things I learned from your video: Normal CSP brushes are give too dark and thick strokes, so adjust the brush density and opacity to your liking. You can adjust the brush's thickness too. Remove color stretch. It makes your colors muddy. use relatively hard brushes for cell shading and color blocking Use softer brushes for blending. Best to use 1 brush that gets the job done instead of using 4 to fulfill that same purpose. To blend two colors together, go back and forth between the two colors, using the ALT key (if you're on windows) The key to blending is to build up your layers. More layers=more smoothness ( this process works in any digital painting software). God, you have really helped. Can't wait to use your technique for my painting :)
Omg. You. Are. Awesome. I am thrilled that this has helped you out. I am blown away. Thank you so much. Please check back in and let me know how it goes for you. =) Happy painting!
NOTE: Hey loves! I just wanted to note that I don't toggle down the opacity on my Light Oil 2 to 38% but more around 85%, now. This may work out better for some of you as well, but I encourage you to play with your brush's settings and find what works best for you. ~Hugs
Not a noob here by any means, but I love how straight-forward and transparent you are with the process and your tips. Best of luck - definitely subbing!
Thank you so much for the huge compliment and sub! That's so kind of you! I really appreciate that. 🙂 I've watched lots of tutorials and attended classes over the years and seen approaches I've liked and didn't. And what I wished they could have done differently. When I started this, I wanted to compose these tutorials how I like to learn...which is show me how to do it and then I know, and I can adapt it to my style from there. And I think a lot of people learn that way-- as so much of art is through observation. I'm starting with tools, but I'll be branching out into actually painting pieces and more specific things later on, to build on these introductory ones. What kind of art do you do/ are you into?
@@AsilemART Haha, no problem! I'm actually kind of notorious for long replies so I apologize in advance :D I agree with your sentiment about how a lot of us learn, and that's exactly why I liked your video. There wasn't some hidden tip hiding behind a paywall. I didn't find myself asking, "Wait, but how did she actually use these/ where did she use these in this particular piece?" I love myself some realism, anime, and a style that lies between the two. I gave up art for 14 years (I have a parent with a personality disorder who made it clear that I would end up on the streets if I chose to become an illustrator) and I am just finding my way back to it now after almost finishing my MSc. It feels like I'm whole again... which is such a weird thought to type out XD My dA and insta are @blendedbirch - I ain't fabulous but I'm really happy with where I'm at in my journey. Feel free to add or DM me, I love talking to fellow artists :D I'll be following your journey - can't wait!
@@beeboopbapblap Lol, I don't mind. I love meeting new people. :) Yes! Even when you pay for tutorials... I bought a brush pack once with a tutorial that showed how to use the brushes, but never actually explained which brushes she was using where, so you knew which ones you liked seeing and then I had to go through all 30 brushes to try to find it and hope I got the right one in the end. The struggle is real, lol. I love those styles, too. I'm actually an aspiring graphic novelist, so I'm hoping to one day get into graphic novel development, as well with inking and panel approaches and drawing in anime styles and character design and environment design. But, right now I'm just starting with basics and tools, so I have things to link back to when I get into those more advanced things. It's not giving up if you came back to it. ;) I'm sorry to hear you were discouraged from something you love, but I'm so glad you've found joy in it again. I hope you continue to pursue your passions and find much happiness and success with it. I kind of went through a similar experience where my parents were worried I couldn't make a living with art and I went to college to teach English instead, but two weeks before graduation, I had a complete mental breakdown cause all I wanted to do was art and I had been art starved for four years, lol. And then I went to Academy of Art for Illustration, while working in publishing. I totally get not feeling whole. Art and writing are always my balance, when I do too much of one, I miss the other and feel off-kilter. I always wanted to utilize both in whatever I would be doing, professionally-- which is why I love graphic novels so much. I checked out your DA-- these are great for being away from art for so long! It's like riding a bike, haha. You have a good use of composition and lighting. As far as painting portraits go, what sorts of things would you like to learn more about? Thank you so much for following me and being so kind! Stay awesome! =)
Good more than half the yearh, been doing ALOT of cell shading. Forgot how to blend/paint - this was a great refresher and I learned a few new things about clip studio! thank you!
The struggle is real! I feel I'm having the opposite problem right now, with painting realistically too long that I'm struggling to remember how to cell shade, cause it feels like a color block. 😆 So happy this tutorial helped! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words. Best wishes to you on your art journey!
Haha! Thank you so much! That just made my day. Lol. I am really humbled by that. I am still getting used to the inner workings of social media. A lot of this has just been experimenting and a learning curve for me.
Beautiful painting and thanks for the tips. I'm new to digital art and have been using the "blender" in CSP and getting a little frustrated. Reading the comment that it takes away colour is exactly the issue I was having. Now I will get adventurous and adjust some brushes for blending instead 🙂 Also, was happy to read that PS brushes are compatible with CSP (haven't got PS but have a wish list of PS brushes from other artists that I can get now 😀) Thanks again
Thank you, that's very kind! Those blenders can be tricky. They're better to use to touch up, rather than be a main blending tool. Kinda like the soft brush (airbrush), if it's overused it'll blur and wash out your colors. You'll get a feel for that happy medium as you go and develop your process. The key to blending is in building up your layers, just like with traditional painting. Just keep working at it and trust the process. 😉 Haha! I totally get it. Some brushes don't work the same, if they have a bunch of special effects to them in PS. Mostly, CSP is making a copy of the brush tip, when you import PS brushes... but in my experience so far that's been just fine. My best to you, love. Enjoy your venture through digital painting and have fun! 🙂
Thank you so much for this video!!! I'm new to digital (from traditional) and this advice was just what I was missing! Your videos are easy to follow and clear. Thank you so much!! I can't wait to see what you post next!! PS. I am in awe of your work. It's stunning!!!
Oh my goodness, thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it and it helped you. It's exciting to start a new medium. Digital Paint is so much fun. I also began from traditional methods and you'd be surprised how much of that translates into digital. Thank you for liking my work, that means so much to me. You're awesome!
This is easily the best video ive seen for blending so far, easy to follow and expliaed very well. As a total beginner it helped alot! Thank you so much❤
That's so wonderful! Thank you for watching and for your kind words. I truly appreciate it. All my best to you in your art journey, love. Happy Painting!
@cennix You betcha! Another year filled with warm memories with loved ones and good health. That's all I wish for. 😊 May your New Year's wishes come true.
Thanks for this; struggling to blend properly in CSP after a decade of using the default PS brush alone has been a big stumbling block in making the switch.
The struggle is real, lol. I am so used to Photoshop, too. You can import PS brushes into CSP, that helped me a lot. And then I just turned down the opacity on them and they work great. In PS I used to having the opacity and flow on my brushes toggled down.
Thank you! That's so kind of you to say! I am totally humbled and thrilled it inspired you! Lol, I'm sure your work is a lot better than you're giving yourself credit for and you've come a long way from where you started. Celebrate the progress and keep at it! 🥰❤
I've been messing with CSP's settings trying to get a brush I felt like I could blend with just like this to no avail. I usually set opacity to pen pressure though, so I may try just having it a flat unchanging but low number like you and see how it feels.
Usually, if you can find a brush that faints around the edges, that can work well to blend (like a soft brush or texture brushes). Or some brushes have a fainting to them that responds well to your pen pressure, where you can color light to dark. But you can easily use a standard hard and soft round brush even (works well to alternate creating hard and soft edges). Your pen pressure calibration on your tablet (and in CSP) can also be enough that you may not need to adjust the brush settings. But if you find nothing else is working, just turning the opacity on the brush down a touch is a way to give a solid brush more play. Try 80% not 30% like I did in the video, I had an old wacom intuos then, I don't go that low on newer devices, now. Too much opacity can strip your colors.
