Gumroad Tutorials List
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EDIT (3/26/16): This thread got too long to properly edit. Also it was getting a bit unruly. So we've moved it to the Polycount Wiki:
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Gumroad_Tutorial_List
Please keep posting new gumroads here, any sales you all have, etc. Just my advice but to use your name or company name. Listing a tutorial by X42dogg does not tell the buyer anything about you. That's just my 2 cents though. The list will get updated either way. Even for X42dogg.
There's a ton of great Artists doing gumroad tutorials these days. Here's a list to get started. Feel free to post others that you know of (Some of these fit into multiple categories. I'll do the best I can) and I'll add them.
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http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Gumroad_Tutorial_List
Please keep posting new gumroads here, any sales you all have, etc. Just my advice but to use your name or company name. Listing a tutorial by X42dogg does not tell the buyer anything about you. That's just my 2 cents though. The list will get updated either way. Even for X42dogg.
There's a ton of great Artists doing gumroad tutorials these days. Here's a list to get started. Feel free to post others that you know of (Some of these fit into multiple categories. I'll do the best I can) and I'll add them.
Pinterest picture:
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https://gumroad.com/uxds
Concept Art:
https://gumroad.com/k04sk
https://gumroad.com/michalkus
https://gumroad.com/frankhong
something like this
Dave Rapoza https://gumroad.com/daverapoza
¬ Bog Witch: +
sorry for suggesting extra work :P if dual management of a post was possible i`d do it for you
¬ Bog Witch: + [/ URL]
That would help a ton.
https://gumroad.com/alexruizart
https://gumroad.com/marconelor
Added + where I saw them in the thread. Let me know if I missed any.
https://gumroad.com/espenartman
https://gumroad.com/vyle
Barley covers anything in the title. Buy it if you want to see a wandering diatribe about a mediocre painting. No idea why i bought it to be honest.
Just a quote from the video "The sun is yellow"... Yes. he said that.
I've come back and watched it a few times over the past few days. He included his basic brush set for it. Nice if you're into following along exactly. There's good tips and insight into his thought process. He talks about clipping masks for painting. It's a great primer into doing landscape/environment pieces to read well with just a few values. Totally worth the $5 and a +.
Best qoute: 'apply that cheddar'
¬ Graphic Composition For Environments: + [/ URL]
Edit: Updated
So when if comes to explaining... i think a lot of these guys don't actually know why this stuff happens and so they just parrot things they have heard.
This isn't meant as disrespect to these guys btw, it's more an observation on learning techniques.
Disclaimer: broad generalizations liberally applied.
Also, I am not quite sure what to think about the lack of video preview for many of these paid downloadable recordings. On one hand it makes the (small) purchase a bit of a fun surprise, but on the other hand I find it odd to pay for something upfront without knowing what I am getting into, especially in our day and age. But I guess this is just up to the individual artists to decide wether or not they want to give a small teaser or not.
Lastly, something clicked when I was watching another one of these videos, this time by another artist : after a few minutes of watching I realized that the person was closely following a reference image as a basis for the painting/collage being worked on ... but that reference image, essential in understanding the creative process at play, was never clearly mentioned nor shown on screen - it just occurred to me after a few minutes because I was lucky to have known of that image before. That obviously made me see that video in a very different light
On an unrelated note, this was a very good purchase made a few months ago :
http://10digitalmistakes.weebly.com/
This is not a video, but still, a very solid PDF hosted on Gumroad.
Im one of the instructors at DT and wanted to try my hand at making some stuff, I love teaching so I am giving this a shot.
I am doing Topogun Basics for starters abd will be proceeding with a full project upload with all the steps during the coming weeks. If you think that is deserving of a pin I would be very happy indeed.
http://gumroad.com/mgs3d
Thanks for keeping it updated, bookmarked it a few days ago!
everything u say is filled with magic, or maybe it's the way you say it
Exactly Pior. I've been coming around recently that the status quo of how we teach 2d art is backwards, which is learning via analogy.
When we paint we are emulating real world physics, where the interplay of physical properties of light, and the effects of being a limited observer. There are empirical ways to determining how things should look, and for majority of the way we can be pretty accurate with basic mental constructions, yet it's an approach i see so rarely applied to art.
Also I'm kinda a little bummed that we are only highlighting the positive reviews instead of the negative in this thread. People who buy something usually want to like it, and the negative reviews are what will direct me to the ones i should be watching.
Just change the TITLE and edit the polycount post NUMBER):
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I got really excited when all these tutorials starting popping up. I'm a big tutorial junkie, especially when it comes to concept art and drawing training.
I bought a total of 7 videos in one day assuming a couple might be so so, but hoping most would be epic. Of all the videos i purchased, the only one i really enjoyed and thought was the best bang for buck was Dave Rapoza's video. He explained everything he was doing and why very well. Great insight and highly recommended.
The other videos i purchased were:
Dan Luvisi's how to paint fur
- Might not be a big deal since his videos are pretty cheap, but the technique was not great and the video was super short. I found better instruction from Aaron Blaise's youtube channel on painting fur.
James Zapata's Color, Light and Mood
- I think Muzz summed this video up nicely. Lots of dead sound where the artist didn't know what to say or know what he was going to do. Many of these artists are not great instructors.
