The brushes are LIIIIVEEEE! Get them here: ergojosh.gumroad.com/l/pshfr Check out the extended tutorial for them here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ruB8ZMdmkq-vm5c.html

This is just the difference between optical color mixing VS physical color mixing. When the color particles or pigments are dry in the canvas giving the optical illusion of a new color by proximity is the same thing as if these particles mix in the wet medium, for example linseed oil; (or mixer brush in the case of digital). The first is Dry mixing, the second is wet mixing. What matters is that the edge control and value and temperature changes are on point. The blending brush is not bad itself, but that a lot of intermediate artists abuse the blending tool and mix colors in their canvas instead of choosing a palette beforehand. Artists that are not aware of the importance of value, temperature and edges are the cause of muddy colors, not the brushes themselves. The other issue is: a lot of digital painting programs make it hard to add the randomness of the physical canvas. And it is very hard to be aware of the difference between wet and dry brush strokes when one has never had the experience of oil or acrylic painting. So what we do digitally is to "mimic the effect" without the mental idea of why the effect happens in the first place: In traditional oil painting the artists starts with very wet paint and physical mixing and proceeds in later layers with thick dry paint and optical mixing because this helps oils dry faster and ensure that the painting will last longer. "dry over wet" Is the mantra of the oil painter!

Isolated in the deserts of the sahara😅

That’s so cool! Honestly, I remember that as an Art baby I used to blend wayyy too much. It took me a long time to realise that it’s the different patches of unblended colours that really make something look so beautiful. Thank you for your videos, as always. It was a good reminder for me to also slow down and take my time with my art. The process of it is just so much fun ❤

I just see red and blue dots and then you put purple dots next to it.......

i always wondered how you spend so much time into a illustration even when im excited about drawing something after 5-7 hours of drawing i just want to start illustrating a new thing

.... I must have fallen on my head. I'm a former art director for film and TV, and I see red and blue dots next to purple dots. They don't automatically blend for me visually.

Very interesting video! Love how the line work has this old school comic printed effect. But what fascinates me all the time is how people see color very differently. For example, when you said the red and blue dots look similar to the purple ones, they looked suuuper different to me. It is amazing how the same piece of art can be so unique to everyone!

I love how just excited about the whole process you are. such and amazing artist and still just so genuine about it all thanks for sharing

Now you´re talking! You got right to the point. I love to use glazing in acrylic painting, watercolors and even colored pencils, and do expressive strokes of different colors, side by side. I used to blend everything so long , that it turned to muddy mess. Now my style is evolving ( I hope for the better). I´m not yet an expert on this but it´s so great to hear you talk about this. It´s really important .

loving the process is more important than loving the outcome, I think.

Ergo did it again, when the world needed him the most he delivered 💯💯💯

Beautiful. Art is so fun. It’s us who’ve turned it into a competition and a way of getting ahead of others. We’ll learn a lot if just slow down, and enjoy it , play with it and then we’ll actually learn to appreciate the small and simple things. And how important they can be

Love the new edits😍. This is such a good video, I always over smudge since I started digital art

yes! i figured this out recently and i’ve been using it non stop!

I always try to do my art with texture variations, and depths with shadow and highlights to elevate my art so it doesn't feel flat and lifeless; but also to spice things up and add originality.

The best artist and teacher

As much as your content is Amazing as much as your skills, what really really make me adore your videos is your enthusiasm. Like How youre Just doing your thing and suddendly "YO LOOK WHAT I DID" like The space braids, and thats pretty much How i usually feel when i draw

Thank you so much for this video!

Thank you as always for this! would love a vid on how you starting making yourself into a business. Marketing stuff is so scary

Absolutely so much inspiration. I have pro create but havent use it yet because it fell in intimidating, but love the work Josh

Wow, Nice Bro. I really like the Space Braids, those colors on her hair where Magnificant.

oh, that explains why I loved my charcoal/crayon brushes so much! I miss them, I lost them because my old hard disk broke a year ago, and I fell in a slump thanks to never finding a substitute for those brushes...

Love your set up. That iPad enclosure is really convenient looking 😀

Top tips. Great video.

Another great informative video, and I love the humor added to it!

love how you got excited about the "spacebraids"🤣 love your amazing work !

yooo that painting you showed is fantastic

Issa holy brush pack! 😆❤️‍🔥

I should start using texture tools for my pieces so the characters feel more organic. I've been using a custom pencil tool on procreate so I can get that "as close to traditional" feeling and also get that "natural texture feels" because I'm lazy haha. Thank you Josh! (:

Josh is showing us his famous friend "hands". Such a talented entity who is talking to us through the video. Hopefully "Hands" can appear in more of your videos Josh!!!!

ERGO WENT BLUE ERGO WENT BLUE

10/10 so inspired!

