So you use one layer for foreground in focus objects and one for background objects? Do you ever use 3 or more layers for say deep landscapes or similar?
As a freelance artist is it at all important where you live or are there some companies that even if they employ you for a short period still require you to visit their office/hq ?
Hi Feng! I love your videos! I have a question, Could you explain what are the main differences between freelancing and employee, like what type of work are more often asked as a freelance and vice versa.The difference of earnings, deadlines, quality expectations ,communication ,creativity freedom that kind of stuff. And maybe more personal, why did you chose to teach instead of just concepting ? Thanks.
hi i have a question. how do you like your job environment? in my line of work (it) theres a lot of backstabbing and a lot of people going far in their career without the skill to back it up. is it the same in the design/illustration field? i always wanted to draw for a living, but i didnt think you could make a sustainable living from it. anyway, great series of videos, i learned a ton of stuff from them
Hey Feng im a newbie in PS5 as well as C.A. i wanted to ask how many years you spended drawing on paper(only on paper) and how many on digital(photoshop1,2,3,4,5) and from what age did you start?
I'm using this multitasking technique for a commission that I'm working on right now. I have to render characters that represent 3 different factions of army units so I'm working on each faction(3 characters in each) at a time. I'm finding it quite helpful indeed. Thanks for posting this video and keep up the great work :)
Hey everyone. Thanks again for the comments. I'll be adding a new episode next week. This week we are extremely busy due to the Master Designer Workshop (feb 4-5). I might also do an another Q/A episode as well to address all your questions. Thanks again.
Love your work Feng, i wonder if you are planning to do advanced seminars, going to check it out on the web page. My question for something i will love to see, its hows a normal weekend for you, like how do you start a monday, if you have a family, if its hard to balance family and a studio, how many other artist hand their money, to not starve and think wise, having time for wife and kids, just regular stuff of time managing, great videos feng zhu. Keep coming the great art.
Feng, It would be really interesting to see your photshop controls and tools on your screen with the painting. It could give us a better idea of what kind of tools and processes you take.
Our 1 year Diploma program does not allow for internships. Please refer to the FAQ section on our website for detailed information.
Please note that FZD School of Design is mainly focusing on the pre-production (2D) design. It is not an animation nor 3D modelling program. It is an entertainment design course with the rooted fundamental skills of industrial design. Thank you!
Hey Feng! it would be awesome if you could do a video on rendering basic shapes like cylinders, spheres, cones and box's. To help us understand lighting better. Thanks for these free videos. I bought your DVD from Gnomon once and it was amazing. Thanks again.
I'm considering going to art school, and I think my pictures are decent, but all I can find of illstration courses within my budget does not focus on actual art, more like designing folders for a hospital with Adobe Illustrator. it's all very annoying.
I think these vids are better than school in many ways, I get what I want and nothing else.
@lasthavoc Here's a more exaustive answer: Chose your ratio and resolution, create a new canvas, add a layer and put a background color. Go to Image>Canvas Size>New Size >> Double the Height. Now again go to Image> Canvas Size>New Size >> add a border value to Width and twice (or triple) the same value to Height.Copy the layer1 and put your set in position. Now you have a perfect proportioned canvas for 2 paintings. I still prefer to make a layer and mask my borders with black lines.
hi, interesting concept work. i like it. just a refresh on the "7 habits" is always a benefit (especially as freelance, which looks like i'll be going back to after 10+ years in corporate world.. so i can totally related to your opening).
one thing though.. remember to balance. and multitasking will not always get you to your highest capability. focus your efforts, break longer to reflect and synergize your mind on your end goal (liek a circle).
Hi, Awesome work! Im thinking of buying my own tablet, Im an art student. So im thinking that a bamboo is enough for now but I dont know? Or do you think I should buy something more professional like the Intuos series? :P awesome video and the best of luck!
I really could need some advice in PRODUCTION design. That might help me to get in one design school here in Finland if you could add a video about productions. And as soon as possible, thanks!
@Lengry you press the alt button to pick a color from the canvas, and you press b to use the brush, download a shortcuts list, obviously you need colors on the canvas first, while using the brush you can just color pick with alt and when you release the button itll go back to the brush tool.fast as shit
@MTLCOMPLX Yeah, I know about that but it seemed that I didn't see colour circle that appears when you hold ALT.
But now I thought about it and I guess he just picked colours outside of capturing zone, maybe on some reference image at the same canvas but out of recording borders?
Hey Feng your work and tutorials are inspiring and much appreciated! I would appreciate it if you could do a video on perspective in a city environment. Or if not how would you go about it? Is it a good idea to use photo reference to create the buildings? Thanks in advance!
"For me, I put in some serious hours in my school days. No sleep for days and days and days, for an entire two and a half ears. It's just TORTURE. ...But it pays of in the end~"
haha just trolling :) i really like your explanations and stuff. im just new to the PS thing, but i do traditional art for a long time now and that really did help me.
but im struggling with the color pallets.
could you give us some advice about how to chose colors and things like that?
What about when you are in a relationship? I know that doing design work takes up alot of time, but I find it increasingly difficult to spend time with my girlfriend and at the same time, have at least 3-6 hours to work on something. I love spending hours on end working and working, but at the same time, I can't neglect my girlfriend. Do you have any tips for those of us who are in relationships?
@Somnixer I had the same problem, resolved by speeding up in the last years. To train i setup a 20 minute timer to setup an image then a 1 hour timer to finish the work. Just move on the next work when the timer goes off. It helps a lot to work under strict schedule and speeds you up. It's not about how much hours do you spend drawing per day, it's about how much you do in that hours. It's up to you to choose how much time you have to give to a project.
