Are there any features from pixel-based software you miss? What made you decide to make this transition? Do you think this would be a beneficial change for most artists, or only ones with specific needs?
Ok this is just what I needed, I love streamlining my workflow, but blender is so massive that I wouldn't know where to start for a while, this is a great baseline! Thanks for making this, I'll need to study this and soon I'll have fun customizing my own shortcuts! (might come back to this with some questions but hopefully I can manage)
I hope it helps! Definitely my hope is that by sharing how to customize these shortcuts and all of these things, that people can choose what works for them :D if you have questions let me know!
great to see another video from you. I've already canceled my PS subscription, but I still haven't quite hit on a workflow to be comfortable just casually opening blender to draw yet, so this video is pure gold. Many thanks
Oh! The shift-click-drag on the corner of a window to tear it out is great! I've been using Blender for a long time and never knew that trick. Thank youuu!
19:57 you can actually just map camera to scale at x -1 so it will flip you view without taking you out of camera view specially helpful if you gonna use layered works. Scale y -1 if you want to flip it upside down.
@@SophieJantak Haha, so good! Next logical step is to learn python and create own pie menus and scripts 😅 Blender Bash channel has made a great tutorial about making custom pie menus 😍
The overlays can be switched on/off using the z-key pie menu. I dont know if you need to activate the pie menu in the settings though. Edit: the pie menu is brought up by holding Z And circle select is far more useful to me than box select. Much more precise when selecting many verts/strokes, even compared to lasso select. But that's just my opinion I guess. Whatever works for you! I just say though, the opacity trick with the keyframes is so simple but I can see it being really effective!!
funny you said you've never used extrude in grease pencil. I was watching a Live SpeedPaint by Paul Caggegi via CG Cookie with grease pencil, the other day, and he even mentioned you as a sketcher who uses grease pencil. So while cleaning up his ink work he would constantly push/pull lines around and Extrude them also to help close up the gaps. Just an example of extrude use :D
Hellooo! :) Great overview! I've been dabbling with grease pencil and using it more like a sort of traditional drawing tool too, much fun! But a different mindset for sure. :) A couple of things sprung to mind while watching that I figured I may as well share... 7:35 The show overlays hotkey is already assigned to a shortcut : 'Shift Alt Z' :) 16:00 May or may not be of interest but for the camera guides, maybe a solution could be to create some custom guidelines as a grease pencil object/layer instead and save that as part of the startup file? Not sure how it would be in practice but without scripting stuff that could have potential to help somewhere. :)
Thank you Aidy, and thanks for the tips! I can see having guidelines as a layer, but a disadvantage I'd see is that I don't think they'd be modified if I change my canvas size, whereas I think the camera's composition guides would? but also good to know about the shortcut, haha!
I wish I could also just draw in blender for 2d animation, but I am too spoiled by Krita's multi touch gestures like zooming in and rotating canvas. I know you can just use keyboard shortcuts but that doesn't feel intuitive for me.
Have you ever used Krita? I can't pull myself away from it, despite having several years of experience in Blender (doing 3d stuff). If I could get Blender to have the brush power of Krita, that would be amazing. I'll have to watch this after work!
Hi Sophie! I would like to ask about the hardware you use. You use a Wacom Cintiq, right? I'm purchasing a drawing monitor (Huion Kamvas in my case). I was wondering are you able to rotate grease pencil canvas using finger gestures (or pen buttons) as you draw? I'm struggling with grease pencil workflow as I'd like to be able to draw directly on the screen and not have to use Wacom Intuous pro as it's really not that intuitive as drawing directly on the screen. Any tips on that matter? Thank you!
Sophie, thank you for your videos. I have started using Blender for some 2D drawing. I have started having a problem though. When I am using different grey scale "colors" I am getting a strange yellowing in my drawings. Have you experienced this? I can't find anything on the internet about this problem but know you do a lot of 2d in Blender.
Hey William! Maybe you can send me a screenshot of your screen to sophiejantak@gmail.com ? I'm very curious but based on your description I'm really not sure
@@SophieJantak Thanks for your reply. Sorry I did not see your reply earlier. I have noticed that anytime you increase the radius on the "soft pencil" brush you can see the yellow edges really well. I think that is what is making the yellow in my drawings.
Please comment any questions related to switching to grease pencil for all my art!
Are there any features from pixel-based software you miss? What made you decide to make this transition? Do you think this would be a beneficial change for most artists, or only ones with specific needs?
Ok this is just what I needed, I love streamlining my workflow, but blender is so massive that I wouldn't know where to start for a while, this is a great baseline! Thanks for making this, I'll need to study this and soon I'll have fun customizing my own shortcuts! (might come back to this with some questions but hopefully I can manage)
I hope it helps! Definitely my hope is that by sharing how to customize these shortcuts and all of these things, that people can choose what works for them :D if you have questions let me know!
i did your bonsai tree tutorial. You are by far the best grease pencil teacher on CZcams. You don't make it seem like so much work
Vanakkam 🙏
Thank you for your wonderful tutorial. Respect and Wishes from South India 🙏
great to see another video from you. I've already canceled my PS subscription, but I still haven't quite hit on a workflow to be comfortable just casually opening blender to draw yet, so this video is pure gold. Many thanks
I hope it helps! Omg I remember when I cancelled my photoshop subscription, an amazing day!
Oh! The shift-click-drag on the corner of a window to tear it out is great! I've been using Blender for a long time and never knew that trick. Thank youuu!
I also didn't know this trick until very recently when someone shared it out of the blue! Glad it helps :D
19:57 you can actually just map camera to scale at x -1 so it will flip you view without taking you out of camera view specially helpful if you gonna use layered works. Scale y -1 if you want to flip it upside down.
