Well this has been a journey. After having the c-thing that I can't write here I couldn't talk normally for almost a week. This tutorial was the first thing I recorded once I got my voice back so my apologies if my voice sounds even lower than usual. I'm always beyond anxious when releasing new products on my Gumroad page. Despite using this set for years I ended up fixing and fine-tuning them until this month. Part of me always wants to give up on these projects because putting literally anything on sale comes with about a billion small and big tasks to complete. However, I do have one trick that I have used ever since I started working for myself. I always buy Vivi new treats and more importantly a fancy new dog toy after a new product release. When I inevitably hit that slump where I feel like I really just can't do it. It's easy to motivate myself by telling me that all this work will earn Vivi (my corgi) a new toy in the end. I even remember every toy up to this point: Rat (brushes for painters), Piggy (Skygarden Academy complete break down), Fox (watercolours for bears). I remember one dark moment when I was in a supermarket holding the piggy to motivate myself to finish that process video 😂 I'm sure I looked like someone having a mental breakdown at that moment. I don't know why I'm writing this. I guess I want people to understand that there's a lot more to releasing digital products than just swiping a few files into a folder. I'm excited to see what people will create with these tools. Or even with the information in this video. The purpose of both is to unlock new doors for your creativity and I hope you do that with courage. 🐻
Big thanks to the members of this channel for being so supportive while I was sick. I was a bit worried about doing a silent live stream back when I couldn't talk but it turned out to be one of my favourite sessions in a long while. It was probably because at that point I had been home in quarantine for so long that it was just super nice to chat with you guys again. Looking forward to doing more livestreams again for everyone and for members now that I can. They also allow me to spend a bit more time on painting so I hope to see you in one of those sessions soon =)
The c-thing was the worst. So sorry you went through this, too, Mikko. Excited to dive into this video. I've been loving your channel and videos for quite some time now. And I definitely appreciate learning about Vivi. That's probably one of the sweetest things I've heard related to launching a product. Thank you, Mikko! Much health and good, creative vibes your way!
Rewarding someone ELSE when you finish something is a fantastic way to motivate yourself! I would try the “reward yourself” for finishing a project or task. If the process got bogged down because of nerves or perfectionism, I’d find I didn’t want that thing any more. But something fun or memorable for my cats and dogs? I’m there!
I love you’re Videos by they’ve given me a lot of tips- but the best thing I have ever learned from you is to charge my iPad with a Nintendo switch charger. What a life changer!
Awesome. Happy to hear that :) in illustrations such as this one it really does speed up multiple situations where I need a circle shape of any kind. Slapping it down with a brush takes 3rd of the time it would take to go make a proper quick shape.
You can also create perfect versions of circles or squares by tapping and holding your finger on the screen while having your quick shape activated (by holding the Apple Pencil on the screen). This is an alternative to going into Edit Shape afterwards.
Thanks a lot for the detailed explanations! This video has so many tips that work regardless of the brushes, which is awesome. I bought your set as a thanks and because with your tutorial I finally know how to use the individual ones. So many pro artists forget that beginners (like me) do not have that ingrained knowledge yet how brushes work/how to achieve effects regardless of the brushes. There are way too many pros telling people that all they need is a round brush, yet that requires hundreds if not thousands of practice hours then to achieve certain effects. Simply not realistic for those of us that only want to create art for the fun of it - with no professional aspirations. And then others create their premium brush sets that look great in the pictures but provide 0 explanations how to use them. I’ve bought some that even after hours of lines and doodles I still cannot fully utilize. Thanks for showing a different, better approach! And also kudos for showing your hand trembling. It’s truly inspiring how you adapted your methods and create such stunning artwork regardless!
I have made tons of tutorials on how to utilize brush strokes in painting and as much as anyone might hate to hear this. Round brush is pretty great for those exercises. With any brush set I’m making I usually start with a relatively big number and then I narrow it down to things that serve different purposes and don’t add unnecessary bloat into the toolset. I’d hate to be the reason why someone is spending more time changing brushes and not less. When I made Brushes for Painters I started with 30 brushes that in the end I managed to condense into 10 brushes in the final release. Some features were possible to merge into a single brush and as I was making tons of paintings with them I kept in mind that each one should be enough to do a whole painting without switching a brush even once. Different styles have different needs though. I felt like this set needed a guide for my process so that the purpose of each tool would be easy to understand. I hope you enjoy the set and that it can inspire you to spend more time with your creativity 🐻💕
@@angrymikko I definitely highly appreciate your efforts! It's really rare that an artist of your skill shares so freely and completely the art process. It's really awesome and inspiring! Thanks and have a great day!