I have one question, I thin many people asked you before and it's pretty banal, but: how you come with the background idea? I mean how you think when you draw it?
for me it's the hardest thing ever. and it's always the same problem, in fact I leave a lot of pictures with white pg and it's annoying. :(
@SilentAya do lots of studies of landscapes, build up visual library to pull from. Better if you do them from life but photo studies work as well and remember you can just sketch out random environments and things with a pen whenever, do that just to get yourself to spend more time working from your head and not 100% from reference.
aye for anybody having trouble making clean readable lines just draw straight or curved lines as quick and as long as u can w/out erasing all over a piece of paper or computer screen. Do this when you can't think of anything to draw or while you watch tv or something, its a drill i learned as a caricature artist. Eventually your lines will start getting cleaner and u wont need tools.
aye for anybody having trouble making clean readable lines just draw straight or curved lines as quick and as long as u can w/out erasing all over a piece of paper or computer screen. Do this when you can't think of anything to draw or while you watch tv or something, its a drill i learned as a caricature artist. Eventually your lines will start getting cleaner and u wont need tools
Feng what did you do when you were having problems drawing something in particular? For example I am having problems drawing female hips. I keep practicing but I don't see any improvement. I welcome tips from anyone!
I know it's necessary to work really hard, to reach a professional level, it doesnt matter if its painting, sports, playing an instrument etc.
I'm just wondering: If someone is working 15 hours a day over two years, where does the money come from to pay a flat and stuff to eat? I would love to have a sponsor for my life, but just dont have one.
From 7:01 to 7:20, how did you do the switching from gray scale and color. Seems like you are able to edit in both gray scale and color mode. Hope to hear your reply soon. Thanks!
Create a new layer on top of all, put it from "Normal" to "Saturation" blending mode and fill it with black. Turning the layer visibility on and off will produce the effect you mentioned.
@nujwork Set the color picker to Sample Current Layer then you can pick colors in the layer you're drawing and enable or disable the b/w layer without selecting it. Here you go ;)
I have a question that I am sure nobody has already asked Feng Zhu...I am 40 years old, married, 2 young children, full-timer in a non-artistic field but possess graphic skills with potential although there are a lot of room for inprovement...What are my chances to change career into the industry?
Watch episode 47 and he'll answer your question there. It's all about how motivated you are and if you're willing to dedicate time for improving your skills.
Hi! I'm 18 finishing highschool and thinking the career. I'm 300% sure that I have potential and energy to do this and if I ever am accepted to a design school I'm sure I'm going to make some thing out of it. So, two questions: 1. How hard really is to find work from the world? 2. Is your school worth of the risk of investment? And why I want in your school, becouse it offers me to work in this business and gives me challenge but it is expensive. The hard work don't bother me at all. :D ty
@sharkhead7854 i believe he refers to episode 50... bug silhouettes... why would he be talking about the smoking bug episode? he finished that one... thumbs down!
@sharkhead7854 Actually... he does refer to the smokign bug a little bit later.. i thought you meant the absolute beginning.. sorry for being a prick! you're right! XD
Another great vid Mr Zhu but I've also got a question: I recently started with digital drawing with my own (small) wacom tablet but it seems very difficult to draw what I have in my head, I've got a design in my head but I can't seem to but it on screen very well.
Is that going to be lesser of an issue if I practice more?
@Sardanapulus The tablet is just a tool, you can have an amazing tablet but if you need practice then you need practice. I've made some pretty decent stuff on the original Bamboo, which I think is the smallest Wacom there is. Don't bother with an expensive tablet just yet, those will only help with comfort, not results. :)
VERY motivating stuff! I´m an industrial design student not a concept artist, but i can also apply many of your techniques. Keep on the good work! thanks!
Very nice. You mentioned your pc at home is powerful. I was wondering if you use a gaming graphics card or one of those super expensive specially made for rendering art and special effects graphics cards?
Can you explain how you know how much to charge a client, i know the price varies depending on the painting or drawing but what price is considered to cheap, just right, or to expensive?
You mentioned that you started sacrificing yourself and dedicating most of your spare time even during school. How old were you then? I mean, when did you find out that you need to sacrifice what you are, for what you want to become and how did you manage to keep up your motivation? I know, actually I won't gain anything from these questions, but still I'd like to know how you challenged the early beginning of your career.
Mr. Zhu. Can you please explain what you did around 8:31 where it became black and white and then back to color? What were you doing and how is it done?
@nesnahmik I am somewhat wondering the same. He's not using opacity by pen pressure if I'm not mistaken, but somehow many of my paintings end up quite blurry.
I'd love to hear about some tips on how to prevent this. I think it has to do with my fear of not wanting to use 100% opacity at many occasions.
@PHeMoX Feng actually mentions just using the default brushes. He used the default chalk but with opacity turned off for these two paintings. And then he goes on to stress the fundamentals and i guess being really good at those can produce a "clear" and easy to read image. He really makes the right parts of his images pop. Amazing artist :)
@nesnahmik Yeah, I know, but I am using Painter XI. Somehow the default chalk there is not quite the same as the Photoshop one.
I totally agree that it's not the brush that defines the artist and that it must be fundamentals that I am lacking as well, but so far I am struggling a bit getting clean and readable lines when at the same time not making things either too blurry or too sharp. I'm guessing that's where a lot of fundamental practice comes in.
@PHeMoX I actually also use painter.Always been my favorite tool :-) Photoshop is faster getting a lot of "information" into an image and start sculpting shapes out and according to Feng a lot more stable handling big files. Still like painter though :)
As per usual, worthwhile information and beautiful to watch.You discussed how you start on multiple paintings at the same time,now I get that this is for production of conceptual arts,but would you say this would work well with just about every form of illustration?Whether conceptual work,illustration or fine art?The reason I ask is because of style and how the timemanagement affects your output.If you start multiple paintings at the same time,they will get a similar feel,or doesnt it matter?
