It was a different experience to do a prestige splash. I did this simultaneously with the Normal version Sylas and I had two extra weeks for this. I tried holding off rendering this until the normal version was near the final look so I can reuse most of it. 3D was used again to do the chains but I had to revise it like 3 times because it was getting too noisy. Unlike my normal process, I used lots of solid colors here to do the armor instead of making a nice line art.
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► A splash takes 4-5 weeks. 1st week for multiple sketches. 2nd week to figure out the colors. 3rd to 5th week to render and polish.
► I paint with the canvas size 8,000 x 4,500 px but it is shrunk down to 7,000 x 3938 for final.
► This video is 40x speed up. Do the math based on this video’s time. Usually, the real time is around 40-80+ hours. (if the other thumbnails were added in). Actual work hours are more than 100+ hrs when you factor in the other thumbnails, research, and contemplating time.
► The toolbar at the left side is called Lazy Nezumi. It helps me get smoother lines and have perspective guides.
► To quickly color a grayscale, I use two methods.
GRAYSCALE COLORING 1ST METHOD:
• Layer on top: The grayscale set to multiply. Brighten it up and colorize depending on the mood you want. This Acts as an AO pass.
• Layer below: Use a solid brush to paint in the flat local colors.
GRAYSCALE COLORING 2ND METHOD: (Messier)
• Layer on top: Set this layer to softlight and add in your colors. This makes it a bit look dull on the highlights so you need to manually fix the highlight colors.
• Layer below: Grayscale here.
► Tip for revisions. You can use liquify on multiple layers. Right after you do it on one layer. You can press Alt+Ctrl+F to apply it again to a different layer. Make sure not to deselect your selection if you are doing this.
► I use color dodge and sometimes linear dodge blending mode to add in lighting layers.
► I group layers using this logic:
1. Post processing
2. VFX, magic
3. Character
4. Some fog
5. Background people, elements, etc
6. Sky and far background
► Here are my tools:
2008-2020:
• Wacom Intuos 3 6″x8″
• Samsung T190
• Intel Core i7 3.50GHz, 16GB RAM, Windows 7
• Photoshop CS6, DAZ 3D, Alchemy
2021:
• XP Pen Artist 24 PRO
• Dell UltraSharp
• AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 32 GB RAM, Windows 10
• Force Series Gen.4 PCIe MP600 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD (this is important for faster everything)
• Photoshop CC, Daz 3D, Zbrush, Maya
► To open a second window of your artwork in Photoshop it is located in Window – Arrange – New Window.
► To temporarily convert your artwork into grayscale. Go to View – Proof Setup – Custom – Select Dot Gain 20%. Then Press Ctrl + Y to toggle this view.
► I am not going to upload longer or shorter versions of this because that takes too much of my personal time. I’m already giving this away for FREE.
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perfect 👌
Your art is beautiful! Super detailed. May i know what brushes you use?
so good <3 the hard work and the talent omg
This is so UNREAL… very impressed about using maya and pen tool in photoshop. I just kept my mouth opened.
Hey this is amazing! one question I want to ask, how do you or most artists who work on splash art draw backgrounds? I'm only able to place a character but when I see other artist's work even their thumbnail sketches, I see that their background looks very accurate in perspective but also adding fictional imagination. Should I get reference photos of background and think about how I would place a character in that reference photo and vice versa? For example, if my character is placed in upward perspective (viewers looking up) do I find reference photo that resembles similar perspective and work my way up from there? Sorry if the question is too long
Amazing video, I love how materials and armor seems to pop out of my screen as they're being shaded and detailed just right! First video I'm watching from this channel and I'm glad I found it!
I really admire you. I want to learn from you. You're the best.
Another excellent one!
Восхитительный подбор песен ^^и более восхитительный арт,рисуя верховную ведьму Зайру просто кайф
I'll be honest. If not for the splash arts I wouldn't buy a single skin.
The skins that came out this year were all so high quality that I can just stare at them for hours.
Thats why I use so many of them as wallpapers.
Great job, Its sad that you are this under rated. I hope you will blow up on this platform.
Not sure if i fully understand something with greyscale to color method. What do you mean by colorize the greyscale then set it to multiply? Which layer is set to multiply?
Just read everything in the description. And in case no one else has said it, THANK YOU SO SOOOOO MUCH for providing all that information along with these videos, for free!
Industry artists never really go thru all this trouble. But things like these are hella important 😌 for people like me! To be able to "see" what goes into doing the job is very enlightening. Thanks so much again! 😊
Can you share real-time videos?At least 2x-3x
These speedpaints! This description! Thank you sooooooo freaking much for sharing your amazing and godlike experience. I have no words how important it is for me and for sure for lots of artists out there.
Wow this is amazing I've been sub and watching all your video's for a while now and all your artworks are really great.
I just wonder how can you make your character's have Depth's without a line art???.because even if I add shadows to my own character it feels flat.btw really like your designs.
Amazing omg
what is the biggest improvement you have noticed after transitioning from a pen tablet to a pen display? accuracy? working faster? Im debating if going for a pen display is the move for me.
아 사일러스 개잘생겻어 ㅅㅂ
Hey man ! Awesome work and thanks for sharing all that for free, It's really priceless ! I've read your splash FAQ and i'm still struggling when i have to add colors to my paint ( the grayscale to color part ), i've tried to watch the video in 0.25x but still dont understand how u make it look that natural and nice feeling, like sometimes when i draw the colors looks dead xd Have you some additionnal tips ?
Hey ! Just wanted to know if you are ok ? You don't publish anymore is there a reason ?
Your work it's just wonderful, my strenght to keep going it's because I know that I can reache levels of skill like yours!
I just wanted to thank you, not only you're giving your brushes for free you also post a lot of timelapses and have some tutorials to buy, looking foward to getting the lady maria one to see how you use your brushes 🙂