Fixing My Old Art

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - What was I thinking back then?
5:15 - What have I done to fix it?
21:27 - Channel Update

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#conceptart #digitalpainting

[finariumtv]

You are and will remain one of the best digital landscape artists I know of.

[rakutempo]

This video was super helpful, thanks for posting. It's really helpful to hear someone say that it's ok to want to actually paint and draw as a concept artist. So much of the advice out there is photobash photobash photobash, kitbash kitbash etc etc. As someone who's just starting out (working on character design) it's really encouraging to hear that my love of drawing and painting isn't useless haha! It's also really good to here someone from the UK too! I'm from London but mostly seem to only find american content on the subject of concept art.

A video I'd love to see would be a breakdown of how you think about layer stacking and how you came to find your workflow. I waste a lot of time thinking about how to be painterly whilst also keeping things changeable for an art director. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Great video dude!

[solvanhelden]

It’s nice to hear your painting journey, I feel like everyday I’m seeing something in my work that I didn’t even notice and constantly rewriting my brain and painting pipeline to improve, your videos remind me to reassess my own perspective, cheers man.

[drayorrin]

I think both versions are amazing. The older version is more realistic. The remake is cartoon esque but brilliant! I think you do a great job no matter what

[mrmerezz]

I think those old pictures look great!! Not being condescendent, I just find a very genuine and from its-time (2000s) use of texture, noise and atmosphere! Probably those choices were not consciusly made, as you mention, but I trully find those pictures powerful!

[Supreme-Emperor-Mittens]

GLAD to see you back Jordan.
I was worried that this channel might be dead.
Looking forward to your next video :)

[studiozealot]

I'm so glad I came back to this one and watched it! This was super informative to watch, and relatable on so many levels. The feeling of satisfaction when you return to an old concept and reimagine it with your current skill level is nothing to be ashamed of, for sure—even if it's hard to explain that feeling to an unfamiliar audience.
I'd love to see more of this series! Or similar series where you pick a challenge for the week and make a video about lessons learned— nothing complicated, don't wanna burn yourself out— just test your skills and share your insights. Or if you want to get interactive, maybe pose the same challenge to your viewers and invite some sharing (I don't do much social media so I can't suggest where or how, just spitballing since you invited thoughts/ideas).
Anyhow! Keep it up, my guy! I've wanted to get into more landscape sketching and your style always inspires ✨

[matheusmartins]

I really liked this video, and I thought it was really cool that you remade your old art, there are things that we only notice over time, and this adds little by little to our journey, one suggestion from me is that it would be cool to know more about your story and your artistic journey, if you have taken some courses, mentoring, etc., thank you for the content.

[afriendlyfox]

It's inspirational in a way to see you breaking down the mistakes and what have you done to fix them, it's like the evidence that everybody starts somewhere and that there's no magic bullet, just tons of work and learning

[AgentSmith]

Hey Jordan! This was a refreshing video compared to some of your past ones. It's not too long, you give helpful commentary/advice, and you show your layers which is great. Might I suggest you occasionally share your thoughts on why you choose to draw certain objects the way you do? For example, you could comment on why you drew or coloured those mountains in the background the way you did. I think that could inspire or at least expose people to different ways of tackling drawing! Cheers :)

[luckmystr]

Your art tutorials and walk throughs have really helped push myself through college and even slightly through university, always learning and getting new perspectives.

[asassin]

I gotta respect this, this channel has been a great motivational art channel thingy.

[Kiroguramuu]

@jordangrimmer been enjoying your work for years. It was great watching this video and I appreciated hearing you reflect on this piece. It was refreshing to hear your perspective with your current approach. I look forward to more of these.

[SirGosht]

This is very useful to listen to and watch, the thought process then vs. now, trying to identify the weaknesses before you outline them. Would enjoy seeing more of these.

[chrisdownstudio]

Thank you for this video. When I first started watching your channel, your use of the lasso tool to create broad shapes was a revelation. It helped me to think about how digital painting is its own medium with specific tools and strategies for creating images.

[jackrabbitdude]

Just throwing my 2 cents in, but this video was very interesting. To be honest I'm subscribed because your work is very impressive and I want to learn from you. I love tutorial videos and any type of wisdom you can share to become a better painter. Thank you.

[delviento]

I love your work in general and I actually really liked this old landscape. Although the old version was clearly made from a diferent point of view, I don´t think it is wrong in any way. I understand the process of reworking obviously, just saying that to me, this old one has the same validity as the new one.

[LelandDantzler]

This video was so, so helpful for me to rethink how I approach making art (and music). I tend to get lost in the exciting details early and by the time I zoom out to see the whole...I have to throw a ton away to get back on track.

As for future video ideas, I'd really love to see how you self-analyze the stages of a composition. How do you know what big shapes to use at first, and at what values? How do you know when the big shapes are good enough to move on to establishing colors within those values/shapes? How do you know when the colors are good enough to start details with atmospheric fog, fauna, etc.?

[DukePaints]

Youve been a massive inspiration for me as ive studied and learnt concept art, and I admire your new style so much, and I aspire to make similar things, ive always sucked at sketching and thumbnail work. Id love to see a completely unedited virsion of one of these, not sped up at all just so I can study your workflow! Great video (:

Also the triple so yeah, so yeah, so at 24:29 made me laugh

[TPB-pmts]

I kind of like the old version, it's a bit more interresting to me. But nonetheless also good job on the updated version!