As much as I love watching speedup concept art, It would be very enlightening to have at least one long video of working in real-time. It would put things in a more realistic perspective for beginners.

@no_player_commentary

2 жыл бұрын

Hes got a few gumroad tutorials like that.

@TrentKaniuga

2 жыл бұрын

I have hundreds of hours of real time videos on my gumroad box sets. Www.gumroad.com/trentk

@TrentKaniuga

2 жыл бұрын

@Rayshell Glenn I've just released my landscape workshop and I also have the Facility workshop that teach you step by step process. www.gumroad.com/trentk

@rayshellglenn2128

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that! So excited to check it out! I love your content.

@CastleClique

3 ай бұрын

Damn, I had no idea he was speeding up his videos!? I thought he really drew this fast!!😅

I'm not actually looking to become a professional concept artist specifically (I'm more into storyboarding and animation) but I'm making a comic and just as much need to design the environments there as well so this is so useful!

You always have an amazing timing! I just signed the contract for my first concept art job and they asked if I could start with the environments next month. so THANK YOU!!

Your painting style is so smooth. Working my way to flowing thru my paintings like you.

Very inspiring and much valuable knowledge to take away just by looking at the process of creating speed painting videos like this. Authentic details in environment concepts and level designs in games can already convey a lot of subtle storytelling and contribute greatly to the overall narrative.

Your tutorials are the best therapy sessions I've ever had

@TrentKaniuga

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Loved the lighting on this! Seeing it come together too just wow

You timing sense is so perfect lol I thought of searching for enviroinment art videos

@xellffs6258

2 жыл бұрын

That's crazy, me too & I havent seen any of Trent's work in a while. (gah, I wish I had a better relationship with landscape, architecture & general background art.)

@k.p2841

2 жыл бұрын

@@xellffs6258 Ikr Im decent in designing characters but these enviroinments tho very hard for me so Ive been collecting reference images for a like a long while but Ive no motivation to draw one tho:(

@gsfs8208

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@k.p2841

2 жыл бұрын

@@gsfs8208 Like rn I have 350 pictures of jus enviroinments🤣🤣

you timing has been perfect for me lately Trent. I'm trying to make it as an Enivomrnet artist for any indie studio and this topic just hits the spot for me. 5 years of blender knowledge and almost 1-year learning Houdini n UE5. Also for 2D art I'm learning clip studio and affinity photo. Also an amazing choice of music on the backdrop so relaxing.

One of the most impactful environments I saw in a video game was Lut Gholein in Diablo 2. I was 15 and in awe. This town you’re working on reminds me of that. Great content you got a subscribe.

This city looks amazing, and so are your insights Trent 👍

I agree with creating a story with your artwork. Stories are the highest form of human engagement. I wish more artists would come to the canvas (digital/physical) carrying a story in mind. It helps significantly to have some sort of vision regarding what you're doing other than "building a portfolio." There's a difference between someone who has a story to tell about the world and character(s) vs. someone who's story is "I need a portfolio. Let's just make something that kinda looks cool." Thank you for sharing Trent!

@user-rg6rr9rk7g

Жыл бұрын

there's nothing wrong with a portfolio, how would one find a job without it? the truth is not every artist can or has a story to tell so they work for creative storytellers to visualize their stories hence the reason some just do it for portfolio, to showcase their drawing abilities, not storytelling.

Gorgeous! Can’t wait for this book!

Watching your videos inspires me so much

thank you so much! this kind of video are really hard to find

just ordered the the book, thanks also for you insight to becoming better art gifts salute from the UK

Hey Trent, I really want to give you more of my money but you’ve gotta release the book man. Yes, I know. It will be ready when it’s ready. 😂

The timing was perfect! Thank you

@gsfs8208

2 жыл бұрын

I have the world twilight monk book and my favourite pages are anything with environments lol

@TrentKaniuga

2 жыл бұрын

Its a lot of fun to make locations for Twilight Monk. I'm glad you enjoy it!

good stuff Trent. love the village and would like to live there

que hermoso , gracias por compartir tu trabajo

Very informative, thank you! Conveying something with your pieces really seems to be a good way to make it more interesting! I personally struggle more with fundamentals when doing environments, especially with values (I don't achieve a good sense of realism) and light (I understand the theory behind it but gosh my paintings look ugly due to my color choices, I often don't get how to go about saturation in light/shadow and make my paintings either too bright or too dull) . x_x"

Thanks for this vid, it's extremely insightful.

My professional background is in art direction for marketing and after working professionally for 5 years, I agree that fundamentals carry over from any creative industry. The main thing is to NOT corner yourself with one system. I find a lot of reward in designing systems of constraints to work within. I have a degree in Illustration, but I'm taking a break from art to learn Japanese full time in graduate school and will probably work a non-art related day job that pays better so I can preserve my art-hours for personal projects. I love how practical and accessible your tutorials are!

