Blender 2D/3D for beginners, drawing and animating with greasepencil (blender 2.8) - Part 1/2
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- Hi ! This step by step tutorial is suited for 2D digital illustrators/animators and also 3D animators who want to try 2d animation. I hope you'll like it !
Check the updates on my other video about this technique : • How this 2D/3D animati...
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Part 2 here : • Blender 2D/3D for begi...
Summary of part 1 :
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Discover the upcoming features
01:25 Basics of blender
03:10 The 3D cursor
06:12 Configuring the pen tablet
07:27 Navigating with your pen
07:49 Creating the drawing, the greasepencil object
10:13 Image size and background color
11:03 Important : adjust color management
12:47 First 3D doodle
21:36 Introducing the Sculpt tools
23:21 Drawing in edit mode
24:46 Other types of erasers
25:10 The cissors (cut tool)
25:34 Editing and adjusting the smoothness of your curves
26:57 Adding colors
30:12 Faster paint tools
31:42 Adding some volume
33:35 Adding helpers to switch position
37:40 Side and top of the box
42:03 Layers depth order modes
44:44 Adding other greasepencil objects in different angles
50:42 Step 1's final image. Quick tip on how to export your artwork
Part 2 :
• Blender 2D/3D for begi...
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Important update : 1) if your colors look weird, in the layers panel you'll need to uncheck "use lights" at the bottom of the layers list, for each layer, just under the blend mode and opacity. This option is used if you have lights sources close to your drawing, to make it affect the color.
2) if your canvas is hidden behind the cube, dont worry you will see in the next step how to move it. For now, just hide the cube with the eye icon in the outliner
3) if you finished this tutorial, please check my update to go further in my other video czcams.com/video/saIFT8_j0LQ/video.html
4) If your paint bucket doesnt work, it probably has the intermediary gap auto-fill. It means that it works only two clicks. After the first click you can adjust the gaps with the mouse wheel, and then click a second time to paint
5)At the drawing introduction, if the canvas grid is hidden under the cube for your blender version, you can temporarily hide the cube in the outliner in top right list, by clicking on the eye icon for the cube
Thanks so much!
Is it possible to convert PNG (line art transparency) pixels to a grease pencil object ?
or generally turn pictures into objects in such a way that every pixel is a surface ? That must be what's happening when the picture is imported as a plane except the individual pixels aren't interactive until you subdivide the plane, while making sure the mapping remains correct ?
WOW, thanks a million, the entire day I tried to figure out what was wrong.
i have no clue how to find this
This dude talks in lowercase with a light grey font.
Why is this so accurate
lol
It’s calming though
@Benny Kanza Dude I didn't. I like his videos, I'm just spitting facts.
@@thisisajoke0 Man that was so cool way of saying you liked his video
I really liked it
nah he speaks in mini caps
god, i adore your style
Wait what is he doing here?
Thank you!!
i knew it, you use blender...
I know right? His voice and art style really blend well, his accent is charming it all fits just so well!
@FIR Check his Twitter...
Heads up: If you are using Blender 2.83+ grease pencil is now affected by lighting, so if you are at the step where you add fill color to the scene and it looks off that is why. You can disable lighting on each layer by unchecking "Use lights" or for the whole grease pencil object by going into Object Properties (Orange box) on the right and under Visibility uncheck "Use Lights"
Doesn't change a thing, I still have lights problems:(
You have saved me. Thank youuu
thanks
Thanks!
Thanks a lot❤. I was about to restart until I found this out. Thanks so much for helping me and I hope you have a wonderful day 😅
wait you made that blender start up artwork? HOW
nice logo
You can use side car that’s what I’m doing
nice logo
@@Kyncaid84 I had no idea these learning resources existed until now, thank you so much for sharing!!
nice logo
thank you so much, this is very helping French Michael Jackson.
OMG i was like... this voice reminds me of somebody!!!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
hahahahahaah xD
Yeah but I doubt the guy here likes little boys.
HEEEEHEEEEE
WOOOOO
YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY
YOU'VE BEEN STRUCK BY
A SMOOTH CRIMINAL
finally someone walking regular artists through the absolute hell labyrinth that is blender
also your tone of voice is so soothing
BLender is Life.
was looking for this comment
to me the way he speaks is annoying.