Nick Grindraux Sketch Process walkthrough pt. 1
- I really like Nick's gallery. He's done amazing work, but the video was just ok for me. Had some photobashing info, but not as thorough as Maciej's video.
John Sweeney's Digital Illustraion theroy and process
- Video was way too long for the image result. I did not enjoy the this process of photo collage and bashing to make the image. I don't think there was one part where the image was painted at all other than throwing in some strokes to make it look painted. Had some input, but the video could've been sped up for some of the redundant parts and maybe a different title for this.
Jonas De Ro's Sci Fi Env Design
- Decent final image, but again too long with dead sound. More of a matte painting approach i would say. Just ok for me.
Eytan Zana's Graphic composition for env
- I really wanted to like this one. I like Eytan's style. I like that i wasn't using photobashing (not that there's anything wrong with that) and I liked that it was focusing on Composition and not just a digital painting that he was doing. The instruction was lacking in this one as well. The images were cool though and i'm still tempting to buy more from Eytan to see his process and hope that his teaching skills improve and that he can explain his process better. I'll give this one another watch.
Maciej Kuciar's Character Illustration for Film pt. 1
- This video was pretty solid actually. Good instruction and good final image. I knew that the process would involve photo bashing, but i didn't know how heavy it would be on photos. Like i've said, that's fine, it's a technique that is widely used in Concept Design. I would have liked a different title maybe as i didn't really see this as an illustration. I was a cool process to see for sure, but just not my cup o tea.
A couple disclaimers i'd like to add.
I am an animator/tech artist working in games, wishing i was doing concept/ilustration. I watch most of the videos while at work so they didn't have my full attention at times. Except for Dave's video. That had my full attention. hehe.
I wanted to get some better info on environment design with the videos i had purchased, but after going through them, I realized that none of them really compared to stuff i already had or Feng Zhu's design school videos on youtube. Even some of these artists already have free stuff to watch. The nice thing is that most of these are pretty affordable and allows you to support your favorite artist. I may be over gumroad for the time being though unless i am a fan of the artist or there's a really good review of a tutorial i don't have and is a must have. Let me know if you would like more in depth info on the videos i've purchased.
I think the key is finding the artists that are great instructors as well.
-George
(PS. Bog Witch was awesome and definitely gets a recommendation from me!)
by dave do you mean dave rapoza? or david lesperance? or someone else? theres a few daves haha
Yes afaik, I picked it up the other day and the library is ever expanding
How is Grasetti's tutorials? I'm interested since he's pushing out so many tutorials it's amazing.
I love them! they're quite good and well explained/presented. Also for the price it seems you can't beat it. 22 bucks gets you a load of goodies.
Easily the most worth it out of all the tutorials I've seen on Gumroad yet (at least with regards to modelling/sculpting). Not only is it the best bang for your buck by far, he's even compressed the files to tiny sizes (~90mb) while maintaining good video quality, so they're easy to quick to download and transfer.
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Ok sorry didnt go back through the thread to see if someone reviewed it. thnx
The real gold IMO is his simplistic approach. Grassetti was able to block out chest + torso in mere 10 minutes. Got his hands done in under 15. That's just mind blowing.
First at all, thank you for this article. I heard about the gumroad here at first. I already brought some tutorials and I would like to share my experience with you.
I find 2 tutorial for highlight:
1. kalen chock - Environment_Design_Package
This is a complete tutorial about enviroment design from the first steps. I like this guy teaching style and works also. The whole video series is made with realtime comments, include his mistakes, his thinking ways...I made all the tutorials with the video, so I had enough time to make my own practice during the tutorial. This series is recomennded if you looking for enviroment tutorial.
2. 10 mistakes ebook
I brough this ebook, and I find realy usefull. This ebook is not just for one shoot, you can read back anytime to refreesh you view points. Is realy usefull, also recommended.
Keep up this work! Let's share the best tutorials!
https://gumroad.com/mathiaszamecki
Concept Art:
https://gumroad.com/abigbat
https://gumroad.com/danielpark
https://gumroad.com/natashatan
https://gumroad.com/markmolnar
https://gumroad.com/markmolnar
Any way here is his web portfolio, with many nice work: markmolnar.com
https://gumroad.com/l/YeXhC
So i finished watching Zedig's gum road.
Long story short: Get it.
Long story long: This video is very much in the style of Rapoza's Bog witch tutorial. A super long epic tutorial that is best viewed alongside doing your own drawing. Like a buddy who is working alongside you.
While he mentions a few times that he isn't much of a teacher that he says um and ah a lot... he really doesn't, he instead chooses to speak slowly and clearly and explains the reasoning behind WHY he does the things he does and not just how.
It's a great watch, and has his brushes included as well as a bonus sped up video which i have yet to watch and as the super mega bonus, the theme song he made for a trailer in audio form.
This was a super easy buy.
Thanks for share your experience! After your post I just brought this tutorial.
I will let you know guys how was it, when I finised!
On other hand I realy like Kalen Chock tutorials and he made a new Enviroment pack!
Chek it!
https://gumroad.com/k04sk
Any body know about Sketchbook tutorial? I think for pencil draw in sketchbook...but in this concept way...Or just a good pencil drawing tutorial but also in concept style... Thank you.