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Dude you're genius ❤

I think youre the next artist i subscribe too lol the tone, the talk, yea nice vibes

I have never heard anyone before refer to the gesture, in drawing, as 'the soul of the drawing'. That was brilliant. I'll remember that from here on out. Yes, many have described it like that, but not said it quite that way. I really like that, as it captures what 'gesture' is actually all about. Good going, Thomas. thanks.

What an inspiration...thanks Thomas for bringing up such an amazing work of an artist.

Love your advice I'm still learning as a artist and what kinda career I want focus in.

I think comics should not be inked. The pencil gives so much life to an illustration by the different values. It also gives more control over the focus points. When ink is applied it's too much "absolute" and kill all the depth. I would love for comics to keep the pencils and use ink only to enhance some contours. A good example of what I mean is your maryjane and spiderman upside down (in another video). It wasn't finished but gives a good idea of what a finished product could look like. 100% black ink only looks old. And by the way, I love your work, great gestures and definitely have a distinctive style that we associate with your name.

Yes, i can draw mechs like a gundam & also human anatomy. But i struggled a bit when drawing animal 😊

Robert Ludlum, Bourne writer 💪😎

Wise words my friend 🙏

I've been drawing a bit of everything since I've started making comics. After 2 comics drawing urban backgrounds and people, for my Graphic Novel, I'm drawing nature and wolves. 😁

Comic book/manga are are "ONE subject", but within which contain dozens, if not scores of subjects to focus on: figure drawing, expressions, backgrounds, perspective, and most importantly, storytelling. That really means that good comic book artists are usually under-appreciated.

im still struggling with building and drawing windows doors

Thanks for sharing the process !

I loved how in the last comparison, with that landscape image, you can see how John has edited out information as he continued to refine the image, simplifying the background to distinguish the relationship between the figures on the page. Looking at other artists, Jim Lee for example, will often create a finished piece in pencils, which doesnt leave as much freedom or interpretation for refinement when applying the inks later on.

I think a great way to define gesture is to explore the rhythm of a figure. When starting out, try to use a single line that captures the overall flow or movement of a single figure and build from that. Usually that single line will establish the longest points in a form. Using single, simple lines, the C, S and I to represent the movement within a figure is the easiest way to interpret the gesture of figure. The idea is to ignore extraneous detail or contours and just focus on the movement of the figure.

Could you cover the Frank Miller section of this book?

And what about anatomy. ?? Its a must for a painter?

Great video, good advice! Great sketches Thomas!! Looks so easy! For the brain and the sense is it better to practice on a model, so 3 D. ??The photo is 2 dimensional, maybe this is the reason its harder?? What do you think? Sad but I have no living model...but I think both methods are challengeing.

Is detailed anatomical knowledge needed like each muscle name and placement or can basic anatomical knowledge can work?

Really appreciate the walk through with the book and discussing Alex Toth's work/legacy, but I also especially enjoy seeing the application of techniques at the end. As a cartoonist, I really appreciate that because it encourages people like myself to do the same, which is a great exercise.

Really but how to start?

Really feels like something I need to focus on along with filling my visual library with anatomy and such. Will give this a shot!

Great video as always. Thruth be told, working with an awereness of time helps you improve your art. I have respect for comic artists that have to draw really fast and really good to meet their deadlines. I would also like to add something that I have been trying lately for "gesture" practice/improvement: Pick any action movie you like and when you see a scene that you like "pause" it and make a screen shot. Then transfer that to Photoshop and use that as reference. You can even print it bigger so that you see details that you missed. Of course the key here is to get sketch/draw faster to get better. Good luck and keep grinding! A

Finally a video on this I’ve been waiting for this video on figure drawings and gestures now my figures might become better thank you for this great video

I've been following Steve Rude for years ,l have this book and have started studying it recently my first convention sletch was Sundra Peele The Dude is a huge inspiration .That's sketch.

George Perez??? YEs please!! Excellent video, sir! Im your Fan!

