I did two years of art school, paid thousands of Euros from 2002 to 2004, but my teachers tought NOTHING of what you teach. I remember my cartoon animation teacher, saying "start with rough sketches. Don't do the final sketch from the start". That was the ONLY advice he gave us and he kept repeating that, thinking that we, the absolute amateurs would become pros with that single advice. Now, in 2023, you teach EVERY F*NG THING they should have tought us back then, for free and in a few minutes. Not in two years time. How to draw perfect lines, how to define shapes, giving examples by you actually drawing something (they never did that), etc. Exactly what they SHOULD have tought us back then. A thank you is barely enough, man.
I'm glad these videos help! Teachers can have a method behind what they're teaching that just isn't getting across sometimes because of learning styles or other factors. Thanks for letting us help fill in the gaps you came away with!
@@eventhoyouwerentasking now do it again.. and again.. and again
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I feel the same way way. I feel we was thrown into a lot of things. I used to draw all the time growing up. I just want to improve so I could work for a art studio or have my own animation
I always tell my students to look at the whites of the eyes and the shape to get their eyes more accurate when they draw. Negative shapes are really useful to focus on!
As an ex art and graphic design teacher, as a well as a sometime professional illustrator, i have always wanted to learn how to draw freely and accurately and vibrantly out of my imagination. To do this, proportions are definitely something I need to get much better and more confident at. Your comment about how you simply got good using a pencil to measure and just looking is inspiring and I feel makes something that can be intimidating for students of drawing appear less so. Great video.
Ive casually been drawing since probably the first time i found a pencil. Ive always eyeballed everything and the result was always acceptable enough. But recently i wanted to up my game get i down on the paper more accurately. Youre channel is a goldmine regarding more professional drawing. Thanks.
Thank for this , I have been pushing off drawing humans and now I understand how I can improve my skill! It’s important to have people out there like you to help other artists grow!
This video is so important because instead of learning methods to draw something, I want to learn how to create my own methods depending on my goals at the moment. By breaking down the different parts that come into measuring proportions, it really empowers me to develop that skill. Thank you very much
I was about to sleep after my drawing session and I thought to myself "Man. I should really learn how to draw with better proportions." Lo and behold, Proko saves the day. Thank you, Proko for everything. Inspiring and guiding artists all around the world. (From Philippines)
Stan I’ve been watching your content for quiet a while and learnt a lot I’ve just started my TH-cam Chanel with some basic equipment and editing I’m 52 and still learning anyways Thanks to you there are a lots of guys who get educated and sometimes are just shy like me to spill it out Thanks Proko god bless.
observation is by far the most important part of art, without eyes you'd have to draw by your mind and thats what a lot of beginners actually do, don't do that use reference and observe everything , the more time you spend observing the better your reference art will look
Thank you so much~!. > * Sighting : 연필로 비율을 재는 것!. (Measuring w/ a pencil : Take a unit & relate it to something else on the subject.) * Plumb Line(s) * Angles * Unit (eg : the head ) * Negative Shape * Big to Small (eg.: envelope, shape of the head, nose) & relate it accurately. ---> Then goes into Small Stuff (breaking down the big shape to major shapes by Linear Lanes.) ---> Then move onto Shading.
Finaly someone who is talking about something he actualy uses in his work... Jeez. There is so many youtubers barely starting something, and already teaching everybody how to do it... I also use just pencil and paper for measuring an sketching... plus ruler!!! Because i draw architecture, and straight lines look much better with drawn with ruler. Also perspective line drawing is so much simpler with a ruler... but thats it. Pencil, paper, ruler.... It takes years to actualy become good at these things... And you know. Going gradualy deeper and deeper into understanding stuff... i kinda actualy end up not using more than half of the stuff i buy, and experiment with for drawing... but in the end of the day it somehow it makes sense and gives exp. And narrows down to something...