I’m really happy to hear that. When putting together a set like this there’s something about sharing it with others that really pushes me to iron out the small issues that I might be able to live with on my own. With this one I learned a lot of new stuff about the brush order and naming that I think makes the set easier to use for someone who is new to using these techniques. Looking forward to the monthly coffee session that starts in a few hours! Haven’t done a vertical piece in a while :)
Hello, I love your tutorials. The brushes are great. I would like it if you could upload the color palettes. I'm pretty bad at drawing, a sketch would be great. Thank you very much, greetings.
thanks Mikko. so grateful for you and love the little glowing dots 🙂 bought the set, not because I need more brushes🤣🤪 but because I want you to buy the boss another toy😆
RiGhT?! I mean that’s the least important part of this tutorial but the editor mikko is pretty much chaotic evil and I couldn’t stop it from happening. If you look at any of my art in this style it’s true though. I attack save those dots for last like they’re candy on my cheat day.
I have an essential tremor, a neurological thing that affects my dominant side. I shake. I’m not an artist but I love to create. My tremor has limited what I can do now. I’m trying to learn art in Procreate because I can stabilize my brush. What I need to learn is brush size and canvas size, how zooming in and out affects realistic brush stroke. Do you have something on that?
Hope this helps you try new ways of making art :) There’s and interesting puzzle aspect to managing composition elements like this and I always find that part fun to figure out. I’ll be doing more livestreams with the set for those who like slower speed than these edited videos.
That was such a fun and interesting video 😍 I love the way you explain things and have so much fun doing it it's highly inspiring and thanks so much for sharing all of that with us! and of course I try the dots brush 😚
Your art is so beautiful and you explained it so well for beginners! I recently started using Procreate to draw characters, but I've always wanted to do something like this. Thanks to you, I finally know how to use that warp tool in other ways and now I know what to do with the textures I downloaded. I didn't think about putting it at the end :O Is there a way though, to draw on top of the texture without the texture disappearing beneath the other layers?
If you want the texture to be on everything simply have it as the top layer. You can keep working on the artwork itself on the layers underneath the texture. If you don’t want it to affect the colour picks you can just turn the visibility off and turn it back on when you’re done. Not sure if I understood the question properly but I hope that helps. And thank you for visiting my channel :)
@@angrymikko Thank you for responding! :D I was trying to figure out this video I saw of someone coloring in a line art but the paper or the base is already textured. They didn't add the texture at the end. It's as if they're drawing on a textured canvas. I tried to make the textured canvas, but then it just disappeared beneath the layers. I guess my question should be, is a textured canvas possible? Or could the person have been drawing underneath a textured layer?
I feel like I’ve said this before. And I continue to say it, but damnit I love you. Your stuff is just so vibrant and surreal, really the stuff I love. It’s very playful. I’d love to do some work inspired by you.
The most expensive part of making videos is storing the materials during the edit. It’s not really the 4k that takes space but to get the colours closer to being right it’s all 10bit 4k which usually takes 1,5 teras per video. This one was a bit under 1T due to the process happening in 2 days. Some 7day procets though need to be sped up midway through otherwise I wouldn’t be able to keep them.
I got it ! I never draw but there's a start to everything I guess. I do have one question tho : how come I only have 26 layers with the same settings as you?
The maximum resolution your files are capable of are restricted by the model of ipad you have. For example the regular ipad is less powerful than the ipad pro, and a newer ipad pro with better specs is more powerful than older models of ipad pro.
Hey there Mikko! I don’t know if you’re still active in comments on this video considering it’s age, but I wonder what your experience has been with color banding and how you handle it. I see you using then Gaussian blur for the blue spatter at the bottom. I’ve found once opacities start getting low, color banding can present a real problem. I’d love to hear from you on this if possible! Thanks so much for your content.
This seems like a good idea for a tutorial. In fact Ive been meaning to make this for some time on the membership side but I think I wi make it a public video instead since it’s such a common occurrence.
I follow a lot of artists who make content, and I can’t say I’ve seen them address color banding in their digital work, and how they resolve it or what workarounds they use. Color banding can really be the bane of a digital artist’s process. I’m sure many of us would be grateful for that kind of video, given the current scarcity. Appreciate the response to my comment!
The only thing with the new iPads that matters is the amount of ram they have. Ram comes in 2 varieties based on the amount of storage the model has. When choosing a new iPad don’t miss this detail when considering which one to get. M1s can be more powerful than M2s if the version has more ram the same way M2 can have more ram than the
No chance of the latter happening. It would have to be redesigned from ground up to work on any non touchscreen. Even a Mac version is not coming because of that.
