Hello Marco, I just want to say that I love the way you put the strokes on the canvas. And even if one knows that is a digital canvas, you still convey a feeling of traditional oil painting, which I think is amazing! Would you tell me how you set up your brushes, because I wanted for so long to avoid the airbrush look of photoshop. Thanks! and keep posting videos.
@Matiasconceptart thanks! Yeah, it took me awhile to find that brush language that felt natural to me, and not overly digital. My brushes are pretty simple. I actually have a few online for download: marcobucci com / brushes zip (add dots and remove spaces)
@marcobucci Wow! thanks fot the quick answer, I downloaded your great set of brushes and painted a portrait to try them. And I must say that the brushes gave the portrait the look and feel I wanted! Thanks a lot Marco!
Marco, I really love yer videos. Just started painting myself, like.. super beginner, and while it's relatively difficult to get into, it is an amazing feeling when you stumble past a 'block' and do some things you didn't realize you could do.. it's an awesome hobby for me right now.. hopefully more than a hobby overtime. Thanks!!
i'm a little curious as to why you lay down those brushstrokes at 0:05 , you seem to do this in all of your videos. It's appears you like starting out with a little more caotic canvas rather than a white canvas when you´re about to apply the composition, lighting and etc..
I would very much like to know more about the reason behind this.
@papaknuthson Thanks for checking out the videos! The reason I approach it like this is because I am painting from imagination, and usually do not have a perfectly clear vision of what it is I'm about to paint. Usually I do have an idea of the type of light I want to capture, and that's what dictates that initial 'wash' that I put down on the canvas. It's just like a 'soup' of color that is fairly neutral, and can easily swing warmer or cooler, allowing me to start sculpting light right away.
i'm a little curious as to why you lay down those brushstrokes at 0:05 , you seem to do this in all of your videos. It's appears you don't like starting out with a little more caotic canvas rather than a white canvas when you´re about to apply the composition, lighting and etc..
I would very much like to know more about the reason behind this.
@marcobucci Oh my goodness, well I'm already more than appreciative of you replying so quickly. I'm glad you're back for one. For two I can't think of much that you haven't covered, but in one of the videos you deleted (I believe it was a quick sketch or something) you covered some neat lighting methods. The landscapes are brilliant. I've seen some dark concept environments on your blog. Maybe you could show your methods with darker scenery like that?
That looks great :) I should practice painting backgrounds like this. My problem is I rush and I always want to paint the details right away. Thanks for all the great tips!
@Sailor9870 Yeah, that's common. But not necessarily bad. In fact I do that process in one of my other videos. Key is to keep the entire image in mind if you are gonna do it that way.
1) When you establish the shadows in 0:15 with your airbrush, do you do it on a seperate layer? Because later when you paint detail onto the same spot, it appears that the shadow is 'over' the detail. Are you able to use an airbrush to make a certain spot of your painting always shadowed?
2) How are you able to keep the colors lighting and shadows so uniform? With straight painting, how do you chose the colors right?
@lukebugbee Hey Luke, the shadows are done with an airbrush set to multiply mode. I could have done this on its own layer set to multiply as well (and then painting on the lower layer would be effectively 'put in shadow' by the multiply layer...but I didn't do that here, it's just one layer). Your second question is really not possible to answer in writing. That's simply where you will need lots of practice and study. Most of my videos have pointers about color, but there are no hard rules.
this was really great :D i aspire to be a conceptual artist, though i don't have any programs or a graphics tablet yet :( plus i have no idea how to use these programs xD good thing i'm going into a graphics course
@DivBMesa The colorful background at the beginning is simply hammering down a few colors with a big brush! Nothing more than that. At 0:25, I am using a soft airbrush to make those areas darker (airbrush can be on multiply mode for this). Hope that helps, thanks for watching!
@Pscmax021 Well most of the time it's just straight painting. But if there is an overall 'wash' of light areas like there is here, I'll use an airbrush to help unify those areas...either on normal mode or linear dodge mode.
@MURApk Hey, thanks for watching. To answer your questions:
1) Just one layer usually. If I'm trying a specific effect like a glow or something, I will usually do that on another layer, and flatten it down when I am happy with it.
thanks a lot! Wow two hours.. for me a digital paint take something like 8 hours, maybe because I never worked to use a sigle layer,.. next time I'll try to use your methode, I think is more funny and artistic
Thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! You're tutorials have awesome commentaries, very useful, descriptive, and very well explained And your upside down technique is mindblowing! Rock on dude! Thanks for your help.