Great lesson! thanks!!! "As photoshop user myself" there's a slightly quicker/simpler way to do what you mentioned in the "self critique" portion of your video. the 1st part is the same •Save your drawing layer over your photo layer and Change the layer mode to "Multiply" (or "Linear Burn"). • then in the menu Goto "IMAGE" > "Adjustments" > "Hue/Saturation" . • a window pops-up. Click on "Colorize" • and then adjust the "HUE", "SATURATION" & "LIGHTNESS" bar options to taste. click ok. Done
I am an art student at the academy and I've done 1 year of life drawing with both two male models and two female models. My teacher actually never taught us how to do the Loomis method, the anatomy etc but just DRAWING because the goal was mainly to be quicker. As a person who has been drawing for her whole life I did both still life and life drawing classes and in artistic high school they taught us how to take proportions. But NEVER anatomy. So...I practiced a lot of drawing in highschool and I improved a lot. As a person who has been also selft taught I've already used all of the methods that you listed, which are AMAZING. But when I went to the academy yes, they taught beginners how to do that, but to a person like me, who really wanted to add that more spice to the drawing, I would get critique but most of the time my drawing was right, the teacher told me that my only problem was positioning the subject in the center of the paper. But the proportions and everything were 90% of the time Right. Idk, I still want to improve my quickness in taking proportions and likeness, when I am at the anatomy class, my drawing is not how I want it, even though my teacher always tells me that it's good. Idk, I don't feel like I have a high level of accuracy and quickness in my drawing skills... I get accuracy just with A LOT OF TIME on the drawing (it also depends on the days..) I don't even know what kind of level I have, where should I look at to improve my skills even more. I even had some students coming up to me asking to correct their own drawing and i would always tell them that im not good enough to do that. But they would really trust my critique???? Idk i want to improve, but i dont know how???
time yourself with a timer to draw for short intervals so you dont over work an area and then gauge what your weakest areas are after each short burst, then maybe practice those specifically to improve ur time. if that makes sense
For yeara i did the measurement method just for instinct. Comparing proportions of somepart of the face to other parts of the body. Or trying to copy the angle without a ruler just with my pencil. Thats how i draw my first "realism" portrait. Combining the unit method. Now i discover the pumbleline method thanks you
Another big thing I'd like to mention is just don't stress if what you did isn't perfect. Move on, and come back later. Tunnel vision can seriously stunt your growth
10:40 - just double click the layer with your drawing, and apply a color overlay layer style. it'll change the lines to whatever color you want, it takes two seconds, and it's non-destructive.
I would also give simply lowering the opacity of the above layer a try. It's available in basically any photo editing or drawing software, and it's maybe the most beginner/tech-illiterate friendly lol.
Continue share your storyes and love with art. For people like me , who actually don't really do art the live. But it's very interesting see the man and crafting which he love
Yeah You guys are a bunch of Rock stars. Love your work. been applying your lessons and seeing great results. thank you so much I never thought i would be able to draw but any one can do this with good instruction and practice. Keep it real
Sometimes I will put my drawing side by side my reference picture using an app called “pic collage” and then I will reverse it in my photos on my phone and I will see all kinds of stuff I could move around to improve my drawing and it’s proportions. You can even flip them upside or whatever. It’s amazing!
Gonna save this on in my tutorial playlist. Such a valuable summary for all inspiring artists. Over the years I find myself becoming too dependent on screens display for my measuring process (page edges, vertical angles and negative spaces are cheated there). Drawing from life is truly where the best improvements can be made since you will have to figure out everything from the composition and don't get stuck on specific tools. Checking proportions on the scanned images is very easy to correct mistakes and to growth your observation skills but it is also important to build confidence to not depend on it and aim master the observation skills. This can free you from any constrain of size format, improve line efficiency and confidence.
Stan, how about doing a video featuring Thomas Fluharty? He draws some of the most amazing caricatures I've ever seen. I wanna see him demonstrate 'blind contour' drawing.
I'm very grateful for this video. Although......this is the first of the lessons I've done in the course that made me feel stupid. I'm not sure why, but after I laid out the vertical line from the top of the hat to the chin and divided it into units, I felt so lost. I struggled figuring out the width of the hat and so much more. I finished after a few hours and saw that mine was the worst compared to the folk in the critique video. Clearly got a long way to go, and im grateful for all your courses.
We share a ton of in-depth lessons here on TH-cam to make sure that everyone can learn art, whether they're in an area with schools and can afford it or not!
