2011.07.02 [ Toccata pt.1 ] speed drawing video

[shilinTV]

@ZaBanyan draw the lines really fast (:

[rintintinsm]

why do you do the colors in photoshop compared to sai?

[shilinTV]

@rintintinsm I don't know how to control the colours in sai

[liz5100]

@shilinTV SAi may interest you it comes to coloring, you can rotate the canvas when no draw backs for one. :D Super helpful for those hard to get angles. It can be alittle wonkie at first and the free form brushes are kinda hard to get used to. It's worth it :). If you know what deviant art is there are some wonderful tutorials on it if you want to look at some.

I do love your work and even a speed paint I still pick up on things I never really knew and watching you detail helps. +Subb

[shilinTV]

@liz5100 I tried it and I really didn't like it ): I have a cintiq and cs5 though so the rotation problem is gone ^^

[Daias0es]

WOW!! YOUR ART IS SO AMAZING!!! It looks like Final Fantasy XD

[hiyyee]

Are you very precise with the coloring?

Is it ok just to paint outside the lines first? Mine tend to look very messy :<

[shilinTV]

@hiyyee of course it's ok, roughs/sketches are meant to be rough and it helps the final image to not look rigid ^^ I'm not too anal most of the time but because of the size of canvas I use, my drawings usually looks very neat in screen resolution.

[hiyyee]

@shilinTV Thank you! I find your videos very helpful for someone like me who still has a long way to go. T^T

[kenziespierrot]

no joke you arts amazing!!

[ReOmiXo3]

um just a question how do you exactly estimate the colouring for shading?

[shilinTV]

@ReOmiXo3 intuition from experience. you can build up experience by either learning colour theory properly, or going through years of trial and error

[ReOmiXo3]

@shilinTV I see thanks = )

[Anicasma]

How do you get the lines so smooth ;w;

SO PRETTY! >w< VELOCE XDDDDDDD

[alukaiser012]

What program do you use to edit the videooo ? ,i love you artwork ,your amazing

[shilinTV]

@alukaiser012 camtasia studio

[alukaiser012]

@shilinTV thanks youu <3 you are awesome * ¬*

[unabletoperform]

Ahh, so beautiful.

How are you spinning the canvas around like that?

[shilinTV]

@unabletoperform I use sai for lines, canvas rotation is a feature in sai (:

[shilinTV]

I save as a .psd, not .sai ^^

[RidleyOh]

How did you transfer the .sai file to the cs & keep all the layers in layers & not flattened?

>:' been trying to figure that out for myself, not going so well. lol

[ibgrorg]

it's mesmerizing. It's like you know exactly what it's going to be before you begin to paint.

Are you a witch?



[shilinTV]

@ibgrorg shhhhh

[GwennPhantom]

wow the song i was listening ended at the same time your video did...

and AWESOME job... incredibly awesome >o< !!

[Valkeryie666]

really amazing work

[HikaruIssyl]

What program do you use to record your rendering process? I've been trying to record mine but the programs I used gave me crappy videos that partially or entirely black out. :\ Is there anyway to avoid this? D:

One program I used was CamStudio. Forgot the other one.

[shilinTV]

@HikaruIssyl as I said in the description, this video came from a livestream. in other words I livestream my drawing processes and when I'm done, I use that file to make these videos, two birds with one stone.

[HikaruIssyl]

@shilinTV Thanks for replying, lol I don't use livestream so I didn't know you could do that. :P

[ritsuska]

thank you so much for showing us this! :D

[unabletoperform]

gorgeous

[kanachiaki]

wow O_O how many layers would you have on a piece like this one? I seem to have problems with PS if I have too many layers thus it's hard to paint on Ps (I tend to use Sai, but, dunno, I feel like the outcome is not the same...but maybe it's just me) XD

[shilinTV]

@kanachiaki Usually I have 1 layer for colour, 1 for line art, and then a bunch of lighting effect layers using layer modes. If there are separate, important elements that are obviously easier to deal with on a separate layer (like jewelry, or in this case, the red ribbon), I colour those on separate layers too. You can pretty much tell what layers I have by seeing what the active layer is in the layer window during the video.

[kanachiaki]

@shilinTV Thanks^^ I kinda stared at the painting process so I didn't really pay attention to anything else, sorry ^^'

[PlushPlushDoki]

Ok lol. I quit.

Your work is awesome, I remember the livestream for this

[RurutiaDariya]

Hnnnng that level of detail is overwhelmingly beautiful! I always look forward to your videos! They are very helpful, thank you Shilin! ♥

[miizuchi011]

OMG ! YOU MY FRIEND DESERVES MORE VIEWERSSS !

im going to tell my friends about this !

[MrsBenzedrine1]

Did you teach yourself all this? Cause I'm wondering if I could reach this kind of level if I keep on teaching myself.

[shilinTV]

@MrsBenzedrine1 yes, I did self teach all of this. Anyone can do it too if they are willing to practice, observe and look up the answers whenever a question hits them.

[MrsBenzedrine1]

@shilinTV Awesome! :D Cause I've been self-teaching myself for almost a year now and I have improved a lot. Now I wanted to know if I could reach this level one day by continuing like this. Now I'm relieved… For how long have you been doing this?

Oh, and what exact brushes do you use? I remember you once saying that you use default brushes (a solid and an airbrush one), but I'd like the exact names. I have a hunch, but I want to be sure :P.

[shilinTV]

@MrsBenzedrine1 I started doing digital art 10 years ago. I dont know the exact brush names but it's as you said, the default circle brushes. It doesn't matter what brush I use or how long I've been doing this though because it doesn't mean it takes 10 years to do something like this (in fact it should probably take a lot less lol) and it doesn't mean if you use the same brushes you will have an easier time drawing lol

[MrsBenzedrine1]

@shilinTV I know what you mean. I'm a really fast learner though, so people somehow get depressed when I tell them that I've only been drawing and coloring for a year :P. I'm curious about what brushes other people use (been sticking to the "Airbrush Pen Opacity Flow"-brush for a while now though), so I'm asking around a bit. Most people seem to use the same brushes as me and you: default brushes lol XD.

[AlchemyMisuse]

I can live with the fact that my drawings suck..

but why the hell are yours so damn epic, you stole all the talent out there dammit x'D

[wadeverforever]

Amazing! Stunning work

[HinyuChannel]

Oh.. I've heard the smaller intuous hurt your wrists really bad..

I can't wait to see this finished on dA.

[Predhead]

What size canvas thingy was this?

[shilinTV]

@Predhead 5100x3300 or 11x17" at 300 dpi

[misamelon]

what the heell?! you just go straight to lineart? @___@

[shilinTV]

@misamelon no I have a sketch underneath XD

[jadequest101]

WOAAAHHHHH~ EPICCCCCCCCCC

is that your oc from blackbird?

[shilinTV]

@jadequest101 yes