Fantastic video as always! My main problem is time management and procrastination as well so i understand the importance of what you are talking here. You do a great service for all the people who want to improve their art and can't afford to pay for it!
Feng do you have any students from the US who attend your school? what would be the benefit of going to fzd compared to going to a school in the US.Also you say in your video your school focuses in industrial design, however the market for architecture is about 11.5% at least in the US, and in the fzd application it says that international students are not eligible for employment in singapore.
Hi Feng, great design cinema! I was wondering if you can paint these in a traditional painting medium like Syd Mead and Frank Frazetta. Mabe acrylic or oil. Also if you can (im sure you can), if you can do a design cinema for a traditional concept design painting. Would be awesome to see you work in a more challenging setting.Thanks.
I just want to say thanks for this. I'm watching this during my lunch break right now and so far I'm finding myself spending around 80% of my available time on the first couple and by the time I get to the end I'm completely drained. Hopefully by spreading my workload out like you've suggested here I can really begin to turn things around.
These videos are priceless. I could only imagine what the school would be like..
I heard you say you paid for your school with your first job in the industry and I was wondering, is that typical of most students? Can you talk a little more about that side of the business, how clients select you? Did you just design a portfolio during your last stages at art school and send it to all the major players and wait for call backs?
Working on multiple paintings/drawings at once...GAH! Why didn't that ever occur to me before...I get bored SO easily when I draw, especially when I get an artist's block. Awesome advice, I will never work on less than 2 pieces of artwork at a time ever agaaaiiinnnn!!!!
Hi Feng,and thanks for the fast and great upload of episode 51, i have one question, i hope maybe you can talk a little about this in some next episode. Would you consider a good practice to make three or five quick studies from photographs of things such as people, landscapes, animals, vehicles, etc every day? I´m sure it won´t hurt, but i´d like to hear you opinion or some advice regarding this. Cheers!
Hey Feng. I was wondering about the size of the document you were working on. I notice you always say your working at 10,000 px wide, 8,000 px wide, etc. and I think I heard you say in another vid that your resolution is 1. Is there a reason why you work this way? What if you had to print your stuff doesn't the resolution of 1 mess up the painting?
Hi Feng, when you speak of a document being, say, 4,000 pixels wide, is dpi always set at 1 (rather than 72, 300, etc)? So most of your files are between 9626x4096 and 4096x1743 resolutions -- with dpi set as only 1 pixel? Thanks!! Yours are by far my favorite tutorials. Very grateful.
i have a question, so we r doing designing--- and after our job is done, the boss is gonna take your design and let 3D modelers to do the modelings... my question is... what do we do after that? we move on to design other video games?
Feng Im a student artist and I want nothing more than to work in the film and video game industry, i have to choose my UNI course soon do you think I should choose illustration or a traditional art course? My chosen university does not have a persifoc course catered to what u want to do and I have family which I look after which prevents me from moving away.
I love all your videos. They are all very informative. I do notice that you use the phrase 2-3-5, but I am not sure what that really means. Is that 2 high and 3.5 wide? I think that is what you are saying but would like to know if I am correct.
Oh and thanks for mentioning the "r" key is for rotate in photoshop. Didn't know that.
gr8 episode Feng! Really instructive, i enjoyed the description about time and work management (i will use some of them nowadays), and the example of rising a career, if i may. Good to see the work-flow as always, too. Keep it up!
i agreed with you feng.! its all about spending too much time (16 hours per day)..doing sketching and other stuffs. I ended up hangout with frnds,playing video games stuffs..tons of thanks for your advice Feng!
Feng, while I am still an amateur, I have been struggling to use a wacom tablet effectively. Considering that it is already very challenging (for me) to develop cool and interesting pieces in traditional art where I am more comfortable, should I hold off on trying to master digital techniques until I have a better traditional mastery? It seems much harder for me to control the wacom pen then it is to control a pencil or marker, what should we (as amateurs) focus on to try and learn digital?
yeah 500 likes and no dislike :D
ghos7warrior 2 days ago
You worked at Skywalker Ranch!!! You Feng have now made the "Most Amazing Person" List!!
hanayori94 2 days ago
So you use one layer for foreground in focus objects and one for background objects? Do you ever use 3 or more layers for say deep landscapes or similar?
Great series of videos by the way.
aikighost 3 days ago
crap you are awesome
choochoomamoo 1 week ago
As a freelance artist is it at all important where you live or are there some companies that even if they employ you for a short period still require you to visit their office/hq ?
LordMagtheridon 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
Hi Feng, why not make a video about developing different versions of one and the same thing (same character, environmet....) ?
spacewhale3000 2 weeks ago
Hi Feng! I love your videos! I have a question, Could you explain what are the main differences between freelancing and employee, like what type of work are more often asked as a freelance and vice versa.The difference of earnings, deadlines, quality expectations ,communication ,creativity freedom that kind of stuff. And maybe more personal, why did you chose to teach instead of just concepting ? Thanks.
sizozozo 2 weeks ago
I just want to say thanks so much for making all these videos, they are very inspiring and helpful. You are extremely talented and I love your style.
eneche 2 weeks ago
hi i have a question. how do you like your job environment? in my line of work (it) theres a lot of backstabbing and a lot of people going far in their career without the skill to back it up. is it the same in the design/illustration field? i always wanted to draw for a living, but i didnt think you could make a sustainable living from it. anyway, great series of videos, i learned a ton of stuff from them
gc3k 2 weeks ago
What's your thoughts on programmer/concept artist/3D modeler in one?
(working in C++, painting in photoshop and modeling in 3DSMAX at the moment)
fusedotcore 2 weeks ago
great concepts, can you do cartoony as well?
mabey a cartoony landscape or some characters would be cool.
You need that skill as well right?