@@samaraexe
Ok
Blender is easy when compared to Autodesk stuff.
At the drawing introduction, if the canvas grid is hidden under the cube for your blender version, you can temporarily hide the cube in the outliner in top right list, by clicking on the eye icon for the cube
edit: almost got it.. thanks again so much. that was cursed indeed to find it :). how do i manage to make the planes of the box match? they don't seem to be aligned ever...
Or you could also do this, there's the same icon as x-ray toggle mode beside the canvas option, if you check that. You'll be able to see the canvas through the cube
i was looking for that
Thank you! :)
@@thismakesnosense4815 i wanted that to work, but it did nothing to my cube
To people saying "use empties instead of boxes for the 3D cursor" ... The problem with the empties is that you need to leave your drawing tool, switch to object mode, then select the empty, then press shift+S, put 3D cursor to selected, go back to the greasepencil object, switch to draw mode.... And continue to draw. With the boxes, while you draw, you just press shift + Right click on them, and don't even need to leave the drawing tool :-). As an illustrator, i know that leaving the pen just to reposition a cursor is very bad for the creation workflow... So with this technique, you just need to place the boxes once for all
Also if for those who don't know, if you press N you open up a side bar menu, in one of these menus you can adjust the XYZ co-ordinates of the 3D cursor so if you set everything to 0 the 3D cursor will move back to world origin.
TLDR: press N to open a side menu, find the 3D cursor setting, hover over them and press BACKSPACE/set everything to 0. There your 3D cursor is now back to default.
Hello ! J'ai un problème à 18:10 dans la toute nouvelle version blender, Il faut dans "drawing plane" sélectionner "Cursor" sinon le canvas ne bouge pas... mais quand je bouge le canvas avec cursor il reste tjrs dans la même position en biais ... help ! Et merci pour ce Tuto :)
What about using planes? It seems to work for me. You migth have to rotate it, but you don't have to go through the repositioning hassle. The only downside I see, is that you won't see the plane from the side view. (also, great tutorial!)
@@Giga_Hood Or you can just press Shift-C to reset 3D cursor position to 0
@@EliasDaler thanks for the shortcut, didn't know that.
literally waiting for this forever thank you
atenahena you’re welcome!
Hello how are you
NOO I DIDNT KNOW ATENAHENA WATCHED DEDOUZE YOOOOOO
Your voice reminds me of my grandma softly comforting me in childhood when I fell of the bike
"What is this. Where is this. Why is there a 3D Cube. What is the purpose of my life?"
I felt that.
Awesome video. Thanks so much
Why did I read this as soon as they said it in the video?? Lol
@@dreamsproject3355 when is he saying it?
@@faijo571 1:45
@@dreamsproject3355 thanks :)
The tutor kid at the lower right is so cute hahaha
Did you have Blender automatically create that based on your voice, and some randomization for blinking and looking down? Or, did you do it all by hand?
@@blahuhm6782 he used "bake sound to F-Curve" basically making the up and downs in the sound wave to move them.
@Major Knucklehead 😵🤣😂
Major Knucklehead ahah
Agree it is cute but a little bit distracting when watching the tutorial haha
imagine opening Blender every time and seeing your work as the splash screen, lol that's some prime achievement in my eyes so kudos there. :)
I'm glad this is finally out, thank you! Can't wait to dig in and figure my way through GP, feel like a lot of us would wanna start using it in our work in the coming days.
PS regarding the emulate 3 button mouse overriding your loop selection, you can then just double click on the component to select the loops, just like in Maya.
ahah yeah i'm still amazed everytime i open the software. It feels like i just opened a previous file that was auto-saved XD. And yeah, i wish you the best in your next projects !
just a note: if your canvas is not showing on top of the cube, click the button with the two boxes next to the canvas checkbox/slider ("Canvas X-Ray")! ^_^
Thanks!
My god!! You are saint
Thank you so much!
X-ray not available in current mode ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@gecoka change to object mode lmao
30:39 when he says hold control, for me it was shift for me. Was stumped for a bit on this, just commenting in case this helps anyone else.
