You are one of those artists that can make a painting of a seemingly mundane object look really thrilling. Like when you were painting that dink on top of the pumpkin, I was feeling a rise of adrenaline, like yeahh that edge variation and nice texture read is looking awesome. As a lassobro myself (a digital cowboy?), I'll be studying this video closely and repeatedly.

That intro was the greatest I've ever seen.

An interesting tip, if you press crtl+H while it is selected, the selection becomes invisible, so these dotted lines do not obstruct the view and the selection remains the same

ignored this video the first time it was recommended to me because i really hate that "clean" look you were talking about and the lasso tool usually is the culprit of that. but it came on my auto play while i was playing and rly liked it! ty for all the tips!

Wait, someone left a negative comment on an art tutorial about something arbitrary and kind of bizarre? Thats CRAZY, never seen that before 🤔

I'm usually very skeptical with art tutorials on KZfaq because of the abundance of amateur work but when I saw those warcraft posters and headed straight to your instagram, I knew I was gonna learn some real shit. Went to this video thinking I'll learn more lasso techniques but actually ended up becoming more confident on moving my palette value and hue around more.

It's crazy how so much of your actions and strokes seem completely random but makes so much sense in the full context of the final piece. Like for example the way you shaded the stem makes complete sense but when you were doing it, I was really wondering what was going on.

Never realised how uncomfortable drawing was for me until I started drawing with the lasso and realised I don’t care about my art being smooth or clean! It’s all about emotion and metaphors!! My art has never felt more free :]

All this time I've been going back and forth between my darks and my lights to try and get a crisp edge... A new tool has been added to my arsenal today... I will be forever grateful.

This is the literal lesson I've been searching for. This isn't just about the lasso tool this is about refining colors and how to shade organic shapes properly.

This is one of the things i struggle a lot with, growing up i wanted my art to look very digital, like the others, and now i want more of a painty feeling to them and i'm slowly unlearning a lot of things i've learnt in the past, what you've emphasized about the layers is going to help a lot for me in the future and i will definitely try to add that in my compositions, plus watching you implement colours in your art the way you do has given me a few ideas on how i want to add things in my own art. Make it more interesting too - thank you !

I’ve seen a lot of artists use the lasso/ pen tool to block in flat colour for raster work; I’ve always used the pen tool myself in Illustrator and Affinity Designer for a similar approach

Lasso tools is especially important if you like to use soft edged brushes like airbrush a lot. It's really handy for creating and maintaining hard edges. Another think I like to do is freehand selecting and doing a reverse circular gradient for creating quick round shading on a form.

I'm tackling the fundamentals right now so i'll definitely be checking your guide :D

Dude, Torn from the Heavens again LMAOOOO. Makes me crack up every time 😂

The LOR background slaps, would love to see all the pieces u made for the game!

One of the things thats prevented me from really getting into digital art is this sort of layer "gridlock" that you talk about. I also realized that while I like the look of clean art with flat colors and cell shading I actually hate making it 😅 So your videos are exactly what I need. I wish you posted more often, but I understand that you're probably busy with other projects. I just wanted to let you know your videos are appreciated 👍

casually putting out some of the cleanest art content in the scene of watching while eating oatmeal rn

Couldn't of been a better time to hear this advice, as was just riding the high of "lasso and soft brush"

thank you for the educational video, i personally would be interested in the fully opaque brushe guide

😂❤🎉 Love it ! Thanks for the knowledge :) and we want the character full painted :)

I would like to see your whole process if you would paint the rest of this piece and upload it. I think it would be interesting to see you apply the lasso tool and other such techniques throughout the drawing

I love the video! Absolutly nice to see how you work. For me it took awhile to realize I dont have to be super perfect with the lassotool. I often use it to create leaf like shapes to add more details my paintings ;D

Great technique, thanks for sharing! also nice Shaman King poster!

This reminds me of cel shading, but also using a white shalk on black or charcoal on white paper by being able to have a crisp border of shading in traditional drawing!!

I only dabble in digital painting, but this has been useful as I used to spend ages outlining the whole bit. Just focusing down on the bit to be painted has been illuminating. Cheers Forrest - teaching an old dog new tricks.

Tip for others watching, if you want, you can also blur the selection from the lasso tool a bit so it's not so sharp!

hands down my favourite artist right now, loving all the knowledge you provide us

This is like literally a dark art

I'm quite new with digital art and struggling a bit I asked a SUPER, EXTREMELY TALENTED artist friend of mine some advices, and he sent me this video AMAZING help, thank you so much!!! I'm sure this will help my progress a lot! Have a nice week!!! ❤❤

Nailed it out of the park man! Amazing video, need more in my life!

you are phenomenal man, thank you so much for this content

Every video you post is great! Thanks for providing useful information and for making it easy to understand :D

Nice stuff! Thank you! 🙌

Awesome work😀

This is a game changer! I haven't thought of doing it this way before. I cant wait to try this out!

This is really helpful, thank you, Sir

Thank you so much for teaching us this valuable info- even though we might not have all the necessary information that comes with using lasso and airbrush tool it's still extremely valuable because it adds at least some information on how beginners/intermediates can start painting in a different way that they haven't considered. I hope you make more videos on color theory and specifically how to prevent a painting from looking muddy, I know it's probably something to do with value rather than color but it would be a nice addition - given I haven't looked at your other videos yet but I will! You have awesome art advice!! I hope you keep making videos they help alot with art block/feeling down on ones self, at the risk of sounding redundant thank you! And don't listen to those comments that are mean about the intros they're just sour grapes

Forrest! I didn't know you had a channel, what a gem of a video! Cheers from a fellow Crimson Dagger of old

Hi Forrest! I just wanna say that you inspired me to start painting, thank you!

