I'm a professional concept artist and illustrator. I want to share my process and thoughts, and hopefully encourage others to practice, improve and find their passion in creating concept art/art in general.
Just wandered to encounter your channel. Very inspiring! I really want to focus on studying environments while on school break so ty for these tips!
@wesley21012 күн бұрын
Is it weird i play your video as my snooze sounds. LOVE YOUR WORK!
@guerandelaloi7932 күн бұрын
I watched every single videos of yours in just a couple of days. Just wanna say a huge thanks for all the great tips and tricks that you're sharing. That's sincerely extremely helpful to watch. I can finally say that I understand some concepts that I struggled with for years. Thank you so much, you are a really good teacher (and artist in general) !
@Vectarr_3 күн бұрын
I've been through several of your videos and loved them all! I had been looking for more real-time painting videos. Timelapse is great but sometimes I want to be able to see the deliberations and experimentation as they happen. I'd say even if you don't feel up to commentary, if you recorded your work and just selected certain phases to keep in realtime, timelapsing the rest, and upload it with music it would be great IMO. The commentary is good but I know it takes a certain energy and thoughtfulness you might not always have while deep in work.
@reshen3 күн бұрын
I’m just starting out and just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos. The video composition, guidance, and music choices are so dope. Thanks man.
@bocage_art3 күн бұрын
Third time, and I will rewatch until the magic dissipates! Amazing work, I can feel this piece of art! Thank you for your art, Grady! Beyond inspiration!
@airrunkle4 күн бұрын
Loved this study, bought a print of it on your artstation
@Madasuto4 күн бұрын
wow i love it
@vietjoii5 күн бұрын
Detachment from your ego is a never-ending process
@lookandthinkagain7 күн бұрын
Great video mate. Cool painting too always enjoy your content.
@t3sc0.7 күн бұрын
What type of iPad are you using? And are you using an apple pencil? I've been looking into getting a newer iPad that is actually compatible with the pencil. I love your content and your art, you've inspired me to work more on buildings/landscapes- thank you.
@Retiredmagician111 күн бұрын
Great art and life advice too. Great vid, keep it up
@yazi404311 күн бұрын
The brushes make the painting look amazing, I wish I knew what kind of brushes you use
@GrasslandsStudio12 күн бұрын
So happy I found this! I’ve always struggled with environments and I would love to be able to make them but I find it so hard to move on from the blocking phase. Always kind of got stuck once I hit that muddy phase that you said “looks really bad but you need to just keep going and give it time”. This really helps!
@natalie_popova14 күн бұрын
this was awesome, thank you! inspiring
@LuizAlleman14 күн бұрын
If there's anything I've learned in all my years of art studies and tutorial watching it's that there is no "right way" to go about your art.
@nicsart442116 күн бұрын
Just found your channel and I fell in love with it instantly! Your vibe, your art (absolutely stunning art) the music, everything! You are amazing!
@m0gul66621 күн бұрын
I gotta say, your work is SO good. Also, your videos are well above and beyond anything else anyone is doing with environments on KZread. Yes, others are doing great tutorials, but the quality of your work is top notch. I think it's your light and atmosphere. So good 🔥
@m0gul66622 күн бұрын
Very cool - I'm all in on this, will absolutely buy this!
@braulio898322 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for your content bro, for mi is very relaxing enjoy your videos in a Sunday night and listen the music in the background and watch your process, greetings from Mexico
@ameferreira23 күн бұрын
where did you get your brushs from? also, can you show your setup for us in a future video?
@ameferreira24 күн бұрын
where did you got your brushs? or you created them yourself?
@leiaislandsaladant184426 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your process. The atmosphere and colors on your finished piece are gorgeous. I definitely want to try the gradient map method on my next piece
@gradyfrederickart26 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@Meikarr26 күн бұрын
Awesome Video/Content man! Is there a chance to see a room/setup video in the future? Your place looks great : o
@sayeFX28 күн бұрын
DIscord Server?
