Colour theory is all you need for that. This location doesn’t exist.

Practicing shapes no matter how you do them is all about repetition. Everything I paint I’ve painted a hundred times in real life before they’re added to my visual library.

Yes, sounds like a loud heavy metal band. My first procreate piece was a piece of cake because I bought the ipad for myself as a bd gift.

I highly recommend doing these in the order of “Sky” THEN “Building” sky subject is used to teach all the fundamentals of digital painting from scratch. “Building” uses and expands on the techniques learned in the first course and they’re applied to more complex building project. To keep the information as easy as possible to implement the same lessons are not repeated in these two courses and the content was planned to teach digital painting from zero. Despite sky being the project topic in the first project it really is just a vehicle to teach composition and techniques for all kinds of art. This is clearly stated in several parts of the first project. The checklist method taught in “Sky” is referred to every time a composition problems are highlighted and fixed in “Building”. Hope that answers your question.

@@angrymikko I just bought the course and I'm trying to follow along but I feel lost. Where is the round plus brush? I think the second lesson is the block-in and I'm not even sure what I should be doing. whatever i'm doing isn't working to be as clouids. I'm not sure if this is how the course is or i'm the one who's missing something. Are the files you're working on during the tutorials available? As a beginner to this I'm not following through if it makes sesne. Can you give me some guidance please?

@Nihhuz Hey there. The brush is the first one in the Sky Master Brush set. You can find that download in the bottom of the course materials. I recommend using that for the block-in phase and if you’re having trouble between 2 & 3 I’ve included the entire process between them in “extra materials” where you can see the block in come together. Don’t worry about making mistakes in that part as the composition errors covered are meant to look for them after your block in is done. It’s important to not take that phase too seriously. Work at 100% opacity with as big of a brush you feel comfortable with. I didn’t edit out anything in the block-in bonus materials part because I wanted to show that I did 2 whole block-ins before I settled on the 3rd one. For colours you can use any of the palettes that come with the course but they can all be changed when you start “How to choose colours”. I hope this helps and if you have any questions let me know 🐻

This year this video has generated 7€ of profit, which after takes is 3rd of one day’s lunch for me. The ads are not placed by me they are automatically placed by KZfaq for videos that have monetization turned on. I wish I could but currently it is not possible to make videos without the income from those ads. I understand how that might be really frustrating. Personally I pay for yt premium be a I don't have time to watch any ads ever and I use their music service + I often listen to videos or music with my phone locked. I understand your frustration with the amount of ads I just wanted to point out what the situation is like from the creator side of things. Just to make a single video like this is only possible because of thousands of euros I’ve invested in the hardware and software to reach this level. Many of those costs are subscriptions too. I wish yt was a bit more chill with the ads for non premium users but sadly I have absolutely no say in that process at all.

The second part with the colour exercise and free downloads to do it is already here : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrZgkqd5v7vPc40.htmlsi=Po3aheS8qJiuPLdh

Happy to hear that! I’m so happy to finally be able to share it after working on it since last summer.

All of the brushes in the Best of -set are ones that I use most frequently. Almost always I only use one brush per painting. I choose the tool based on how much character fits the idea and what is the fastest one for the piece I’m working on.

Same company. Ig, threads, fb and WhatsApp all work by selling your information.They are allalso owned by meta. Same goes for every platform that is free. If you are not paying for the product you are the product.

@@angrymikko aww man....are there any platforms to go to post and follow art?

This is the best news I’ve heard all day 🐻

I do feel like the communication with other artists is a bit different. They are more likely to comment and ponder on the technical aspects of artwork. Discussions with general people involved are more likely to go into how they experience or interpret the work. There’s definitely value in both types of discussions and communities.

I believe it's important to understand your learning style, but art classes still require a structured curriculum. Balancing freedom with necessary skills is a challenge for both art students and teachers. When creating concept art classes, I aim to give students the freedom to approach assignments while providing the structure needed to develop skills for their final projects. I'm not saying I'm perfect at this, but I try. Some assignments are, however, so fundamental that they just cannot be skipped. I have one colour swatch exercise that most of my students probably hate, but it's so effective that I don't think I'll ever remove it from the curriculum. At best, I can work on making it more fun. There's always something to learn even when it comes to art teaching.

Could the heavy traffic just be a massive strain on the server they have for all of the users right now? That could lead to the slow loading too.

In every community, communication goes both ways. If you ignore the people giving you attention, they will do the same. But I also understand that sometimes priorities change. If I'm working on a client project under a tight deadline, I tend to go fully offline to get the job done. Some people can multitask ongoing conversations with painting, but for me, it's one or the other. My concentration doesn't have bandwidth for both simultaneously.

“Post list” sounds organised. I’m going to do this as well and use it to streamline my posting process across platforms.

There was a big scandal some years ago when someone was selling prints in a gallery of famous Instagram photographers' posts. He was abusing a loophole in the TOS at the time. The legal jargon is there only to protect Instagram, not the users or their work.

