Drawing and coloring Robin in Blender Grease Pencil Part 2: Using the Fill Tool and Masks

In Part 2 of this series, I’ll introduce the Fill tool and its options to color the artwork, and I’ll show how to use masks to create the shadows.

In Part 1, I showed how to draw Robin in Blender Grease Pencil. In Draw mode, I used the Draw tool and the Cutter tool to create the outline. I then introduced the brushes in Sculpt mode and the options in Edit mode to clean up the artwork. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/KMov9yxgTjk

Intro 0:24 – Adding layers in Blender Grease Pencil

1:18 – Introduction to the Blender Grease Pencil Fill tool

2:29 – Using the Blender Grease Pencil Fill Tool with a material with a stroke but not a fill

3:34 – Benefits of using a material in Blender Grease Pencil instead of the color attribute option

4:45 – The issue of adding fills on top of strokes on the same layer in Blender Grease Pencil

5:57 – Increasing or decreasing the size of the fill in Blender Grease Pencil using the Dilate/Contract setting

6:43 – Exploring the Precision setting for the Fill tool in Blender Grease Pencil

7:20 – Exploring the Thickness setting for the Fill tool in Blender Grease Pencil

8:03 – Exploring the Gap Closure settings for the Fill tool in Blender Grease Pencil

9:55 – Creating a color palette in Blender Grease Pencil

10:37 – Closing the gap on the Robin drawing in Blender Grease Pencil

11:15 – Adding colors with the Fill tool in Blender Grease Pencil

11:50 – Explanation for using a different color for strokes than fills in Blender Grease Pencil

12:20 – Cleaning up fill issues with the Draw tool in Blender Grease Pencil

13:22 – Correcting an issue in Blender Grease Pencil using the Arc shape tool

13:40 – Manipulating the Arc shape in Blender Grease Pencil

13:59 – Cleaning up the Arc shape with the Cutter tool in Blender Grease Pencil

14:29 – Combining strokes and fill layers in Blender Grease Pencil

15:12 – Introduction to Masks in Blender Grease Pencil

15:16 – Adding a new layer in Blender Grease Pencil for the shadow

15:26 – Creating a shadow material in Blender Grease Pencil and how to use a color for easier shadow creation

16:38 – Cleaning up the shadow in Edit mode

17:28 – Changing the shadow color in Blender Grease Pencil

17:42 – Turning on the Mask option and selecting a layer to use for creating the mask in Blender Grease Pencil

18:02 – Changing the shadow layer’s blend mode to multiply and adjusting the opacity in Blender Grease Pencil

18:25 – Adjusting the shadow in Sculpt mode in Blender Grease Pencil using the Smooth and Grab brushes

19:27 – Final stroke cleanup in Blender Grease Pencil using the Cutter tool

20:25 – Scaling the Stroke object in Blender Grease Pencil

21:04 – Outro