Character Concepting Process - Loose Sketch to Final Painting

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Game artist Dave Greco brings you into the world of character design and teaches you the basics. Starting from a blank canvas, he sketches a character from scratch and refines it while giving you tips and advice about the direction you can take your characters. You’ll also get more insight into the tools and techniques digital artists use that speed up the process.
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@ProkoTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! You can find more of his work on Instagram - instagram.com/davegreco/

@jpitdrawfessional 3 жыл бұрын

Really loved your videos. Helps me a lot to improve my art. Please help me also. Aspiring youtuber here. Appreciate it. Thank you so much.

@yourpersonalspammer 3 жыл бұрын

Google is blocking your video "Deliberate Practice - The Secret of Getting Good Fast" with an age verification wall. Do you intend to contest that process? This is ART. Not porn.

@user-hf2ci8vc1f 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video that maps the human fat. Thanks proko.

@DaveGreco 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Proko for giving me a shot on here! I hope everyone can take something away from how I bumble through a piece. :)

@ghostpotatoes 3 жыл бұрын

Go Dave! You put out a lot of great free stuff!

@dorcohen9808 3 жыл бұрын

Legit adore your stuff

@hossel_ 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this demonstration! This was super informative, especially the early lighting parts. I really feel this helped me with making my own proccess more effective.

@shottyfins 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Dave. Great to see you and Proko working together. Love your KZfaq video and your Twitch channel.

@Esradel 3 жыл бұрын

I just discovered your channel yesterday through the greyscale to color vid and it was great seeing you on Proko's channel today! Awesome video, thanks for all you do!

@CuriousTrotter 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe Proko managed to get Ryan Reynolds

@MasterTow1994 3 жыл бұрын

When you order deadpool on wish

@Kokose 2 жыл бұрын

@@MasterTow1994 cmon, Dave is more than that, he's too good for wish

@RSidd 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ezekielgrind7152 3 жыл бұрын

Love the way stan's bringing knowledge and artistic intellectuality to the modern world I mean you could pick from a variety of industry professionals to learn from

@emaginenations 3 жыл бұрын

Damn... the fascination of watching a pro work is just something...

@mikeymegamega 3 жыл бұрын

Dave X Proko! YES!!!

@xvgreen8586 3 жыл бұрын

mikeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy mega mega

@dedmen9713 3 жыл бұрын

The mikey lord of the booba

@anumameer1112 2 жыл бұрын

MIEKKKKKKKKY xD

@demeterstidbits7146 3 жыл бұрын

YOU’VE BEEN GETTING EVERYONE ON THIS CHANNEL LATELY LOVE DAVE’S WORK SO MUCH!!!

@brianmartin3871 2 жыл бұрын

I can say this feels like the most art class session I've been in for a years. Right when when I think of a question in my head..theres an approach or answer..I love this style.

@RottenSkull Жыл бұрын

What a charming guy. Thanks again, Proko, for bringing all these artists together to share their knowledge and insights. They are invaluable to aspiring artists

@startpage717 2 жыл бұрын

Like that your background in your studio space is calm. This allowed me to focus on what you are doing....

@linttastic 3 жыл бұрын

Yay Dave!!! His work is awesome, but he's so down to earth and offers so much help and information on how he works. Such a cool dude!

@jodyangel 3 жыл бұрын

I play World of Warcraft. I am fan of the art style. It was fun watching him work. I’m a messy artist at the beginning stages as well. Got inspiration today. Trent Kanuiga is another concept artist I watch here on KZfaq.

@HONCHOSCALES 3 жыл бұрын

Love your work I stopped drawing 3 years ago and now I wanna start so I can advance into animation especially bringing marvel and DC animation into life from comics. But I gotta start doing anatomy and all again but thanks to your stuff, it's a boost

@MetriceBell 2 жыл бұрын

He's a beautiful space pirate vampire uncle. I love the lighting technique. Thank you so much for this tutorial

@DonutGroove 3 жыл бұрын

really like how you used the sketch in the coloring process, I think it preserves much of the original idea/feeling instead of coloring a clean up

@Moffafa 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave for taking the time to cover your workflow, processes, and thoughts while you concept this piece and thanks Proko for always sharing very helpful content such as this.

@gazellemarsh2583 3 жыл бұрын

Stan, I love this art content that you've been putting out. Drawing characters is such a widespread desire for a lot of artists. Learning how to draw characters in different ways is extremely helpful . I appreciate you and Dave's contribution to the art community. I love these character - related videos. Keep them coming.

@76HabeasCorpus 2 жыл бұрын

This is great, I completely get the whole messy start up and finding interesting shapes in the looseness of the initial sketch, that process for me is one of the most exciting parts of drawing a piece of artwork.