I just... can't even explain how much I have learned from this video....
I've used Blender for a while but have always been a little bit bewildered by the grease pencil. This tutorial was a total revelation, incredibly comprehensive, detailed, and very friendly and accessible. Thank you so much Dedouze!
Nicko16 you’re welcome! Thanks for your feedback!
there is honestly no way you have given this to us free, thank you so much
for those with problems adding colors when it looks darker than expected, it's probably because you didn't uncheck "use light" in the layer you are using. Great tutorial and I love your voice.
Thank youuu I was stumped for a quick second with this !
thank you so much!!!
Thank you so so much!
holy shit thank you
3K likes 0 dislike, _A perfect balance, all things should be._
TheRandom Noctowl yeah it’s crazy. I know some people one day will always dislike because they will believe they have better techniques for one specific task i showed or whatever but, anyway, i did this video with all the knowledge i had at the time i recorded it... i am learning new techniques myself everyday and i will make other tutorials. This took weeks to record and edit and it is free so, i am glad people like it!
Clearly your comment triggered people
@@v1nigra3 ahah yeah, let's keep this low XD
@@dedouze Did you record it all in one go?
And did you prepare a script before you did it?
I mean that was a ton of knowledge dropped in this hour and very concisely explained with no major interruptions (sometimes even a little bit fast, but that's what the pause button is for :)
It must have taken a ton of work to organise all your knowledge in a good concise order to present.
@@FreakStyler i re did the tutorial 4 times after learning new stuff myself. And for the final version, i recorded the audio multiple times, and wrote a lot of the script. it was so many nights of work
Yet I know nothing about greasepencil. Looks like the best place to start learning😊
ur profile pic says it all
Best part here is that since it's your first tutorial, you also have a very efficient fundamental overview for new users. It's pretty straightforward. I wish that I had this when I was learning years ago. Thank you!
I cant believe you managed to tutorialize the technique ive been imagining in my dreams for so long, from now on, whatever piece of art I'll do with this, I will owe it to you
This is an brilliant tutorial. It's quite dense in information, but everything is very clear. Not only do you explain how to do everything and exactly WHY it works that way, but you also mention what to look out for and possible mistakes you could make in the process.
I've been a fan of your work for some time now and went into this basically expecting to be overwhelmed by how difficult what you do is (like with... a lot of blender tutorials lmao). In the end I managed to not only understand exactly how everything comes together, but also learned something i could use to incorporate into my own art (the "draw on shape" tip in particular, even though it wasn't even needed here). Thank you so much for making this amazing tutorial, I imagine this took a heck of a lot of time to assemble.
7:49 how to create drawing
8:43 how to add 2d animation
Just in case I cant find.... Your tutorial is awesome!! Thank you for your sharing:)
At 8:43…
I can’t find the plus button. His tabs somehow change and are much different to mine? The plus button doesn’t appear and I’ve looks so long trying to find it but I’m pretty much a beginner so I don’t know where anything is 🤷♀️
This is one of the most valuable blender tutorial channels due to how rare are good grease pencil tutorials are thank you Dedouze!
35:51 Tip:
Alt + D to create an Instance (changing one object's properties affects all)
Shift + D to create a Duplicate (each object is unique and treated differently)
These techniques feel like the future of animation. As these tools mature, I think a single animator will be able to create so much more output per time than they can currently. Maybe one day we can even reach the holy grail where with smart use of tools a single animator can create very long animations.
@That guy 🤣
Terrific! 🍭
Didn't expect your legendness in a non music video :-P lol
Went through a ocean of tutorials on 2D animation in Blender, and never found a more explanatory yet simple video than yours! Thanks a ton mate! Like seriously. 🥂
Your tutorial is not just about Blender and grease pencil. You are a sleep therapist! Never heard anybody sound like you, and your command of English (going by the French accent) is just unexcelled!
Thank you so much for being such a patient human being!
Such stunning work. We need more tutorial makers like you out here!
