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Course in Parts
I'm excited to share this course with you all! If you're interested in learning the ins-and-outs of digital painting, I'm here to help.
Hello there!
i‘ve seen Stan‘s update post here, but I‘m still on the fence of buying this course. Is this being completed?
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1mo
Yes it is! Starting with the Materials section we've begun working with additional instructors like Jeremy Vickery, Marco Bucci, and more in Part 2. There are just a couple critique videos left in Part 1 and Part 2 will begin shortly after the critiques go out!
Interested in getting this course but I feel unsure tbh. Is there a schedule for future lessons? Is there more to be published in part 1?
What are some alternative courses?
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1mo
Yes! The Marco Bucci/Jeremy Vickery sections of the course were releasing 1-2 videos a week and now we are getting the Critique videos finished to wrap up part 1. Part 2 of the course will begin in mid-late January (depending on the critique release) and have weekly releases.
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11mo
We've got some news regarding the digital painting course.
First off, the not-so-great part - Jon Neimeister won't be able to wrap up the remaining lessons of the course. We know many of you have enjoyed his insights and teaching style, and it's a bummer not to have him finish up the course. However, life throws curveballs, and we're committed to delivering the quality education you signed up for.
The good news - we've put together a team of digital painting instructors to take over and finish this course. We selected artists that specialize in each remaining topic. It will move much faster since multiple artists will be working on videos at the same time. Producing this course is at the top of our priorities right now.
Stay tuned for more updates about Jon's replacements, and as always, we're here if you have any questions or need a hand with anything.We appreciate your patience and understanding,
Stan and the Proko Team
Definitely bummed, Jon Neimeisters' the best art teacher I've had. I'm not sure what exactly worked but the things he taught just seemed to click for me, and I constantly find myself applying tips and techniques he taught throughout all of my illustrations since then. That being said, I completelyy understand life throwing curveballs and I wish the absolute best for Jon, and am incredibly grateful for what he was able to teach and share with us <3
I appreciate you guys continuing the course and putting it at the top of your priorities
It's good to have this update. Now I sincerely hope that the teachers selected will deliver a quality result while respecting the original curriculum. What interested me in Jon's format was the advanced techniques of material rendering, light rendering and edge control. I hope you'll get a Riot artist or Legend of Runetterra for the advanced part. They're the best out there (Esben Lash -Rudy Siswanto - Jessica Oynehart - etc)
PS: Add a few extra lessons for the wait and subtitles if possible
it would be nice if they added subtitles ,like in other proko courses, since they are updating it. For those who are not native speakers of English it would be an extra help. (at least have English subtitles)
is this course cursed? Iam glad I hasitated to jumped in since this course dropped. Wanted to buy it whole but here we are 2 years later :( really sad
Hey, @Michal Velart @spadeydraws and @William Mclean! Thanks for your patience and apologies on our silence. But great news...@Stan Prokopenko just posted an update on the direction of the course! It took some time to sort out what direction we were gonna take, but there is alot of excitement and momentum over here at Proko to get this course DONE!
I wanted to get it too. But it hasn't been updated in a year. And he hasn't posted anything in response of why he has an updated it yet, aside from that post he did from last year.
why part 2 took so long to have an update or announcement ? I just dont know when it will be released to buy whole bundle.
I hope we are going to get updates soon. Is Jon alright ?
Hi, @blankfuture Thank you for your patience. Stan just posted an update on the future of the course!
What are the prerequisites doe this course i saw a potrait in the thumbnails of the vidoes do we need to take the potrait drawing clss also and is the figure drawing fundamentals course enough or do we need to take the anatomy course as well because i noticed you added muscles in the sample cideo.Also im about to purchase a screen drawing tablet.Is the feeling very different from paper does it feel like the pen is dragging the line drawn
I wanted to say thank you for making the painting in greyscale lesson available to everyone, it is the best explanation of tones ever!
I took the ideas you taught in that lesson and I was able to do this on paper. I’m no artist-I maybe draw a few times a year, and was always bad at it. After seeing what happened after just one of your lessons, I purchased your digital painting course immediately.
