Character Concepting Process - Loose Sketch to Final Painting

Which software he use im digital painting? I 🙂

I love it, someday I will teach myself to paint

OMG . Really quick and nice concept work. I love pretty much the lighting did here. ❤

Nice Gorillaz minifigure in the background

I also do really messy first-run sketches
'specially with landscapes though I don't do backgrounds a lot

really nice to know that it's just natural to deviate from your initial idea ^_^♥

What a charming guy. Thanks again, Proko, for bringing all these artists together to share their knowledge and insights. They are invaluable to aspiring artists just like you.

sure this is really nice.

I love how this inadvertently turned into a portrait of Lemmy. Great video.

I'm only halfway through the video, but it just dawned on me that I'm invested in this character. I want to know more about him. This is genuinely the first time this has happened looking at a picture.

😍😍😍 I like your video 👌

"So let's make a zombie-pirate-fantasy character"
A bit later.
"It's kind of like a weird vampire uncle that you don't like to invite in but you have to because family." xD

The random lines serve (at least) three purposes: 1) your hand is moving and your brain is engaged, the creative engine is started, 2) building up structure, there's something there now, and 3) playing with pareidolia based on those suggestions.

This was great

Looked thru comments only to find out that no one was gonna mention how he initially meant to draw a pirate and ended up drawing Legolas from Lord Of the Rings lmao

Not gonna lie Mister Greco does simplify a lot with his explanation & process... he makes it seem like its attainable for other ''less talented artist like me''

As a bw style lover, i thank you so much for this tutorial. I never got so comfortable with colours as with grey values, so seeing this process and the result it can get really inspired me to just trust myself a bit more.

Love your work
I stopped drawing 3 years ago and now I wanna start so I can advance into animation especially bringing marvel and DC animation into life from comics.

But I gotta start doing anatomy and all again but thanks to your stuff, it's a boost

He started as a Elven Lemmy Kilmister and end up almost an Vampire Dutch Van der Linde

thanks that was really fun to watch!

Very cool 😀

Elf -> Pirat -> Vampire

thank you :)

when i try to be more technical in drawings they look more awful than i draw loosely

I can say this feels like the most art class session I've been in for a years. Right when when I think of a question in my head..theres an approach or answer..I love this style.

Why he look like post melone

Nice!

Badia? Que haces alli ? Esa no es tu familia!

Me, two weeks into the latest serious attempt at drawing: "My sketch lines are too messy. I will spend a few days on just trying to get clean sketch lines"

Pro artist: "You really just want to dive in, get this messy thing on the canvas and see where it goes from there. Maybe this is a shoulder? Maybe a bit of body? Just get it on canvas quickly."

Me: "Oh..."

Thank you so much for this. It really gave me boost to see the process of such artist . I thought i was the only one who figure things out along the way.

It’s amazing! Thanks for sharing

Maybe that's where I keep messing up. I'm a Virgo and very 'orderly' like I feel like I should get it 'right' on the first sketch and I feel like I have to do it in A. B. C order when maybe I should approach it. I haven't been able to do a 'full' piece lately just sketching and I'm getting frustrated. I was a WoW fanartist and now trying to draw FFXIV and it's vibe is COMPLETELY different. Thanks for sharing!

I freaking loved every stage that went through each part

Damn Dave your instruction is priceless and your work is beyond amazing! Thanks for this and proko too! 🔥🙌❤️

So coool

This is great, I completely get the whole messy start up and finding interesting shapes in the looseness of the initial sketch, that process for me is one of the most exciting parts of drawing a piece of artwork.

Like that your background in your studio space is calm. This allowed me to focus on what you are doing....

I really wish I could find someone like you but using pro create :(

He's a beautiful space pirate vampire uncle. I love the lighting technique. Thank you so much for this tutorial

This is amazing and fun to watch. Really inspired again 🥰

I literally just came up with a short story for this guy mid design 🙄lol

Love this dude’s style. That sloppy style speaks to me lol

I learned a few things from this.

1. don't think about what you're doing
2. don't organize your layers
3. ???
4. profit

thanks for the awsome video, i realy like your style that focus on being free and trusting your instincts!