PINNED POST // resource overview
Added 2020-11-19 11:48:10 +0000 UTCHey patrons! I’ve been posting content on here for almost a year now, and as a result it’s getting harder to navigate through all of the posts. To make it easier, here’s a pinned post to help you find the most important content - both for new patrons and also those of you who have been around for a while and want to revisit some of the older resources!
// DISCORD SERVER RESOURCES //
For those of you who are active in the discord community, here are some resources that might be helpful:
How to connect your discord and patreon accounts to access the server: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-How-do-I-get-my-Discord-Rewards-
Ban appeal form for if you feel you’ve been unfairly banned: https://forms.gle/quWp24HGRLyH5Z7w7
// FUNDAMENTALS //
Here are some resources that show some of the foundational techniques I use. You’ll see me use these in almost all of the process videos and tutorials that I post.
• Brushes I use (both Photoshop and Procreate, with links): https://www.patreon.com/posts/step-by-step-i-34615265
• Using the lasso tool to ‘paint’ (step-by-step): https://www.patreon.com/posts/step-by-step-36570445
• My digital sketching technique (step-by-step): https://www.patreon.com/posts/step-by-step-33617344
• Turning scanned lines into a transparent layer: https://www.patreon.com/posts/demo-turning-66779976
// STEP BY STEPS //
These are images where I break my process down into steps and sometimes add notes to explain how I did each step. Find all of them under thist tag: https://www.patreon.com/loish/posts?filters[tag]=step%20by%20step
// LECTURES AND LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS //
Sometimes, I do live demonstrations or lectures for online events, and post them here on Patreon afterwards. Here's a list of the ones that are available here on Patreon:
• Marketing yourself on social media // This is a lecture I gave for the Vertex online conference about using social media to promote your art: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lecture-how-to-47990522
• Syn studio demo //A demo where I run you through the basis of my drawing process for concept art and digital sketches: https://www.patreon.com/posts/update-syn-demo-44813240
• Humble beginnings // For Lightbox Expo, I sat down with my friend Iris Compiet and discussed our art journeys, starting with our very earliest sketches and doodles: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lightbox-expo-41587533
• Pixiv Drawfest // This is a demo in which I explain my drawing process, and invite others to draw along too: https://www.patreon.com/posts/demo-pixiv-52048530
• Stylized portrait live demo // This is a demo I did at Playgrounds: In Motion in October 2023: https://www.patreon.com/posts/demo-stylized-99246659
// OTHER VIDEO CONTENT //
• Process videos // these are videos that show the full process of creating my art, from start to finish. Find all of them under this tag: https://www.patreon.com/loish?filters[tag]=process%20video
• Sketchbook tours // these are tours of my sketchbooks throughout the years, where I talk about my art and ideas. Find all of them under this tag: https://www.patreon.com/loish?filters[tag]=sketchbook%20tours
• Q&A // these are videos where I answer your questions on specific topics. Find all of them under this tag: https://www.patreon.com/loish/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Q%26A
// TUTORIAL VIDEOS - 5 ESSENTIAL TUTORIALS & MOST RECENT //
These tutorials are accessible to all patrons, including the spark ($5) patrons:
• Constructing a pose: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-video-38377684
• Choosing colors: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-colors-39277902
• My workflow in procreate: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-video-42911573
• Using a reference image for a stylized environment study: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-44069788
• Warmups & exercises for improving your skills: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-warmups-47743894
• The most recent tutorial - you can find this one listed as the top result under the following tag: https://www.patreon.com/loish?filters[tag]=tutorial%20video
// TUTORIAL VIDEOS - FULL BACKLOG //
This is the full list of tutorials from beginning to end in chronological order. The full backlog is only available to flame ($10) members, with the exception of the 6 tutorials listed above.
