THE ARCANE BRUSH HOW TO ARCANE-IFY ANY PAINTING.

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The video provides high-value, actionable technical advice for digital artists by connecting a popular aesthetic (Arcane) to a specific, easy-to-replicate software setting.

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The creator demonstrates a specific brush setting technique in Adobe Photoshop to replicate the painterly art style used in the show Arcane. By adjusting Color Dynamics, the creator shows how to add subtle color variations to digital paintings.

Structure

1Introduce the Arcane art style
2Explain the theory of micro-variations
3Demonstrate the Photoshop brush settings
4Show the final effect on digital artwork

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Instant painterly charm that will have you singing from the rooftops of Piltover #arcane #arcaneart

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THE ARCANE BRUSH HOW TO ARCANE-IFY ANY PAINTING. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY NO SURFACE IN ARCANE IS A SIMPLE FLAT COLOR. IT'S ALL MADE UP OF THESE MICRO VARIATIONS IN HUE AND SATURATION AND VALUE AND WE CAN DO EXACTLY THAT WITH A BRUSH SETTING IF WE GO TO COLOR DYNAMICS AND SET A FEW JITTERS AROUND 5%, IT MAKES IT SO THAT EVERY REPEATED BRUSHSTROKE WILL HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR WHICH AND IT LOOKS LIKE TWO THINGS AT ONCE IT LOOKS LIKE SUBTLE VARIATIONS IN THAT PATCH OF CLOTHING OR SHINGLES ON A ROOF OR PLASTER ON A WALL, BUT IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE BRUSHSTROKES IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE WORKING FROM A DIRTY PALLET COULDN'T QUITE MIX THE SAME COLOR TWICE AND THAT'S WHERE THAT INSTANT PAINTERLY CHARM AND VIBRANCE COMES FROM IN ARCANE NO NO DEAD COLORS EVERYTHING VIBRATES. IT'S THIS REALLY POWERFUL SUBCONSCIOUS EFFECT AND IT'S JUST MESSY FUN AT THE END OF A PAINTING, SO DON'T OVERLOOK THIS BRUSH SETTING, IT'S AWESOME

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The Arcane brush. How to Arcane-ify any painting. If you look closely, no surface in Arcane is a simple flat color. It's all made up of these micro variations in hue and saturation and value and we can do exactly that with a brush setting. If we go to Color Dynamics and set a few jitters around 5%, it makes it so that every repeated brushstroke will have a slightly different color which and it looks like two things at once. It looks like subtle variations in that patch of clothing or shingles on a roof or plaster on a wall, but it also looks like brushstrokes. It looks like we're working from a dirty pallet where we couldn't quite mix the same color twice and that's where that instant painterly charm and vibrance comes from in Arcane. No dead colors, everything vibrates. It's this really powerful subconscious effect and it's just messy fun at the end of a painting, so don't overlook this brush setting, it's awesome.