DRAWING 2D CARTOON GAME CHARACTERS IN PS - TUTORIAL

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  • čas přidán 19. 05. 2018
  • In this game art tutorial with photoshop we will explore ways to make cool 2D cartoon characters !
    During the video we will go through these 6 phases :
    1) sketching
    2) inking
    3) main colors
    4) shadows and light
    5) color overlay
    6) details
    Tips on making smooth black outlines for your designs, a way on coming up with ideas on what to draw as well as making your characters pop out from your environment will be covered in the video :) !
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Komentáře • 294

  • @BomberkingOriginal
    @BomberkingOriginal Před 6 lety +117

    Your art style is beautiful. You're really talented!

  • @ahmedswidan1042
    @ahmedswidan1042 Před 5 lety +2

    I'm a new game dev, just started learning unity and let me tell you that your art style is sooo impressive, unique and most importantly inspiring. Keep up the good work and one day I may make a game inspired by your awesome art style

  • @googly4038
    @googly4038 Před 5 lety +5

    This video really helps with art!
    The art style you have is exactly the ones I enjoy :-)
    I can finally colour now!

  • @siddharths2443
    @siddharths2443 Před 6 lety +5

    Your channel will grow,to be the one of the best for such topics! Keep working!

  • @millecab5328
    @millecab5328 Před 6 lety +4

    I love your style, and your videos are very inspiring, thank you so much for sharing :)

  • @blitzergray
    @blitzergray Před 4 lety

    Learning digital painting I’ve had questions about a lot of things like layers, colors, shading, etc. I looked for straight answers being the “follow the rules” kind of person but never got straight answers. I’ve learned to color and shade a lot like how you do and I am pleased to see the amount of depth this video goes into explaining what I wish I’ve learned long ago. Thank you for the video; like pretty much all your uploads this was very helpful!

  • @lambmaster27
    @lambmaster27 Před 5 lety +6

    Dude your lineweight is amazing!

  • @slynizz1014
    @slynizz1014 Před 6 lety +17

    Fantastic! Buying a drawing tablet pretty soon.

  • @Jermz0r
    @Jermz0r Před 6 lety

    I friggin love your videos man, best tutorials on youtube for sure

  • @luki446
    @luki446 Před 6 lety +2

    This is type of tutorial that i was searching for years, thank you

  • @ManySadSmiles
    @ManySadSmiles Před 5 lety

    I love your art and your videos! They are really motivating me to continue teaching myself graphic art :) Thanks!

  • @bunggo9914
    @bunggo9914 Před 6 lety

    so far, this is the best and most useful video you've ever made!

  • @RetroWizard_
    @RetroWizard_ Před 6 lety +1

    god you're art style is so amazing! I love it! its like Binding of isaac meets castle crashers

  • @vitusthomasen5687
    @vitusthomasen5687 Před 5 lety

    So much positivity in this video! There is no "DONT DO THIS". Only tips for how to improve. Love it!,,

  • @freeelectron8261
    @freeelectron8261 Před 5 lety

    Your enthusiasm is infectious! Great tut - thanks!

  • @ChristopherFranko
    @ChristopherFranko Před 4 lety

    Love it man! thanks! You did a great job with this video. The audio was great.

  • @alankretkowski1368
    @alankretkowski1368 Před 5 lety +1

    Amazing! Thanks Balckthronprod!!!

  • @PeekabooFriends
    @PeekabooFriends Před 6 lety

    😄 I love your characters! Thank you for the useful tips 🙋

  • @googly4038
    @googly4038 Před 5 lety +3

    I love this art style :-)

  • @pianoatthirty
    @pianoatthirty Před rokem

    Man forget just game art - these are all around solid art tips!!! So inspiring!

  • @faunoram
    @faunoram Před 6 lety

    awesome tutorials !! keep em coming !!

  • @camoraz
    @camoraz Před 4 lety

    Really usefull stuff!! I love your videos, keep going.

  • @tristancowen5636
    @tristancowen5636 Před 6 lety +1

    so helpful. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK :)

  • @slendercmd5036
    @slendercmd5036 Před 5 lety

    TOP 1 ! you are so good! thanks for your tutorials! carry on !

  • @ArnoldsKtm
    @ArnoldsKtm Před 6 lety +3

    Your art-style is cool.