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I feel uncomfortable seeing so many brush sets be advertised with just AI images. It makes everyone who puts a lot of effort into creating tools for painting look bad because we are in the same category. I can only hope some people can appreciate the sets that have been tested through actual painting but who knows. If this information war is decided by volume then people like me have no chance to be seen. I can’t paint 30pieces in a day.

@@angrymikko I understand your point. I feel like real work isn't always valued because a lot of people want to make it easy for themselves. That's sad. But I have hope that there are still a lot of people like us who appreciate hard work and choose it. That's why I will always discuss with authors who choose AI Art as a book cover. Nobody of them considers that entire existences depend on painting or design work and that, above all, that is what the money is worth.

@@RosenRotInk no one asked, but here are my 2 cents: I believe Artists will always care for Art. But unfortunately Art is not decided only on the opinion of the Artists. What does make art, Art? The artistry behind it of course, but also the critics, the general public and the buyers. If the focus changes slightly from the artistry, and is being pushed towards something different, like we are currently seeing with the commercial interest there is in AI, shortly after AI works will be art because there will be echonomic pressure to be so, critics will praise towards the economic interests, and the general public and the buyers will want since it will be cheaper and of easier access. Lately I've been demotivated to draw (not that I'm an artist, but it's an hobby i love) just because it's not valued anymore. With my 5 yo niece, I've shown her how to make an animation, and i just did the exercise of drawing a ball bouncing in a pile of sheets of paper. Then I showed her how to do the same animation of the bouncing ball using Krita, frame by frame animation. But shortly after she shared in our whatsapp family group an animation of one of her characters, dancing and bouncing. Again, a 5 yo child was able to do a "more complex" animation than a 45 yo man. I do think those that create, the artists, either using canvas and brushes or using pens and displays, will always value the art that is made by humans. Also a group of people that understand what is behind a piece will respect and praise the artist. But in the end AI will gather a larger group of supporters, because in the end with AI all can be their own artists, in the end it may not be a good piece of art, but it may be just good enough. As for me, I can only say I will continue to look for artists to follow online, like Mikko. The only chance we have to stop AI is to boycot AI, and spread the word. Not focusing only on the creation of drawings, but AI is also attacking on writing, music, video, only the people can make this stop. Boycot the AI generating apps at all costs, call for awereness to your friends and family. I fear we won't stop it but maybe we can slow AI. Sorry for my rant, got lost in it somehow!!!

I guess for most people, Cara would be more like a portfolio-type resource in addition to the other online content and not a replacement for stuff like IG. Please correct me if I am wrong; this is just my assumption of what most are doing.

This is actually a misconception. Contrary to popular belief, artists also consume art! In fact, when I took commissions, most of my clients were other artists and creatives! Also, there are art enthusiasts and art industry professionals on Cara as well. So its a great place even if you just want to see great human made art. Just wanted to dispel the notion that one needs to "pander to the masses" in order to get commissions, because in my experience and the experience of many other artists, its not true.

It's my mistake that I wasn't clearer on this, but for me, it's specifically companies that buy my concept art services. I can only talk on my own behalf, but at least here, it is not possible to do commissions for individuals as a job. The cost of a painting would simply be too high. In the last ten years, I’ve done a commission for an individual client only once, and even then, it was under 800€, meaning that I made it a loss for myself. Basically if all my commissions would be priced like that I would simply run out of money to both live and keep this channel running. Commissions are a very different beast as a side hustle. 800€ would be good money on top of a normal salary and I don’t want to diminish that in any way. I have never received a commission through one of the artist-only communities over the years. All of my work has come through just people bumping into my art or other companies referring work to me because I’ve worked with them in the past. Everyone’s target audience is different as is the cost of living where you are so this is not intended as general advice but just my own perspective based on my work history.

@@kurai_sen7065 Oh, it kind makes sense to some point, thanks!

@@angrymikko Thanks, at the end of day, "will it make a living" is a problem we all should think about. I think "portfolio-type" you said already make sense to me, so thanks again!

Yes I forgot Happy Pride to everyone from me as well. I should do something 🏳️‍🌈themed while I still can. Usually always lose a bunch of subscribers when I do it so I definitely want to keep doing that tradition 😌🐻

As low as our expectations for Meta were somehow they still manage to limbo under that bar. They also are bringing unskippable video ads to the feed.

I’m all ears for suggestions, too. Artstation is out because the staff removed tons of posts about Russia attacking Ukraine. Their investors and offices are in Russia. So they are deep in Putin’s pocket. It just seems like social media platforms have reached the level of terrible now that they are building an opportunity for someone to make a system that is just less evil and respects their users a tiny bit. The bar is getting really low for an alternative option to look enticing to general public. And who knows Cara might make it through this. I'm certainly rooting for them at this point 🐻

Sometimes I forget to post my art on all the places I’m on right now 😅 is Mastodon still a thing?

@@angrymikko To me at least it is. Just shared your video there and it is the only social network where I get regular positive/likeable/humane interactions. Do you have an account? I'd Love to follow you there.

and lovely painting as always!

Thanks : ) 🐯