@ardenpoklar819828 күн бұрын
stunning man... loved the vid
@gradyfrederickart26 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@mattie_x329 күн бұрын
Awesome process and tutorial, I love hearing passionate people learning through teaching and just doing some art shenanigans. Keep up the great work gamer :3
@mattie_x329 күн бұрын
What music or composer does ur sound
@pilotmccluskey769129 күн бұрын
I have to say, I've watched a LOT of videos about environment painting. I would get inspired and go and try it myself and it would come out horrible - granted I'm mainly a character artist - but I would get discouraged. This video and the part before have both had stuff in it I've never heard before from any other painter. Perhaps it was obvious to other people but your advice about where to place your values is literally revolutionary to me. I would go into my paintings with ideas about atmospheric perspective and making sure my foreground was dark and my background light or vice versa. But your advice about placing the light thoughtfully and strategically to create interesting shapes rather than just lumping different forms together with a single value makes SO much sense. It's really the same with painting characters. I feel like you've totally rewired my brain when it comes to thinking about landscapes, and I'm hyped to try this method out in my next sesh. The stuff you're sharing is so valuable and it's awesome to watch you make art. Seriously keep up the good work!
@samuellascari8056Ай бұрын
Subscribed. Loved everything about your vid, vibe, doggo and of course the layered step by step approach to your work
@gradyfrederickart29 күн бұрын
Thank you very much!
@horrorsranАй бұрын
thank you so much for this, your videos are really helpful and wonderfully transparent, plus your painting is beautiful and it's really nice to hear the thought process behind the decisions. please make more like this!!
@joshuaherr7723Ай бұрын
I’m using Procreate and I love the Timelapse of your painting. It inspires me to paint more
@justform.eАй бұрын
just found you...awesome work and i love your way to talk...thank you for sharing
@gradyfrederickart29 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@otterguytyАй бұрын
Love the channel. What music is this? I really enjoy it. Thanks
@justStevenYaffeАй бұрын
I love hearing Joe Pera teach me about digital art.
@yveltalseaАй бұрын
Do you happen to remember what song is at 13:50 ? I checked the description but it's not one of the ones mentioned there. Amazing work with the piece btw.
@yveltalseaАй бұрын
I genuinely can't get over how wonderful and melancholy this piece feels. You literally breathed life into the reference image. I love all the choices you made and all the inspiration you took from other references. The flowers ended up super dreamy.
@gradyfrederickart29 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for this :)
@NMOBrienАй бұрын
Nice study.
@gradyfrederickart29 күн бұрын
Thank you
@Big_DaiАй бұрын
This is one of those pieces of "art" that, when looked upon while being close enough, you can see how simplistic and poor-quality it actually is.
@katm8128Ай бұрын
Thanks for this video. I find that separating into just two values with light and dark is difficult for me in scenes with dense foliage, like forests. Going to try to remember these tips for when I try to tackle that again
@mattdhancoxАй бұрын
Just had one of those moments where you find two of your favourite creators collaborate! Love the mood
@ivanytt1348Ай бұрын
I just discovered your channel today and I got the tons of inspiration from you. Keep up the good work and you will be big soon brotha.
@gradyfrederickartАй бұрын
Thanks so much :D Thankyou for subscribing dude!
@MrGoalie2012Ай бұрын
What iPad do you use? Been looking at Ipads and can't decide if the Air or Pro is a better option.
@vimmermand12Ай бұрын
Awesome video!!
@gradyfrederickartАй бұрын
Thanks!
@pouchpouchpouchАй бұрын
Man! one you're my new fav KZread artist 😮 so powerful art
@OleksayАй бұрын
Dude, your art is awesome. I got a dose of motivation
@gradyfrederickartАй бұрын
Thanks very much!
@idiot178Ай бұрын
love the style! your brushwork is insane,,, can u talk about it in a future video? thanks
@gradyfrederickartАй бұрын
Thanks so much! That's a good suggestion, I'm writing it down!
@davvworldsartАй бұрын
i've been drawing/painting so much lately I've pretty much abandoned everything else. But I knew I had to make time for this video, and damn Im so glad I did. This is my favorite video by you, so far. You're def one of my favorite dudes/artists. This image and this music and your useful tips, just 10/10. I needed this video today, my dude.
