Speed Up Your Digital Painting Process - Flatting Techniques

This 29-minute video tutorial from Proko teaches essential flatting techniques to accelerate your digital painting workflow. Learn to apply base colors efficiently, organize layers from light to dark and warm to cool, and select colors using value and RGB sliders. Explore four different flatting methods including manual painting, lasso tool techniques, and reference layers. Discover how to limit your palette by reusing colors, adjust hues with alpha lock and saturation sliders, and establish a strong foundation for adding lighting and shading. The tutorial is structured in clear chapters covering different methods, color organization strategies, background techniques, and final adjustments. This free lesson is part of Proko's more comprehensive digital painting fundamentals course, with additional free resources available on their YouTube channel.