I have to give credit to a certain dude guy
for this whole video, because I did not know about this until I got this comment. So thank you, and thank you to everyone who
leaves comments like this, I have learned so much from you all because I post videos. So I really want to share some of that knowledge
back with you. Color attribute mode, or vertex paint mode,
is a huge part of my workflow with grease pencil. It unlocks access to this big, beautiful color
palette, and that’s instrumental to me
being able to make painterly art like this in Blender. Typically, I’ve always worked in material
preview mode or render view mode, because when I got into solid view mode… this happens. Solid view mode shows the base color of a
material, but not the beautiful vertex colors. Or so I thought. But in this dropdown in solid view mode, I
can change the color from material to attribute. Showing the vertex colors while in solid view
mode. Another big part of my painterly workflow
is textures! I like to
add individual texture images, to
use textured brushes, and to add paper textures to my backgrounds. This is a big topic, so if you’d like to
learn more, this playlist may interest you, in these videos I talk all about how I achieve
this art style with grease pencil. So I can see these textures in solid view
mode, but I need to change the color from attribute now to texture. Which does mean that the colors are back to
their material colors. Side note, so I use two types of textures
in my work:
I use black textures which are meant to be used with vertex colors. The blend value of these materials is at 1. And I use coloured textures with which I don’t
combine vertex colors. So their blend value is at or close to 0. Notice how in solid view mode with textures
displayed, I see only the color of the texture images themselves, and no vertex color influence. The result is that I have to pick between
having vertex colors or textures show in solid view mode. And now the big question: is this u
seful? You never know. I’ve personally been working with 3D objects
in my scene more and more lately, both for my work designing pop-ups which I’m able
to print and assemble, and dipping my toes into making 2D/3D grease pencil art again. Solid view mode is really the best for seeing
the forms of these 3D objects, and for modifying them in Edit mode and Sculpt mode. And it’s such a bummer not being able to
see my grease pencil art at all when I’m in solid view mode. And by “at all” I just mean li
ke it really
doesn’t look how it’s supposed to. So at least this way, I can still see some
of my textures while I’m sculpting, or some of the colors of my art. I just really like that, and pretty much ever
since I got this comment, I have been using this feature in solid view mode. So I hope this helps, if not, I hope you at
least enjoyed possibly learning something new about grease pencil. Consider liking the video, subscribing, and
following me on social media. I hope you’re doing well, take c
are, and
I will see you soon in another video.
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