I've been waiting for this day forever!! :D Can't wait to see more content! Thank you sooo much for sharing your process. Your channel is gonna be a huge step for grease pencil and blender in general :)
This has got to be one of the best, if not the best, blender tutorials I’ve seen. Great job and thank you!🙏🙌
Woah. This got in my recommended and I’m glad it did. My graphics card isn’t good enough for blender but your so talented, chill, and soothing it doesn’t matter. Gonna be saving up for a new graphics card. I hope you get more recognition! 👌😀
OMG YESSS i’ve been waiting for this :)))))
dude, thank you SO MUCH for this, I'm astonished with the effort you did on it and still released here. I've been postponing to learn blender for a bit time now, but with this I feel like I should not worry about anything and just go into it. also, the tips were amazing! specially the 3d cursor one. I started downloading blender right on the start, but my connection is a bit low so I'm still waiting, but I'll be watching part 2 real soon with blender installed already!
again, thank you!
I'm about 34 minutes into this video while following along, and I feel like I'm at a point where I can say this has been super helpful in learning the basics of blender. Thank you Dedouze!!
And to think, this is mostly for the grease pencil !!!
you make blender seem so simple, i’ve always been intimidated by the complicated menus and the massive amount of STUFF in blender but you do such an amazing job of making it easy to understand, much better than my CAD teacher lol
That was amazing dude, thankyou so much. Can't wait for part 2! Also... that part you mentioned at 42:46 was so bloody helpful! You don't know how long I've been trying to sort that weird 2D layer issue out. Thankyou so much!
No problem !! thanks for the feedback !! Yeah i've been through that ! i'm glad to share the solution now ! XD
Part 2 is now online ! czcams.com/video/mhcNPYxPqhw/video.html
Still get the same results after switching it back to 2D_layers
Animation Mentor student here.
Dedouze you don't know how long I've waited for this and I can't wait to see more tutorials from you!
Was stuck at 28:22 with the color until I wised up and actually read your pin.
This tutorial has been amazing and is getting me motivated and moving.
Thanks Dedouze, you are an awesome teacher and fantastic artist!
If you're having a hard time seeing the canvas due to it being too faint. You can increase the "Canvas Grid Opacity" in the overlays panel and also change the color by clicking the "green spaghetti" under "viewport display" - "Canvas" - "Color".
wow thanks i was struggling for hours to change the color of the canvas you saved me thanks a lot XDD
This is the best Grease Pencil tutorial I've ever seen.
I always like the art in the pop up when you first open blender 2.82 and I always wonder "who made this beautiful art". And my prayers had been answered, it was you who made the beautiful art. I love this tutorial.
Dude, you explained this so eloquently. These concepts can be hard to understand when explained badly. You made it simple and it takes a lot of talent and knowledge to do that. Thank you very much for sharing this ♥️
One of the few long tutorials that I don't need to speed through because the instructions are so concise and clear and also so calming 😂 thank you!!!
Wow, amazing tutorial! Not only is it awesome just to see your process, but you explain everything really well, in a nicely structured way (the concepts, Blender's quirks, your workarounds). Also, your voice is quite soothing.
Using GP definitely looks less arcane to me now, makes me want to play with it. Thank you so much for making this!
nibblrrr thank you!! I made lots of efforts for the voice to speak clearly. I don’t usually speak english so it took hours to record this 😅
I'm glad I know who's artwork ended up being the splash screen, good work and I would like to say, It really inspires me to make stuff in blender when I start it up!
ᶦᵗˢ ᵒᵏᵃʸ ᴵ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵗᵃˡᵏ ᵠᵘᶦᵉᵗˡʸ
18:13 "and here you can draw little clouds *sweet malicious laughter* "
This is awesome, need to sit back and watch again later to learn this!
dude you cant imagine how much I need these videos. please keep making 2d blender beginner tutorial. ım subscribed and I will support u by watching ur videos and liking them. pleaaase
I love this tutorial cause u talk about mistakes u made and how to avoid them, thats a huge value u know
Dédouze, your illustration for blender is my reason to chose this tool！ Finally, I found ur channel! I really love the idea that we can make 2D illustrations move like 3D~ love ur work !
I've been wanting to get good with 2d in Blender and this was perfect! Thank you so much!
Great video, thank you so much. You can tell a lot of work into it (the little animation of your avatar, for example.)