The11tom11 2 weeks ago
What is the document size - resolution pixels/inch, is it 300 or smaller?
boris24484 3 weeks ago
@boris24484 resolution pixels/inch only matters when you use inch as size format. 300ppi is good for printing
If you set the size in pixels, PPI does nothing for your file
fusedotcore 2 weeks ago
Hey Feng im a newbie in PS5 as well as C.A. i wanted to ask how many years you spended drawing on paper(only on paper) and how many on digital(photoshop1,2,3,4,5) and from what age did you start?
Please answer i realy need this :)
MrValkyr1e 3 weeks ago
Great channel you've got here Feng!
I would say that it is one of the best, if not The best channel for learning concept art.
Not only do you pack your videos full of info of how to use the tools,
but more importantly information on the fundamentals and how to survive in the industry.
Greatly appreciated.
MrDuaneLee 3 weeks ago
I'm using this multitasking technique for a commission that I'm working on right now. I have to render characters that represent 3 different factions of army units so I'm working on each faction(3 characters in each) at a time. I'm finding it quite helpful indeed. Thanks for posting this video and keep up the great work :)
pbryant23 3 weeks ago
how do you change the color to black and white to adjust the lighting then bring it back to color again?
godmusico 3 weeks ago
@godmusico Top menu, layer, new adjustment layer, black and white.
Keep that layer on top, and set it to visible when you need it.
fusedotcore 2 weeks ago
Hey everyone. Thanks again for the comments. I'll be adding a new episode next week. This week we are extremely busy due to the Master Designer Workshop (feb 4-5). I might also do an another Q/A episode as well to address all your questions. Thanks again.
Fengdesigns 3 weeks ago
Love your work Feng, i wonder if you are planning to do advanced seminars, going to check it out on the web page. My question for something i will love to see, its hows a normal weekend for you, like how do you start a monday, if you have a family, if its hard to balance family and a studio, how many other artist hand their money, to not starve and think wise, having time for wife and kids, just regular stuff of time managing, great videos feng zhu. Keep coming the great art.
eelsevilla 3 weeks ago
Feng, It would be really interesting to see your photshop controls and tools on your screen with the painting. It could give us a better idea of what kind of tools and processes you take.
kevin71127 3 weeks ago
Genius. Feng was born for this profession.
kevin71127 3 weeks ago
very good explanation... makes a lot of sense.
CT2507 3 weeks ago
Feng ! could you please do a video on how you set up the perspective for a scene PLZ ! PLZ ! PLZ !
brujahbart 3 weeks ago
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I use photoshop and I can't find a good size for my canvas'. what size do you set your canvas'? width and length in pix. i'm a noob at this.
omanitnathan 3 weeks ago
1:50 "For gods, like myself..." I agree :P
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sure they looks awesome , but they are too stylish , you never see games looking like this or even movies
Cobac 4 weeks ago
sure they looks awesome , but they are too stylish , you never see games looking like this or even movies ,
Cobac 4 weeks ago
I have some questions about your school,
Does your school provide's internship's?
And does your school focus on concept art? or also on animation, and 3D ?
thx :)
bowlda111 1 month ago
@bowlda111
Our 1 year Diploma program does not allow for internships. Please refer to the FAQ section on our website for detailed information.
Please note that FZD School of Design is mainly focusing on the pre-production (2D) design. It is not an animation nor 3D modelling program. It is an entertainment design course with the rooted fundamental skills of industrial design. Thank you!
FZDSCHOOL 4 weeks ago 8
Hey Feng! it would be awesome if you could do a video on rendering basic shapes like cylinders, spheres, cones and box's. To help us understand lighting better. Thanks for these free videos. I bought your DVD from Gnomon once and it was amazing. Thanks again.
oabbasi 1 month ago
Photoshop or Illustrator for scetching/drawing with a tablet?
DiMAGiNEfilms 1 month ago
@DiMAGiNEfilms Photoshop, definitely. illustrator is for more graphic design, vector-based stuff, not so much sketching/drawing/painting.
akuarashi 1 month ago
@akuarashi Ok! Thanks. Im tryong to learn drawing with the tablet. Its not the same thing as with pen/paper. I bought a Wacom Bamboo Medium.
DiMAGiNEfilms 1 month ago
@DiMAGiNEfilms sounds great, have fun! :)
akuarashi 2 weeks ago
I'm considering going to art school, and I think my pictures are decent, but all I can find of illstration courses within my budget does not focus on actual art, more like designing folders for a hospital with Adobe Illustrator. it's all very annoying.
I think these vids are better than school in many ways, I get what I want and nothing else.
thanks for making these vids!
dalagutten 1 month ago
Hey Feng, how do you put 2 paintings on 1 PSD file?
lasthavoc 1 month ago
@lasthavoc lol, draw a line in the middle of your canvas...
NizoSan 1 month ago
@NizoSan
Maybe it is that simple but it would be nice to know the entire file ratio and resolution so it's not to bog down your computer.
lasthavoc 1 month ago
@lasthavoc Here's a more exaustive answer: Chose your ratio and resolution, create a new canvas, add a layer and put a background color. Go to Image>Canvas Size>New Size >> Double the Height. Now again go to Image> Canvas Size>New Size >> add a border value to Width and twice (or triple) the same value to Height.Copy the layer1 and put your set in position. Now you have a perfect proportioned canvas for 2 paintings. I still prefer to make a layer and mask my borders with black lines.
NizoSan 4 weeks ago
hi, interesting concept work. i like it. just a refresh on the "7 habits" is always a benefit (especially as freelance, which looks like i'll be going back to after 10+ years in corporate world.. so i can totally related to your opening).
one thing though.. remember to balance. and multitasking will not always get you to your highest capability. focus your efforts, break longer to reflect and synergize your mind on your end goal (liek a circle).
anyway, nice work... subscribed.
razblack 1 month ago
@sharkhead7854 He's actually refering to the previous episode; EPISODE 50 - Bug Silhouettes.