@@somecutedorkedits71 That's exciting. I use the color picker (ALT button on keyboard) while I paint to help me pick up the colors. And same for pushing values, I select the color (ALT) in the area I want to darken or lighten, then adjust it in the color box...upper left for lighter colors and lower right for darker colors. The way the color box works is the mutes are on the left and saturated colors are on the right.
This is actually really helpful, thanks! Just one question, what's the advantage of this compared to just using the blending tool? From what i've noticed, not many people actually likes using that tool. But i'm not really sure why.
I'm so happy to hear you found it helpful! 🙂 The blend tools have their uses. But they're smudge tools-- if you're familiar with smudge in PS. So they don't retain color like normal painting brushes but blend whatever colors you have on that layer. Which can become a problem if you're coloring across many layers like I do (I usually paint in like 60 layers, lol). So I'm not saying the blending tools aren't good to use, but for how I paint it's just not practical. Even if I merged layers and then used the blend tools...part of my experimenting is in turning some past layers off to thin out parts or remove certain details. Sometimes it creates completely new effects. I would totally recommend trying both the blenders and just trying to blend with any brushes you like, making brush settings adjustments and see which works better for your art process. 😀🎨
I personally don't use blending too except when I think it serves my art piece. Blending can result in your art looking too soupy or too digital, especially if you're going for a traditional look. In that case I see blending as a way to control my edges, not as a way to make my art look 'polished'. Sometimes just Using a textured brush is enough to get the blended look.
@@Rice8003 Totally agree. I most often see artists overusing a soft airbrush to blend with and it just takes all the details and textures out. Same can happen with blender brushes. However, there are textured blenders, so if someone was interested in trying them, I'd recommend those over flat brushes.
@@lunarisfalconstudio Thank you so much! I'm so happy you liked it so much and thank you for subscribing! That means a lot. 🙂 I used to use PS, but came over to CSP because of some of the more layout tools it has. I am an aspiring comic artist, lol. Though my channel doesn't reflect that yet. 🤦♀️ You can paint the same way in PS, actually, by adjusting the opacity and flow on your brush-- in CSP it is just called brush density and opacity. Try a 55% opacity and 85% flow on your brush in PS. ;)
@@AsilemART thank you! I will definitely try out the opacity tip for blending! I actually just started illustrating as before I was only doing photo manipulations, but I initially struggled to get the blending in PS, I resorted to use the mixer brush but it’s not always as good and you continuously need to change back to the normal brush. I do aim towards more of a realistic, yet kind of fantasy kind of illustration. Do you think CPS is good for that or maybe even better than PS? I used procreate a bit before deciding it was too limiting for my designs (I use lots of layers), but I find that the brushes in PS aren’t as smooth and pleasant to use. Sorry for the papyrus 😂
@@lunarisfalconstudio I hope it helps! Smoothing is also a nice feature to toggle on and off. That’s still really useful. You can use your photo manipulating knowledge in enhancing your work or even fixing your sketches or adjusting your color palette. =) I feel your pain. Blending is the hardest thing to nail down. Adjusting pen pressure on your tablet can even play a part in it. The mixer brush is a great way to blend, too. As an alternative, maybe make a copy of the brush: one with your normal settings and the other brush with the mixer on. May be easier to toggle back and forth than having to adjust the settings all the time. Especially, if it’s your main brush. As for realistic style… any art software can achieve it. Procreate, CSP, Photoshop, Krita… they are all the same. A realistic style boils down to having a solid grasp for form/ shape language, lighting and color. If you’re not happy with your PS brushes, I recommend Loish’s. They’re free. cubebrush.co/loish/products/4jk2jw/the-loish-brushset Aaron Griffin is also good, he has two brush packs on deviantart that are also free. His portrait painting is really impressive. www.deviantart.com/aarongriffinart/art/BRUSHES-609357781 I personally like using a soft square to blend with in PS and I used the same brush in CSP-as it imports .abr brushes as well. So, if you can find a soft textured brush, that’s got a bit of haziness around the edges, those can work out pretty nice to blend with, because the brush wants to feather. Versus hard edged brushes like the standard round brush will make crisper hard edged details-even though you can turn the opacity down on it and blend with it too. So, some of that comes down to style and preference, lol. I feel you on the layers. I always use about 30-40 layers, myself. Haha.
@@AsilemART thank you so much for all the info! I’ll definitely try CSP out and try your techniques, maybe try those PS brushes too! You’ve been super helpful 😊 And I’m a bit crazy with layers, sometimes I go to hundreds and my PC feels it 😂
Quite an impressive artwork, thank you for these tips! Just a question. Do you keep all your colors in a single raster layer, or are they split into several, and if so, how to work two or three layers as if they were one?
Thank you! I'm glad you found the tips helpful. 🙂 I work in several layers. I start with a rough sketch, then color block in a layer under it, then I make several new layers above those where where I group them by parts...eyes, nose, hair, ears, mouth, skin, neck, jewelry, shirt, background, etc. I like painting in a lot of layers because then I can turn certain layers off and change how it's painted or go back without starting a part over. It's like having a bunch of checkpoints through my work, lol. This piece had about 36 layers. But it's not uncommon for me to have more. It depends how detailed the piece is.
Thank you! 😊 I shall put that in the works. Color blocking boils down to understanding skin colors, the planes of the face and lighting. That it's analyzing the shapes those colors make, that I'd then smooth out to make it look more realistic.
Aw, thank you! You're so sweet. I appreciate the encouragement. That means so much to me! I'll be releasing a tutorial on using texture brushes next and more speedpaints. 😊 I'm excited to share them with you!
the problem that i find in CSP as well as any other program and the tutorials which use those programs is the brushes . there are many ways to blend colors and i always use the blend tool which is fine but it takes too much time to draw lines with colors and then blend them whereas pro artists have their custom brushes which do all the blending as soon as they start coloring without changing the tools and brushes too much .
The struggle is real, lol. I didn't like CSPs default brushes at all... except for the pencil and gpen. It also depends on what kind of painting outcome you want to determine the kinds of brushes you're looking for. Like if you were painting more abstract, you'd probably use more texture brushes than say painting in cell shade or something that can be a bit more flat in style so a flat soft and hard brush work just fine. You'll find the brushes that work for you the more you experiment. Pen pressures on your tablet can also make a difference in your blending and brush functions... my tablet laptop blends very differently than my cintiq. Don't get too discouraged. You'll find your rhythm. What kind of style are you trying to paint like? Painting lineart can be much more simple than that. Draw it all in one color and then hold CTRL and select the lineart layer (click on the white box on the layer). Then you can just color over whatever parts you want on a new layer. ;)
That's still a way to do it, too. I actually don't have it quite so low anymore as 38%, but somewhere around 55%. I've found adjusting the opacity on CSP brushes really makes a difference in their blending capabilities. 🙂 Carried that over from PS where I used to adjust the flow and opacity on my brushes, lol.
@@AsilemART do you have a video explaining the settings and what works best to do certain techniques? I appreciate you can tweak the brushes but so much stuff. Like to know what is actually effective.
@@starsvibes Thats a great idea. 🙂 I don't have a video on that. It's a bit of a broad topic, really. And would be very specific to the brushes I'd be using to demonstrate it. So many brushes are so different. Like on one texture brush the texture may need thinning, but another texture brush could be just fine and not need that adjustment. Each brush would need specific adjusting for your purposes, which is why I encourage artists to just play around with their brush settings and find what they like for their own styles and art types. For painting, I usually just turn down the opacity on the brush and that's it. Versus, adding special effects, like using stamp brushes, I don't adjust the brushes at all, but rather use blend modes to make the details blend into my piece. It just really depends on the brushes you have and how you like to use them.