• Constructing a pose: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-video-38377684
• Choosing colors: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-colors-39277902
• Constructing faces & expressions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-video-40374192
• Simple tricks for lighting & mood: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-video-41372669
• My workflow in Procreate: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-video-42911573
• Using a reference image for a stylized environment study: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-44069788
• Painting & Rendering in Procreate: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-in-44878024
• Painting hair: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-hair-46112695
• Warmups & excercises for improving your skills: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-warmups-47743894
• Making your sketch presentable: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-making-49103648
• Drawing clothes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-drawing-50251215
• Sketching hands & feet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-hands-51121556
• Drawing animals: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-drawing-52247318
• Sculpting with color: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-with-53897099
• Creating vibrant skintones: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-vibrant-55315596
• Creating flowy & dynamic lines with ink: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-flowy-56706948
• Rendering water with minimal tools: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-water-57878344
• Drawing environments in Procreate: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-drawing-59043003
• Drawing masculine faces: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-drawing-60418588
• Stylizing trees & plants: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-trees-61571259
• Finalizing a painting without over-rendering: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-without-62987609
• Creating interesting & flowy shapes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-flowy-64260217
• Using your creative spark to generate ideas:https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-using-65162895
• Creating light & flowy sketches: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-light-66773593
• Making your digital portraits more interesting: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-making-68187088
• Creating a strong composition: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-strong-68816837
• Drawing different body types: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-drawing-70101402
• Simple exercises for when you are short on energy, time, or inspiration: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-simple-72102809
• Balancing consistency and variety in faces: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-variety-72909156
• How I prep & schedule my social media posts: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-how-i-74511692
• Elevating your sketch by adding color: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-your-by-75482296
• Environment essentials: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-77086669
• A roadmap for artistic growth: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-roadmap-78404376
• Overlapping shapes & foreshortening: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-shapes-79726725
• Drawing faces: common mistakes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-drawing-81128829
• Simple tricks for urban speedpainting: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-simple-82692800
• Drawing a stylized portrait in Procreate: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-drawing-83899072
• Drawing clouds: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-clouds-85884058
• Poses: common mistakes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-poses-87129702
• Creating interesting & eye-catching reference studies: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-eye-90024730
• Drawing cozy interiors: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-drawing-92801247
• Soft & hard edges with the lasso tool: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-soft-94305496
• Imposter syndrome: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-95931972
• Colors: common mistakes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-colors-98597276
• My character design process: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-my-99877387
• Painting different surfaces: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-101762434
• Lighting as a design tool: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-as-tool-103723393
• Giving your digital art a traditional feel: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-giving-104792276
• Line weight: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-line-106064468
• Creating an artistic routine: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-routine-109639204
• Stylizing anatomy: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-anatomy-111476779
• Creating emotive art: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-emotive-113079513
• Painting foliage & complex detail: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-foliage-115598319
• My guide to stylizing faces: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-my-to-117444090
• Creating original art: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-art-119651273
• 6 simple tricks for stylizing studies: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-6-for-121936096
This post is also here to answer any questions you guys might have about the content I post here on Patreon. If you’re looking for something specific, or have a suggestion for something you’d like to see in the future, just drop it below!
As always, thanks a million for your support! ❤
Comments
thanks so much Jonathan!
Loish
2025-09-01 10:56:42 +0000 UTCI learn so much from your videos !!! truly appreciate your talent.
Jonathan Luke
2025-08-28 21:54:18 +0000 UTCof course! feel free to draw some poses :)
Loish
2025-05-02 09:20:43 +0000 UTCI like the underwater challenge, can I still do an underwater pose, even if I can’t see the challenge. I've been trying to get into the art community more and meet people.
Danielle
2025-05-01 19:21:13 +0000 UTCYou're unstoppable! Wonderful work 💕
IRIDYSCENZIA
2025-03-15 15:43:00 +0000 UTCAgree so strongly!
Delilah Osborne
2023-12-12 18:14:50 +0000 UTCI learned about your "interesting and flowy shape" tutorial from a love life drawing video and it's ridiculously valuable. I see a lot of others that I can't wait to get to as well.
Pat D
2023-12-08 18:00:29 +0000 UTCI'm also a new patron and I must say...I'm impressed! I have seen few artists/masters do the organization you do with your work and community. Every little bit of info is organized and explained. Thank you for all this!
2023-11-25 11:30:53 +0000 UTCI'm a new patron and wow this is sooooo helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
Andreina Patiño
2023-11-22 21:18:41 +0000 UTCWOW!!!! You put a lot of thought and time into this. It’s noticed and appreciated. Thanks
ray black
2023-10-24 05:31:26 +0000 UTCThank you!
Hovey Eyres
2023-08-23 15:17:24 +0000 UTCThose are great ideas for future tutorials! I will add them to the list and try to put them together at some point in the future.
Loish
2023-08-22 16:25:22 +0000 UTCHi Lois! I love your figure and expression focused tutorials. I find it helpful when you share your conceptual ideas about what makes a good design. I would really enjoy a series of tutorials that go super in-depth into these concepts (rhythm, energy, intentional detail, overlapping shapes, colour harmony, shape language, etc) with visual examples. I am seeing a huge improvement in my drawings simply by keeping these concepts in the front of my mind. I still feel like I can get better, and I just want to understand more about your decision making process throughout a drawing. To me, your work appears very resolved because of your strong hold on these key concepts. And I just want even more insight into your brain =D
Hovey Eyres
2023-08-20 19:06:42 +0000 UTCthanks so much for signing up natalie! I'm so glad you're enjoying the tutorials!! my personal brush set is free, but you can find an overview of all the brushes I use and where to buy them here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/step-by-step-i-34615265
Loish
2023-08-09 13:26:05 +0000 UTCHi Loish! Im thrilled to be able to subscribe to the Flame tier! Quick question, do you have a place where your brushes can be found if i were to want to purchase them? I saw a few of the ones you posted in one of your tutorials but i was wondering if you had maybe a list of what you use often? Thank you and thank you SO much for the wonderful tutorials and the beautiful pieces you share with all of us!
