man.. you just gave us like.. an AMAZING MASTER CLASS. Thank you so much for sharing!! for real!

I know this is 2 years old but it's helped me SO MUCH, thank you for posting it

As I child I loved being in nature and I sketched and painted all day every day but during my early teens, for some reason, I just stopped. After I had finished school I had difficulties deciding how to move on and, looking back at my childhood interests, I decided to enroll in an ecology program in university and right now I am working to finish my PhD thesis in plant physiology. Sadly I have been struggling with mild depressive periods over the years but recently I finally figured out the reason. It's all because back then I chose the wrong path. I do love nature, but it's the atmosphere, the magic, the wonders that inspire me - not the cold mechanistic science. Since I realized that I picked up pen and brushes again, treated myself with a nice graphic tablet and started painting again. It's indescribable - I suddenly feel alive again. It is a bit as if I snapped out of a decade long half-awake delirium.

That being said, I would like to thank you, Grady, for all the content you put up on YT and artstation. Especially the Environment Design courses on Artstation proved to be invaluable for me. I learned so much and am able to finally channel my creative energy a bit better. And the videos and samples of your creative work give me something to look up to. You manage to capture the atmosphere, the magic, the wonders, that I crave so desperately, just masterfully. Thank you!

I can render in black and white, I can also do color.  But for some reason going from black and white to color is really difficult for me, the colors end up looking so uncanny and unreal in an unpleasant way.

Hey everyone, just wanted to thank you all again for your comments and your feedback, it really does mean alot. I hope to release more content soon once work slows down a bit. You guys are the best!

I'm not used to doing environmental painting and I've been trying something new. I've been stuck on a painting for the last couple of days and this helped me so much. You explained the process very well and I'm glad you show the whole process including the reality of going back and redoing things that don't work right away because that's something people struggle with while they're learning and it's nice it hear that it's okay.

Omy jehesus, this is like the definition of a hidden gem, thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial!

LOVED the whole video!! Something that stood out is that you legitimately gave us the full experience - Even though you called the detail-adding process the "most boring part" you still left it in. I can't even begin to express my disappointment at any artist that just skips a BIG chunk of the process and says "Alright here's the finished piece, no one wants to look at 3 hours worth of detail work". Well, me and all my creative friends definitely take a lot of notes from that specific part of the process. Watching you work is a grand experience! Cheers!

Stone walkways and thatched roofs! Could watch this all day! Well done!

New level!!! I should practice this more in my free time instead of wasting time on matte painting.

Mate you improved like crazy that year, these are like world class paintings, keep up great work 🎉

your channel is a masterpiece.

saw this on insta was so exited for the vid

I really loved this video, not only because it shows us a process that is as atypical as it is interesting, but also because this process is perfectly in line with a strong creative will. Your process is a perfect balance between professional pragmatism and an intuitive approach. Congratulations on your work.

I hope you know this is god level illustration and I look up to you. I aspire to be good like this one day <3 Congratulations!!

Estupendo amigo me encanta !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As of recently I finally have a reason to finally push into environment art. I've been combing through the internet looking for good starting help, and I ended up here! Glad I did. I hope you continue to share what you can/will with us.

I really appreciate all this. I'm about to start on a concept for an application to a game creation art course, and I already felt stressed even though I have almost 2 months do make it.  They don't even need to you actually have taken art class to apply, but I didn't get in last year and was only a reserve, and now I've finished 3 art courses to apply again. stakes feel high. Seeing you allowing yourself to be so free about it makes me more calm, and makes me allow myself to think about having fun with it.

you have an incredible ability to communicate, a lot if introverted artists just want to throw up the art but your explanation is worth a lot

That was fantastic mate, thank you.