That's awesome. What made you migrate? How are you liking CSP so far? Yeah, I'm used to photoshop, so CSP tools were a bit of a learning curve. It's definitely more limiting. Sometimes I do flip back to PS when I need to Transform Warp or something, lol. I do love that CSP is compatible with psd files and PS brushes. That changed a lot for me. In answer to your question, yes. My next tutorial, I'm hoping to cover using blender brushes. As another option to blend. But, eventually I'll move away from tools and a majority of my tutorials, going forward, will branch off into painting techniques and how to paint certain things, such as portraits, lighting, elements, materials, environments, etc.
@AsilemART oh that's awesome, I will be on the look out for them. What made me move? well two things... CSP had a sale on their one time payment, so not having to pay for PS and I want to make my own comics and I've only ever heard good things about CSP for comics... I've seen some good ones. And just based off what you achieved with CREAM, I'm pretty certain I can get there on my own. I agree with you, my workflow is alot smoother is PS but I know speed comes slowly... so I'll keep at it. P.s if there is a way to tag someone in a post, I'd greatly appreciate being tagged in your tutorial on lighting. 😁
@@angelojayproductions I hear you. I have the old CS5 version of PS. And while I’d love to upgrade, I just can’t afford a life-long subscription, versus being able to just pay once and own it forever. And really CS5 does everything I need it do for how I paint. That’s awesome! What kind of comic-writing are you into? I was also drawn to CSP for it’s graphic novel components. I’m hoping to get into that as well one day on here. I like how easy CSP is to use. The subfolders for sorting brushes is what really sold me. PS has needed something like that since it’s beginning. I have close to 6,000 brushes. There’s no way I could find them in PS, without constantly deleting and importing specific sets at a time. It was horrible. I’m happy to hear your excited for the lighting tutorial. Currently, I'm working on building a portrait painting course and then I'll be getting into lighting and color theory after that. It will be a while, lol. I don’t know about tagging on YT (still very new to this platform, lol). But everything I post here, I also post on my FB page. facebook.com/asilemart
@AsilemART 6000! Wow... that's quite a library of brushes. I think that's also what I like about CSP, there are so many "cheat" brushes... I especially like that buildings brushes. Recently discovered drawing buildings in perspective is the bain of my existence... *lol* I don't have a preference in comics, I'm still in the levelling up from beginner to intermediate, so right is just fundamentals over and over and over again. Usually I just get ideas for mini comics but don't have the skills to bring the ideas to life, if you know what I mean. So I don't have a style... that will come later Yeah I don't think you can tag on YT *lol* FB might actually be a better bet. Good luck with the course, I'm sure you have skills impart. 👏
@@angelojayproductions Yeeeeah. Lol. I paint lots of different things, so I have brushes for realistic painting, ones for environment painting, elements (weather), materials (metal, cloth, etc) and special effects brushes like fractals, grunge, abstract, etc… and then I have comic brushes for inking, drawn environments, panel effects, etc. So it just evolved over the years, lol. That’s great! You’re on the right track with that. It’s always best to start small and work your way up to doing individual chapters for your comic. I have spent a lot of time writing (I’m actually a developmental editor for books), and I have a lot of my graphic novel scripts written out, that now it’s just focusing on illustrating them. You’re clever to begin with a short skit, because that is how you learn. And you can always do something with a collection of mini comics. A lot of what I do are long fantasy/action/ adventure/ romances… so I wanted to create a more simple story first to start small and just get the art of telling a story visually down. Before branching into those bigger projects. Well, I’m rooting for you! You’re going to do fantastic! Keep at it! Thank you for the best wishes and for being so awesome. =)
since day 1 using clip studio, I've never downloaded any add-ons or what not... I just use the paint and apply brush for literally any kind of coloring.
That's cool. 🙂 I know many who are content with the default brushes and they work for their styles. I love the pencil and gpen. But, I can't resist clip's assets, lol. There's lots of awesome stuff out there that can help add some unique flair.
hey this looks great, but do you know how to make the blend tool not lower the opacity of the drawing, as when you get close to the edge it mixes with the void
I don't know. I'm not a fan of the blenders, to be honest. They tend to wash out my colors. But, this tutorial may help: czcams.com/video/-1VBRc0qQQQ/video.html
@@aimanzakwan6545 It's okay, I know my voice sounds robotic sometimes 🤣 It's probably cause I read from a script rather than just wing it. I didn't want to forget to say something. Regardless, thank you for watching it. I hope it helped in your art journey.
I must be missing something because unaltered Light Oil 2 looks nothing like how you're applying it at around 2:00. Takes an obscene amount of pressure to get anything really visible down. I understand I can modify it, but I'm concerned about the default state not coming out right.
Yes, you will have to higher the opacity. That is because of your pen pressure calibration on your stylus/tablet... and also your natural pressure when you draw. When I made this video, I had a very old wacom intous that's pen pressure was practically non-existent, so it needed excessive settings like that for opacity. I have different settings on my tablet pc versus my wacom cintiq, now. My cintiq I have this brush at like 80%. My tablet pc, I don't even have to adjust the brush at all, because the pen pressure responds so well.
The reason for opacity is just to give you that fainting.... light to darker as you make more passes... that is what allows colors to mix and blend when they overlap. And then you can pick up that blended color with your color picker (ALT) and keep building up your layers and smoothing it out. 🙂 But not all brushes need opacity, some respond just fine to your pen pressure settings.
I'm talking about the unaltered version of Light Oil 2, its opacity is already set to 100. I'm on a cintiq too, and I'm wondering if the issue might be my inherent pressure settings on it. What tablet settings do you typically use for pressure?
@@RoboGuy2K I have a very light touch when I draw. So my tablet pen pressures are... second to lowest notch for soft on tip feel. And lowest normal setting for tilt sensitivity.
@@AsilemART Weird, my cintiq settings only let me adjust pressure in a graph view similar to CSP's pressure graph. Either way thank you for the video I am still making great strides with the brushes.
Thanks for the straight to the point tutorial! I was wondering what texture brush you used for the background? Do you have like a ID number so i can find it on the CSP asset market?
Thank you for watching! I'm glad it helped! The brush is called dw leaf. It's actually one of my PS brushes. It's an abstract leaf brush. That you could easily make your own even, mixing a leaf brush with a textured brush.
Hello! I'm a long time Sai user and I've been trying to make the jump to CSP but blending and brushes have been an absolute nightmare! In Sai its simple enough to blend and build up values for a painterly look but in CSP none of the default tools have really given me the results I've wanted. I think it might have something to do with CSP just having a different way of reading pen pressure than Sai. I feel like I have to press down VERY hard in CSP to get anything to show up, let alone blend. Especially with Amberllina's Light Oil 2. I'm curious if you adjusted the pen pressure settings for the brush at all, as I tried to use the same exact colors as at the start of your tutorial and strokes in the same way but whereas you're able to gradually build up that greenish blue, mine is basically invisible. ^_^;;; Was just hoping you had a any advice for this at all. Its made doing anything that isn't cel shading a nightmare in this program.
Hi Zoey! The struggle is real, lol, you have my sympathies. The default brushes are not that impressive, in my opinion. Youre better off searching assets for something better. In assets, I recommend searching just the work Sai...there are a lot of brushes that are titled Sai-like and Sai-ish. Perhaps, some of those may be to your liking? What kind of hardware are you using? It can very well be your stylus's pen pressure needs adjusting. I had the same issue with my cinitq. When I made this video, I had an old intuos... so the brush opacity is so low cause that tablet had no pen pressure to speak of. My cintiq is different, after adjusting the pen pressure to my touch, I have the Light Oil opacity around 85% now. I've never used Sai, but when I came over to CSP from PS, the blending is a bit different. Watercolor brushes can be a bit like the water pen feature in Sai... they even have water pens/ brushes in assets as well, that may help you blend. CSP has blenders, to help blend, but I've noticed they tend to wash out my colors. But, they are another tool to try.
