Shape Painting - Concept Art Workflow

"I think this is pretty cool for under two hours" dude... :D Amazing job. Holy heck.

I remember a comment you made in a previous video about "painting from dark to light," and this has helped me tremendously! I've been painting everyday for ~2 years, and I've done ~105 one-hour value studies, but my paintings always felt like I was trying to save them rather than progress them -- jumping all over the place with the value slider caused this. Because of you, I now feel much more confident to iterate and study!

Yep! I noticed this too - 3 of the most common colors in your works and thought that it's your favorite

One of the best things I did was start studying your courses as I recently rediscover my passion for art with intention to use professionaly. I realy enjoy the techniques you use, simple but effective. Not to mention the joy of the process of learning, I couldn't find anywhere else. I'm really thankful for your teaching process. Thank you so much!

This saves me from spending countless hours adding detail and polish to a painting only to have it still feel incomplete or lifeless. Great video🔥 thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing your workflows and thought processes with us, Hardy! It's crazy how much time you can save with a good workflow. I recently discovered a trick in my workflow while rendering that saved me (no joke) about 4 hours of time. The trick, if anyone is wondering: work in local colors. Duplicate your local colors and set it to multiply with a mask. Using the mask, you can paint in a saturated colored shadow without thinking about what color the shadow should be. I like more chromatic, vibrant work, so I usually saturate and lighten my shadow layer a bit. Great for concept art renderings!

I personally use a mixture of quick skeletal frames and outer broad outlines to register subjects quickly. So I'm happy i across this video, it would be interesting to incorporate this into my workflow as well

I remember many years ago when I was a student, (before the digital age) one of my favorite professors loved my thumbnails and larger sketches I had done for a project. Go with it he said. When I later turned in a comp and value study, he asked, "What happened to the spontaneity of the original sketches?" "It looks a little lifeless", he said. I had no answer.:face-purple-crying:

This is truly a beautiful piece! Every time I watch your video, I feel and learn a lot. thank you. I want to study your program, but I'm worried because I'm not good at English. Big thumb up from South Korean. 👍

This makes so much sense in the most satisfying way. Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely fascinating - and enlightening. Amazing what massive changes happen with the tiniest tweaks and additions. And so well explained. Thanks very much!

Digital art is a behemoth of a subject to approach for me I'm sticking with pixel art for the time being as it feels much more approachable lol (and cost efficient) But I like exploring art theory stuff to take these concepts into consideration while learning pixel art on my own pace..

This is EXACTLY what I needed right now!!!!!! Thank you!!

This is exactly the sort of video I've been needing. Trying to learn this process to get the sort of style I want was a struggle and I think a lot of the has to do with my inconsistent work flow. Was trying to figure out how to get from point a to point b in a way that works and sometimes it would and sometimes it wouldn't. Having help finding a proven system and being able to stick to it and come back to this video as needed will help immensely so I can start improving my work instead of feeling stuck. Thank you so much!

Everything about this video is perfect. The music, voice, art, design, colours. Incredible video—thank you for this, it fills my sci fi soul

inspired by you to finally try harder

Stunning work 🔥 congrats! 🙌

You never fail to inspire Hardy! Thanks!

Great advice! Thanks

Love your style bro! Great work!