  • @WishingChainPlays
    @WishingChainPlays Před 6 lety +6

    Im early :D yay. thank you for posting this

    • @Blackthornprod
      @Blackthornprod  Před 6 lety +1

      No problem :) ! I'm really glad to hear you liked the video !

  • @robertjones6891
    @robertjones6891 Před 3 lety

    i absolutely love this art style

  • @Dodgster
    @Dodgster Před 5 lety

    In love with this channel omg

  • @crispycrafter1222
    @crispycrafter1222 Před 4 lety

    I love your videos,which teached me a lot.Keep up the good work.

  • @davidsaez5161
    @davidsaez5161 Před 5 lety

    Amazing as usual!!!

  • @southoceann
    @southoceann Před 5 lety

    WHOW! AMAZING TUTORIAL!!

  • @aidanwansbrough7495
    @aidanwansbrough7495 Před 5 lety

    Thanks!! Really useful tips and advice!!

  • @MathiaLiu
    @MathiaLiu Před 5 lety

    I love these adorable cartoon!!
    You are really awesome

  • @JakePicci
    @JakePicci Před 2 lety

    Just discovered you. You are incredibly talented and I am definitely going to be using your channel to help me learn how to make games! Hopefully some day I can make something even half as cool as this stuff

  • @francoislepron2301
    @francoislepron2301 Před 5 lety

    Perfect Noa, this was what I was looking for in complement of your Udemy 2D Action Game with Unity. 👌

  • @guitarsidadi5069
    @guitarsidadi5069 Před 4 lety

    You are the god of 2d cartoony art! Respect

  • @gilllanosjuanpedro4988
    @gilllanosjuanpedro4988 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you, that tutorial it is really helpful

  • @jazminesanchez1982
    @jazminesanchez1982 Před 5 lety

    I really like your channel even though I don't make games. I think of you as a inspiration for my drawing and you really help me draw better because of your amazing tutorials

  • @dharmeshkumar2763
    @dharmeshkumar2763 Před 6 lety

    Thanks for this tutorial. I requested this for this tutorial and make it. Thanks😊😊😊

  • @_Garm_
    @_Garm_ Před 6 lety

    Really like this one thank you! :D

  • @skymerald310
    @skymerald310 Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks, for that video ! I learn with your game launcher courses all that I need but game art really discouraged me, but that video help me a lot, so thanks you a lot. And I'm French too.

  • @diadetediotedio6918
    @diadetediotedio6918 Před 5 lety

    Man, your style is beautifull

  • @valtersrutulis103
    @valtersrutulis103 Před 5 lety

    thankyou I never knew how to get the colouring to not go over the line art so thank you so much

  • @rathernotdisclose8064
    @rathernotdisclose8064 Před 6 lety

    I really appreciate this video because this is the ONLY part of game development that has given me any trouble. I'm good at code, I'm good at design, I'm good at terrain art, music, sfx, vfx, and basically everything else but I cannot create player characters and enemies that I'm satisfied with to save my life.

  • @rollingstonesonroad
    @rollingstonesonroad Před 4 lety

    Amazing tutorial. Thanks a ton

  • @DoneCosta
    @DoneCosta Před rokem

    HAHA HA! this profile picture (the astronaut) I created while watching this video. Thank you so much. with your tips everything is so beautiful and pleasant. my drawing skills improved by 90%.
    amazing video!!!

  • @BIG_BOZZER_YT
    @BIG_BOZZER_YT Před 10 měsíci

    bro i was just doodling and now because of you I have made the perfect starter enemy for my game

  • @pavleks374
    @pavleks374 Před 5 lety +1

    Great video. I'm just starting in game development, and this is something I really needed due to lack of suiting characters for my ideas, and I love this style. If you come across this comment, would you make a video showing how to animate these characters as well (or how to make multiple frames so I can make my own animation)?

  • @teacupanimates
    @teacupanimates Před 2 lety

    I rlly like ur cartoony artstyle! I have a cartoony art style but with bold inking.

  • @bidogo
    @bidogo Před 5 lety

    Noa your videos are gosh darn amazing

  • @squickey
    @squickey Před 5 lety

    well if you got the skill then u got it good and awesome video dude love it and pleas keep it up. :D

  • @whiderboss
    @whiderboss Před 5 lety

    This inspired me alot, thanks 👍

  • @luismiguelarcilaperez
    @luismiguelarcilaperez Před 5 lety

    Men, your channel is amazing :)

  • @TheCivildecay
    @TheCivildecay Před 6 lety

    damn your artstyle is so awesome!