@@AsilemART as same user who was a sai user for many years and now csp i just agree. and sadly no there is not a single blend brush that will imitate the way sai blends (I tried even all sai - like brushes from assets, then customized my own blurs etc.). the problem is for example you have a line. in sai you can blend this line smoothly to one side without smudging the line, in csp the line will also be smudged, you can't "drag" the colors cleanly as you want . I just don't understand why csp can't imitate this. sadly now they started to aim more at their tablet and mobile versions, but I mean they have so many useful tools by now, but lack the simplest ones :/
@@glasperle77 That's so frustrating! Sai's water brush always looked impressive, to me. Are files compatible to jump between programs? Such as to draw in one and color in the other? Sometimes, I do that with csp and save it as a psd to hop into photoshop. Not all of my imported brushes from ps work the same in csp. In ps, I'm used to adjusting flow and opacity to blend, so I do the same in csp. It works well enough, but my tablet pen pressure is really what helps to make it happen. And that setting is different for everyone. When CSP released dual brushes, I thought that might even be a solution... combine a paint and blender brush. Maybe in the future they'll make a mixer brush.
Click on the wrench in the bottom corner in the window where the settings are. Then when the window pops up you can simply check or uncheck boxes for the settings to add or remove. See here at 2:51.
My next tutorial is actually on using CSP's blenders, lol. They are certainly another option to blend in your digital painting. But you just have to be careful because it can blend out your details. They're basically smudge brushes. I like them for touching up. But I still adjust the opacity on my painting brushes to blend as I paint. Blenders don't paint, just blend what's on your layer. Like if you used your finger or a cloth to blend charcoal. Same kind of idea with your digital paint.
@@AsilemART That makes sense. Thank you. I agree with you. I downloaded the brushes you suggested in the video and descriptions... LIGHT OIL 2!! ... it doesn't have the option of opacity so I am unable to achieve the blended look you have shown us in the tutorial. Do you have another method in mind I can use? Once again I am so grateful for your comments
Because blenders don't paint, which made my painting process more tedious, and they can water down my colors and remove my textures. I get better textures in paint brushes than blurred out ones in blenders. However, for those who enjoy a watercolor style or even cell-shade, they can work really well. So, I'm by no means discounting them. They just didn't do it for me. But, I did make a tutorial part 1 and 2 on using blenders, also.
What do you mean by it has it's own color? Like a color jitter type of brush? This only works for ordinary painting brushes, not ones with preset special effects to them. Those are kind of their own animal, lol. But even still, you should be able to turn the opacity down on it to give it more play. If it isn't, it may be something in the brush settings that is not allowing it-- like for me I had to turn off color stretch because it was picking up other colors than the ones I was choosing and making a mess of my brush strokes. What brush settings are on your brush?
@@AsilemART I don't know I'm new at this program. At 3:00 you showed your brush settings. Mine are grey and I can't click them. Idk what I'm doing wrong. Three days ago everything was working and I could blend. But now it's like a normal brush. No blending. I did a reset but nothing changed 😣
@@happykuchenmuffin5945 Oh my. Is it all brushes or just that brush? Yeah, usually you can just click on the wrench at the bottom of the window by the brush settings to add or remove settings. Hm. I don't know why it's like that either. It sounds like it's locked. But I totally recommend joining this CSP group and posting about it there-- someone may have an answer. Or message CSPs forum on their site. facebook.com/groups/cspclub/?ref=share
@@happykuchenmuffin5945 So sorry you're going through this. It's so frustrating and disheartening, I know. Please let me know if you can get it resolved.
@@AsilemART thank you❤️. I will try to post this in the CSP group. Until it's just this brush, but stuff like that happens often. For example sometimes I can't draw on a layer. ( I use a vektorlayer but don't know the differences)
@@AsilemART I've seen people do this technique all the time, but for some reason today it just feels like it really got through to me, cuz it's just answered my basic question on how to blend without the blending tool, cuz I also don't want to have to rely on that, so I'm crediting you with teaching me this method. Thank you so much!
@@akiratokyodesu6266 Haha! Thank you, that means a lot. Yeah, I don't know why no one has ever just explained how to use the ALT button and the brush's opacity/ flow when blending mechanically. I felt the same way when I was watching other tutorials on YT. And then later when I was in college, I had a professor explain it to me and it just changed everything. Digital Painting of the Elements really taught me how to digitally paint-- doing material studies. Because it gets you outside of what you're used to painting, so you try out different brush combinations and things and really find what works for you.
things I learned from your video:
Normal CSP brushes are give too dark and thick strokes, so adjust the brush density and opacity to your liking. You can adjust the brush's thickness too.
Remove color stretch. It makes your colors muddy.
use relatively hard brushes for cell shading and color blocking
Use softer brushes for blending.
Best to use 1 brush that gets the job done instead of using 4 to fulfill that same purpose.
To blend two colors together, go back and forth between the two colors, using the ALT key (if you're on windows)
The key to blending is to build up your layers. More layers=more smoothness ( this process works in any digital painting software).
God, you have really helped. Can't wait to use your technique for my painting :)
Omg. You. Are. Awesome. I am thrilled that this has helped you out. I am blown away. Thank you so much. Please check back in and let me know how it goes for you. =) Happy painting!
NOTE: Hey loves! I just wanted to note that I don't toggle down the opacity on my Light Oil 2 to 38% but more around 85%, now. This may work out better for some of you as well, but I encourage you to play with your brush's settings and find what works best for you. ~Hugs
It is exactly what i was looking for - both the advice and the art style ......thanks a lot❤❤🧡❣💓
Thank you! I'm so glad it helped you!! Happy painting! ❤
Not a noob here by any means, but I love how straight-forward and transparent you are with the process and your tips. Best of luck - definitely subbing!
Thank you so much for the huge compliment and sub! That's so kind of you! I really appreciate that. 🙂
I've watched lots of tutorials and attended classes over the years and seen approaches I've liked and didn't. And what I wished they could have done differently. When I started this, I wanted to compose these tutorials how I like to learn...which is show me how to do it and then I know, and I can adapt it to my style from there. And I think a lot of people learn that way-- as so much of art is through observation.
I'm starting with tools, but I'll be branching out into actually painting pieces and more specific things later on, to build on these introductory ones.
What kind of art do you do/ are you into?
@@AsilemART Haha, no problem! I'm actually kind of notorious for long replies so I apologize in advance :D
I agree with your sentiment about how a lot of us learn, and that's exactly why I liked your video. There wasn't some hidden tip hiding behind a paywall. I didn't find myself asking, "Wait, but how did she actually use these/ where did she use these in this particular piece?"
I love myself some realism, anime, and a style that lies between the two. I gave up art for 14 years (I have a parent with a personality disorder who made it clear that I would end up on the streets if I chose to become an illustrator) and I am just finding my way back to it now after almost finishing my MSc. It feels like I'm whole again... which is such a weird thought to type out XD
My dA and insta are @blendedbirch - I ain't fabulous but I'm really happy with where I'm at in my journey. Feel free to add or DM me, I love talking to fellow artists :D
I'll be following your journey - can't wait!
@@beeboopbapblap Lol, I don't mind. I love meeting new people. :)
Yes! Even when you pay for tutorials... I bought a brush pack once with a tutorial that showed how to use the brushes, but never actually explained which brushes she was using where, so you knew which ones you liked seeing and then I had to go through all 30 brushes to try to find it and hope I got the right one in the end. The struggle is real, lol.
