This tree started from a single Grease Pencil stroke. It’s with Grease Pencil that I add complexity. The modeling is always the simplest part of my process because I don’t want perfect shapes or intricate details, I just want something. Combining Grease Pencil with meshesĪll my 3D Grease Pencil paintings start from some 3D form. This piece was made to showcase the main tools I use to create 3D paintings with Grease Pencil. I made this piece for a beginner Grease Pencil tutorial that you can watch for free here: Now Grease Pencil has captured my heart, and I make YouTube videos about the things I learn and try, and about potential stumbling blocks. Since then, my years have been split in two: working seasonal jobs and saving up, then on my months off giving all I had to my dream of telling compelling stories through drawings, following online courses and working to get my skills up. After high school, I got a degree in environmental and wildlife management.

I grew up wanting to be an author (and still find writing very cathartic, though for the time being I’m happy having my fiction work be just for me). It’s hard to summarize my creative journey (a journey I still consider in its early stages!).

Recently, I`ve worked on such movies as Starwars, Jurassic World 2, Ready Player One and many others.Hello! My name is Sophie Jantak, and I’ve been using Blender since late last year, when a computer upgrade meant I could finally get my hands on that magical tool that had intrigued but eluded me for over a year: Grease Pencil. I`m a professional art-director/concept artist working in the film industry. Environment design using instancing and randomizer Creating a 3D character design from a 2D flat sketch Grease Pencil allows you to start off a simple flat sketch and then quickly convert it into a 3D drawing that will help you with perspective without actually spending a lot of time on tedious 3D modelling. This one covers a creative workflow with Grease Pencil in 2.8 and Photoshop to create:

Blender grease pencil tutorials