2B87 1 month ago
this was really helpful
MangaArtFanBoy 1 month ago
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Hi, Awesome work! Im thinking of buying my own tablet, Im an art student. So im thinking that a bamboo is enough for now but I dont know? Or do you think I should buy something more professional like the Intuos series? :P awesome video and the best of luck!
OskarEMeaty 1 month ago
16:16 HOLY SHI~
MetallHead9 1 month ago
I have to give up cod...
DjbShadow17 1 month ago
I hate for this to be my first question to you, but I need to know. Who was responsible for the creation of Jar Jar Binks?
MisterSkillet100 1 month ago
Hey, Have u worked on a movie caled SKYLINE? Cuz those alien ships look like ur stile!
maxmamed 1 month ago
Ok, now that you said that I am gonna get the betas and all that kind of stuff for free and before enyone else i want in! :D
immortaliserwow 1 month ago
I really could need some advice in PRODUCTION design. That might help me to get in one design school here in Finland if you could add a video about productions. And as soon as possible, thanks!
themalmana 1 month ago
Can someone tip me how is it he changes colours of his brush without colourpicking and bringing palettes? It bothered me for a long time already.
Lengry 1 month ago
@Lengry you press the alt button to pick a color from the canvas, and you press b to use the brush, download a shortcuts list, obviously you need colors on the canvas first, while using the brush you can just color pick with alt and when you release the button itll go back to the brush tool.fast as shit
MTLCOMPLX 1 month ago
@MTLCOMPLX Yeah, I know about that but it seemed that I didn't see colour circle that appears when you hold ALT.
But now I thought about it and I guess he just picked colours outside of capturing zone, maybe on some reference image at the same canvas but out of recording borders?
Lengry 1 month ago
@Lengry Or maybe we can't see the color picker cause the video is speed up and to pick a color takes less than 1 frame.
NizoSan 1 month ago
@Lengry Eye dropper tool.
StraightCrossing 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
Very cool and spiring Feng!
I heard you are coming to Vancouver, can't wait for that!!
xpeterdudex 1 month ago
Feng you the man! Your advice and tutorials are great!
Jogyobosatsu 1 month ago
'little fanboy bug' lollll
Great ep!
screamingpigs 1 month ago
Is this the same dud from I draw girls , cause it does sound like him.
I'm sorry if it seems rude if you are not
UweARTS 1 month ago
@UweARTS .... No!
screamingpigs 1 month ago
@UweARTS its not.. i think the guy from idrawgirls is called Xia.. this is Feng Zhu..
I like idrawgirls alot.. but Feng has a more professional way of teaching.. :)
Konkyz 1 month ago
A question that lingers in my mind for a while:
What happens to the non selected/approved concept designs?
Who owns them?
Can you use them in similar projects?
For example you designed some WWII Nazi energy weapons (think Wolfenstein)
and a similar project come up later and they need same type of weapons.
Can you use/redraw non accepted designs from the previous project?
TNX.
Ingyar 1 month ago
Hey Feng your work and tutorials are inspiring and much appreciated! I would appreciate it if you could do a video on perspective in a city environment. Or if not how would you go about it? Is it a good idea to use photo reference to create the buildings? Thanks in advance!
stevekouts01 1 month ago 11
@stevekouts01 dence forests are also a pain in the ass to paint.. :(
YTDekus 4 weeks ago
"For me, I put in some serious hours in my school days. No sleep for days and days and days, for an entire two and a half ears. It's just TORTURE. ...But it pays of in the end~"
Hahahaha nice.
SardonicAuthor 1 month ago
what wacom do you use?
haha just trolling :) i really like your explanations and stuff. im just new to the PS thing, but i do traditional art for a long time now and that really did help me.
but im struggling with the color pallets.
could you give us some advice about how to chose colors and things like that?
i would really like to hear you talk about it :)
have a nice day!
Lennyblink182 1 month ago
@Lennyblink182
Maybe Feng's video EPISODE 34 Photoshop & Wacom Basics part1 "
might help about that. The last quarter of it.
Also check Part 2
Cheers
Ingyar 1 month ago
thx for vid!
exelion2 1 month ago
I find it really difficult to find a topic. could you say a random topic at the end of each video?
IxsketchxI 1 month ago
What about when you are in a relationship? I know that doing design work takes up alot of time, but I find it increasingly difficult to spend time with my girlfriend and at the same time, have at least 3-6 hours to work on something. I love spending hours on end working and working, but at the same time, I can't neglect my girlfriend. Do you have any tips for those of us who are in relationships?
Somnixer 1 month ago
@Somnixer I had the same problem, resolved by speeding up in the last years. To train i setup a 20 minute timer to setup an image then a 1 hour timer to finish the work. Just move on the next work when the timer goes off. It helps a lot to work under strict schedule and speeds you up. It's not about how much hours do you spend drawing per day, it's about how much you do in that hours. It's up to you to choose how much time you have to give to a project.
NizoSan 1 month ago
@NizoSan Thanks for the advice! I will definitely start doing that training.
Somnixer 1 month ago
This IFX issue is the free issue if you get the IFX iPad app.
gordontarpley 1 month ago
18:05
" So everything's going 'tshktshlktshk', making that cricket-y but metallic sound "
He must be talking 'bout dubstep here. :B
No but, Great great tutorial! Good commentary, was very intrested in the freelance time management part!
Hav0cc 1 month ago
I have one question, I thin many people asked you before and it's pretty banal, but: how you come with the background idea? I mean how you think when you draw it?
for me it's the hardest thing ever. and it's always the same problem, in fact I leave a lot of pictures with white pg and it's annoying. :(
SilentAya 1 month ago
@SilentAya do lots of studies of landscapes, build up visual library to pull from. Better if you do them from life but photo studies work as well and remember you can just sketch out random environments and things with a pen whenever, do that just to get yourself to spend more time working from your head and not 100% from reference.