I love those styles, too. I'm actually an aspiring graphic novelist, so I'm hoping to one day get into graphic novel development, as well with inking and panel approaches and drawing in anime styles and character design and environment design. But, right now I'm just starting with basics and tools, so I have things to link back to when I get into those more advanced things.
It's not giving up if you came back to it. ;) I'm sorry to hear you were discouraged from something you love, but I'm so glad you've found joy in it again. I hope you continue to pursue your passions and find much happiness and success with it.
I kind of went through a similar experience where my parents were worried I couldn't make a living with art and I went to college to teach English instead, but two weeks before graduation, I had a complete mental breakdown cause all I wanted to do was art and I had been art starved for four years, lol. And then I went to Academy of Art for Illustration, while working in publishing. I totally get not feeling whole. Art and writing are always my balance, when I do too much of one, I miss the other and feel off-kilter. I always wanted to utilize both in whatever I would be doing, professionally-- which is why I love graphic novels so much.
I checked out your DA-- these are great for being away from art for so long! It's like riding a bike, haha. You have a good use of composition and lighting. As far as painting portraits go, what sorts of things would you like to learn more about?
Thank you so much for following me and being so kind! Stay awesome! =)
Good more than half the yearh, been doing ALOT of cell shading. Forgot how to blend/paint - this was a great refresher and I learned a few new things about clip studio! thank you!
The struggle is real! I feel I'm having the opposite problem right now, with painting realistically too long that I'm struggling to remember how to cell shade, cause it feels like a color block. 😆
So happy this tutorial helped! Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words. Best wishes to you on your art journey!
How do you not have more subs? You're a very good artist and deserve atleast 200.
Haha! Thank you so much! That just made my day. Lol. I am really humbled by that. I am still getting used to the inner workings of social media. A lot of this has just been experimenting and a learning curve for me.
I’ve watched so many videos on blending since I started digital and this one made the most sense to me thx
I'm so happy to hear that! 🙂 I think it's one of the hardest things to get down. Pen pressure adjustments can also help.
Whooooaa. Amazing tips, thank you! I'm loving CSP but the blending was giving me trouble. This was exactly what I was looking for!
That's awesome! I'm so happy to hear it! Keep up the great work! Happy painting! :)
You are AMAZING
Thank you! 😊 I hear you. I felt the same coming over from PS. Thanks for watching, I'm glad it helped!
Beautiful painting and thanks for the tips. I'm new to digital art and have been using the "blender" in CSP and getting a little frustrated. Reading the comment that it takes away colour is exactly the issue I was having. Now I will get adventurous and adjust some brushes for blending instead 🙂 Also, was happy to read that PS brushes are compatible with CSP (haven't got PS but have a wish list of PS brushes from other artists that I can get now 😀) Thanks again
Thank you, that's very kind! Those blenders can be tricky. They're better to use to touch up, rather than be a main blending tool. Kinda like the soft brush (airbrush), if it's overused it'll blur and wash out your colors. You'll get a feel for that happy medium as you go and develop your process.
The key to blending is in building up your layers, just like with traditional painting. Just keep working at it and trust the process. 😉
Haha! I totally get it. Some brushes don't work the same, if they have a bunch of special effects to them in PS. Mostly, CSP is making a copy of the brush tip, when you import PS brushes... but in my experience so far that's been just fine.
My best to you, love. Enjoy your venture through digital painting and have fun! 🙂
May I give you a virtual hug for this tremendously helpful tutorial??? 😭😂
Lol, I'm so happy to hear it! Sending many virtual hugs back to you! ❤😊🥰
Thank you so much for this video!!! I'm new to digital (from traditional) and this advice was just what I was missing! Your videos are easy to follow and clear. Thank you so much!! I can't wait to see what you post next!! PS. I am in awe of your work. It's stunning!!!
Oh my goodness, thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it and it helped you. It's exciting to start a new medium. Digital Paint is so much fun. I also began from traditional methods and you'd be surprised how much of that translates into digital. Thank you for liking my work, that means so much to me. You're awesome!
This is easily the best video ive seen for blending so far, easy to follow and expliaed very well. As a total beginner it helped alot! Thank you so much❤
That's so wonderful! Thank you for watching and for your kind words. I truly appreciate it. All my best to you in your art journey, love. Happy Painting!
@AsilemART thank you so much, and happy new year haha 🎉❤️
@cennix You too! May many good things come your way this year.
My birthday is New Years Day, and it's always a good kick off to the year, lol. 🙂🎊🥳🎉
@@AsilemART hahaha so you have many things to celebrate today!
@cennix You betcha! Another year filled with warm memories with loved ones and good health. That's all I wish for. 😊
May your New Year's wishes come true.
Thanks for the tips! You definitely make it look easy.
Thanks for watching! Hope it helps!
Thanks for this; struggling to blend properly in CSP after a decade of using the default PS brush alone has been a big stumbling block in making the switch.
The struggle is real, lol. I am so used to Photoshop, too. You can import PS brushes into CSP, that helped me a lot. And then I just turned down the opacity on them and they work great. In PS I used to having the opacity and flow on my brushes toggled down.
masterclass level of instruction. thank you!
Thank you so much. I'm humbled by that. My best to you on your art journey. 🙂
Your art is so beautiful! it makes me want to art!
On the contrary, my art is so bad it makes me not want to art xD
Thank you for the video.
Thank you! That's so kind of you to say! I am totally humbled and thrilled it inspired you!
Lol, I'm sure your work is a lot better than you're giving yourself credit for and you've come a long way from where you started. Celebrate the progress and keep at it! 🥰❤
Great video tutorial. Love you brush setup is Perfect. Thanks
Thank you so much! 😊 So happy it was helpful for you!
You are a blessing in disguise, thanks!
Aw, thank you. I'm happy it was useful to you. 😊
I am pretty new at digital art and i want to improve. I just want to thank you for the tips, they helped a lot.
I'm so happy to hear that, thank you! That's exciting! What kind of digital art do you like or aspire to?
@@AsilemART i am kinda dabling in everything and see with what i have more fun 😁
@@yumelex That's the best way! Enjoy the journey! My best to you 😊❤
@@AsilemART thank you so much 💗
Extremely helpful thanks. You are a life saver.
Thanks for watching! I'm so glad it helped you! 😊
I've been messing with CSP's settings trying to get a brush I felt like I could blend with just like this to no avail. I usually set opacity to pen pressure though, so I may try just having it a flat unchanging but low number like you and see how it feels.
Usually, if you can find a brush that faints around the edges, that can work well to blend (like a soft brush or texture brushes). Or some brushes have a fainting to them that responds well to your pen pressure, where you can color light to dark. But you can easily use a standard hard and soft round brush even (works well to alternate creating hard and soft edges). Your pen pressure calibration on your tablet (and in CSP) can also be enough that you may not need to adjust the brush settings.
But if you find nothing else is working, just turning the opacity on the brush down a touch is a way to give a solid brush more play. Try 80% not 30% like I did in the video, I had an old wacom intuos then, I don't go that low on newer devices, now. Too much opacity can strip your colors.
I'm about to follow this and try it out myself. I hope it works! Thanks for this lovely tutorial!
Thank you! That's awesome, I hope it helps you in you painting process!
@@AsilemART I have a question. I am new at this. How do you manage to keep the various shades of the skin tone consistent?
@@somecutedorkedits71 That's exciting. I use the color picker (ALT button on keyboard) while I paint to help me pick up the colors. And same for pushing values, I select the color (ALT) in the area I want to darken or lighten, then adjust it in the color box...upper left for lighter colors and lower right for darker colors. The way the color box works is the mutes are on the left and saturated colors are on the right.