Thanks God, I found the video i was looking for,i really want to draw portraits accurately and i really hate that I can't draw beautifully,thank you so much man
Thank proko ❤...have been looking forward to this video. When I am done drawing, I place my page over the tablet with my reference, and that is how I get myself feedback.
10:48 You can also just alpha lock the layer and make a red (or any color) rectangle over the top of it, it's a lot faster and easier that way. In photoshop the alpha lock tool looks like a little checkerboard, it prevents changes outside any existing marks so you can just color right over the top of your lines.
If you draw on normal office paper, you can simply put the brightness of your screen to the maximum, get the room dark if needed, put the paper on your screen and it basically does the same as the whole photoshop thing.
Thank you for this! Also, the Draftsmen episode updated for the current "landscape" hopefully is in the works! I love hearing you and Marshall talk over different or mundane art or non art topics while working!
We're still releasing episodes whenever there's something we really want to talk about. Just not regular seasons. Just released an episode recently with my teacher, Jeff Watts: th-cam.com/video/VcriRcKNSdY/w-d-xo.html
Here's a tip to do that colored line art thing quicker. Different programs call this something different, but find "Layer>Convert Luminance to Opacity" for my SAI users, or "Edit>Convert Brightness to Opacity" for Clip Studio, etc. What this is going to do is basically turn the white of your page to transparency on that layer. It's like setting line art to multiply, THE SEQUEL. For best results, bump up the contrast of your picture or scan first. This insures that your lines are extra dark, and none of the texture or shadows from the paper are picking up on the layer. Afterwards, move over to your layers tab and set that layer to lock transparent pixels. Now, the only parts of that layer that can be changed is the line art itself, so you can take a big ol round brush and paint over the lines in any color you want. Or even a gradient if you're feeling ~sassy~, I'm not your dad.
Thank you for the vid! This is one of my biggest problems - especially since I draw with one seeing eye, yeah... I mean, I am fine with it, but I always have problems with proportions and perspective - even though I draw digitally (so I look straight at the drawing) and I flip drawing time to time. Yet still sometimes the drawing is fine, sometimes it is crooked as I dunno what
Well, wellcome to the Club, Bud. I have two eyes and I´m not free of struggling with proportions from 12 years straight - about drawing almost everyday! ;) You are not alone!! *disclaimer that I draw all of my life, but these 12 years are heavy! (I´m 44)
Stan, you are so inspiring thank you for making amazing content for us. You are certainly an inspiration. I hope to be as big of an artist and TH-camr as you.
Just a tip for the overlay thing: I don't follow all of your steps but just place a layer with the picture underneath and reduce its opacity :) then I sometimes click the layer with my sketch on and off a few times to see the discrepancies. I'll then turn off the layer with the reference and try to correct the mistakes by eye. Is that even a good method? I feel like proportions are so hard to grasp! Progress on proportions is so slow :( Which sucks, because shading and filling everything in is something I'm great at. It's just the basics that are lagging behind 😂
Check out my previous lesson on measuring techniques if you need help with measuring your drawing - th-cam.com/video/tZtnKp4fAPk/w-d-xo.html
@@ProkoTV thank u
A thousand ways to draw accurately get ignored when drawing by me !
I’ve been watching your channel for the last 9 years and still don’t find it boring
Same here.^^
Samee
BUT THIS VIDEO IS ONLY 12 MINUTES 🗣️🗣️🗣️
@@eventhoyouwerentasking did you even watch the video? He says it takes time. Be patient
@@eventhoyouwerentasking you're not gonna be amazing at it the first 3 tries. It's gonna take at least a few months or years.
I see proko i click!
lit me skskdk
If you haven’t even watched the first minute of the video don’t comment
@@aristology6912 I've watched the full video sir!
Simply
Ditto. Every time
I did two years of art school, paid thousands of Euros from 2002 to 2004, but my teachers tought NOTHING of what you teach. I remember my cartoon animation teacher, saying "start with rough sketches. Don't do the final sketch from the start". That was the ONLY advice he gave us and he kept repeating that, thinking that we, the absolute amateurs would become pros with that single advice. Now, in 2023, you teach EVERY F*NG THING they should have tought us back then, for free and in a few minutes. Not in two years time. How to draw perfect lines, how to define shapes, giving examples by you actually drawing something (they never did that), etc. Exactly what they SHOULD have tought us back then. A thank you is barely enough, man.