@gradyfrederickartАй бұрын
Thanks so much for this :) It really made my day
@afriendlyfoxАй бұрын
I honestly feel like there's something I'm missing to understand how to turn what you called "the ugly phase" into the still unfinished, but already "brushy" looking draft of a painting. I can paint something in grayscale value comp, I can painstakingly try to figure out things in color from the very start, but I can't start with the colored comp and carry that out to the end. Any tips?
@gradyfrederickartАй бұрын
This is kind of a hard thing to articulate in a typed reply, but for me it is all about building up the shapes and colors through very broad and simple shapes. Over time, as the image comes together we can make decisions about which areas can stay as they are (loose and gestural) and which areas need more refinement. I think the "brushy looking draft of a painting" you are referring to will just come with experience. It comes down to the quality of your mark making, which will develop naturally through repetition and muscle memory. Veteran artist sketches will look beautiful and loose and natural, and those marks can't be forced, they simply come with years of diligent practice. My one tip would be to use the largest brush possible to create your brush strokes. This forces you to simplify and see the bigger picture. Small brush=small focus and often that leads to a stiff and disjointed image.
@KrakenCMTАй бұрын
Instant fan! This is my favorite kind of art. Feels more alive than most polished hyperreal art.
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Just wandered to encounter your channel. Very inspiring! I really want to focus on studying environments while on school break so ty for these tips!
Is it weird i play your video as my snooze sounds. LOVE YOUR WORK!
I watched every single videos of yours in just a couple of days. Just wanna say a huge thanks for all the great tips and tricks that you're sharing. That's sincerely extremely helpful to watch. I can finally say that I understand some concepts that I struggled with for years. Thank you so much, you are a really good teacher (and artist in general) !
I've been through several of your videos and loved them all! I had been looking for more real-time painting videos. Timelapse is great but sometimes I want to be able to see the deliberations and experimentation as they happen. I'd say even if you don't feel up to commentary, if you recorded your work and just selected certain phases to keep in realtime, timelapsing the rest, and upload it with music it would be great IMO. The commentary is good but I know it takes a certain energy and thoughtfulness you might not always have while deep in work.
I’m just starting out and just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos. The video composition, guidance, and music choices are so dope. Thanks man.
Third time, and I will rewatch until the magic dissipates! Amazing work, I can feel this piece of art! Thank you for your art, Grady! Beyond inspiration!
Loved this study, bought a print of it on your artstation
wow i love it
Detachment from your ego is a never-ending process
Great video mate. Cool painting too always enjoy your content.
What type of iPad are you using? And are you using an apple pencil? I've been looking into getting a newer iPad that is actually compatible with the pencil. I love your content and your art, you've inspired me to work more on buildings/landscapes- thank you.
Great art and life advice too. Great vid, keep it up
The brushes make the painting look amazing, I wish I knew what kind of brushes you use
So happy I found this! I’ve always struggled with environments and I would love to be able to make them but I find it so hard to move on from the blocking phase. Always kind of got stuck once I hit that muddy phase that you said “looks really bad but you need to just keep going and give it time”. This really helps!
this was awesome, thank you! inspiring
If there's anything I've learned in all my years of art studies and tutorial watching it's that there is no "right way" to go about your art.
Just found your channel and I fell in love with it instantly! Your vibe, your art (absolutely stunning art) the music, everything! You are amazing!
I gotta say, your work is SO good. Also, your videos are well above and beyond anything else anyone is doing with environments on KZread. Yes, others are doing great tutorials, but the quality of your work is top notch. I think it's your light and atmosphere. So good 🔥
Very cool - I'm all in on this, will absolutely buy this!
Thank you so much for your content bro, for mi is very relaxing enjoy your videos in a Sunday night and listen the music in the background and watch your process, greetings from Mexico
where did you get your brushs from? also, can you show your setup for us in a future video?
where did you got your brushs? or you created them yourself?
Thank you for sharing your process. The atmosphere and colors on your finished piece are gorgeous. I definitely want to try the gradient map method on my next piece
Thank you so much!
Awesome Video/Content man! Is there a chance to see a room/setup video in the future? Your place looks great : o
DIscord Server?
stunning man... loved the vid
Thanks!
