10 Advanced Photoshop Tricks Used By TOP JAPANESE ILLUSTRATORS | Rolua Study

I’ve analyzed Rolua's insane workflow to show you his 10 most used tricks for digital anime-style illustration in Photoshop. Compared to other top Japanese illustrators, Rolua is a monster when it comes to using Photoshop tools.

Extra Notes:

Rolua's Socials:
🎨 Youtube (Time-lapse): @ろるあ/Rolua

Artists Mentioned:

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:27 1. Outer Glower
00:55 2. Inner Glow
01:24 3. Lock Transparent Pixel
01:48 4. Linear Dodge (Add)
02:15 5. Coloring With Curves ⭐
03:17 6. Coloring With Gradient Map
03:56 7. Levels, Hue Saturation, LUTs
04:23 8. Camera Raw
04:41 9. Filter Gallery
05:12 10. Rolua’s Finishing Touches

Any questions? Feel free to message me:

[tppoart]

Which artist do you want to see a breakdown of next? I'll try to do the ones that are mentioned most often!

[Melyuntonin]

Me who don't have Photoshop: mmmm interesting

[jayceeanimations]

It's so amazing to see how the right combination of techniques from other artists can result to such amazing works and even a really nice style. Picking Rolua to study is such a great choice when i saw the notification that a Rolua study video is out I got excited. Thankyou again for making these videos tppo we appreciate you and your effort on making these <333

[aizy]

tppo you mad lad dude, i was a person that doesn't understand how to learn art but get into an art industry. and i happen to learn alot of things in arts thanks to you. your explanation + easy to understand video presenting was really safe me a bunch. i hope you always in a good health and safety to deliver your educational digital art as always
thank you so much brother ♥️

[bigwijdsljla]

This is actually the best channel i've ever come across. Literally blew me away at the end when you found out her finishing touch by literally going through every function. How would you even know to put trace contour on 50%??? Amazing work man.

[alexkemp]

I love this new era of digital illustration. So many ideas to explore and boundaries to push. All the while these artists have strong foundational skills.

Thank you for sharing these tips.

[minziie]

suddenly, im really sad im not working with photoshop/pc anymore. the filters and all they have are just bonkers, i miss them. props to you for finding all of this out and compiling it in this way, if i ever work with photoshop pc again, i'll definitely come back to these videos :)

[himignicest]

please do videos more like these, this was so stunning to watch and this actually gives more specific info than the typical 'aRt TiPs aNd tRiCkS'

[wishisimple]

although i dont use photoshop (in fact i use medibang paint). the fact you spend so much time, to the point you watched every of Rolua's timelapse, even explaining every detail of what you discovered scares me, in a good way

[greninja]

You are really under rated man I got to see a lot of powerful techniques thanks to you please keep doing it 💜💜💜

[NeroDeamon]

man this was so good. i switched to clip studio paint this year so i tried figuring out if some of there were also available in csp and some are!! like linear dodge in csp is just "add". The same effect as outer glow(almost) can be achieved by "border effects". which is the same as "stroke" in photoshop. gradients, curves, levels, etc are all available in csp. the things that arent are LUTS, filter gallery, camera raw. but i guess that's just one of those reason to never quit photoshop haha.

before this i swear to god i use to look at artist like these and think "Jesus, these guys are living in another plane of existence" but now i feel a little closer to them. thankyou for teaching us these cool things and actually showing us how to figure them out and learn. <3 <3

[otwlohs]

I love it when artists have their own unique secrets on how they make their arts, i'll take this into consideration and thanks for breaking it down, they're really talented with what they are doing.

[tj.]

great videos as always!!! you're the best artist breakdown channel I've ever seen, I would never know any of these techniques without watching your videos man thanks a lot for making it you'll be famous one day:D

[sandhrart]

Your channel is an absolute godsend! I have been searching for workflows and processes that japanese artists use, but I couldn't find any on yt, + a lot of them didn't explain what they were doing and I felt demotivated and just gave up. But I'm so glad you did this, I can finally learn what I wanted to for so long!! Even the way you edit videos are insane!!! It makes me want to watch more. I would love to see your video-editing process too!
Thank you so much again, keep going, I think your channel is going places!

[dalbichi]

i'm amazed. Especially the filter, finishing line and the highlight. So good. Now im getting started to feel more confident to learn from zero to become like them

[fruppy]

I hope this isn't a weird comment but the way you're able to pick up on concepts like this and analyse an artist's visual choices communicates to me that you must be very intelligent

[cassiel]

A lot of these techniques are great time savers! They can really make a work that was otherwise missing something just "pop." However, they won't magically make your work good if you don't have a good foundational understanding of the basics. It's the same story over and over-- at the end of the day, good tools are just good tools. It's how you use them that counts, and there's no shortcuts when it comes to learning the basics.

[natashaglogy]

This is like an eye opener!
I always feel my drawings are always ending up bleak and un-interesting.. I will definitely try some of these, thank you so much!

[meatus]

You really went all out and even included study notes ! How kind of you, they’re extremely helpful

[carluwu]

This video is actually legendary. The fact that you break it down into how to achieve it through the progamme interface (sorry I don't know the right term haha) so that even if you don't have the same drawing programme, you know what to look for helped me massively!

A lot of my friends use clip studio and as much as I want to too, I'm short on leisurely spending money so I use Krita. A great app, but (imo) lacking in the creator brushes featured in clip to make artists' lives easier. So the fact that I could essentially find and achieve the same shortcuts but through the actual programme and not shortcut brushes is actually making me tear up.



That and just the brief but understandable explanations to methods such as using the curve will just make my life easier!

Sorry for the lack of coherency in this comment!!! This video just made me insanely happy as an artist.