I'm glad these videos help!
Teachers can have a method behind what they're teaching that just isn't getting across sometimes because of learning styles or other factors.
Thanks for letting us help fill in the gaps you came away with!
@@eventhoyouwerentasking now do it again.. and again.. and again
I feel the same way way. I feel we was thrown into a lot of things. I used to draw all the time growing up. I just want to improve so I could work for a art studio or have my own animation
I always tell my students to look at the whites of the eyes and the shape to get their eyes more accurate when they draw. Negative shapes are really useful to focus on!
The way Stan explains things make it so much easier to understand, man's an amazing educator!!
This is probably one of the most important Proko videos to watch! Awesome and thank you!
Proko is the standard I measure just about every other TH-cam tutorial out there to.
As an ex art and graphic design teacher, as a well as a sometime professional illustrator, i have always wanted to learn how to draw freely and accurately and vibrantly out of my imagination. To do this, proportions are definitely something I need to get much better and more confident at. Your comment about how you simply got good using a pencil to measure and just looking is inspiring and I feel makes something that can be intimidating for students of drawing appear less so. Great video.
Ive casually been drawing since probably the first time i found a pencil. Ive always eyeballed everything and the result was always acceptable enough. But recently i wanted to up my game get i down on the paper more accurately. Youre channel is a goldmine regarding more professional drawing. Thanks.
Just discovered your channel because my professor opened this in her lecture. You’re my second professor at this point, love your channel!
Thank for this , I have been pushing off drawing humans and now I understand how I can improve my skill! It’s important to have people out there like you to help other artists grow!
This video is so important because instead of learning methods to draw something, I want to learn how to create my own methods depending on my goals at the moment. By breaking down the different parts that come into measuring proportions, it really empowers me to develop that skill. Thank you very much
I was about to sleep after my drawing session and I thought to myself "Man. I should really learn how to draw with better proportions."
Lo and behold, Proko saves the day.
Thank you, Proko for everything. Inspiring and guiding artists all around the world. (From Philippines)
Stan I’ve been watching your content for quiet a while and learnt a lot I’ve just started my TH-cam Chanel with some basic equipment and editing I’m 52 and still learning anyways Thanks to you there are a lots of guys who get educated and sometimes are just shy like me to spill it out Thanks Proko god bless.
observation is by far the most important part of art, without eyes you'd have to draw by your mind and thats what a lot of beginners actually do, don't do that use reference and observe everything , the more time you spend observing the better your reference art will look
3:10 omg! that killed me man! well played sir!
I had watched this a while ago, but I re-watched it and actually focused on applying it when I draw and omg I got better
That's great to hear!
Thank you so much~!.
>
* Sighting : 연필로 비율을 재는 것!. (Measuring w/ a pencil : Take a unit & relate it to something else on the subject.)
* Plumb Line(s)
* Angles
* Unit (eg : the head )
* Negative Shape
* Big to Small (eg.: envelope, shape of the head, nose) & relate it accurately.
---> Then goes into Small Stuff (breaking down the big shape to major shapes by Linear Lanes.)
---> Then move onto Shading.
Your drawings are actually so good, one day I want to be able to draw portraits like you can!
You can do it!
Thanks proko, i did most of this for 4 years. And i didnt go to artschool. Now i know that i am doing something right to improve my drawings.
Finaly someone who is talking about something he actualy uses in his work...
Jeez. There is so many youtubers barely starting something, and already teaching everybody how to do it...
I also use just pencil and paper for measuring an sketching... plus ruler!!! Because i draw architecture, and straight lines look much better with drawn with ruler. Also perspective line drawing is so much simpler with a ruler... but thats it. Pencil, paper, ruler....
It takes years to actualy become good at these things...
And you know. Going gradualy deeper and deeper into understanding stuff... i kinda actualy end up not using more than half of the stuff i buy, and experiment with for drawing... but in the end of the day it somehow it makes sense and gives exp. And narrows down to something...