I’m excited to go through this course!
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2yr
Hey, everyone! I hope you've all had a fantastic start to the new year and are excited to dig into the next segment of this course. I wanted to give a quick update on our plans for this year as there's been a slight change to our production schedule. I've accepted a new job on Hearthstone which is very exciting but also means I have to move across the entire country, which has been consuming every waking moment of the past month or so. As such, there will be a bit of a delay in the release of the next episodes until I can get settled into my new place and re-establish my recording setup.
We have a LOT of great content coming for the course this year that I'm super excited to share, and I want to be sure I give it 110% effort rather than squeezing it in between a million other things. I do apologize for the delay, but I can promise the next section is gonna be awesome and well worth the wait. Thank you so much for your patience, and I can't wait to continue painting with you in 2023! <3
Hey Jon! How are you going on your new place? I hopewell! I can´t wait for to see all the amazing lessons on the second part of the course (the first part was really a masterpiece!!)
Ah, I didn't notice this comment until now. I hope you're doing well in your new environment.
I've re-watched the Part 1 lessons and challenged assignments again and again, and every time I played the videos it improved me because I realized how many things I forgot or didn't understand well so I felt as if the course were always active so far.
I keep practicing hard to prepare myself for the release of the next episodes!
Oooh so that's what you teased when you announced that you were leaving HiRez, I was quite curious 👀
That's awesome 😊 wish you the best at your new job
And I second what Nicole Drews said, pretty much sums up my thoughts
I'm new to Proko, do classes include indivitual critiques? I learn the most through seeing my worked picked apart. Thanks,
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2yr
Hi @Jon Neimeister, do you have any experience with Krita? Can I use it for this course?
Thanks in advance :)
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2yr
Hey Jesper, the course is meant to be software agnostic so you should be able to benefit from it regardless of what you use. The only thing that you won't benefit from are the photoshop shortcuts that he may mention throughout the lessons. The core concepts will transfer to any program though.
Is there an option for a refund? In the rare case that upon checking some of the full course disovering that it is not benificial for me?
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2yr
You just have to email support@proko.com you can also open a ticket in the help tab in the bottom right corner of the website.
In case you haven't found it yet, this is taken from the Overview tab in the Premium Benefits section:
"Money Back Guarantee
We offer no-questions-asked refunds within 30 days of your purchase. Our goal has always been to create a happy, thriving community. If you are not thrilled with the product, then we have no interest in forcing you to keep it."
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2yr
Hey all, just wanted to give an update that the latest critique video is taking a bit longer to finish up than we expected so we're aiming to release it early next week. Very sorry!
I can't learn any of Digital Illustration and Advanced Techniques. what do you mean?
Hi,
Just a question, as I am on the fences for purchasing this course. But just wanted to ask that if this course is good for beginners? I am a complete beginner in both drawing and painting but want to get into digital illustration.
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2yr
Hey, Shivayan! This course is definitely geared towards beginner and intermediate artists. More advanced artists can still get value from some on the in-depth Photoshop knowledge and processes, but overall the course is designed so that even if you've never picked up Photoshop before you'll have a solid foundation by the end of the course.
The one caveat is that the course is exclusively focused on painting, which does rely heavily on drawing. It's never too soon to start learning painting, but the stronger your drawing skills are the easier it will be to execute the assignments. I think Proko's Figure Drawing course is a great place to start if you're brand new to art, but if you've been drawing / painting for a while and just want to level up this course is made for you!
In regards to the rest of the course content, we have lots more coming up. "35+ lessons" was a baseline in our initial planning, but the course has been expanding while we've developed it and the "halfway" mark is still a ways off. Once we're through this Intro to Photoshop, the rest of the course will be exclusively painting focused and will be notably longer than the Photoshop section. :)
I think it's pretty much specifically for beginners even; considering the first part is teaching you photoshop.
Actually it's been my biggest concern about the course, it's already got 17/35 supposed courses, so like half of them are done and the first half is still about photoshop introductions mostly.....
Digital Painting Fundamentals