I love how his little head moves depending on what he says. I absolutely love the attention to detail
Большое спасибо!!! Очень долго искал туториал, и наконец нашёл лучший!!
Someone might have already given this tip but... in order to hide any kind of object in the final render you can also click the "funnel" drop-down list above the Outliner and select the "Disable in Renders" toggle, natively it's hidden. It's basically the same operation but in the long run and in more complex scenes it helps you visually keep track of all the objects. Absolutely brilliant tutorial nonetheless!
Note for those who are using Blender 2.83+.
If your colors are too dark and changing color managment does not help. Uncheck "Use Lights" on every layer in your Grease Pencil Layers list.
Second note: If you can't see your canvas (that square grid thingy in middle) even when it is turned "on" it is possible that color of background match color of your canvas. To change it go to that panel where you have grease pencil layers, then Viewport Display > Canvas and change color :)
Third note: in Blender 2.83+ for fill you can use vertex paint which is faster but using materials have some benefits. For example you can quickly change colors in every layer.
Thanks for the "use lights" tip, that was just the problem I had!
@@trenensen8592 Sure, no problem :)
Hi, thanks for the tips. The problems i've ran into with the canvas is that it is being obscured by the cube. If i look inside the cube I can see the grid.
omg thanks for the color tips so much !!
I really need this, thanks man👍👍👍👍👍
That head motion with the sound waves is a genius idea!
Thank you for making this! You've been so busy and I know this took a lot of work. Thank you!
This is a great tutorial. A little tip, I'm not sure if it's the same in grease pencil but in every other tool that uses a brush (especially sculpting), the hot key F will allow you to resize the brush without having to adjust the slider. I forget but i think shift F allows you to adjust the opacity/hardness of the brush. Also if you press the TAB key it's a shortcut to change modes (object mode, drawing mode, sculpting mode, etc.), a littl wheel will appear and you can move your mouse and click yo change modes, if you're quick it will change to the mod3 you move your cursor to if it's done quickly. Also if you press Z you can switch between the views (render view, wite frame, texture preview, etc.) so you don't have to click in the top right.
I'm sure you probably knew these but if you didn't here they are and if you dod well i hope this helps someone in the comments ^-^.
For the weel you actually have to press ctrl + tab, but yes, thats very useful! (Edit: also, the "if you do it quickly" happens when you move your mouse whilst still holding down the key (key or tab). The mode will change as soon as you let go of the key.)
Other animators: Donut
Greasepencilers: Juicebox
I'm just fascinated with how you made your avatar animate in time to your voice. It even looks down when making changes. That detail is brilliant
One of the best tutorials I've ever seen. Lots of useful tips! Loved it!
FINALLY! Someone makes tutorials on Blender with it's 2D drawing animation ways! :D I can finally learn how to animate in Blender! ^-^ P.s Thank you soooo much from the bottom of my heart for sharing this! It means a lot!
Where do I get blender?? Is it on App Store?
@@creeperawman7453 It's on steam for free, and it is on their website ( also free).
www. blender .org
you have such a nice + soothing voice! (i'm sure someone has already said this but i just had to compliment haha, so soft sounding)
lumi XR thank you! I’m glad you like it! some other people said it was too smooth, it made them want to sleep instead of finishing the tutorial! Ahah... ASMR 3d animation tutorial 😂
I adore you’re style and colour palettes. You really inspire me 💕 thanks so much for this, can’t wait for more tutorials ✨
I have been waiting to watch this tutorial for many months now and finally I finished this tutorial part 1 and I couldn’t stop smiling throughout the video because this is everything I dream of and more. Your instructions are so clear and easy to follow and this process has been so rewarding…onto part 2!
wow you are the worst procrastinator in the world
33:35 you could also select the lines on editmode, then shift+s and snap the cursor to selected.
Yes, a time saver. I mostly navigate that way when modelling.
"What is the purpose of my life" XDD oh gosh that me haha, thank you for this tutorial !!! I've been wanting to get into the grease pencil tool for a while now
Dánae Alba i hope you‘ll find the purpose of your life too!