Proko single handedly saving my art work ❤❤
Great lesson! thanks!!!
"As photoshop user myself" there's a slightly quicker/simpler way to do what you mentioned in the "self critique" portion of your video.
the 1st part is the same
•Save your drawing layer over your photo layer and Change the layer mode to "Multiply" (or "Linear Burn").
• then in the menu Goto "IMAGE" > "Adjustments" > "Hue/Saturation" .
• a window pops-up. Click on "Colorize"
• and then adjust the "HUE", "SATURATION" & "LIGHTNESS" bar options to taste. click ok.
Done
I am an art student at the academy and I've done 1 year of life drawing with both two male models and two female models.
My teacher actually never taught us how to do the Loomis method, the anatomy etc but just DRAWING because the goal was mainly to be quicker.
As a person who has been drawing for her whole life I did both still life and life drawing classes and in artistic high school they taught us how to take proportions. But NEVER anatomy.
So...I practiced a lot of drawing in highschool and I improved a lot.
As a person who has been also selft taught I've already used all of the methods that you listed, which are AMAZING.
But when I went to the academy yes, they taught beginners how to do that, but to a person like me, who really wanted to add that more spice to the drawing, I would get critique but most of the time my drawing was right, the teacher told me that my only problem was positioning the subject in the center of the paper.
But the proportions and everything were 90% of the time Right.
Idk, I still want to improve my quickness in taking proportions and likeness, when I am at the anatomy class, my drawing is not how I want it, even though my teacher always tells me that it's good.
Idk, I don't feel like I have a high level of accuracy and quickness in my drawing skills...
I get accuracy just with A LOT OF TIME on the drawing (it also depends on the days..)
I don't even know what kind of level I have, where should I look at to improve my skills even more.
I even had some students coming up to me asking to correct their own drawing and i would always tell them that im not good enough to do that. But they would really trust my critique????
Idk i want to improve, but i dont know how???
time yourself with a timer to draw for short intervals so you dont over work an area and then gauge what your weakest areas are after each short burst, then maybe practice those specifically to improve ur time. if that makes sense
For yeara i did the measurement method just for instinct. Comparing proportions of somepart of the face to other parts of the body. Or trying to copy the angle without a ruler just with my pencil. Thats how i draw my first "realism" portrait. Combining the unit method.
Now i discover the pumbleline method thanks you
Another big thing I'd like to mention is just don't stress if what you did isn't perfect. Move on, and come back later. Tunnel vision can seriously stunt your growth
10:40 - just double click the layer with your drawing, and apply a color overlay layer style. it'll change the lines to whatever color you want, it takes two seconds, and it's non-destructive.
I would also give simply lowering the opacity of the above layer a try. It's available in basically any photo editing or drawing software, and it's maybe the most beginner/tech-illiterate friendly lol.
Awesome. I was so confused with some of these stuffs before, that I called them all sighting/sight-sizing. It's clearer now.
The "Be all end all" of drawing proportion tutorials!
You summed it all up. Congratulations!
Proko is the reason that i am a better me from the last years ❤
So glad we can help!
I keep finding myself going back to this video over and over again! Thank you for the videos Proko!
Glad it helps! Thanks for letting us be a part of your art journey.
both instructive and entertaining...easy to remember. thank you
Continue share your storyes and love with art. For people like me , who actually don't really do art the live.
But it's very interesting see the man and crafting which he love
Yeah You guys are a bunch of Rock stars. Love your work. been applying your lessons and seeing great results. thank you so much I never thought i would be able to draw but any one can do this with good instruction and practice. Keep it real
I like the proportional divider. Helps with accurate measurements and scaling for starting a layout of a drawing. But any drawing tool will work too.
Nothing makes me more happy than him making this video ❤
bro u don't realize what a blessing this channel is❤
I appreciate that! Thanks!
Sometimes I will put my drawing side by side my reference picture using an app called “pic collage” and then I will reverse it in my photos on my phone and I will see all kinds of stuff I could move around to improve my drawing and it’s proportions. You can even flip them upside or whatever. It’s amazing!