@@AsilemART Oh my god, thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to help me, a total stranger, I really appreciate it!
@@somecutedorkedits71 My pleasure. Keep up the good work. Happy Painting! 😊
This is actually really helpful, thanks! Just one question, what's the advantage of this compared to just using the blending tool? From what i've noticed, not many people actually likes using that tool. But i'm not really sure why.
I'm so happy to hear you found it helpful! 🙂 The blend tools have their uses. But they're smudge tools-- if you're familiar with smudge in PS. So they don't retain color like normal painting brushes but blend whatever colors you have on that layer. Which can become a problem if you're coloring across many layers like I do (I usually paint in like 60 layers, lol). So I'm not saying the blending tools aren't good to use, but for how I paint it's just not practical. Even if I merged layers and then used the blend tools...part of my experimenting is in turning some past layers off to thin out parts or remove certain details. Sometimes it creates completely new effects. I would totally recommend trying both the blenders and just trying to blend with any brushes you like, making brush settings adjustments and see which works better for your art process. 😀🎨
@@AsilemART Thank you for answering! Experiment it is then!
@@rbsalmon7895 My pleasure! Thanks for reaching out and for watching my video. I appreciate it! Have fun experimenting and stay awesome! 😃
I personally don't use blending too except when I think it serves my art piece.
Blending can result in your art looking too soupy or too digital, especially if you're going for a traditional look. In that case I see blending as a way to control my edges, not as a way to make my art look 'polished'. Sometimes just Using a textured brush is enough to get the blended look.
@@Rice8003 Totally agree. I most often see artists overusing a soft airbrush to blend with and it just takes all the details and textures out. Same can happen with blender brushes. However, there are textured blenders, so if someone was interested in trying them, I'd recommend those over flat brushes.
This is such a wonderful tutorial!! Loved all of it!! And it’s getting me into thinking I should try CSP out and see if I like it more than photoshop
You definitely earned a new subscriber!
@@lunarisfalconstudio Thank you so much! I'm so happy you liked it so much and thank you for subscribing! That means a lot. 🙂
I used to use PS, but came over to CSP because of some of the more layout tools it has. I am an aspiring comic artist, lol. Though my channel doesn't reflect that yet. 🤦♀️
You can paint the same way in PS, actually, by adjusting the opacity and flow on your brush-- in CSP it is just called brush density and opacity. Try a 55% opacity and 85% flow on your brush in PS. ;)
@@AsilemART thank you! I will definitely try out the opacity tip for blending! I actually just started illustrating as before I was only doing photo manipulations, but I initially struggled to get the blending in PS, I resorted to use the mixer brush but it’s not always as good and you continuously need to change back to the normal brush.
I do aim towards more of a realistic, yet kind of fantasy kind of illustration. Do you think CPS is good for that or maybe even better than PS? I used procreate a bit before deciding it was too limiting for my designs (I use lots of layers), but I find that the brushes in PS aren’t as smooth and pleasant to use.
Sorry for the papyrus 😂
@@lunarisfalconstudio I hope it helps! Smoothing is also a nice feature to toggle on and off.
That’s still really useful. You can use your photo manipulating knowledge in enhancing your work or even fixing your sketches or adjusting your color palette. =)
I feel your pain. Blending is the hardest thing to nail down. Adjusting pen pressure on your tablet can even play a part in it. The mixer brush is a great way to blend, too. As an alternative, maybe make a copy of the brush: one with your normal settings and the other brush with the mixer on. May be easier to toggle back and forth than having to adjust the settings all the time. Especially, if it’s your main brush.
As for realistic style… any art software can achieve it. Procreate, CSP, Photoshop, Krita… they are all the same. A realistic style boils down to having a solid grasp for form/ shape language, lighting and color.
If you’re not happy with your PS brushes, I recommend Loish’s. They’re free. cubebrush.co/loish/products/4jk2jw/the-loish-brushset
Aaron Griffin is also good, he has two brush packs on deviantart that are also free. His portrait painting is really impressive. www.deviantart.com/aarongriffinart/art/BRUSHES-609357781
I personally like using a soft square to blend with in PS and I used the same brush in CSP-as it imports .abr brushes as well. So, if you can find a soft textured brush, that’s got a bit of haziness around the edges, those can work out pretty nice to blend with, because the brush wants to feather. Versus hard edged brushes like the standard round brush will make crisper hard edged details-even though you can turn the opacity down on it and blend with it too. So, some of that comes down to style and preference, lol.
I feel you on the layers. I always use about 30-40 layers, myself. Haha.
@@AsilemART thank you so much for all the info! I’ll definitely try CSP out and try your techniques, maybe try those PS brushes too! You’ve been super helpful 😊
And I’m a bit crazy with layers, sometimes I go to hundreds and my PC feels it 😂
Quite an impressive artwork, thank you for these tips!
Just a question. Do you keep all your colors in a single raster layer, or are they split into several, and if so, how to work two or three layers as if they were one?
Thank you! I'm glad you found the tips helpful. 🙂
I work in several layers. I start with a rough sketch, then color block in a layer under it, then I make several new layers above those where where I group them by parts...eyes, nose, hair, ears, mouth, skin, neck, jewelry, shirt, background, etc. I like painting in a lot of layers because then I can turn certain layers off and change how it's painted or go back without starting a part over. It's like having a bunch of checkpoints through my work, lol. This piece had about 36 layers. But it's not uncommon for me to have more. It depends how detailed the piece is.
cool video - id love to see one one how to go about color blocking process :)
Thank you! 😊 I shall put that in the works. Color blocking boils down to understanding skin colors, the planes of the face and lighting. That it's analyzing the shapes those colors make, that I'd then smooth out to make it look more realistic.
I love your art it is amazing😍💞💞and thanks
Thank you so much ❤
Why can't I find the blend tool in CSP Ipad version ????
Loved it so much thanks a lot ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm so happy to hear that! ❤ I'm glad you like it and it was helpful. 😊
@@AsilemART yes I really love it keep it up actually I checked the other videos so I really want to tell keep it up ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Aw, thank you! You're so sweet. I appreciate the encouragement. That means so much to me! I'll be releasing a tutorial on using texture brushes next and more speedpaints. 😊 I'm excited to share them with you!
the problem that i find in CSP as well as any other program and the tutorials which use those programs is the brushes . there are many ways to blend colors and i always use the blend tool which is fine but it takes too much time to draw lines with colors and then blend them whereas pro artists have their custom brushes which do all the blending as soon as they start coloring without changing the tools and brushes too much .
The struggle is real, lol. I didn't like CSPs default brushes at all... except for the pencil and gpen. It also depends on what kind of painting outcome you want to determine the kinds of brushes you're looking for. Like if you were painting more abstract, you'd probably use more texture brushes than say painting in cell shade or something that can be a bit more flat in style so a flat soft and hard brush work just fine. You'll find the brushes that work for you the more you experiment. Pen pressures on your tablet can also make a difference in your blending and brush functions... my tablet laptop blends very differently than my cintiq. Don't get too discouraged. You'll find your rhythm. What kind of style are you trying to paint like? Painting lineart can be much more simple than that. Draw it all in one color and then hold CTRL and select the lineart layer (click on the white box on the layer). Then you can just color over whatever parts you want on a new layer. ;)
I was looking for a brush like that, never thought of blocking the opacity low (I used to make it pen sensitive)
That's still a way to do it, too.
I actually don't have it quite so low anymore as 38%, but somewhere around 55%. I've found adjusting the opacity on CSP brushes really makes a difference in their blending capabilities. 🙂 Carried that over from PS where I used to adjust the flow and opacity on my brushes, lol.
