Loish
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STEP BY STEP // drawing objects with brush and lasso
🕑 Added 2020-05-28 13:00:03 +0000 UTCAfter posting the rock and plant studies, I got a lot of questions about my process for them so I decided to put together a little step-by-step!
Using these steps really sped up my process for drawing things like this. Before I started using the lasso tool, drawing something like this was really cumbersome and took a lot of time because it’s hard to get all those details right with just a brush. By using the lasso tool, it’s just so much faster and easier. It’s not only a fast way to layer the colors but it’s also great for finer, sharper details. Somehow the shapes are just much more interesting. On top of that, I can use color modifying tools to quickly apply changes, which is a lot faster than choosing a color and then painting it on!
When drawing objects, the main thing that helps me is to scan over the reference image and try to figure out what the most important defining features are. If you want to work fast, then you can’t capture ALL of the details - so try to figure out which details define the object (light, curves, chunks, etc) and focus on those!
If you want to use this technique, think of it this way: you’re layering down the most important colors and details so that when you start painting, it’s just a matter of using the eyedropper and hacking away at it. You want to make sure most of the colors and details are there so that the painting at the end is easy and intuitive!
For more info about using the lasso tool, I put together a resource last month which you can find here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/step-by-step-36570445
Hope you guys find this useful!!
Comments
Loish
i keep the line and color layer separated until i've changed the line colors! then i merge them and work from one layer.
Loish
i haven't yet! on procreate i really just use the brushes. i do want to experiment a bit with translating this technique to procreate.
Loish
thanks so much! glad you like them! and happy to hear that you can see my style in them, i was concerned about that but now i'm feeling more encouraged to draw different things.
Loish
so happy to hear that!! thanks so much!
Loish
yeah it's sad right? but you can always use a soft brush and then blur it. it has more or less the same effect.
Ana Marija
Very cool! I started using lasso because of your last post about it and it's a game changer indeed! Thank you so much for sharing that useful info! 👏🏻💕 Now I am sad that there is no real gradient tool in Procreate and I don't want to use it anymore haha 🙈
Anthony
This is super helpful; I’m just now building up my own stuff via Procreate and Instagram (@antcampart if you’d like to view) and your info shots and tutorials give me a ton of ideas. Thanks so much for sharing!
Rebecca
Pen pencil holder
Kamila
It is so interesting to see your style so b visible even on so different subjects than usually! It shows even mor clearly what accents you emphasise in your illustrations ( shape, movement, softness vs hardness contrasts). As a garden lover I also adore your plants sketches :)
Pauliphonie
Thank you so much ! Do you also use this technique on procreate ?
Titah Lopes
Thank you for these! 🤩 a question do you draw on the same layer?
Ariana Stokes
This is wonderful, thank you!
Loish
i've done one in the past, based on some studies i did a few months back! here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/step-by-step-of-34294329
Greg Schultz
Tremendously useful because I can "translate" the concepts to more complex topics. Thank you!
Anthony Spence
I second this!
Emilia
I would love to see a tutorial like this but on faces instead!
maakurika
This is so helpful! I wanna do some photostudies as well next month because I see yours now all the time xD! (But need to finish mermay first hehe)! Thanks so much for putting it together, it's easy to understand I know now how to translate it to different things ^-^<3