Thank you!

That's a lot of thinking process, I don't have that yet, I lack that experience of knowing what a desert city or european or whatever location looks like, need to practice that first, but atleast I already know perspective and stuff, it's gonna speed up the whole thing. It's really nice to get a glimpse of the thinking process of a pro, thanks !

Hey Trent. Glad this came up. Been thinkin about new ways to really push my portfolio in creative and unique ways recently. Would you say there's call for including self written briefs and 3 thumbnails alongside my images to show what the goal was and how well id stuck with it through the design process?

Hey, just a thought, but what if the desert city used to be wealthy. Before something happened and made it to where the city lost a large part of its resources. However, they are trying to maintain their dignity. So as gold decorative patterns on buildings start to fade. They use a yellow paint made from a flower or beetle, to try and bring or keep the pattern there.

@TrentKaniuga

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Run with it!

Loveing it grate job as allwayz

Totally going to pick up twilight monk. I've been following you for while but haven't read the novels. Gotta catch up before TWTM 2 comes out.

Amazing content Sir Big fan

Very cool!

Thank you.♥️

yep tell a story with the location, something i need to do more often

“The Best in the Business” 👊😎

If your even considering diving into Twilight Monk, it means you are leaning in the right direction. RUN! Don't walk, and pick them up today!

@TrentKaniuga

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Billy!

Hello, is the lighting in this one permanent? What i mean is you first put big shapes of light, than paint over them? So dsnt that make all the shapes on top of them permanent (their value: hard soft light) so lets say if you remove the light layer below, everything on top of that layers will fall out of place. So many people just use blending mode on top of muted colors so they can change light afterwords. What are your thoughts which way is better industry standard wise

loved it

Love it!

I find the water pattern design to be a really nice touch. It makes me wonder how artists design rune letters for various things in the God of War series.

How do you keep your mind in the mode of considering the location while drawing? Is writing the story before drawing helpful to remember while drawing? More so, I was listening to Adam Duff today. He had mentioned an artist has a rhythms. A way to get me in the mode of drawing for the piece.

What brush you tend to sketch and paint the most ? Very nice lines

Inspirational

Hello Trent, what software do you use to record your videos, I appreciate the content, thanks a lot.

Great

With someone with no experience with Adobe or blender I have been out of art for 3 years working full time at a warehouse was too scared to go to art school but want to quit and learn how to do graphic art it’s been a passion I wanted to pursue for awhile is it possible to do so as long as the passion and will are there ?

Just curious, when you start a line drawing, do you plot everything out meticulously by connecting and transferring points in 3D space or do you just lay down a perspective grid and sketch free hand over top, or is it a blend of both? I tend to plot everything out and while it gets me a really nice accurate result, it takes FOREVER.

@TrentKaniuga

2 жыл бұрын

You don't have to do all of that after youve been doing it for 30 years. Its like driving a car. You don't have to think about what gear youre in if youve been driving for a while. If something feels wrong, you can sketch in those lines to make sure that its on track.

@nathansanchez3012

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrentKaniuga Thanks! That makes sense

I know a great storyteller, very creative mind, the story He is writing has the best ending ever, besides the wonderful (sometimes painful, but full of meaning, conforting and wisdom) journey. You should get to know Him, Trent! God bless, love your videos!

hi trent. there was this video u uploaded about art secret sauce a few months back. u where drawing this really cool fantasy fox. and it was a digital painting in a water color style similar to akihiko yoshida. but i cant find it and ive been looking for it since forever :( is it cool if u can reupload it plz

@TrentKaniuga

2 жыл бұрын

I archive my old videos into my box sets of tutorials. www.gumroad.com/trentk

👍✨💫✌️

This is beautiful…but what is going on with the cast shadows ?

My laptop will blow up after 50 layers😂

You sound a little tired in this video, hope you get good rest and days

you sound a bit under the weather, you ok?

Very useful but you sound sad and tired You good?

@SylvesterLazarus

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about the same thing, but nobody mentions it down here. Even the welcome and the goodbye sounded quite down. :\ Trent, if you're reading this, we just hope that you're well and if there's something then just wishing you the best!

The curved wooden bridge or whatever ruined the piece. Didn't look good at all.

@DigitalinDaniel

2 жыл бұрын

He's got two elevated walkways, so perhaps they serve a purpose... Merchants could move goods/money without getting caught/robbed in traffic? Maybe the city floods sometimes and the wave motif is indicating flood-lines? Maybe there's tremor sensing Graboids, every fantasy desert needs a large sand worm? :^)