Do you mind if I critique the tutorial a little bit? Don't take this personally, I just gotta get this out of my system because I think more artists need to be aware of it. Since learning how to draw from observation (i.e. watching someone else) is really hard to do unless it's in person, I think every single step should be shown even if it's at the risk of making the video/tutorial very long. But since most artists are pressed for time, I don't think they take the time to do that. So for efficiency's sake, maybe some good old video editing might work to at least ease the transition phases a long much more gradually. That way the student or viewer can tell what you've done without being jarred by it, which is what a lot of tutorials do (and they end up actually being hindered as far as teaching ability goes for that reason). Example: Okay, now we've got the eyes done. But suddenly there's a lot of detail there that wasn't there in the video a second ago. Some times things like these are easy to understand. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see you just added hard brushed highlights. But in some cases that's actually pretty jarring and confusing, especially from someone who's just learning. So in the future, if you were to do this again, and you feel like you need to move on to the next step, just video edit a fading transition or something along those lines of you finishing up the eye or whatever it is you're working on. And then move on to the next step. That way the view sees it coming and isn't stuck or confused in the steps to follow.
Again, don't be mad, lol, I just want more and more tutorial makers to be aware of little things like that because half the tutorials on Deviantart don't transition very well. So actually following them and figuring out what the artist they're learning from just did becomes difficult and...well...defeats the purpose of the tutorial, lol. Other than that, everything else about the tutorial was AMAZINGLY helpful. Like that Gaussian Blur technique? I didn't even know that existed. I've actually never seen another artist use it until now and compared to other techniques I've seen, it seems to be the most efficient. Other things you did really well was list the colors and brushes you used. Video tutorials in general are really awesome because you get to see what the artist is doing in real time rather than pictures of the steps. As far as teaching goes, video tutorials are the way to go. Just think up a more careful means of transitioning and you'd be Deviantart's go-to person for painting techniques and tutorials. You already are in my book, just because of how well put together your video tutorial already ways to begin with, lol.
Again, don't be mad, lol, I just want more and more tutorial makers to be aware of little things like that because half the tutorials on Deviantart don't transition very well. So actually following them and figuring out what the artist they're learning from just did becomes difficult and...well...defeats the purpose of the tutorial, lol. Other than that, everything else about the tutorial was AMAZINGLY helpful. Like that Gaussian Blur technique? I didn't even know that existed. I've actually never seen another artist use it until now and compared to other techniques I've seen, it seems to be the most efficient. Other things you did really well was list the colors and brushes you used. Video tutorials in general are really awesome because you get to see what the artist is doing in real time rather than pictures of the steps. As far as teaching goes, video tutorials are the way to go. Just think up a more careful means of transitioning and you'd be Deviantart's go-to person for painting techniques and tutorials. You already are in my book, just because of how well put together your video tutorial already ways to begin with, lol.