@Deadlyhazard Cool - glad the info was useful. And yeah, all of my brushes are set to 100% opacity in the brush settings, but set so my tablet affects the opacity of each brushstroke.
How long did it take to make this scene? Great videos man, very useful since I'm learning matte painting (though I suck but I guess I'll get better with time and practice..)
@Secunda90 Hey thanks! This was just under 2 hours or so? Typical amount of time for a concept sketch. If I did a full out matte painting of this, it would take days.
One very amateur thing , I think It would be interesting to the most of us to know how you have configured your keyboard shorcuts or what are your preferences about all the set-up of photoshop tools. Just to know the way you feel more comfortable when you have to select or change colors, or your main hotkeys for digital painting...
@julianhidalgobeas Thanks - I will try to remember to talk about that more in the next video. My book/DVD does go into more depth on that. There is a 30-minute video on custom brushes, which is a huge part of how I work.
As someone who has never really worked with values & colours, or even painting, your videos are incredibly helpful in introducing me to a lot of concepts. Thank you very much!
Thanks for the video man, mostly information that I knew already unfortunate, BUT this scene you worked up was fun to watch and gave me a good idea for a work of my own, inspiration everywhere lol.
I kept wanting to paint a little camp fire and tents or something down near the river near the middle of the image.
Was it hard to get your book published, how did you go about convincing your publisher to publish your book? I've considered that as an ambition of mine, don't know where to start.
@Bidon45 Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it! It's true; there's not a whole lot of new things to say about painting. Just a few basic principles, as you know. In practice, a different story, as those principles compound on top of one another. But that's why I find it so fascinating. As for being published, the first step is to be as unbiased as possible and see how people react to your work. Once you have enough demand, you won't have to convince anyone to publish you. Good luck!
This Painting was really well done, but maybe you could have added a character, maybe something like motion-blured-dragon-rider type of thing in the foreground ( not very original anyway)
Great tips, I think I'm going to buy the Book (hope There are Some DVDs left :))
@zeldamasterX Thanks man! I guess I could have added something like that, but my imaginary 'project brief' was to keep it about the environment design. Speaking as a visual development artist in the industry, it's actually quite rare that I deal with characters. BTW - I still plan to get to your critiques. Keep your eye out for my e-mail.
And regarding that blocking in thing, it's really just a matter of doing it enough that you personally know what you need to capture at the beginning in order to continue. This video shows the type of block-in that I prefer. Thanks for watching!
Hello Marco, I just want to say that I love the way you put the strokes on the canvas. And even if one knows that is a digital canvas, you still convey a feeling of traditional oil painting, which I think is amazing! Would you tell me how you set up your brushes, because I wanted for so long to avoid the airbrush look of photoshop. Thanks! and keep posting videos.
Matiasconceptart 2 weeks ago
@Matiasconceptart thanks! Yeah, it took me awhile to find that brush language that felt natural to me, and not overly digital. My brushes are pretty simple. I actually have a few online for download: marcobucci com / brushes zip (add dots and remove spaces)
marcobucci 2 weeks ago
@marcobucci Wow! thanks fot the quick answer, I downloaded your great set of brushes and painted a portrait to try them. And I must say that the brushes gave the portrait the look and feel I wanted! Thanks a lot Marco!
Matiasconceptart 2 weeks ago in playlist Más vídeos de marcobucci
Marco, I really love yer videos. Just started painting myself, like.. super beginner, and while it's relatively difficult to get into, it is an amazing feeling when you stumble past a 'block' and do some things you didn't realize you could do.. it's an awesome hobby for me right now.. hopefully more than a hobby overtime. Thanks!!
laphin 1 month ago
i'm a little curious as to why you lay down those brushstrokes at 0:05 , you seem to do this in all of your videos. It's appears you like starting out with a little more caotic canvas rather than a white canvas when you´re about to apply the composition, lighting and etc..
I would very much like to know more about the reason behind this.
papaknuthson 5 months ago
@papaknuthson Thanks for checking out the videos! The reason I approach it like this is because I am painting from imagination, and usually do not have a perfectly clear vision of what it is I'm about to paint. Usually I do have an idea of the type of light I want to capture, and that's what dictates that initial 'wash' that I put down on the canvas. It's just like a 'soup' of color that is fairly neutral, and can easily swing warmer or cooler, allowing me to start sculpting light right away.
marcobucci 5 months ago
i'm a little curious as to why you lay down those brushstrokes at 0:05 , you seem to do this in all of your videos. It's appears you don't like starting out with a little more caotic canvas rather than a white canvas when you´re about to apply the composition, lighting and etc..