@@AsilemART just tried it and I too thought 38 was too low 😂 I put it at 60
@@Axiassart Yeah, lol. And I want people to do that and make it their own. I hope it helps and makes a difference in your work. 😊
i think this explains my issue i have with clip studio paintbrushes. that too much paint and they dont really blend. thanks for this.
Haha, the struggle is real. Glad this helped you. Thanks for watching 🙂
@@AsilemART do you have a video explaining the settings and what works best to do certain techniques? I appreciate you can tweak the brushes but so much stuff. Like to know what is actually effective.
@@starsvibes Thats a great idea. 🙂 I don't have a video on that. It's a bit of a broad topic, really. And would be very specific to the brushes I'd be using to demonstrate it. So many brushes are so different. Like on one texture brush the texture may need thinning, but another texture brush could be just fine and not need that adjustment. Each brush would need specific adjusting for your purposes, which is why I encourage artists to just play around with their brush settings and find what they like for their own styles and art types.
For painting, I usually just turn down the opacity on the brush and that's it. Versus, adding special effects, like using stamp brushes, I don't adjust the brushes at all, but rather use blend modes to make the details blend into my piece. It just really depends on the brushes you have and how you like to use them.
Thank you for this, I've recently decided to migrate over to CSP and have been struggling with this.
Do you plan on doing more CSP tutorials?
That's awesome. What made you migrate? How are you liking CSP so far? Yeah, I'm used to photoshop, so CSP tools were a bit of a learning curve. It's definitely more limiting. Sometimes I do flip back to PS when I need to Transform Warp or something, lol. I do love that CSP is compatible with psd files and PS brushes. That changed a lot for me.
In answer to your question, yes. My next tutorial, I'm hoping to cover using blender brushes. As another option to blend.
But, eventually I'll move away from tools and a majority of my tutorials, going forward, will branch off into painting techniques and how to paint certain things, such as portraits, lighting, elements, materials, environments, etc.
@AsilemART oh that's awesome, I will be on the look out for them. What made me move? well two things... CSP had a sale on their one time payment, so not having to pay for PS and I want to make my own comics and I've only ever heard good things about CSP for comics... I've seen some good ones.
And just based off what you achieved with CREAM, I'm pretty certain I can get there on my own.
I agree with you, my workflow is alot smoother is PS but I know speed comes slowly... so I'll keep at it.
P.s if there is a way to tag someone in a post, I'd greatly appreciate being tagged in your tutorial on lighting. 😁
@@angelojayproductions I hear you. I have the old CS5 version of PS. And while I’d love to upgrade, I just can’t afford a life-long subscription, versus being able to just pay once and own it forever. And really CS5 does everything I need it do for how I paint.
That’s awesome! What kind of comic-writing are you into? I was also drawn to CSP for it’s graphic novel components. I’m hoping to get into that as well one day on here.
I like how easy CSP is to use. The subfolders for sorting brushes is what really sold me. PS has needed something like that since it’s beginning. I have close to 6,000 brushes. There’s no way I could find them in PS, without constantly deleting and importing specific sets at a time. It was horrible.
I’m happy to hear your excited for the lighting tutorial. Currently, I'm working on building a portrait painting course and then I'll be getting into lighting and color theory after that. It will be a while, lol. I don’t know about tagging on YT (still very new to this platform, lol). But everything I post here, I also post on my FB page. facebook.com/asilemart
@AsilemART 6000! Wow... that's quite a library of brushes. I think that's also what I like about CSP, there are so many "cheat" brushes... I especially like that buildings brushes. Recently discovered drawing buildings in perspective is the bain of my existence... *lol*
I don't have a preference in comics, I'm still in the levelling up from beginner to intermediate, so right is just fundamentals over and over and over again.
Usually I just get ideas for mini comics but don't have the skills to bring the ideas to life, if you know what I mean. So I don't have a style... that will come later
Yeah I don't think you can tag on YT *lol* FB might actually be a better bet.
Good luck with the course, I'm sure you have skills impart. 👏
@@angelojayproductions Yeeeeah. Lol. I paint lots of different things, so I have brushes for realistic painting, ones for environment painting, elements (weather), materials (metal, cloth, etc) and special effects brushes like fractals, grunge, abstract, etc… and then I have comic brushes for inking, drawn environments, panel effects, etc. So it just evolved over the years, lol.
That’s great! You’re on the right track with that. It’s always best to start small and work your way up to doing individual chapters for your comic. I have spent a lot of time writing (I’m actually a developmental editor for books), and I have a lot of my graphic novel scripts written out, that now it’s just focusing on illustrating them. You’re clever to begin with a short skit, because that is how you learn. And you can always do something with a collection of mini comics. A lot of what I do are long fantasy/action/ adventure/ romances… so I wanted to create a more simple story first to start small and just get the art of telling a story visually down. Before branching into those bigger projects.
Well, I’m rooting for you! You’re going to do fantastic! Keep at it!
Thank you for the best wishes and for being so awesome. =)
since day 1 using clip studio, I've never downloaded any add-ons or what not... I just use the paint and apply brush for literally any kind of coloring.
That's cool. 🙂 I know many who are content with the default brushes and they work for their styles. I love the pencil and gpen. But, I can't resist clip's assets, lol. There's lots of awesome stuff out there that can help add some unique flair.
@@AsilemART its not that i dont want to use them... im just too lazy to instal em. 🤣
@@lookatmyright The struggle is real, lol.
hey this looks great, but do you know how to make the blend tool not lower the opacity of the drawing, as when you get close to the edge it mixes with the void
I don't know. I'm not a fan of the blenders, to be honest. They tend to wash out my colors. But, this tutorial may help: czcams.com/video/-1VBRc0qQQQ/video.html
You got a new subscriber! XD
Welcome! 😊 Thank you so much for subscribing! ❤
Thank you so much for the tutorial. Btw is the voice in this video yours ? Or some Ai TTS ?
I'm glad it was helpful!
Lol! It is my voice.
@@AsilemART haha okay, my bad
@@aimanzakwan6545 It's okay, I know my voice sounds robotic sometimes 🤣 It's probably cause I read from a script rather than just wing it. I didn't want to forget to say something.
Regardless, thank you for watching it. I hope it helped in your art journey.
I must be missing something because unaltered Light Oil 2 looks nothing like how you're applying it at around 2:00. Takes an obscene amount of pressure to get anything really visible down. I understand I can modify it, but I'm concerned about the default state not coming out right.
Yes, you will have to higher the opacity. That is because of your pen pressure calibration on your stylus/tablet... and also your natural pressure when you draw. When I made this video, I had a very old wacom intous that's pen pressure was practically non-existent, so it needed excessive settings like that for opacity.
I have different settings on my tablet pc versus my wacom cintiq, now. My cintiq I have this brush at like 80%. My tablet pc, I don't even have to adjust the brush at all, because the pen pressure responds so well.
The reason for opacity is just to give you that fainting.... light to darker as you make more passes... that is what allows colors to mix and blend when they overlap. And then you can pick up that blended color with your color picker (ALT) and keep building up your layers and smoothing it out. 🙂
But not all brushes need opacity, some respond just fine to your pen pressure settings.
I'm talking about the unaltered version of Light Oil 2, its opacity is already set to 100.
I'm on a cintiq too, and I'm wondering if the issue might be my inherent pressure settings on it. What tablet settings do you typically use for pressure?
@@RoboGuy2K I have a very light touch when I draw. So my tablet pen pressures are... second to lowest notch for soft on tip feel. And lowest normal setting for tilt sensitivity.
@@AsilemART Weird, my cintiq settings only let me adjust pressure in a graph view similar to CSP's pressure graph. Either way thank you for the video I am still making great strides with the brushes.