Malic2094 1 month ago
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aye for anybody having trouble making clean readable lines just draw straight or curved lines as quick and as long as u can w/out erasing all over a piece of paper or computer screen. Do this when you can't think of anything to draw or while you watch tv or something, its a drill i learned as a caricature artist. Eventually your lines will start getting cleaner and u wont need tools.
kenanj100 1 month ago
aye for anybody having trouble making clean readable lines just draw straight or curved lines as quick and as long as u can w/out erasing all over a piece of paper or computer screen. Do this when you can't think of anything to draw or while you watch tv or something, its a drill i learned as a caricature artist. Eventually your lines will start getting cleaner and u wont need tools
kenanj100 1 month ago
Feng what did you do when you were having problems drawing something in particular? For example I am having problems drawing female hips. I keep practicing but I don't see any improvement. I welcome tips from anyone!
saprissa9 1 month ago
@saprissa9 take a life drawing class and practice practice practice.
officeham 1 month ago
OH man he got this video up WAY faster! Thank you feng!
tracknfield4life 1 month ago
I did not know about the canvas rotate function.....thanks for that Feng. Also an interesting little insight into the Star Wars workflow.
tomstools 1 month ago
I know it's necessary to work really hard, to reach a professional level, it doesnt matter if its painting, sports, playing an instrument etc.
I'm just wondering: If someone is working 15 hours a day over two years, where does the money come from to pay a flat and stuff to eat? I would love to have a sponsor for my life, but just dont have one.
macheifach 1 month ago
i have the magazine :)
Ducaz012 1 month ago
From 7:01 to 7:20, how did you do the switching from gray scale and color. Seems like you are able to edit in both gray scale and color mode. Hope to hear your reply soon. Thanks!
nujwork 1 month ago
@nujwork
Create a new layer on top of all, put it from "Normal" to "Saturation" blending mode and fill it with black. Turning the layer visibility on and off will produce the effect you mentioned.
TheArtedd 1 month ago
@TheArtedd
Thanks for replying! At which layer did FZ paint during the grayscale mode? How did he pick the color?
nujwork 1 month ago
@nujwork Set the color picker to Sample Current Layer then you can pick colors in the layer you're drawing and enable or disable the b/w layer without selecting it. Here you go ;)
NizoSan 1 month ago
@NizoSan Ah I see, thanks! Thanks!
nujwork 1 month ago
Wow those things are awesome.
MartellArts 1 month ago
I have a question that I am sure nobody has already asked Feng Zhu...I am 40 years old, married, 2 young children, full-timer in a non-artistic field but possess graphic skills with potential although there are a lot of room for inprovement...What are my chances to change career into the industry?
DArtdevilful 1 month ago
@DArtdevilful Learn the fundamentals of form, light and color and youre half way there.
mrken001 1 month ago
@DArtdevilful
Watch episode 47 and he'll answer your question there. It's all about how motivated you are and if you're willing to dedicate time for improving your skills.
lasthavoc 1 month ago
This channel is the best! :D
TheroMakepe 1 month ago
Hi! I'm 18 finishing highschool and thinking the career. I'm 300% sure that I have potential and energy to do this and if I ever am accepted to a design school I'm sure I'm going to make some thing out of it. So, two questions: 1. How hard really is to find work from the world? 2. Is your school worth of the risk of investment? And why I want in your school, becouse it offers me to work in this business and gives me challenge but it is expensive. The hard work don't bother me at all. :D ty
themalmana 1 month ago
One a week is really good if you are doing large finished paintings with tons of detail. He's talking about concept drawings, not finished images.
mindrapeart 1 month ago
The video he refers to in the beginning is EPISODE 27 Smoking Bug part1. Thumbs up so people can see!
sharkhead7854 1 month ago 69
@sharkhead7854 i believe he refers to episode 50... bug silhouettes... why would he be talking about the smoking bug episode? he finished that one... thumbs down!
Konkyz 1 month ago
@sharkhead7854 Actually... he does refer to the smokign bug a little bit later.. i thought you meant the absolute beginning.. sorry for being a prick! you're right! XD
Konkyz 1 month ago
Another great vid Mr Zhu but I've also got a question: I recently started with digital drawing with my own (small) wacom tablet but it seems very difficult to draw what I have in my head, I've got a design in my head but I can't seem to but it on screen very well.
Is that going to be lesser of an issue if I practice more?
Thanks
Sardanapulus 1 month ago
@Sardanapulus no it's not
lockide 1 month ago
@lockide well thank you, Is it going to improve if I buy a better tablet?
Sardanapulus 1 month ago
@Sardanapulus The tablet is just a tool, you can have an amazing tablet but if you need practice then you need practice. I've made some pretty decent stuff on the original Bamboo, which I think is the smallest Wacom there is. Don't bother with an expensive tablet just yet, those will only help with comfort, not results. :)
sharkhead7854 1 month ago
VERY motivating stuff! I´m an industrial design student not a concept artist, but i can also apply many of your techniques. Keep on the good work! thanks!
kyichu 1 month ago
Very nice. You mentioned your pc at home is powerful. I was wondering if you use a gaming graphics card or one of those super expensive specially made for rendering art and special effects graphics cards?
getnitdunn 1 month ago
Can you explain how you know how much to charge a client, i know the price varies depending on the painting or drawing but what price is considered to cheap, just right, or to expensive?
kenanj100 1 month ago
Can you make a short film about your dp process, from the beggining to now?:D
TYPHONart 1 month ago
Hi Feng, thanks for that wonderful episode!