I would very much like to know more about the reason behind this.
papaknuthson 5 months ago
@marcobucci Some of your videos have come up missing. Why?! :O
ANONONTHEJEWTUBE 9 months ago
@ANONONTHEJEWTUBE Haha. I unfortunately have deleted them due to personal disgust. Sorry about that.
marcobucci 9 months ago
@marcobucci D'awww but I love them!
ANONONTHEJEWTUBE 9 months ago
@ANONONTHEJEWTUBE I will do my best to get a new one up! Anything in particular you want to see that I haven't covered yet?
marcobucci 9 months ago
@marcobucci Oh my goodness, well I'm already more than appreciative of you replying so quickly. I'm glad you're back for one. For two I can't think of much that you haven't covered, but in one of the videos you deleted (I believe it was a quick sketch or something) you covered some neat lighting methods. The landscapes are brilliant. I've seen some dark concept environments on your blog. Maybe you could show your methods with darker scenery like that?
ANONONTHEJEWTUBE 9 months ago
Thank you very much for this helpful video sir. Much respect.
ka6oom 9 months ago
That looks great :) I should practice painting backgrounds like this. My problem is I rush and I always want to paint the details right away. Thanks for all the great tips!
Sailor9870 10 months ago
@Sailor9870 Yeah, that's common. But not necessarily bad. In fact I do that process in one of my other videos. Key is to keep the entire image in mind if you are gonna do it that way.
marcobucci 10 months ago
Hey Marco. Great Video. A couple questions.
1) When you establish the shadows in 0:15 with your airbrush, do you do it on a seperate layer? Because later when you paint detail onto the same spot, it appears that the shadow is 'over' the detail. Are you able to use an airbrush to make a certain spot of your painting always shadowed?
2) How are you able to keep the colors lighting and shadows so uniform? With straight painting, how do you chose the colors right?
Thanks a ton
-Luke
lukebugbee 10 months ago
@lukebugbee Hey Luke, the shadows are done with an airbrush set to multiply mode. I could have done this on its own layer set to multiply as well (and then painting on the lower layer would be effectively 'put in shadow' by the multiply layer...but I didn't do that here, it's just one layer). Your second question is really not possible to answer in writing. That's simply where you will need lots of practice and study. Most of my videos have pointers about color, but there are no hard rules.
marcobucci 10 months ago
Wow that is AWESOME
GamingDX 10 months ago
Very informative.
mahlerart 11 months ago
Very informative.
mahlerart 11 months ago
EPIC
TheMgsFanatic 1 year ago
this was really great :D i aspire to be a conceptual artist, though i don't have any programs or a graphics tablet yet :( plus i have no idea how to use these programs xD good thing i'm going into a graphics course
mikesamillion27 1 year ago
I'd very much like to know how you make that edgy colorful background in the beginning and how to create this darker mood you add from 0:25 .
DivBMesa 1 year ago
@DivBMesa The colorful background at the beginning is simply hammering down a few colors with a big brush! Nothing more than that. At 0:25, I am using a soft airbrush to make those areas darker (airbrush can be on multiply mode for this). Hope that helps, thanks for watching!
marcobucci 1 year ago
@marcobucci Thanks! Helps indeed =)
DivBMesa 1 year ago
which tool do u use to make light?
Pscmax021 1 year ago
@Pscmax021 Well most of the time it's just straight painting. But if there is an overall 'wash' of light areas like there is here, I'll use an airbrush to help unify those areas...either on normal mode or linear dodge mode.
marcobucci 1 year ago
@marcobucci thank you!!
Pscmax021 1 year ago
Hi Marco, thanks for upload this! I have two questions:
1 - Maybe you said in the video, but did you work on this with more layer? (Photoshop)
2 - How many hours you spended for this?
Thanks, keep it up, you work is always great!
MURApk 1 year ago
@MURApk Hey, thanks for watching. To answer your questions:
1) Just one layer usually. If I'm trying a specific effect like a glow or something, I will usually do that on another layer, and flatten it down when I am happy with it.
2) About 2 hours on this one.
marcobucci 1 year ago
@marcobucci
thanks a lot! Wow two hours.. for me a digital paint take something like 8 hours, maybe because I never worked to use a sigle layer,.. next time I'll try to use your methode, I think is more funny and artistic
MURApk 1 year ago
Is there a way I can download your brush set????
knowltonjl 1 year ago
@knowltonjl yup! marcobucci(dot)com / brushes.zip
marcobucci 1 year ago
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knowltonjl 1 year ago
@marcobucci
Thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! You're tutorials have awesome commentaries, very useful, descriptive, and very well explained And your upside down technique is mindblowing! Rock on dude! Thanks for your help.
knowltonjl 1 year ago
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knowltonjl 1 year ago
Can't believe I didn't know about cool and warm light/shadows. Such useful information.