Holes and halftone, I did make custom brushes for my program where the brush doesnt cover a solid color. things like rake brushes blend color really well and you can get interesting textures too.

watcing dude get so excited at the end ahaha so wolesome

I understood the concept but couldn’t see the execution with purple example😅. Thanks for the tips👍🏾

Also did you ever release the procreate corse? Great video btw.

Thank you, love it

It’s also a style choice. There is such a case as ‘overusing’ or ‘misusing’ the blending tool. Such as messing up tone, transition or colour accidentaly where as when used correctly you don’t mess up these things. Smoother more ‘digital’ styles are different but not necessarily better or worse. It’s just a different style. Brushwork and texture heavy styles are wonderful yes but so are smoother more simlistic styles. The style is also effected by the time tthe artist wishes to take. An extremely detailed /textured style is a ridiculous idea for a hand drawn 2d animated project. Simlified can also read faster and work better for sequential art such as comics. A highly detailed and beautifuly rendered style can work against the point of the story and tone. Using a beautiful hyper textured/rendered style for a slapstick comedy wouldn’t work well (except for sudden panels/stills to create comedy). What is the purpose of the art? How does it tell its story? What style of rendering best conveys the feelings? Simplified art is also beautiful in its elegance and simplicity sometimes less is more. Detailed textured art is also beautiful in its complexity. The artist conveys emotion in the use of texture and brushstrokes. ‘Oil paint’ style with hard and lost edges the abstracted textures that convey depth and realism while also being u feast if when zoomed in. Great for a painting or still illustration made for the sake of beauty. Or for a single still storytelling non comedic artwork such as a book cover,movie poster, or other story telling painting. One is not better than the other its when and why. I understand the click baity tittle but still a bit cringe… Personally I love Pocreates blending engine but it’s more about how and when to use blending and when not as well as the style you are working with. Often for a more ‘oil painting’ or brushstroke/traditional style don’t blend much or at all. But for a more intentionally digital or simple less textured style (semi realism but not cell shading) blending tool is perfect.

Hey josh, wondering how you’re propping your sketchboard-like stand up at that angle?

That moonlander half moon looks so cool, does it work well with the procreate app if so is it simple to setup and map the keys?

I think you just became an art god

I really love your echo painting. Could you do Jinx painting in the same style?

3:21 no. Bro, you need thicker glasses lmao

Will the brushes work with an older version of procreate?

Do you plan to make a book anytime soon?

What would you recommend for a better blending engine for ipad?

Reminds me of “The Expanse” when the virus infection was activated.

Video summed up: Digital artist find out how analogous coloring and printing tools work

2:53 Damn my colour-blind eyes! Would actually love some tips on how somebody who is colour-blind should/could pick colours better. Never get the skin tone right and everything always seems just a little bit off, like I think I choose a colour that I see in my mind as the skin or hair or clothing colour I'm aiming for, but it's always wrong in some way compared to what I imagined.

Hole..Hole…Holess🎅😂🤣😅😅

Why is your channel icon blue now?

Josh: HOLES! Me: Josh you sussy baka you, * cough * teach me all your secrets

Where did you get the sketchboard for you Ipad? It looks like it is made of wood?

Uuuugh, I LOVE that as an artist we continue to live and learn! 🥹🥹 i am still working on digital programs (I am mostly a coloured pencil artist) and have started using rake brushes and halftones, which has been an absolute blast! Nice work on this video!

Is that sketchslate??👀👀👀

I have a question, can I use those same brushes in Clip Studio If I buy the ergoRedux?🤔

Recently I noticed that when I paint in procreate with big soft brushes I see some color aberration or multiple small layers that seem like color aberration. Is that normal? Is there a way to fix that? In photoshop that thing doesn’t happen.

wait wait... no Ipads where harmed, but what about Josh? We need to know if Josh is well and hydrated!

And here i am. Wondering all the time, why my digital work looked allways so muddy after blending it....

❤

3:08 emulates cmyk traditional printing?

S P A C E B R A I D S

Right it just gets muddy if you only smudge

did you use text to make the rake scrape brush?

Principle: Opaque is illusion. Using moiré, offsets? Shadows are not a single color.

Did you time the videos to ads? Or forget to add the sponsor? Lol cause it went instantly to “alright we’re back from a short little break for ads” for me. I’m on KZfaq premium so maybe it was for mid roll ads?

5:32 THICCBRUSHES lol

Is that not the sketchboard pro?

14:22 “Could you stop talkin about ya holes, you making us feel uncomfortable” - ???

🙂👍🙋🏻‍♂️

Color you master not. Master you the color.

First 🎉☺️

Not the classic clickbait title...

Artist may hate this but I hate video titles like this 😜

ohhhh the clickbait....

What’s with the hands while talking?

No thanks

Whats the naame of the drawing table you use