TUTORIAL // environments (Patreon)
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Hey lovely patrons! Here it is: my tutorial on environments. In it, I run you though my process for making environment speedpaints, where it’s not so much about accuracy but much more about capturing the feeling and vibe of the original reference photo.
The main technique that I use is the lasso tool for painting. If you want to know more about this technique, you can find a step-by-step here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/step-by-step-36570445
I also use a lot of the techniques from a previous tutorial called Simple Tricks for Lighting and Mood. That tutorial explains in detail how I use the feathered lasso tool and color editing tools to make gradual modifications to the lightinng. If you haven’t seen it already, you can find it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-video-41372669
If you guys want to try along and paint from the same reference photo, please feel free! Here is the picture that I used:
One thing I want to address, and apologize for, is the quality of the audio. I always struggle a bit with getting the audio right, but with this one I struggled even more and was really not happy with the final result. I hope that the closed captions can somewhat make up for it with this video.
Moving forward, I've invested in some new audio tech to improve the quality of future tutorials. I have a great mic (the yeti blue blackout) - and I used it for this tutorial as well as all my previous ones - but the issues were with my setup. The mic works best if it is really close to my face and it was hard to get the mic close enough without it recording all of the bumps and disruptions from my drawing process. So I bought a boom arm and mount that fixes this issue, and there’s a pop filter on the way. Here’s a photo of the new mount:
I did some audio tests with it and it sounds amazing. I'm really happy with it and kinda regret not getting it earlier.
So once again, I’m so sorry about the audio quality and promise much better and crisper sound in the future tutorials!
I hope you guys enjoy this one, let me know what you think of it!