Thanks for the straight to the point tutorial! I was wondering what texture brush you used for the background? Do you have like a ID number so i can find it on the CSP asset market?
Thank you for watching! I'm glad it helped!
The brush is called dw leaf. It's actually one of my PS brushes. It's an abstract leaf brush. That you could easily make your own even, mixing a leaf brush with a textured brush.
Hello! I'm a long time Sai user and I've been trying to make the jump to CSP but blending and brushes have been an absolute nightmare! In Sai its simple enough to blend and build up values for a painterly look but in CSP none of the default tools have really given me the results I've wanted.
I think it might have something to do with CSP just having a different way of reading pen pressure than Sai. I feel like I have to press down VERY hard in CSP to get anything to show up, let alone blend. Especially with Amberllina's Light Oil 2. I'm curious if you adjusted the pen pressure settings for the brush at all, as I tried to use the same exact colors as at the start of your tutorial and strokes in the same way but whereas you're able to gradually build up that greenish blue, mine is basically invisible. ^_^;;; Was just hoping you had a any advice for this at all. Its made doing anything that isn't cel shading a nightmare in this program.
Hi Zoey! The struggle is real, lol, you have my sympathies. The default brushes are not that impressive, in my opinion. Youre better off searching assets for something better. In assets, I recommend searching just the work Sai...there are a lot of brushes that are titled Sai-like and Sai-ish. Perhaps, some of those may be to your liking?
What kind of hardware are you using? It can very well be your stylus's pen pressure needs adjusting. I had the same issue with my cinitq. When I made this video, I had an old intuos... so the brush opacity is so low cause that tablet had no pen pressure to speak of. My cintiq is different, after adjusting the pen pressure to my touch, I have the Light Oil opacity around 85% now.
I've never used Sai, but when I came over to CSP from PS, the blending is a bit different. Watercolor brushes can be a bit like the water pen feature in Sai... they even have water pens/ brushes in assets as well, that may help you blend.
CSP has blenders, to help blend, but I've noticed they tend to wash out my colors. But, they are another tool to try.
@@AsilemART as same user who was a sai user for many years and now csp i just agree. and sadly no there is not a single blend brush that will imitate the way sai blends (I tried even all sai - like brushes from assets, then customized my own blurs etc.). the problem is for example you have a line. in sai you can blend this line smoothly to one side without smudging the line, in csp the line will also be smudged, you can't "drag" the colors cleanly as you want .
I just don't understand why csp can't imitate this. sadly now they started to aim more at their tablet and mobile versions, but I mean they have so many useful tools by now, but lack the simplest ones :/
@@glasperle77 That's so frustrating! Sai's water brush always looked impressive, to me. Are files compatible to jump between programs? Such as to draw in one and color in the other?
Sometimes, I do that with csp and save it as a psd to hop into photoshop. Not all of my imported brushes from ps work the same in csp.
In ps, I'm used to adjusting flow and opacity to blend, so I do the same in csp. It works well enough, but my tablet pen pressure is really what helps to make it happen. And that setting is different for everyone.
When CSP released dual brushes, I thought that might even be a solution... combine a paint and blender brush. Maybe in the future they'll make a mixer brush.
@@AsilemART Wow I got lost in the sauce and didn't even respond when you were being so helpful! I'm so sorry about that T_T I use a CINTIQ 16.
@@ArtZoey Lol, easy to do. No worries. I hope your blending and brush experiments have been going a little easier for you. 🙂
Hi! I'm new to CSP, so could you explain how you add an opacity and remove the color stretch please?
Click on the wrench in the bottom corner in the window where the settings are. Then when the window pops up you can simply check or uncheck boxes for the settings to add or remove. See here at 2:51.
@@AsilemART Thank you!
@@pinkytiller You're welcome, love! Enjoy and have fun! My best to you on your art journey!
Could you show us the settings of the "Light oil 2 adjusted" please
You should be able to see them on screen in the brush settings section on the left? Mentioned settings at 2:40 😉
@@AsilemART oh, thank u 🙂
@@Andre-yv9fg You're welcome! Enjoy! 😊
What is your opinion on blending with the gauache blender?
My next tutorial is actually on using CSP's blenders, lol. They are certainly another option to blend in your digital painting. But you just have to be careful because it can blend out your details. They're basically smudge brushes. I like them for touching up. But I still adjust the opacity on my painting brushes to blend as I paint. Blenders don't paint, just blend what's on your layer. Like if you used your finger or a cloth to blend charcoal. Same kind of idea with your digital paint.
@@AsilemART That makes sense. Thank you. I agree with you. I downloaded the brushes you suggested in the video and descriptions... LIGHT OIL 2!! ... it doesn't have the option of opacity so I am unable to achieve the blended look you have shown us in the tutorial. Do you have another method in mind I can use? Once again I am so grateful for your comments
I played around and figured how to edit the brush settings. Thank you
@@somecutedorkedits71 You can add and remove brush settings. Click on the wrench icon in the bottom corner of the brush settings window.
@@somecutedorkedits71 Enjoy! I hope this makes your digital painting process easier.
why don't you use "blend tool"?
Because blenders don't paint, which made my painting process more tedious, and they can water down my colors and remove my textures. I get better textures in paint brushes than blurred out ones in blenders. However, for those who enjoy a watercolor style or even cell-shade, they can work really well. So, I'm by no means discounting them. They just didn't do it for me. But, I did make a tutorial part 1 and 2 on using blenders, also.
My blending brush is not blending. It has its own color
What do you mean by it has it's own color? Like a color jitter type of brush? This only works for ordinary painting brushes, not ones with preset special effects to them. Those are kind of their own animal, lol. But even still, you should be able to turn the opacity down on it to give it more play. If it isn't, it may be something in the brush settings that is not allowing it-- like for me I had to turn off color stretch because it was picking up other colors than the ones I was choosing and making a mess of my brush strokes. What brush settings are on your brush?
@@AsilemART I don't know I'm new at this program. At 3:00 you showed your brush settings. Mine are grey and I can't click them. Idk what I'm doing wrong. Three days ago everything was working and I could blend. But now it's like a normal brush. No blending. I did a reset but nothing changed 😣
@@happykuchenmuffin5945 Oh my. Is it all brushes or just that brush? Yeah, usually you can just click on the wrench at the bottom of the window by the brush settings to add or remove settings. Hm. I don't know why it's like that either. It sounds like it's locked. But I totally recommend joining this CSP group and posting about it there-- someone may have an answer. Or message CSPs forum on their site.
facebook.com/groups/cspclub/?ref=share
@@happykuchenmuffin5945 So sorry you're going through this. It's so frustrating and disheartening, I know. Please let me know if you can get it resolved.
@@AsilemART thank you❤️. I will try to post this in the CSP group. Until it's just this brush, but stuff like that happens often. For example sometimes I can't draw on a layer. ( I use a vektorlayer but don't know the differences)
Just trying to keep my paint looking textured and not like a Sims character 🤣
Yeeeessss! Lol. The struggle is real! 🤣🤣🤣
@@AsilemART I've seen people do this technique all the time, but for some reason today it just feels like it really got through to me, cuz it's just answered my basic question on how to blend without the blending tool, cuz I also don't want to have to rely on that, so I'm crediting you with teaching me this method. Thank you so much!
@@akiratokyodesu6266 Haha! Thank you, that means a lot. Yeah, I don't know why no one has ever just explained how to use the ALT button and the brush's opacity/ flow when blending mechanically. I felt the same way when I was watching other tutorials on YT. And then later when I was in college, I had a professor explain it to me and it just changed everything. Digital Painting of the Elements really taught me how to digitally paint-- doing material studies. Because it gets you outside of what you're used to painting, so you try out different brush combinations and things and really find what works for you.