  • @offaperry
    @offaperry Před 6 lety +1

    Love your videos! Have been binge watching them all week. What size do you make you photoshop pages? I've started some work but then in unity i run into problems of the sprites being grainy around the edges.

  • @samuelbourassa5304
    @samuelbourassa5304 Před 5 lety +6

    Hey BTP! Big fan of your channel. One question: what are the brush properties you are using to do the art in this video? The thickness of your line seems to vary so I guess you are using a graphic tablet and use pressure to change the size of the line?

  • @omgdreams1675
    @omgdreams1675 Před 4 lety

    love it

  • @lanpak1126
    @lanpak1126 Před 5 lety

    it looks so easy when you do it!!!

  • @dan-gu1ty
    @dan-gu1ty Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for this❤

  • @monkeysaur4305
    @monkeysaur4305 Před 6 lety +1

    This is a great video, thanks for making it! Perhaps your could consider making a 2D character art tips video, talking about some of the rules which should be applied when drawing characters, I stuggle with that kind of thing. For example the tip about having thinner and wider lines is a really good one. Also I notice that for characters facing a direction you will tend to place the farthest away eye partly outside the character with the closer eye fully inside, and make the farther eye slightly smaller. These things are good for adding depth, I know they probably seem obvious, but as a non-artist it's taken me time to figure out some of these rules, it would be great if you could go through some of that kind of stuff in a video. Also stuff like how you decide what kind of eyes, mouths etc you use for what kinds of characters etc. Thanks!

    • @Blackthornprod
      @Blackthornprod  Před 6 lety +2

      That's a great video idea :) ! Some art tips for programmers, or best ways to practise drawing, painting... I'll keep all that in mind :) , stay tuned !

  • @BranchBruh
    @BranchBruh Před 5 lety

    lol you 68,00 yesterday and now you have 70,000 i have never seen a You Tuber be so amazing
    :)

  • @lenovopad7881
    @lenovopad7881 Před 4 lety

    Very interesting and useful video. Keep it up!

  • @pigs4lifeyt56
    @pigs4lifeyt56 Před 2 lety

    The fire guy looks sick

  • @nicholasjustin3423
    @nicholasjustin3423 Před 3 lety

    your VERY inspiring not only to digital but also for drawing paper

  • @happymoments5016
    @happymoments5016 Před 6 lety +2

    Thank you

  • @tazmannzl9024
    @tazmannzl9024 Před 4 lety

    I love your art style! Damn i wish i could draw like that. The crispness and colour is fantastic!!. The one thing that always seems to block my progress when making a game is the graphics and art. Was hoping you could tell me.. What resolution/size is your canvas? Also what size do you make your sprites when importing in to Unity? Is there a set size/resolution you work to?? I always have trouble figuring out what size to draw them or what resolution to use. Your videos have helped me a lot and are really motivating!

  • @MrChilliGaming
    @MrChilliGaming Před 5 lety

    I like your art style

  • @erwaneveno2875
    @erwaneveno2875 Před 6 lety

    Hi I'm French and you have a very cool chanel! I subscribe ! Merci 😊

  • @theternal
    @theternal Před 5 lety +4

    You can pick the colour below your mouse using ALT button btw.

  • @MorneBooysen
    @MorneBooysen Před 2 lety

    Still one of my top favourite gamedev / art videos I've ever seen!! Do you sell any of your character spritesheets anywhere?

  • @datboijoshki8833
    @datboijoshki8833 Před 5 lety

    awesome stuffs

  • @jaddd
    @jaddd Před 6 lety +1

    love it

  • @ProCoder2007
    @ProCoder2007 Před 5 lety

    Awesome!

  • @mateuspollonio
    @mateuspollonio Před 6 lety

    i love your characters

  • @MQNGameDev
    @MQNGameDev Před 4 lety

    If you are using a mouse or trackpad, you can take advantage of Photoshop's smoothing options(For brush and eraser tools). While my artwork is nowhere near as well as Noah's, after finding the smoothing options (I set mine to a small number like 2-4%) and particularly the 'Pull string mode', my artwork is coming along. Also, you can sample colors from your canvas, by holding down alt then clicking the color. Which I find easier than hitting the I shortcut. Scale the brush/eraser size by holding down alt, hold right-click and drag left or right. Toggle between Brush and Eraser tools by using their shortcuts: B and E. Since these shortcuts(as well as Ctrl-Z to undo) are all easy to reach with the left hand, it really makes the workflow much easier. Especially with the smoothing option enabled.