As for what you do in PS, do you have it set to opacity jitter and 100% opacity with your flat brush?
Deadlyhazard 1 year ago
@Deadlyhazard Cool - glad the info was useful. And yeah, all of my brushes are set to 100% opacity in the brush settings, but set so my tablet affects the opacity of each brushstroke.
marcobucci 1 year ago
How long did it take to make this scene? Great videos man, very useful since I'm learning matte painting (though I suck but I guess I'll get better with time and practice..)
Secunda90 1 year ago
@Secunda90 Hey thanks! This was just under 2 hours or so? Typical amount of time for a concept sketch. If I did a full out matte painting of this, it would take days.
marcobucci 1 year ago
You're right not to get attach to one's artwork, the painting will suffer as a result. I've learned a lot! I appreciate it:)
olisaoli 1 year ago
I've been a fan of your videos for a while now... and i'm definately going to pick up your book!
jonnydark 1 year ago
@jonnydark Thanks Jonny - glad you enjoy the videos!
marcobucci 1 year ago
you're an inspiration, thanks
Lyod03 1 year ago
Great video, Marco, I'll check your website to see if I can get the book.
ZEBASS 1 year ago
One very amateur thing , I think It would be interesting to the most of us to know how you have configured your keyboard shorcuts or what are your preferences about all the set-up of photoshop tools. Just to know the way you feel more comfortable when you have to select or change colors, or your main hotkeys for digital painting...
Anyway, enhorabuena por tus videos y sigue así!
julianhidalgobeas 1 year ago
@julianhidalgobeas Thanks - I will try to remember to talk about that more in the next video. My book/DVD does go into more depth on that. There is a 30-minute video on custom brushes, which is a huge part of how I work.
marcobucci 1 year ago
You are the mood master.
auntiemary4 1 year ago
@auntiemary4 haha, thanks!
marcobucci 1 year ago
As someone who has never really worked with values & colours, or even painting, your videos are incredibly helpful in introducing me to a lot of concepts. Thank you very much!
AlexWearsHatsArt 1 year ago
@AlexWearsHatsArt My pleasure
marcobucci 1 year ago
Thanks for the video man, mostly information that I knew already unfortunate, BUT this scene you worked up was fun to watch and gave me a good idea for a work of my own, inspiration everywhere lol.
I kept wanting to paint a little camp fire and tents or something down near the river near the middle of the image.
Was it hard to get your book published, how did you go about convincing your publisher to publish your book? I've considered that as an ambition of mine, don't know where to start.
Bidon45 1 year ago
@Bidon45 Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it! It's true; there's not a whole lot of new things to say about painting. Just a few basic principles, as you know. In practice, a different story, as those principles compound on top of one another. But that's why I find it so fascinating. As for being published, the first step is to be as unbiased as possible and see how people react to your work. Once you have enough demand, you won't have to convince anyone to publish you. Good luck!
marcobucci 1 year ago
That was helpful once again, thanks !
This Painting was really well done, but maybe you could have added a character, maybe something like motion-blured-dragon-rider type of thing in the foreground ( not very original anyway)
Great tips, I think I'm going to buy the Book (hope There are Some DVDs left :))
zeldamasterX 1 year ago
@zeldamasterX Thanks man! I guess I could have added something like that, but my imaginary 'project brief' was to keep it about the environment design. Speaking as a visual development artist in the industry, it's actually quite rare that I deal with characters. BTW - I still plan to get to your critiques. Keep your eye out for my e-mail.
marcobucci 1 year ago
i just love your videos~!
MisterBr0wn 1 year ago
@MisterBr0wn Thanks! I'll keep makin' em
marcobucci 1 year ago
@absox11 Oh really - 15 minutes now? COOL! Thanks, didn't know that :)
And regarding that blocking in thing, it's really just a matter of doing it enough that you personally know what you need to capture at the beginning in order to continue. This video shows the type of block-in that I prefer. Thanks for watching!
marcobucci 1 year ago
Hi Marco i just want to say that you can make 15min videos now :) and god i wish i had the money for the dvd :(
EvilxLuffy 1 year ago
@EvilxLuffy Very cool, didn't know about the 15 mins thing. Thanks!
marcobucci 1 year ago