3D software - worth the time to learn?

[Christine Garner]

Oh- just realized Marco Bucci HAS done a course for blender for using with digital painting-. https://marcobucciartstore.com/collections/online-workshops/products/using-3d-techniques-with-digital-painting. I should have read the YouTube description more.
There are also artists like Tony Leonard who demo using ZBrush for 2D line art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHQvh0oCMCo

[sigross]

@Christine-Garner Thats a great help. Thanks I'll take a look at those links. Cheers.

[Christine Garner]

@sigross Cool Glad it was useful. There are a fair amount of Blender tuts and one by Justin Goby Fields on Skillshare as well, thought I'd mention it as lots of people use that site already and I think if you have a subscription you can watch any of the courses (I'm not affiliated with any of these links I've mentioned btw). https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Digital-Concept-Art-Designing-Creatures-Learn-with-Wacom/1752963798?via=search-layout-grid

[Christine Garner]

I went into writing mode today and made an article about "Some Techniques for using Digital 3D Art Software for Digital 2D Painting, Illustration and Design workflows" if anyone feels like reading . https://medium.com/the-art-squirrel/some-techniques-for-using-digital-3d-art-software-for-digital-2d-painting-illustration-and-design-d7a6fb45ea5c. I think I was procrastinating about drawing peacocks today.

[sigross]

@Christine-Garner I'll have a read of that. Sounds interesting. I tend to read crypto/bitcoin stuff on medium and forget there's a whole range of subjects on there!

[sigross]

@Christine-Garner I've been getting more into blender since this post, had other stuff to make in between. I just bought The Grove so I can grow my own trees, which I'm quite excited about. There's also FLIP Fluids I'm looking at so I can experiment with liquids. Now that the grease pencil has been upgraded I can see many things in my mind that I can now make without having to spend a fortune.

[Christine Garner]

@sigross Awesome! Thanks for sharing . I wish more people knew how amazing Blender is, it has come leaps and bounds just since i started learning it 2 years ago. I'm still learning about the things it can do- and I'm going to check out those things you mentioned they look really cool.

[jdubz]

I may have posted this in another threat that was similar but if it helps anyone I think it's worth a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS1w8vldA0w

Kind of gives you a bit of an overview of how you might use this in the simplest way possible - setting up flat shade rooms just so that the lighting and proportions are 100% set, then you just export it as a jpg image and paint right on top of it.

This is a good reminder to actually jump back into it because I got some basics down and then just fell out of the habit

[Jeremy Ross]

Hi @jdubz, also found this video helpful from Simona Ceccarelli using sketch up as start for her illustration. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2u7HFEp9M4

[jdubz]

Nice - thanks for the input!

[lora_chaudavis]

I want to recommend the artwork of Aaron Becker! He uses 3D modeling in his children's books illustrations in a way that is really inspiring and unique. He 3D models, the city, then prints out the outlines very faintly on watercolor, and paints it by hand. There is an interview on this that just blew my mind when I read it - http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=3255

Here are a couple of process images from the interview

[Christine Garner]

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, sorry if I did. Jama Jurabaev is a concept artist who makes lots of useful resources and tutorials aimed toward 2D artists getting into Blender. Anyone interested in the Grease Pencil and how to use 3D as a tool for environment design would probably find his stuff really useful. https://gumroad.com/jamajurabaev
If anyone is looking for beginner tutorials on making 3D characters and props check out Grant Abbitt on YouTube, he is a very good teacher. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFUrFoqvqlN8seaAeEwjlw
Marco Bucci has been making some really interesting 2D to 3D with Blender videos lately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff0aobJRSNc&list=PLLmXZMqb_9sayfQ22npe7Ip9RUUevTuU2

[sigross]

@Christine-Garner Jama's stuff looks great. Have you used any of the kitbash3D sets? I was thinking of buying the Victorian kit for city backdrops to a story I'm drawing. I've got a lot of reference stuff already from regularly photographing London. But I'd like to try different lighting setups that you can't get from photographs.