been cooking and preparing all this time.
Was really worth it.
I learned a lot from you and you explained it very well.
Maybe I'll try this method too.
Unfortunately, I generally have problems seeing things in 3D, not only the background but unfortunately also the characters.
But I'm also learning how to draw again from the beginning because I never really learned it.
I also like to learn programs that I don't know.
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Me a 3d animation student listening in the background to help with his metric in the algorithm
Finally a reason to keep Blender, and great explanation.
This was so great. Thank you for making this video. I never knew Blender had such features. Such a cool way of using it. It certainly looks helpful for storyboarding & sketches & creating reference images that can looked back on. I mostly use keynote (powerpoint for macs) for art, mostly like coloured shapes layered over each other with highlights, shadows & lowlights & some line art. but find it sometimes difficult for detail work & so tried my hand at Blender but struggled with the strain it placed on the computer. This method of using blender seems a lot more fun & makes the thought of creating 3D reference spaces easier. It's pop-up paper house. That's way easier to conceptualise & makes the concept less overwhelming/daunting.
lol this came with perfect timing! i had just downloaded blender and was procrastinating learning it, but i like the way you explain things so i opened up blender and got started! thanks!
This is neat. I use blender all the time but I never realized I could use it in this way. This might make my job easier at times.
Wow! I remember watching your videos years ago and now you popped up on my recommended!
In this video, you create a new layer by creating a new object. That is not necessary.
You can go to Object Data properties (it’s one of the icons on the side of the toolbar, I can’t remember which one off the top of my head). There you will have a panel with layers. Just click the + button.
I LOVE WHEN YOU POST NEW THINGS!!! INSPIRE ME A LOTTT ❤❤🎉🎉
The video “It’s all about the hands || Sketch book session” I think was pretty helpful and ‘educational’ :)
Also amazing sketch!
Glad to see you back, and with such a unique and helpful video as well. Your channel actually inspired me to start studying art and as someone who just recently started working with 3d softwares I can assure you that you did an amazing job and manage to do in a few month what I’m trying to reach for an whole year.
Great work
Thank you so much for the tutorial! I'm definitely downloading blender now and saving the video for the future!
Wow, you can use blender like this!
Thank you for this amazing tutorial! I want to learn grease pencil but I didn't know where to start so this video is literally perfect 👌
This is incredibly helpful. I'm going to try it out right away. Thank you so much
Awesome work. Ive been thinking about using blender for some time now and your tutorial is really helpful 💖 Keep up the great work!
This is so cool!!! I'm definitley going to come back to this one when I have the chance to give it my full attention :)
I really like this! It reminds me of like a video game! I tried to learn blender a few years ago and couldn't figure out how to do everything I wanted but I might try again!
Love your work dude🙏🏾👍
Glad to have you back
I literally needed this exact video I owe you my life
Finally, a way to draw the people boxes 😭
This was so succinct! Thanks for putting it all together!!
Great tutorial. I never use grease pencil but I do use the 3d modeling part of the program. If you learned how to model, you can literally save time by importing the model into clip and pressing a button and it draws the lines for you. cheers
Thank you so much!! I’ve been trying to do stuff like this for awhile
This was such a cool video!! I will definitely keep all this in mind when I start making comics :0
Hope it can be helpful to ya dude! 💖
This is really cool and cute! It kind of gives me Bendy and the Ink Machine vibes❤
this is the coolest thing I've ever seen. now I want to drop everything else I'm doing and just start messing with blender, lol
it's a good start to enjoying Blender for you :O) well done
Game-changer. Up till now I've been trying to make primitive sculpts of rooms as comic reference.
whoa what a cool channel this is
i love blender and ive been trying to learn 2d art so im definitely gonna sub
ps: you can get a completely front on orthogonal view if you left click the xyz letters on the 3d gizmo on the upper right corner of the viewport
ohh the animation at the start is so cute
I needed this thank you so much!
Thank you for the video. Now I want to try blender being a digital artist too
yes. yes. very yes. yeah!
The house you drew reminds me a lot of Vincent Van Gogh’s yellow bedroom painting :3