Hey Mikko. I have a problem with one Apple Pencil. I accidentally missed it several times and noticed that when you slowly draw with it, the line turns out to be wavy, although I led the pencil evenly. what do you think this is for?
Sounds like this could be a hardware issue if it’s happening in multiple programs. If it’s not fixable by re-connecting the device then it might be best to contact the store you bought it from.
Sounds like you could easily use bigger canvas sizes then. Having a few extra layers before hitting the ceiling is always a good safety net even if you don’t feel like you need them. Personally I always leave about 5-10 layers extra before I hit the limit just in case I need to make big colour edits.
@@angrymikko yeah the color edit layers are definitely a majority of most peoples layers lol. It is a good idea to have extra layers no matter the workflow.
Well this has been a journey. After having the c-thing that I can't write here I couldn't talk normally for almost a week. This tutorial was the first thing I recorded once I got my voice back so my apologies if my voice sounds even lower than usual. I'm always beyond anxious when releasing new products on my Gumroad page. Despite using this set for years I ended up fixing and fine-tuning them until this month.
Part of me always wants to give up on these projects because putting literally anything on sale comes with about a billion small and big tasks to complete. However, I do have one trick that I have used ever since I started working for myself. I always buy Vivi new treats and more importantly a fancy new dog toy after a new product release. When I inevitably hit that slump where I feel like I really just can't do it. It's easy to motivate myself by telling me that all this work will earn Vivi (my corgi) a new toy in the end. I even remember every toy up to this point: Rat (brushes for painters), Piggy (Skygarden Academy complete break down), Fox (watercolours for bears). I remember one dark moment when I was in a supermarket holding the piggy to motivate myself to finish that process video 😂 I'm sure I looked like someone having a mental breakdown at that moment.
I don't know why I'm writing this. I guess I want people to understand that there's a lot more to releasing digital products than just swiping a few files into a folder.
I'm excited to see what people will create with these tools. Or even with the information in this video.
The purpose of both is to unlock new doors for your creativity and I hope you do that with courage. 🐻
Big thanks to the members of this channel for being so supportive while I was sick. I was a bit worried about doing a silent live stream back when I couldn't talk but it turned out to be one of my favourite sessions in a long while. It was probably because at that point I had been home in quarantine for so long that it was just super nice to chat with you guys again. Looking forward to doing more livestreams again for everyone and for members now that I can. They also allow me to spend a bit more time on painting so I hope to see you in one of those sessions soon =)
Love these brushes. Glad I was an early bear. Thank you Mikko.
The c-thing was the worst. So sorry you went through this, too, Mikko. Excited to dive into this video. I've been loving your channel and videos for quite some time now. And I definitely appreciate learning about Vivi. That's probably one of the sweetest things I've heard related to launching a product. Thank you, Mikko! Much health and good, creative vibes your way!
Rewarding someone ELSE when you finish something is a fantastic way to motivate yourself!
I would try the “reward yourself” for finishing a project or task. If the process got bogged down because of nerves or perfectionism, I’d find I didn’t want that thing any more.
But something fun or memorable for my cats and dogs? I’m there!
Thank you for taking care of beginners needs! We need your lessons to get us started!
More to come!
I love you’re Videos by they’ve given me a lot of tips- but the best thing I have ever learned from you is to charge my iPad with a Nintendo switch charger. What a life changer!
Lol glad I could help with that. Honestly the apple ones are just too damn expensive for me.
Love the little dots - just made my first brush thanks to your mini tutorial!! Thanks!
Awesome. Happy to hear that :) in illustrations such as this one it really does speed up multiple situations where I need a circle shape of any kind. Slapping it down with a brush takes 3rd of the time it would take to go make a proper quick shape.
You can also create perfect versions of circles or squares by tapping and holding your finger on the screen while having your quick shape activated (by holding the Apple Pencil on the screen). This is an alternative to going into Edit Shape afterwards.
Im so thankful finding your channel. Your paintings and tips makes starting my own art less daunting and feel so much freedom!
Thanks a lot for the detailed explanations! This video has so many tips that work regardless of the brushes, which is awesome. I bought your set as a thanks and because with your tutorial I finally know how to use the individual ones.
So many pro artists forget that beginners (like me) do not have that ingrained knowledge yet how brushes work/how to achieve effects regardless of the brushes.
There are way too many pros telling people that all they need is a round brush, yet that requires hundreds if not thousands of practice hours then to achieve certain effects. Simply not realistic for those of us that only want to create art for the fun of it - with no professional aspirations.