Brother every video you drop is a banger, one of my new favorite art youtubers for sure. I've been feeling that "trapped by layers" and "digital look" about my work that was causing unhappiness, and you voiced the thoughts in my brain in a more clear way hahaha. Thanks again for sharing what you do! I don't think I left a comment on that one, but also hearing about your personal art journey and being able to relate to some of that brought me some relief as well. It means a lot that you take the time to make this stuff! :D

I love spooky so much. This was a great vid, thanks!

you’re such a good speaker and a good artist, great video!

I'm glad youtube recommended this to me. Same for me, I kinda dislike having my art feels too clean, great advice btw.

Very cool, Forrest. Keep it up.

The sketch is so cool!

This guide is actually one of the most helpful I have come across so far! great stuff, thank you

Spooky is by far my favourite artist right now.

This was exactly what I needed

Great video dude

broooooo, just continuee doing vids, but dont tire up yourself probablyy, ur so much an inspirationn, thankss

Thank you for this video, I found it interesting and useful. I was also waiting for you to break out into a weather report at any moment. It was exciting as I anxiously waited to see if you would give us a forecast. Thumbs up!

Super Dope man. I'm trying to getting into painting and thought about abusing the lasso tool, but seeing how you use makes a lot of sense. Thank you for sharing.

love youre not gatekeeping your techniques, I learned a lot. also please paint the whole thing, its cute

Just when i need it, thanks ☺

you've just given me more power, thank you, i'll be sure to use it wisely.

Looks great. Would love to see the complete painting, even if just time lapsed

I never really understood how to use the lasso tool this way, even though I’ve seen this method used by several artists. I feel like this video was the first time I finally understand! I’ll try and learn how to implement it someday in the future!!

love the intro , amazing video

Haha the whole intro is a mood for sure. Great how to vid!~

Thank you for this, it was really helpful :) I liked the pumpkin character and seeing Spooky made my day haha

1:40 minutes in and I just want to say the intro of this video was PERFECT it made me laugh but all the info I need to know was said there. nice!

This is great! I never fully understood the power of the lasso tool until watching this.

OMG u are backkk ❤‍🔥

You're the yotube goat, please keep posting videos like this 💯

I would love if u can do this painting demo in gumroad along with the brush you use, cause i really like the technique in here and would love to know the whole process

8:37 i def thought they said "no place for the IRS" 😂😂

Could you make a video about "how to paint with the layer modes" maybe?

Think you can teach about proportions? The way you drew legs here is really cool!

Great video man, TY. Love your cute dog :)

dont let people effect u, carry on great advice x

just watched 1 second of it and i just want to say hello too

Awesome❤❤❤

i've only been through 6 minutes of the video and he's already managed to make it look rendered

Ah, yes, fellow lasso tool painter! Let's goooo

nice video ❤❤

this was very helpful. I rely on layers too much and I hate how stiff it makes my art look

I've only seen two of your videos, so far. I don't find the intro annoying its fun.

This was such a helpful tip, I really enjoy clean looking art and this technique elevated my workflow a lot! Can I ask what brush you used at the beginning to block in your basic shapes? Been looking for something like that.

You have a really good knowledge of light and colour, did you learn that through tutorials over the years or books?

Good video! Do you recommend beginner painters to use only one layer to learn as well?

bro really made a veigar skin and thought we wouldnt notice

do the intros with your dog :> also nice tips! (and your intro is great, dw about it)

Your full fundamentals bundle is only 20 bucks?! I thought it was gonna be hundreds. That's such a good deal~

Hello! Thanks for teaching this tool. What program you are using?

Great

your intros are cool

Fabulous! How can I get your brushes?

Thanks again for another great vid!

I do wanna see a full painting process for the little Pumpkin guy ;_; Speaking of which, if you haven't seen the movie "Trick 'r Treat", you should. It's a great Halloween horror movie featuring a funny little pumpkin killer boy. But yeah, this lasso tool approach is something I wanna git gud at for sure. I've become a slave to a bajillion layers unfortunately and now I'm looking for ways to get away from that style of painting and be more loose. But at the same time painting with just one layer also feels way too limiting. So I'll have to experiment more with your technique. Any advice on how to best practice getting better at this style of painting? Doing movie still studies with the lasso tool only to master it and then smoothing out the sharp lines?

Curious to know how this workflow impacts paintings with more complex backgrounds. I really like getting to a single layer as fast as possible in my paintings so I don't have to mess with layers. Painting on a single layer feels so liberating. I grew up in the time of Deviantart tutorials (2006ish) and standard workflow back then was to separate EVERY color on its own layer. Actually a legitimate waste of time. I don't even do that for professional work anymore.

Please finish painting and upload a demo! :D

When you're working for a studio or something, don't they require you to like separate everything on layers? Would they still allow you to like do a painterly layer like this or do they want like everything Super clean on a bunch of different layers? so it's easy to make corrections

Something I noticed is you don't use the color picker. I suppose that helps you with color variation

Do u have ur brush set available for ppl to use online?

I think I need to practice making clean line 1st before I can use the lasso tool like you do.. ;w;)

I really didn't want to be the 70th comment, but someone had to do it. Cool video.

I would be really happy for a brush with that Hard and soft side… I'm looking for those brushes for like 3 years now and still can't find a normal one.

i started working on? continuing a design and cleaning my flat ill update in a month

Amazing intro