You mentioned that you started sacrificing yourself and dedicating most of your spare time even during school. How old were you then? I mean, when did you find out that you need to sacrifice what you are, for what you want to become and how did you manage to keep up your motivation? I know, actually I won't gain anything from these questions, but still I'd like to know how you challenged the early beginning of your career.
Thanks!
lastgenerationsb 1 month ago
How do you get this circle around your cursor to change the colour? :)
evopsomopso 1 month ago
@evopsomopso It's the colorpicker in ps CS5.
RvlART 1 month ago
i accidentily found your videos yesterday and im blown away! thank you so much for doing vids like this!!
evopsomopso 1 month ago
Is it ironic that I am watching this to procrastinate doing Mathematics revision for my exam tomorrow...
bradkey98765 1 month ago
Great thanks! always intertaining and useful
Darkmoreplague 1 month ago
Hey, Feng! Thank you very much for talking about time managment! it is a very critical topic to me!
Seach94 1 month ago
Thank u very much for this video! very inspirering!
jupaydo 1 month ago
This is fantastic. I'm amazed how much I learn from these videos! I will definitly keep multitasking in mind :)
GabesGames 1 month ago
Hey feng. can you tell us about your mistakes during your career and how did you learn from them?
wo262 1 month ago
Mr. Zhu. Can you please explain what you did around 8:31 where it became black and white and then back to color? What were you doing and how is it done?
kekeke01 1 month ago
"i cant do it! - i got in a car accident, broke both my legs and my wife died!"
"I DON'T CARE!"
eerrrrrrfolks 1 month ago
That Logo intro sound reminds me of Resident Evil 1 =) Great channel!
yohanonline 1 month ago
Hey Feng. Been following you quite some time now. Nice to see how you have evolved and thanks for your generosity.
-Question: do you always use 100% opacity on a brush (you mention that in other videos). And do your brushes color bleed?
nesnahmik 1 month ago
@nesnahmik I am somewhat wondering the same. He's not using opacity by pen pressure if I'm not mistaken, but somehow many of my paintings end up quite blurry.
I'd love to hear about some tips on how to prevent this. I think it has to do with my fear of not wanting to use 100% opacity at many occasions.
PHeMoX 1 month ago
@PHeMoX Feng actually mentions just using the default brushes. He used the default chalk but with opacity turned off for these two paintings. And then he goes on to stress the fundamentals and i guess being really good at those can produce a "clear" and easy to read image. He really makes the right parts of his images pop. Amazing artist :)
nesnahmik 1 month ago 8
@nesnahmik Yeah, I know, but I am using Painter XI. Somehow the default chalk there is not quite the same as the Photoshop one.
I totally agree that it's not the brush that defines the artist and that it must be fundamentals that I am lacking as well, but so far I am struggling a bit getting clean and readable lines when at the same time not making things either too blurry or too sharp. I'm guessing that's where a lot of fundamental practice comes in.
PHeMoX 1 month ago
@PHeMoX I actually also use painter.Always been my favorite tool :-) Photoshop is faster getting a lot of "information" into an image and start sculpting shapes out and according to Feng a lot more stable handling big files. Still like painter though :)
nesnahmik 1 month ago
@nesnahmik Yeah, he's right, but Painter started working a lot better for me ever since I upgraded to 12GB of ram and Windows 7.
I like the traditional style brushes it comes with, but at the same time dealing with having to 'dry' paint and such can be somewhat of a challenge.
PHeMoX 1 month ago
when will be able to offer scholarships for international students ?
maddybbboy 1 month ago
If you don't know what to draw would you say life drawing or doing studies of other artists is the best thing you can do?
999yuiop 1 month ago 2
As per usual, worthwhile information and beautiful to watch.You discussed how you start on multiple paintings at the same time,now I get that this is for production of conceptual arts,but would you say this would work well with just about every form of illustration?Whether conceptual work,illustration or fine art?The reason I ask is because of style and how the timemanagement affects your output.If you start multiple paintings at the same time,they will get a similar feel,or doesnt it matter?
Colrouphobic 1 month ago
Feng please.... let me be your son :)
skulio19 1 month ago
Fantastic video as always! My main problem is time management and procrastination as well so i understand the importance of what you are talking here. You do a great service for all the people who want to improve their art and can't afford to pay for it!
kissvenom 1 month ago
Feng do you have any students from the US who attend your school? what would be the benefit of going to fzd compared to going to a school in the US.Also you say in your video your school focuses in industrial design, however the market for architecture is about 11.5% at least in the US, and in the fzd application it says that international students are not eligible for employment in singapore.
dothisdothat321 1 month ago
Thanks for this. Really inspiring and a great challenge to draw that much in a day, but it is the truth. If you want it, you got to make time for it.
mattGamer 1 month ago
WHAT IS SOME ADVICE YOU WOULD HAVE FOR SELF TAUGHT ARTIST? WHAT RESOURCES WOULD BE GOOD TO USE? HOPE YOU GET TO MY QUESTION THANK YOU ...
kidkaustic03 1 month ago
Hi Feng, great design cinema! I was wondering if you can paint these in a traditional painting medium like Syd Mead and Frank Frazetta. Mabe acrylic or oil. Also if you can (im sure you can), if you can do a design cinema for a traditional concept design painting. Would be awesome to see you work in a more challenging setting.Thanks.
xxxxd1eSELxxxx 1 month ago
I own this issue/volume of imagineFX :) simply amazing!
Digitalfixxel 1 month ago
I just want to say thanks for this. I'm watching this during my lunch break right now and so far I'm finding myself spending around 80% of my available time on the first couple and by the time I get to the end I'm completely drained. Hopefully by spreading my workload out like you've suggested here I can really begin to turn things around.
friedrice1847 1 month ago
First time I've watched one of these start to finish....worth it!