@megahiperence 8 ай бұрын

The closed eye was so disturbing that I spent couple minutes observing how closing an eye affects it’s position relatively to the other one so now I know that both parts close almost equally and the line should be where the bottom of the other eye is. It’s funny how I learned it 😂

@momo-xh3bm Жыл бұрын

OMG . Really quick and nice concept work. I love pretty much the lighting did here. ❤

@wisesquirrel4986 3 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to share that I really enjoyed watching this video. Just watching someone else draw and talk about his thought process was incomprehensibly soothing. I don't spend any time on drawing anymore, but this is one the highlights of my day.

@CaptainPecato 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen. Thanks for doing this!

@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947 3 жыл бұрын

The conceptual artist of the conceptuals, I feel at home.

@fabianvanheesewijk 3 жыл бұрын

This might be one of my favorite art tutorials ever.

@simonasfinearts2912 3 жыл бұрын

Dave, I'm so glad that you are showcasing your art on Proko's channel. I'm more of a hands-on artist, but I'll definitely share this video with family and friends who are now trying out digital art.

@linalifox 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Dave for sharing you work process with us, this was so insightful and helpful for artists

@B24moose 3 жыл бұрын

I love my new weird space vampire uncle.

@Nkookdmin-fh5cu 9 ай бұрын

3:10 So basically.. figure out what YOU want, then look for references to properly execute it. Genius!

@lamego1992 3 жыл бұрын

So interesting to see someone so renown being so honest about having "mistakes keeping us company throughout the process". I personally get so lost sometimes into correcting those mistakes and I eventually get stuck with a over-synthetic feeling to the painting. Very interesting breakdown of the process, the comments are really encouraging!

@JeffRolandOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Really fascinating process , playing with these layers is really neat and something else ,when i don't use anysoftware and here i see very well all the fun it brings, thanks Proko

@jrm6872 3 жыл бұрын

I learned a few things from this. 1. don't think about what you're doing 2. don't organize your layers 3. ??? 4. profit

@sophiel2323 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed seeing this process! It's great to see a successful professional with a sketchy, messy, experimental method of working - this is also my preferred way of painting. I have felt pressure to change and be more methodical and clean... but this has helped me feel a lot better about it. :D

@byolomonstar4526 2 жыл бұрын

I freaking loved every stage that went through each part

@GabeWilliams 3 жыл бұрын

Love it! He kind of gives me younger/skinnier Hades vibes.

@raz5307 3 жыл бұрын

i learned a lot from this wow! i know there's a huge chunk of information missing when i watch pro artists do their work, and now that huge gap has been filled thanks to this step-by-step process. this looks a bit messy but it is actuallt very systematic lol idk how to explain. everything just comes off in the right way at the end. thank you so much dave!

@kehmesis 3 жыл бұрын

An absolute joy to watch. Thank you.

@maxalvarez5564 3 жыл бұрын

The character reminds me of something I would see in one of my DnD campaigns, super sick! totally basing an npc on the vibe and attitude I got from this piece, Amazing

@Drawingracoon 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. It really gave me boost to see the process of such artist . I thought i was the only one who figure things out along the way.

@rookbooks6648 3 жыл бұрын

Dave is awesome. Great to see a collab with two excellent artists!

@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 жыл бұрын

I take the color palette and the mess-to-inspire approach! Thank you!!

@di_anso 3 жыл бұрын

yay it's Dave!! I'm so happy to see him here. I voted for him to be one of the guests at the Draftsmen podcast, and I still have hope :D

@nicolafaduku2214 3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Zany-Vampire-Mercenary Strange starting to look hella attractive at 36:30

@sonjamuller9397 3 жыл бұрын

That was so interesting, thanks so much for showing your process.

@PoeartEksund 3 жыл бұрын

I love this! The black and white guy is the older guy looking back to his younger more colourful days. They are so different but i love them both.

@sonaffe2248 3 жыл бұрын

Wow such a great video!! one of my favourites so far, his workflow really resonates with me + he is very likeable and it was great listening to him, while he crafted this magnificent piece with such an ease, really nice video. btw. I like how he paces himself, repeating that he don't want to go too crazy, and I was just like: Gp creazy man, go on! hahah

@slimwicket3568 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man this is amazing! It turned into a whole new thing!

@khaosng1398 3 жыл бұрын

Ah i love Dave's work man, been using his DG Main brush for ages now its awesome

@Vercies 3 жыл бұрын

that was wicked I loved your commentary on where the character was going and what it looked like. I laughed so hard when you put the moustache on. Excellent choice

@BradGqunit 3 жыл бұрын

My main sources of inspiration and education, in a collab video?.. I wasn't ready.