Wow! You really went all in with the custom settings, awesome! 🤩
Yes! Done slowly over the past year, pretty impressive to look back and see I have a half hour's worth of modifications haha XD
@@SophieJantak Haha, so good! Next logical step is to learn python and create own pie menus and scripts 😅
Blender Bash channel has made a great tutorial about making custom pie menus 😍
brilliant artwork! thanks for the introduction and tutorials about the grease pencil.
this is sooo helpful ... i haven't tried it yet, and i'm new to grease pencil as well
The overlays can be switched on/off using the z-key pie menu. I dont know if you need to activate the pie menu in the settings though.
Edit: the pie menu is brought up by holding Z
And circle select is far more useful to me than box select. Much more precise when selecting many verts/strokes, even compared to lasso select. But that's just my opinion I guess. Whatever works for you!
I just say though, the opacity trick with the keyframes is so simple but I can see it being really effective!!
Oh cool good to know :) also to be fair I've never really given circle select a chance, you've made me want to try!
Very helpful! ty for sharing your knowledge. I got a bunch of your gumroads too gonna binge them this weekend.
funny you said you've never used extrude in grease pencil. I was watching a Live SpeedPaint by Paul Caggegi via CG Cookie with grease pencil, the other day, and he even mentioned you as a sketcher who uses grease pencil. So while cleaning up his ink work he would constantly push/pull lines around and Extrude them also to help close up the gaps. Just an example of extrude use :D
What are the major differences in workflow and mindset from pixel based to grease pencil based drawing/workflows?
Why did you switch?
this have been very helpful
I have learned so much here! So happy I found your channel.
I'm so glad to hear that :D
painting a ghibli style scene in grease pencil would get a lot of views. there are not many videos about it yet.
Thank you for sharing, awesome tips :) all the best
Thank you for saying so, I appreciate it :D
Amazing channel and glad this turned up in my reccommended. Thanks fpr sharing your knowledge
I'm so glad you're here, thank you!
Just amazing! Thanks for sharing this knowledge.
Thank you! I'm glad you appreciate it :)
Hellooo! :) Great overview! I've been dabbling with grease pencil and using it more like a sort of traditional drawing tool too, much fun! But a different mindset for sure. :)
A couple of things sprung to mind while watching that I figured I may as well share...
7:35 The show overlays hotkey is already assigned to a shortcut : 'Shift Alt Z' :)
16:00 May or may not be of interest but for the camera guides, maybe a solution could be to create some custom guidelines as a grease pencil object/layer instead and save that as part of the startup file? Not sure how it would be in practice but without scripting stuff that could have potential to help somewhere. :)
Thank you Aidy, and thanks for the tips! I can see having guidelines as a layer, but a disadvantage I'd see is that I don't think they'd be modified if I change my canvas size, whereas I think the camera's composition guides would? but also good to know about the shortcut, haha!
Great help for the GP enthusiasts.
And comment for the YT algorithm . :)
I wish I could also just draw in blender for 2d animation, but I am too spoiled by Krita's multi touch gestures like zooming in and rotating canvas. I know you can just use keyboard shortcuts but that doesn't feel intuitive for me.
Fair enough! Glad you found something that works for you :)
i would love a blender app for tablets
I think Ctrl Win C will help your workflow as it triggers Grayscale Mode.
Been a while, missed your videos. Cheers. XX
Hey! Cheers :)
Yay you're back Hi Sophie
I'm back! Hello :D
Thankyou. Very helpful content!
So glad to hear it :)
You make such good content!!
Aw that means so much, thanks :)
Love it
Thank you very much for thus video!!! May I ask what screen display are you using? 😊
Have you ever used Krita? I can't pull myself away from it, despite having several years of experience in Blender (doing 3d stuff). If I could get Blender to have the brush power of Krita, that would be amazing. I'll have to watch this after work!
When will kombucha make a come back . Good to see your mesmerizing art on Grease pencil
It would be awesome if you could paint in 3D with these brushes, like in dreams ps4
What are the specs of your pc ?
Hi Sophie! I would like to ask about the hardware you use. You use a Wacom Cintiq, right? I'm purchasing a drawing monitor (Huion Kamvas in my case). I was wondering are you able to rotate grease pencil canvas using finger gestures (or pen buttons) as you draw? I'm struggling with grease pencil workflow as I'd like to be able to draw directly on the screen and not have to use Wacom Intuous pro as it's really not that intuitive as drawing directly on the screen. Any tips on that matter? Thank you!
its like u a teaching me physics😪
Heyyyy! Long time no see!
Indeed! I'll try not to be gone quite so long before the next video XD
Sophie, thank you for your videos. I have started using Blender for some 2D drawing. I have started having a problem though. When I am using different grey scale "colors" I am getting a strange yellowing in my drawings. Have you experienced this? I can't find anything on the internet about this problem but know you do a lot of 2d in Blender.
Hey William! Maybe you can send me a screenshot of your screen to sophiejantak@gmail.com ? I'm very curious but based on your description I'm really not sure
@@SophieJantak Thanks for your reply. Sorry I did not see your reply earlier. I have noticed that anytime you increase the radius on the "soft pencil" brush you can see the yellow edges really well. I think that is what is making the yellow in my drawings.
When will you stop wearing stripes
NEVER!!! bwahaha
@@SophieJantak 🦓
@@GarviHere I want to reply with a zebra sound but…. ?
I don't even know how zebra sounds
Btw please don't take offence I'm no one to tell you what to wear.. i just don't like stripes
@@GarviHere haha no worries I didn't take it badly, also I can acknowledge I probably like horizontal stripes a bit too much... XD