Thanks for making this! I've been wanting to learn Blender for a long time, and you have such a charming style to learn it from.
your tik tok brought me here and im so glad i found this! so useful and interesting. thanks a lot :)
cant believe you sync animated the character head to your talking for 53 minutes. legend.
This can be automated in after effects
Thank you
One of the greatest Blender tutorials of all time.
*This is the best tutorial I've ever followed in my life.* It truly felt effortless. Thank you
We want more, we want more.
Seriously this is an amazing tutorial, you are providing a wonderful service.
Great tutorial! Unfortunately I can't draw for shit so my juice box doesn't look nearly as good as yours XD but i've already learned a bunch! Can't wait for part 2 :)
Thank you !! And you can pretend your juice box is from another planet maybe XD
What's amazing about blender is that it's base is a 3D software, meaning you can model the box in 3d and just draw over it in any rotation and angle. Truly amazing for a free software
the way you say "fruit" is so cute :D
also i can't believe how amazingly clear you explain things. this tutorial is amazing and i learned a lot from you :) please keep making these!
Can't believe I sat through the whole thing on my tiny phone screen and still super engage! This is super interesting, I have been taken a whole new level on how I can expansion my illustration!! So exciting love the colors
How are there absolutely 0 dislikes?? That's amazing
Only after 20 minutes in, I realized that the kid in the corner move is based on your voice! :D Thank you for this tutorial, learned a lot!
same here! :D
How does he even do that ? Anyone know ?
Kyron King a tool, an addon which moves an object based on the volume of the audio file:)
The fact that you have so many subs and yet are still commenting regularly on comments coupled with your amazing style goes to show how good u are and how much u are a part of your community u are
this is what type of videos i was looking for when i was a beginner, bro is answering every question that a beginner will face, thanks bro
i- your voice is adorable-
swimming in the stars woah thank you!
I love it! Your voice is very calming, too. My colors are much darker than what I have chosen. Any ideas?
Thank you ! well i think you missed an important part, arount 11:03
@@dedouze Voila! merci
Just finished this first part of a tutorial and I LOVE IT SO MUCH i learned more than in my art school lol
Thanks to all the people that uploading such great tutorials
even tho some funktions are different now (seems so) it helps me a lot following this tuto. i love the relaxed explanation, that little animated figure that visualizes the narrator, and its so friendly. i love it. its perfect for me as a non native english speaker.
Anybody knows why when I click "show overlays" and then I click to see the canvas it's overlayed by the cube? I mean the canvas is not in "x ray" mode. How can I solve this?
I also have this question xD
I need help with this too please. When I try putting the canvas in xray mode it says it's not available in current mode.
Repost: Maybe might help for the canvas issue in 2.83.
Grease Pencil Object Selected-> Object Data Properties (Green icon) -> Vieport Display -> Canvas -> Increase the scale. This doesn't solve the issue but at least you can change the size and the color.
@dilem koren Hi, i saw that part, but unfortunarly it did not solve the issue.
not sure if this solves the problem for you - i'm using 2.9 and there is a little "Canvas X-ray" icon on the right side of the "Canvas" option (where he clicked canvas). if you click that, it will make the canvas more visible like it is in the video.
You are a genius you know?
Alexeis Aular ahah we all try to be geniuses, right? But thank you :D
I'm a genius too but the problem is I'm lazy
@@manda3dprojects966 then move your ass
@@manda3dprojects966 hell yeah
OMG, I love your mood and your style❣️, thanks for helping me to improve! and idk why you make me feel that everything will be ok 🙌❣️
Thank you so much! You actually explained things and didn’t just speed run.
I hope this is the standard for animation! This looks delicious!
I also have problems with the canvas!
he is behind the cube, and also very very pale (faint
? slight? my english super bad)
but the lesson is super, thanks! you are wonderful :)
Absolute legend, this project looks adorable gonna try this tomorrow. Wish me luck!
thank you for making this! As a student, I'm broke lol so it's amazing to be able to have access to high quality tutorials on here, excited to learn :- )
I just now noticed that you used something like bake sound to f-curves for your avatar
Can you maybe tell me how he does that ,or refer me to a explanation or tut to animate a character like that to you voice ?