  • @queenrao17
    @queenrao17 Před 5 lety

    Amazing

  • @xxbergxx
    @xxbergxx Před 5 lety

    You could also do your inking in blender 2.8 with grease pencil that way you don't have to have amazingly good penmanship as the strokes are sculptable then you can render the image with a transparent background (This makes animating Easier too)

  • @AbdulRehman-vf7sh
    @AbdulRehman-vf7sh Před 6 lety

    You are going to be a big channel on youtube because of these awesome vids. +1 Sub

    • @Blackthornprod
      @Blackthornprod  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks for the support Abdul :) ! It's really appreciated !

  • @apfelkuchenmitstreuseln2114

    All these characters look so cute! I love this style!
    Thank you for the tutorial.

  • @piyushbhagwat3119
    @piyushbhagwat3119 Před 5 lety +1

    I love you...I subscribed you

  • @gray560
    @gray560 Před 5 lety +1

    Hmm. I just thought of an idea: making a red outline on every aggressive mob, but no outline on the rest. And like making their outline slowly disappear when they die, to make them "convert". Might let the creatures be obvious that it won't effect gameplay, and the converted enemies seem nicer.
    I dunno, I don't know squat about coding or anything, but I think this'll be a decent idea once I do. Feel free to take it, though this probably sounds cocky. Oh well. :P

  • @minibubblegum5108
    @minibubblegum5108 Před 3 lety

    ty

  • @alinawaz4034
    @alinawaz4034 Před 6 lety

    this is very nice

  • @BasicBenny
    @BasicBenny Před 6 lety

    this is so awesome! Please make more 2d art tutorials. SUB

  • @lujainal-eryani8872
    @lujainal-eryani8872 Před 6 lety

    u r beyond talented dude

  • @onehourgamestudio
    @onehourgamestudio Před 5 lety +1

    When i see you'r video drawing was so easy i think ( but not ) ^^

  • @uberalex5437
    @uberalex5437 Před 6 lety +3

    I'm loving your style! Would a wacom intuos draw/art be good for this sort of stuff?

  • @Avidi
    @Avidi Před 6 lety +8

    Hey love your style man. I am also an indie game developer that occasionally upload my work to my channel lol. I was wonder if we could maybe do a video together.

  • @Simon-gr8jh
    @Simon-gr8jh Před 5 lety

    amazing

  • @aarav2265
    @aarav2265 Před 5 lety

    Thanks 🙂

  • @JoicSeth
    @JoicSeth Před 5 lety

    Aaahhh frick that spider jumpscare killed me.

  • @spacemonkey2377
    @spacemonkey2377 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you so much Noa!! I will open gimp and try to follow along. I'm really bad at art and your videos give me hope

    • @spacemonkey2377
      @spacemonkey2377 Před 6 lety +1

      I don't know why I did this, but you can see the result on twitter. Such a shame ... I guess at least I tried.

    • @Blackthornprod
      @Blackthornprod  Před 6 lety +2

      Hey Julien :) ! I'm really happy to hear my video helped ! I'll definitely be making more animation videos in the near future, stay tuned !

  • @pheautube6820
    @pheautube6820 Před 6 lety

    thx u so much

  • @reywasgrey
    @reywasgrey Před 6 lety

    Wow,, AMAZING!! But im still confused, what brush are you using in photoshop? Thx of you want answer my question..., Cheers☺

  • @ChillinGames
    @ChillinGames Před 5 lety

    i hope you dont mind me stealing your style cus it looks awesome and is way faster then the pixel art iv been doing!!

  • @yumaappsgames2762
    @yumaappsgames2762 Před 5 lety

    What brush do you use? You are so talented kid.

  • @cristhianabadpajilla1800

    What kind of brush do you use to make your stroke look so good?

  • @priyajvora1824
    @priyajvora1824 Před 6 lety

    YES YAS YES

  • @crazyphysicsdev2832
    @crazyphysicsdev2832 Před 6 lety +134

    1:32 NOPE IM OUT

  • @MikeKing710
    @MikeKing710 Před 6 lety

    Today I finish pixel art characters design for Kickstarter game project)