And then others create their premium brush sets that look great in the pictures but provide 0 explanations how to use them. I’ve bought some that even after hours of lines and doodles I still cannot fully utilize.
Thanks for showing a different, better approach!
And also kudos for showing your hand trembling. It’s truly inspiring how you adapted your methods and create such stunning artwork regardless!
I have made tons of tutorials on how to utilize brush strokes in painting and as much as anyone might hate to hear this. Round brush is pretty great for those exercises.
With any brush set I’m making I usually start with a relatively big number and then I narrow it down to things that serve different purposes and don’t add unnecessary bloat into the toolset. I’d hate to be the reason why someone is spending more time changing brushes and not less. When I made Brushes for Painters I started with 30 brushes that in the end I managed to condense into 10 brushes in the final release. Some features were possible to merge into a single brush and as I was making tons of paintings with them I kept in mind that each one should be enough to do a whole painting without switching a brush even once.
Different styles have different needs though. I felt like this set needed a guide for my process so that the purpose of each tool would be easy to understand.
I hope you enjoy the set and that it can inspire you to spend more time with your creativity 🐻💕
@@angrymikko I definitely highly appreciate your efforts! It's really rare that an artist of your skill shares so freely and completely the art process. It's really awesome and inspiring! Thanks and have a great day!
I love that in spite of your shaky hands you still bring beautiful ideas into reality
Thanks so much for this one, Mikko!
love the brushes Mikko!!! use them almost everyday!
I’m really happy to hear that. When putting together a set like this there’s something about sharing it with others that really pushes me to iron out the small issues that I might be able to live with on my own. With this one I learned a lot of new stuff about the brush order and naming that I think makes the set easier to use for someone who is new to using these techniques.
Looking forward to the monthly coffee session that starts in a few hours! Haven’t done a vertical piece in a while :)
Dots are never silly!
Dots are like those tiny shiny cake decorations called dragees. They are _lagniappe_ a little something extra.
This video is great! I learned a lot. I've been really delving into digital art lately and your videos are a huge inspiration. Thanks for the tips.
My pleasure :)
Thank you for this! This instantly MASSIVELY improved my illustrations. I love your illustration and painter brushes.
bought your brushes just to tip you. really love your illustrations
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. God bless you .
Thank you, Mikko! Glad to hear you're feeling better. This video was excellent. Looking forward to the brushset! :)
Bought your brush kit💟
Thank you!!!
Hello, I love your tutorials. The brushes are great. I would like it if you could upload the color palettes. I'm pretty bad at drawing, a sketch would be great. Thank you very much, greetings.
A thumbs up isn’t enough ❤️❤️❤️ I love your videos, they are always inspiring and your art work is delightful. Thank you for the inspiration.
I’m just glad I’m able to make videos again.
thanks Mikko. so grateful for you and love the little glowing dots 🙂 bought the set, not because I need more brushes🤣🤪 but because I want you to buy the boss another toy😆
RiGhT?! I mean that’s the least important part of this tutorial but the editor mikko is pretty much chaotic evil and I couldn’t stop it from happening. If you look at any of my art in this style it’s true though. I attack save those dots for last like they’re candy on my cheat day.
Really great tips. Thankyou Mikko! ✨
My pleasure 🐻
I have an essential tremor, a neurological thing that affects my dominant side. I shake. I’m not an artist but I love to create. My tremor has limited what I can do now. I’m trying to learn art in Procreate because I can stabilize my brush. What I need to learn is brush size and canvas size, how zooming in and out affects realistic brush stroke. Do you have something on that?
hm
i was there for the stream
the drawing looks great
Love this. Purchased your brush set. Thank you for creating this, Mikko.
Hope this helps you try new ways of making art :) There’s and interesting puzzle aspect to managing composition elements like this and I always find that part fun to figure out. I’ll be doing more livestreams with the set for those who like slower speed than these edited videos.
That was such a fun and interesting video 😍 I love the way you explain things and have so much fun doing it it's highly inspiring and thanks so much for sharing all of that with us! and of course I try the dots brush 😚
Yes, come to the dark side 🐻🟢🔵🟣🔴🟠🟡
thank you!!!! great information and most excellent artwork!
Your art is so beautiful and you explained it so well for beginners! I recently started using Procreate to draw characters, but I've always wanted to do something like this. Thanks to you, I finally know how to use that warp tool in other ways and now I know what to do with the textures I downloaded. I didn't think about putting it at the end :O Is there a way though, to draw on top of the texture without the texture disappearing beneath the other layers?