2023-08-08 16:00:00 +0000 UTChey gavene! I definitely recommend starting out with this tutorial which is about how you can figure out which resources are most helpful to you at this time in your artistic journey: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-roadmap-78404376
Loish
2023-07-07 09:24:24 +0000 UTCI'm a beginner, where should I start to learn, any suggestions?
gavene
2023-07-06 15:33:32 +0000 UTCthanks so much cortni!
Loish
2023-06-16 08:08:34 +0000 UTCI love how vivid and colorful your artwork is. Just beautiful <3
TsukiHuli
2023-06-14 21:07:02 +0000 UTCYes... I need to find a way to tell stories... as in , doing a comic
Tersh
2023-03-20 21:59:48 +0000 UTCAwesome! Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. You're the best!
Sharizal Halim
2023-03-16 07:55:01 +0000 UTCI do have a tutorial about the creative spark, which is about using moments of inspiration to create paintings and ideas for future works! you can find it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-using-65162895
Loish
2023-03-16 07:39:14 +0000 UTCHi Loish! There's one thing that I'm having challenges with right now in my artistic journey and that is: telling captivating stories with my art. Right now I'm just doing straight on stylized portraits and I'm getting bored 😂 Is this something that you've covered before? Would love to learn from you 😊 thanks!
Sharizal Halim
2023-03-15 02:33:38 +0000 UTCcan't wait!!
Loish
2023-01-25 10:29:20 +0000 UTCThis is gonna be so much funnnn 💜✨
Rose Jones
2023-01-25 03:38:38 +0000 UTCDear loish, Hello and good day thank you kindly for your reply! i would love to be part of this month's challenge so i will try to do it today :) thank you very much for your help :)
Kat
2023-01-12 14:17:26 +0000 UTChey kat! the best way to do it is just wait until the 2nd of the month, because if you get charged on the 1st it can sometimes charge twice in a day. you could also upgrade now, but if you'd prefer to do next month i'd wait until the 2nd! but just fyi, if you get double charged i can always refund you so just reach out if that ever happens.
Loish
2023-01-11 09:32:06 +0000 UTCHello Loish. Hope that you are doing well and having a great day. I would like to update my patron and was wondering when is it better in the month to do it so ad not to be charged twice? Thank you 😊🙏
Kat
2023-01-10 13:12:55 +0000 UTCglad it helps! feel free to reach out through DM if you have trouble finding anything!
Loish
2022-12-28 09:58:13 +0000 UTCthank you for this! I'm still getting used to using Patreon and this helps with finding your stuff!
2022-12-28 05:07:20 +0000 UTCreally appreciate it! thanks so much!
Loish
2022-11-28 12:02:00 +0000 UTCI love your work and I´m excited that now I can support it at least for 1 month, I look forward to supporting you monthly when I can afford it. Thanks for all you do, you´re a great artist and a huge inspiration. ❤❤
2022-11-26 23:17:17 +0000 UTCthanks so much for joining!
Loish
2022-11-22 16:17:26 +0000 UTCI am soooo happy i joined! Cant wait to play with all of this! 💜💜 Thanks Loish!
Veronica Gomez Arce
2022-11-17 16:53:57 +0000 UTCthat's so frustrating, I'm sorry to hear that! I'm glad the vimeo links work for you :)
Loish
2022-11-14 12:00:33 +0000 UTCThis post is a lifesaver, especially the links to Vimeo. For some reason, I can't watch a whole video on Patreon because it keeps showing me that the file got corrupted when it isn't really. Thank you <3
Milena L
2022-11-12 11:45:29 +0000 UTCthanks so much for your kind words clara! and thanks so much for joining and supporting me here!
Loish
2022-11-08 11:39:55 +0000 UTCHi Loish! I am new here and this post is really helpful. I am a huge fan of your work, your art is amazing! I hope I can keep supporting you for a long time because you are doing such a great work with this patreon. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
2022-11-08 10:32:51 +0000 UTChappy you found it helpful addri! thanks for your support!
Loish
2022-10-24 10:25:35 +0000 UTCThank you so much for organizing everything in a post like this, it has made it much easier for me to start exploring the other posts. I've admired your art for years and I'm happy to get a chance to enjoy all this. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and beautiful art with us! Many cheers!
addri
2022-10-22 02:56:49 +0000 UTC
