KZfaq can be a bit challenging as a new creator. But I like making videos, it helps me connect with more people I can fit into my classes at once. Last week I had a student who was struggling with clouds but now in the future I can point at my cloud walkthrough and have some concrete help without derailing the entire curriculum for one individual. It’s a small channel but I’m very happy with the way it has worked so far :)

Not that long to go anymore \o/

Haha now you have 70K 😃 good work!!!

Wow he grew a LOT

...and here we are 3 years later at 179K!

oleander starr this is the first time I’ve used this setup for filming and I ran into audio sync issues. KZfaq is definitely much harder than I initially thought it would be and through this experience I’ve learned to appreciate the people who make this look so effortless. It’s also kinda fun to learn this stuff and there’s definitely a creative element to the process so I’m not complaining :) 🐻💖

My pleasure 😇

well, you were right :P

My pleasure 😇 glad that people have seen this I was a bit anxious about changing the focus on the finishing touches since it’s not what my viewers are used to

John Gabriel Reyes Thanks for taking the time to write a comment. That really does help small channels like mine. Hope you found some inspiration to create more art. The point of this video was to show that the whole thing looks pretty bad before those final tweaks that bring the mood in. I see a lot of concept art students in my classes and there isn’t really a huge skill gap between me and them. It’s really just about being okay with the painting looking quite bad before the final tweaks and not going overboard with the saturation and contrast before that. In short confidence and can-do attitude is essential skill to painting and that’s why it’s a topic I cover in a lot of my videos. I literally tell myself “I can do this” when my painting looks hopeless and I get those moments all the time. You kinda have to learn to be your own cheerleader to make it to the end.

aww thank you =)

Thank you 💖🐻

I appreciate that! This is one tough platform seriously. Normally I'd be all for it if people want to post their art on the internet or are thinking of starting an art ig account but for someone starting a yt channel I'd probably shake them and ask if you have a REALLY strong reason to create it because this stuff is HARD. i'm not kidding.

Thank you. I already uploaded the video for my whole cloud process. Some talk on the differences between clipping masks and layer masks in there too since they’re quite important in that one way of painting clouds. (Obviously there’s endless ways to paint them besides that one that is in the stream)

It’s already in the live-streams section:)

Hey, thanks!

I did a whole session of painting clouds and the techniques used in them as a livestream. It’s only about painting clouds so I thought showing literally every brush and clipping mask tip in the same thing would be best. Might do a shorter more condensed package later. Thank you for the feedback, I almost forgot about that one :)

Thank you :) took a bit longer than I expected. Tbh I wanted this to be in the previous video but I guess it’s good that I got a chance to go over the editing phase separately. 🤷‍♂️

Picking a brush is super easy, keeping out of the brush menu after that is the hard part.

Thank you. I figured out a way to fix the glitch in this default brush just few days ago. I think I should talk about it in a future video. It has a lovely texture but the rainbow fringes it creates by default are pretty damn distracting to me.

Hey, it’s already on my channel :) it’s a pretty dense livestream because I went through masks and clipping masks in the same session. That stuff should be useful for painting in general too 🐻

@@angrymikko Nice! I didn't realize this was an old video when it popped up in my feed, or I'd have gone to look for it. Twitter is make old people like me confuse. :)

This is one reason why I've taken my time in making my own brush set for sale. I really wanted them to be ones that I can make an entire painting with and I also wanted to make enough videos where I point to brushes that are already in the app for free. Nobody NEEDS my brushes I'd hate to be the reason why someone complicates their painting process.

Tom Townsend Hey thanks for the feedback and that’s a good idea for it’s own video on trees. It’s a bit experimental one but the technique I try for foliage in “花見” is pretty solid way to approach how to tackle simplifying lighting when it comes to trees. If I were to paint a tree that is so close to the camera then that technique is definitely what I would definitely use.

My livestreams are in real time and they're all on this channel. Whenever I do real-time tutorials they don't tend to do so well as normal uploads.

@@angrymikko already clicked on subscribe and found that vids you mentioned. Will check them out today, or at least one... they are long :) What i most like on your pictures are the light and shadows, that's where i struggle the most. Yours look so alive, so great, like there is a real sun shining onto things. Mine tend to look rather flat and boring.These colors here... f...k yeah man! i can almost feel them! i also tend to loose my self in endless zooming like you described in this video. i just can't stop it. i hope one day i become as good as you. You've got some serious talent, or skills, or both. I think everyone is able to learn this things here, but i takes forever... i started so long ago, but i always loose the drive to go on at a picture if it does not turn out like i imagined it. :(

If that gets you to make more art there’s certainly nothing wrong with that. It’s not lazy not to use tons of brushes. I specifically meant that when learning to paint like my students are at that phase, not getting caught up on what brush to use definitely speeds up learning how to use brush strokes. And I don’t mean just by days but it can speed up the process by years. Going for a textured brush instead of sticking to the same brush is sometimes the difference of that artist finding their own way of painting or using pre-made stamps in their paintings. Just taking that option completely out of the equation can be hard for someone used to a big library to lean on but it’s eventually liberating and can let the painting speak with the artist’s own unique voice.

@@angrymikko Okay I see your point. I just like to say one way isn't "better" or "the only way" because it insults artists who use different methods and I don't think that's right. Some people do matte painting and photobashing; I don't think that's wrong or "inferior" just different to painting every stroke. Nor do I think its wrong to use only one brush or a few. Nor wrong to use many. I think its a "there is no ONE right way" and "to each their own". I feel people can be impressionable and implying one way is "the correct way" When artist have their own styles and goals. Each person has to decide their methods and whether they feel okay with "stamps" and photo textures or not. I agree that limiting yourself to fewer brushes can help you learn how to paint it more directly yourself better; and be less dependent on special effects brushes. But what if an artist doesn't care if they ARE "dependent" on these things; but likes the speed, style, look and end result of using these effect, stamps and photo textures? You see the truth is I agree that it speeds up learning and painting skill. I disagree with the implication other methods are inferior. I personally like a variety of methods and mixed media myself and Love when tips are given phrasing "for THIS style" or "for this look" or "this is how I choose to do it that doesn't mean its the only way" I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say. I mean no insult. Your work was inspiring, beautiful and masterful and made me think of a dream I had last year. Keep up the great work!

Luckily I’ve gotten a bit better at making videos these days. This one is just uh painful for me to watch now

@@angrymikko I actually am a big fan of your videos and your artwork process but regardless thank you for the content and for posting 😭🙌🏼🙌🏼