Awesome process and tutorial, I love hearing passionate people learning through teaching and just doing some art shenanigans. Keep up the great work gamer :3
What music or composer does ur sound
I have to say, I've watched a LOT of videos about environment painting. I would get inspired and go and try it myself and it would come out horrible - granted I'm mainly a character artist - but I would get discouraged. This video and the part before have both had stuff in it I've never heard before from any other painter. Perhaps it was obvious to other people but your advice about where to place your values is literally revolutionary to me. I would go into my paintings with ideas about atmospheric perspective and making sure my foreground was dark and my background light or vice versa. But your advice about placing the light thoughtfully and strategically to create interesting shapes rather than just lumping different forms together with a single value makes SO much sense. It's really the same with painting characters. I feel like you've totally rewired my brain when it comes to thinking about landscapes, and I'm hyped to try this method out in my next sesh. The stuff you're sharing is so valuable and it's awesome to watch you make art. Seriously keep up the good work!
Subscribed. Loved everything about your vid, vibe, doggo and of course the layered step by step approach to your work
Thank you very much!
thank you so much for this, your videos are really helpful and wonderfully transparent, plus your painting is beautiful and it's really nice to hear the thought process behind the decisions. please make more like this!!
I’m using Procreate and I love the Timelapse of your painting. It inspires me to paint more
just found you...awesome work and i love your way to talk...thank you for sharing
Thank you so much!
Love the channel. What music is this? I really enjoy it. Thanks
I love hearing Joe Pera teach me about digital art.
Do you happen to remember what song is at 13:50 ? I checked the description but it's not one of the ones mentioned there. Amazing work with the piece btw.
I genuinely can't get over how wonderful and melancholy this piece feels. You literally breathed life into the reference image. I love all the choices you made and all the inspiration you took from other references. The flowers ended up super dreamy.
Thanks so much for this :)
Nice study.
Thank you
This is one of those pieces of "art" that, when looked upon while being close enough, you can see how simplistic and poor-quality it actually is.
Thanks for this video. I find that separating into just two values with light and dark is difficult for me in scenes with dense foliage, like forests. Going to try to remember these tips for when I try to tackle that again
Just had one of those moments where you find two of your favourite creators collaborate! Love the mood
I just discovered your channel today and I got the tons of inspiration from you. Keep up the good work and you will be big soon brotha.
Thanks so much :D Thankyou for subscribing dude!
What iPad do you use? Been looking at Ipads and can't decide if the Air or Pro is a better option.
Awesome video!!
Thanks!
Man! one you're my new fav KZread artist 😮 so powerful art
Dude, your art is awesome. I got a dose of motivation
Thanks very much!
love the style! your brushwork is insane,,, can u talk about it in a future video? thanks
Thanks so much! That's a good suggestion, I'm writing it down!
i've been drawing/painting so much lately I've pretty much abandoned everything else. But I knew I had to make time for this video, and damn Im so glad I did. This is my favorite video by you, so far. You're def one of my favorite dudes/artists. This image and this music and your useful tips, just 10/10. I needed this video today, my dude.
Thanks so much for this :) It really made my day
I honestly feel like there's something I'm missing to understand how to turn what you called "the ugly phase" into the still unfinished, but already "brushy" looking draft of a painting. I can paint something in grayscale value comp, I can painstakingly try to figure out things in color from the very start, but I can't start with the colored comp and carry that out to the end. Any tips?
This is kind of a hard thing to articulate in a typed reply, but for me it is all about building up the shapes and colors through very broad and simple shapes. Over time, as the image comes together we can make decisions about which areas can stay as they are (loose and gestural) and which areas need more refinement. I think the "brushy looking draft of a painting" you are referring to will just come with experience. It comes down to the quality of your mark making, which will develop naturally through repetition and muscle memory. Veteran artist sketches will look beautiful and loose and natural, and those marks can't be forced, they simply come with years of diligent practice. My one tip would be to use the largest brush possible to create your brush strokes. This forces you to simplify and see the bigger picture. Small brush=small focus and often that leads to a stiff and disjointed image.
Instant fan! This is my favorite kind of art. Feels more alive than most polished hyperreal art.
Thank you so much :)