Wow. I just discovered your TH-cam channel and I have hit that subscribe button. You absolutely hit it out of the park with this picture. I love looking back at the old school draftsmen work, I know I'm a little late to the party and if you haven't done a Christmas study form these two masters, I'll throw my vote in for a "Yes" to seeing you do it. I have yet to start looking through your catalogue of video's, but am looking forward to it. Thank you for sharing your time and insight on art.

thanks good to know.

There's a slight twist of the torso as you can see the sternum is pointing straight at you while the pelvis is on the same direction as your head is facing. A classic the flash pose.

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Love stuff like this amazing as always.

Teach us bro, your inking process, hatching and making line quality 😮😮😮😮😮❤❤❤

Really interesting proves to me at 82 you can still learn.👏

the way his right arm is in front of her doesnt make sense. thats kind of a defensive pose when you put your forearm in front of you to block someones advancement. but yet her legs are moving toward him in a weird way. and his left leg looks off. and im not sure how i feel about flying cats. assuming theyre 40 + feet up in the air cause hes got his rope and there are bats so many so that it would have to be in his bat cave. but yet she apparently just stole some jewelry. there is just a lot of off balance things and it doesnt make sense to me.

Finally getting a new sketchbook hopefully I can learn from my mistakes last year and do better

Those who are recently coming to the craft of mark making, I would recommend two books: Andrew Loomis' Figure Drawing for All It's Worth. This not only provides excellent information on, well, figure drawing, but also how to present them in perspective. A masterpiece of information. Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Figure Drawing (& Dynamic Anatomy). This covers the figure in motion & the wide range of motions the body is capable of. A masterwork of movement. Nice video, keep up the good work.

Great video Thomas - new to your channel. I'm focusing on figure drawing and anatomy this year as well as more drawing from imagination rather than reference. Got online courses I'm working through as well as Loomis books. Looking forward to more encouraging videos from you.

Thanks for sharing. I have been holding back on doing this because I plan on doing sketchbook flips of my sketchbooks on TH-cam later and I don’t want to run into copyright issues. I filled some pages in my sketchbook with work from other artists I admire, alive and not anymore, often just details from several artists mixed in with my own work on the same page. I’m always referencing the artist, even if it’s a detail. I have asked this question to many and never got a clear answer. Is it ok to do a sketchbook flip on TH-cam of these pages or would that be a copyright violation? Thanks! 💖🙏💖😊

Great tips. Repetition the same thing is a good idea, and this maybe with different tools.

John Buscema's Conan, Thor, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, were incredible

John Buscema's style was so unique

I pray that IDW publish this on in their Artisan format one day 😭

I was trying to find an analysis of Stuart Immonen’s work, and found your video. Great work. I had no idea he was so versatile. I became a fan after his artwork in Secret Identity the later in X-Men. Thanks for your insights and for taking the time to share and review his work.

Great tips! I definitely need to get better at figure drawing this year. The Nexus book looks really useful.

I want to actually finish an art project, either my children's book or a small comicbook. Or actually make my comic strip Induatrial Complex into something coherent

I do want to improve my art skills! Maybe I'll finish drawing through Bridgman this year. In the meantime I'll be watching all the Steve Rude and Tom Pitilli videos I can. Great advice in this video tom!

My experience with self-teaching is that it's much less time-efficient, but far more cost-efficient than any kind of mentorship. When I've succeeded in self-teaching, though, it's usually because I've closely followed a good instructional book, which is sort of like a teacher anyway. I'm not sure what I'm saying, but I'm definitely saying it. Enjoyed your thoughts!

Ohhh man!!! ... I can't believe I never knew they made smaller softcover versions of those artist editions?! They always seemed cool but way too big for me to store in my bookcase so I never bothered. About to purchase the David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil and the Mike Mignola one. Thanks for another awesome vid!

I agree, erasing is very much part of it particularly when one is an advanced artist because one knows better that how a certain drawing or a pose can be worked out even better with some alterations...I see jim lee do that all the time .. He says his process involves 30 percent erasing and 70 percent drawing ..softening a drawing with a kneaded eraser helps with the second step of refining the drawing ... David finch does it twice in his process.