@bushraaa 3 жыл бұрын

Always love your videos 💕💕

@Drew.Hunter.Maker.Artist 3 жыл бұрын

Really cool to see every step of the process!

@Ben-en8pu 3 жыл бұрын

Man I love this tutorial. Thanks for posting it.

@mountainmateen0_o 3 жыл бұрын

This video was absolutely awesome! Thanks you guys. 🙏☺️

@christianklement 3 жыл бұрын

It's so cool to see the process. The narration is super fun aswell

@mimi_j 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing and fun to watch. Really inspired again 🥰

@shottyfins 3 жыл бұрын

Oh awesome. I've been watching Dave on Twitch for a while for both his art and WoW playing :). Great video. I have really been getting interested in concept art and design lately. Thanks for the awesome video Stan. I highly recommend Dave Greco's KZfaq and Twitch channels. It's very interesting to watch him work on his concept art live. Dave: "I'm just putting down some loose scribbles to generate ideas." Me: "Dang that is better than most of my drawings already."

@TANWRLD2010 3 жыл бұрын

I love Dave's art

@christianissick 3 жыл бұрын

Proko this is so good.. the fact that you invited Dave to share his knowledge... I do hope to see Max Grecke someday giving knowledge on your channel someday 🥺🙏🏽

@nicks931 3 жыл бұрын

Mind = Blown In the first 5 minutes. Thanks for the inspiration and information

@renjoyart 3 жыл бұрын

It's really cool to see a professional artist who has just as messy process of drawing as I do :D and I don't think it's very common. But yeah, going with the artistic flow is what makes drawing so fun to me!

@bernardobeghetto5511 2 жыл бұрын

thanks that was really fun to watch!

@antonioblanco3086 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Dave is awesome!

@TK-421_66 3 жыл бұрын

Dave on Proko? Hype

@khannarmurr 3 жыл бұрын

What an incredibly helpful video, thanks!

@paramnesias9198 8 ай бұрын

Excellent teacher and very nice and understandable process. Thank you.

@guilhermesousa227 3 жыл бұрын

my dudes! thanks for inviting dave

@TanyerLamb Жыл бұрын

I love how this inadvertently turned into a portrait of Lemmy. Great video.

@19demian 3 жыл бұрын

this guy inspired me with his process of painting... and as a fan of dave it felt refreshing hear him talk with upbeat bg music 😂

@sunnybran2005 2 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing! Thanks for sharing

@nmahai137 3 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail so familar to me cause the art style then Dave in the video . AH HAH I KNEW IT !

@kyletwebster 3 жыл бұрын

Wow - superb lighting.

@karstafarius 3 жыл бұрын

Dave is my favorite artist

@ExploraByte 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the awsome video, i realy like your style that focus on being free and trusting your instincts!

@designshake8898 3 жыл бұрын

This is so great,thanks !!!

@TheCrazyDcoolest 3 жыл бұрын

This was great and really easy to follow.

@ruffinhead 3 жыл бұрын

Dave is the best

@lemoon_pie 3 жыл бұрын

Love this video so much ^0^ Thank youuu

@krsdivz2378 3 жыл бұрын

It's so refreshing to hear another artist encourage to keep lines loose and to even keep the under drawing. Also learned more about painting ugly. Too many channels emphasizing on "confident" lines. I personally have always liked the look of the loose sketch, and whenever I erased The loose lines in traditional sketching I feel like I've lost something

@DistantDeadWorlds 3 жыл бұрын

I liike this way of work. I like that messy is ok.

@RoseDragoness 3 жыл бұрын

I love the moustache! I think I like it more on part where you start having that moustache than the finished art. The finished art feels too smooth for me.

@TheYarro 2 жыл бұрын

Damn Dave your instruction is priceless and your work is beyond amazing! Thanks for this and proko too! 🔥🙌❤️

@LordMo85 3 жыл бұрын

What a helpful video. Amazing.

@GoroFPSGameplayscomFacecam00 3 жыл бұрын

Dave is awesome!!

@laponiec Жыл бұрын

I love it, someday I will teach myself to paint

@iriso3305 3 жыл бұрын

So inspirational!

@kauePBD 3 жыл бұрын

What a amazing video!

@magicology 3 жыл бұрын

Just...wow. Thank you.

@pdbowman 3 жыл бұрын

good internal/mental process discussion here, thanks

@charlesdube6118 2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie Mister Greco does simplify a lot with his explanation & process... he makes it seem like its attainable for other ''less talented artist like me''

@crios8307 2 жыл бұрын

As a bw style lover, i thank you so much for this tutorial. I never got so comfortable with colours as with grey values, so seeing this process and the result it can get really inspired me to just trust myself a bit more.