If you want the texture to be on everything simply have it as the top layer. You can keep working on the artwork itself on the layers underneath the texture. If you don’t want it to affect the colour picks you can just turn the visibility off and turn it back on when you’re done. Not sure if I understood the question properly but I hope that helps. And thank you for visiting my channel :)
@@angrymikko Thank you for responding! :D I was trying to figure out this video I saw of someone coloring in a line art but the paper or the base is already textured. They didn't add the texture at the end. It's as if they're drawing on a textured canvas. I tried to make the textured canvas, but then it just disappeared beneath the layers. I guess my question should be, is a textured canvas possible? Or could the person have been drawing underneath a textured layer?
Great lecture, beautiful color👍😍😍
I feel like I’ve said this before. And I continue to say it, but damnit I love you. Your stuff is just so vibrant and surreal, really the stuff I love. It’s very playful. I’d love to do some work inspired by you.
Hope i can do somethibg with this ipad
Another great video!
Thanks gor sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure
I started recording my drawing process in just 1080p so I am kinda flabbergasted by how large your video file must be at 4K 😵💫
The most expensive part of making videos is storing the materials during the edit. It’s not really the 4k that takes space but to get the colours closer to being right it’s all 10bit 4k which usually takes 1,5 teras per video. This one was a bit under 1T due to the process happening in 2 days. Some 7day procets though need to be sped up midway through otherwise I wouldn’t be able to keep them.
Thank u mikko
I got it !
I never draw but there's a start to everything I guess.
I do have one question tho : how come I only have 26 layers with the same settings as you?
The maximum resolution your files are capable of are restricted by the model of ipad you have. For example the regular ipad is less powerful than the ipad pro, and a newer ipad pro with better specs is more powerful than older models of ipad pro.
Hey there Mikko! I don’t know if you’re still active in comments on this video considering it’s age, but I wonder what your experience has been with color banding and how you handle it. I see you using then Gaussian blur for the blue spatter at the bottom. I’ve found once opacities start getting low, color banding can present a real problem. I’d love to hear from you on this if possible! Thanks so much for your content.
This seems like a good idea for a tutorial. In fact Ive been meaning to make this for some time on the membership side but I think I wi make it a public video instead since it’s such a common occurrence.
I follow a lot of artists who make content, and I can’t say I’ve seen them address color banding in their digital work, and how they resolve it or what workarounds they use. Color banding can really be the bane of a digital artist’s process. I’m sure many of us would be grateful for that kind of video, given the current scarcity. Appreciate the response to my comment!
Beautiful. :D
Thank you! 😊
@@angrymikko Yw. :D
Thanks mikko, please can you tell me the specs of the iPad you are using. You did mention but I didn’t understand. Thank you!
The only thing with the new iPads that matters is the amount of ram they have. Ram comes in 2 varieties based on the amount of storage the model has. When choosing a new iPad don’t miss this detail when considering which one to get. M1s can be more powerful than M2s if the version has more ram the same way M2 can have more ram than the
i hope someday, i can bought ipad or someday procreate can release for windows version
No chance of the latter happening. It would have to be redesigned from ground up to work on any non touchscreen. Even a Mac version is not coming because of that.
Can you tell me what’s the difference in this brushset and the brushes for painters one? How do I know which one to buy?
I feel lik you should teach in Skillshare or other paid teaching platforms.
I already have a paid membership on this channel with tons of exclusive tutorials live lessons and extra downloads ☝️🐻
@@angrymikko oh wow! Awesoome!
the nintendo switch usb-c power cord haha
Hey Mikko. I have a problem with one Apple Pencil. I accidentally missed it several times and noticed that when you slowly draw with it, the line turns out to be wavy, although I led the pencil evenly. what do you think this is for?
Sounds like this could be a hardware issue if it’s happening in multiple programs. If it’s not fixable by re-connecting the device then it might be best to contact the store you bought it from.
I want an iPad...i have a samsung S8 plus and i regret getting it..
Tbh I don’t really struggle with canvas layers considering I seldom exceed 20 or so layers and my average is 12 layers
Sounds like you could easily use bigger canvas sizes then. Having a few extra layers before hitting the ceiling is always a good safety net even if you don’t feel like you need them. Personally I always leave about 5-10 layers extra before I hit the limit just in case I need to make big colour edits.
@@angrymikko yeah the color edit layers are definitely a majority of most peoples layers lol.
It is a good idea to have extra layers no matter the workflow.
Is this procreate pro
Title seems to suggest so 🧐
is tNice tutorials ASMR?
please help