Lydomina 1 month ago
Feng, I don't mind you putting up some commercials for additional revenues. These videos are just amazing.
chaohlin 1 month ago
These videos are priceless. I could only imagine what the school would be like..
I heard you say you paid for your school with your first job in the industry and I was wondering, is that typical of most students? Can you talk a little more about that side of the business, how clients select you? Did you just design a portfolio during your last stages at art school and send it to all the major players and wait for call backs?
Thanks FZD, very valuable information.
nsane87 1 month ago
WOW! this was so freaking awesome!
Working on multiple paintings/drawings at once...GAH! Why didn't that ever occur to me before...I get bored SO easily when I draw, especially when I get an artist's block. Awesome advice, I will never work on less than 2 pieces of artwork at a time ever agaaaiiinnnn!!!!
sil3ntm08i0us 1 month ago
Hi Feng,and thanks for the fast and great upload of episode 51, i have one question, i hope maybe you can talk a little about this in some next episode. Would you consider a good practice to make three or five quick studies from photographs of things such as people, landscapes, animals, vehicles, etc every day? I´m sure it won´t hurt, but i´d like to hear you opinion or some advice regarding this. Cheers!
JUANREVI 1 month ago
@JUANREVI You should check "EPISODE 45 Painting Studies" , he has a long answer to that question in the video
knozos 1 month ago
I'm always taking notes! Great work Feng! You really put a lot of passion into these!
TerrbleTrioHerb 1 month ago
I learned more watching these vids than 4 yrs attending high school.
olisaoli 1 month ago
wauiting for ep that u apply color for ur bugs!! =)
edmundemi 1 month ago
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Thankyou, another xmas present from you.
2openhere 1 month ago
Thankyou, another xmas present from you.
2openhere 1 month ago
Hey Feng. I was wondering about the size of the document you were working on. I notice you always say your working at 10,000 px wide, 8,000 px wide, etc. and I think I heard you say in another vid that your resolution is 1. Is there a reason why you work this way? What if you had to print your stuff doesn't the resolution of 1 mess up the painting?
topracer01 1 month ago
Hi Feng, when you speak of a document being, say, 4,000 pixels wide, is dpi always set at 1 (rather than 72, 300, etc)? So most of your files are between 9626x4096 and 4096x1743 resolutions -- with dpi set as only 1 pixel? Thanks!! Yours are by far my favorite tutorials. Very grateful.
oceanbluesky 1 month ago
i have a question, so we r doing designing--- and after our job is done, the boss is gonna take your design and let 3D modelers to do the modelings... my question is... what do we do after that? we move on to design other video games?
tekkoontan 1 month ago
man u are a niagara falls of useful information and advices, love u
igorcaplevatchi 1 month ago
Feng Im a student artist and I want nothing more than to work in the film and video game industry, i have to choose my UNI course soon do you think I should choose illustration or a traditional art course? My chosen university does not have a persifoc course catered to what u want to do and I have family which I look after which prevents me from moving away.
bionikslipper 1 month ago
I love all your videos. They are all very informative. I do notice that you use the phrase 2-3-5, but I am not sure what that really means. Is that 2 high and 3.5 wide? I think that is what you are saying but would like to know if I am correct.
Oh and thanks for mentioning the "r" key is for rotate in photoshop. Didn't know that.
moore2art 1 month ago
@moore2art 3.25 not 2-3-5, if you got canvas 10k wide divide it by 3.25 and you'll get height.
eldrake123 1 month ago
@eldrake123
Thank you, eldrake! I'm glad I asked, you and ingyar have cleared this up for me. I appreciate it.
moore2art 1 month ago
@moore2art
He means an aspect ratio of a film frame - Width : Height
The old TV's are 4:3, HD sets are 16x9
Common movie frames ratios are 1.85:1 , 2.35:1
So if you create a new image in Photoshop and
set the width to 2350 pix and height 1000,
you created an image with 2.35:1 ratio.
Same if you created an 235x100 or 1175x500 etc...
Ingyar 1 month ago
@Ingyar
Thanks, Ingyar! this is so helpful.
moore2art 1 month ago
gr8 episode Feng! Really instructive, i enjoyed the description about time and work management (i will use some of them nowadays), and the example of rising a career, if i may. Good to see the work-flow as always, too. Keep it up!
natloziarap 1 month ago
New video! Who else wants to do a little dance?
SuperGamer87 1 month ago 4
Man... I may never work in that market area, but I really enjoy to listen you speak... I should make money doing conferences on big art schools.
PianoHero01 1 month ago
i agreed with you feng.! its all about spending too much time (16 hours per day)..doing sketching and other stuffs. I ended up hangout with frnds,playing video games stuffs..tons of thanks for your advice Feng!
arunshmily 1 month ago
there is no such thing as multitasking. there is only quick taskshifting.
Schnauzevollhier 1 month ago
how do you get into this kind of career, drawing for game companies?
kutaakema 1 month ago
KEEP THESE VIDEOS UP! just sayin'
mahiky 1 month ago
Thanks for this lesson Mr Zhu! I've got a question: are the classes in your school in English?
Torchit 1 month ago 2
@Torchit
Thank you for the compliment. :) All the courses in FZD School of Design are taught in English and English only. Thanks!
FZDSCHOOL 1 month ago 10
16 hours a day? Some days with no sleep? Sounds like a career to lead you into suicidal depression.
xenos76 1 month ago
Feng, while I am still an amateur, I have been struggling to use a wacom tablet effectively. Considering that it is already very challenging (for me) to develop cool and interesting pieces in traditional art where I am more comfortable, should I hold off on trying to master digital techniques until I have a better traditional mastery? It seems much harder for me to control the wacom pen then it is to control a pencil or marker, what should we (as amateurs) focus on to try and learn digital?
Xajinit 1 month ago