It's fun to watch proko being charismatic
I really like listening to Proko while drawing. Thank you for the free guidance, it does help a lot in the long run!
Gonna save this on in my tutorial playlist. Such a valuable summary for all inspiring artists.
Over the years I find myself becoming too dependent on screens display for my measuring process (page edges, vertical angles and negative spaces are cheated there).
Drawing from life is truly where the best improvements can be made since you will have to figure out everything from the composition and don't get stuck on specific tools.
Checking proportions on the scanned images is very easy to correct mistakes and to growth your observation skills but it is also important to build confidence to not depend on it and aim master the observation skills.
This can free you from any constrain of size format, improve line efficiency and confidence.
Been waitin for this one for 13 years
That Photoshop overlay was the bomb. Thank you.
You are the best art teacher .
I love your instructions in measuring to be considered before drawing, interesting.
Stan, how about doing a video featuring Thomas Fluharty? He draws some of the most amazing caricatures I've ever seen. I wanna see him demonstrate 'blind contour' drawing.
Not something that's currently planned but we some collaborations end up happening out of nowhere!
I always get motivation (to draw) when I watch Proko video. I've watch this video for too many times and even downloaded it😂
I'm very grateful for this video. Although......this is the first of the lessons I've done in the course that made me feel stupid. I'm not sure why, but after I laid out the vertical line from the top of the hat to the chin and divided it into units, I felt so lost. I struggled figuring out the width of the hat and so much more. I finished after a few hours and saw that mine was the worst compared to the folk in the critique video. Clearly got a long way to go, and im grateful for all your courses.
Proko is the only art channel on TH-cam that doesn't make " For Beginners " videos .
it helps in high levels , too
Super helpful, thanks! I’ll share it with my students!
I just want to say that this was really helpful for me!
Thanks! I really couldn't do the pencil method, so hearing alternatives was extremely helpful.
Great techniques. I also learned some Photoshop skills too. Thanks Proko. Always amazing!!!
Thanks
Thanks!
i dont remeber signing for youtube premium content haha! its crazy that ammount of knowledge for free omgg
We share a ton of in-depth lessons here on TH-cam to make sure that everyone can learn art, whether they're in an area with schools and can afford it or not!
Thanks God, I found the video i was looking for,i really want to draw portraits accurately and i really hate that I can't draw beautifully,thank you so much man
Black shirt against a white background makes for great contrast! you really pop!
I'm not good at English, but I understand perfectly what you're explaining, it's admirable and thank you for your hard work, best regards 😊
Thank you!
one of your best. thank you, proko is invaluable.
Thank you!! Best tutorial ever on youtube! Everything is so clear and detailed.
Wow you are just amazing... Great explanation thank you so much for this video and amazing information... I'm watching it from India 🇮🇳✌️
Best art teacher ever ❤
The tip on how to compare against the reference alone deserves a like
This video was very useful
Ini sangat keren dan sangat berguna utk yg sdg belajar melukis👍✨💚
Thank proko ❤...have been looking forward to this video. When I am done drawing, I place my page over the tablet with my reference, and that is how I get myself feedback.
A great way to do it!
This is exactly what the people want thanks PROKO ❤✨
Not gonna lie, u stopped sighting a way back, just ingrained proportions into my mind, and have learned to undrrstand 3D space, man dont need to sight
10:48 You can also just alpha lock the layer and make a red (or any color) rectangle over the top of it, it's a lot faster and easier that way. In photoshop the alpha lock tool looks like a little checkerboard, it prevents changes outside any existing marks so you can just color right over the top of your lines.
Thank ypu once again, Proko!
Thank you very much for the portrait drawing technique tutorial
dude!! you explained super clearly !! amazing men thank you so much!
wish to do some enhacement business with you.
i really needed this i was struggling they never looked the same ☹️
Great master proko
Love urs teach drawing
❤
An excellent, super helpful video. I've been trying to improve these skills and there's so much here that will help with that process. Thank you!
So helpful, Thank you
If you draw on normal office paper, you can simply put the brightness of your screen to the maximum, get the room dark if needed, put the paper on your screen and it basically does the same as the whole photoshop thing.
Thank you for this! Also, the Draftsmen episode updated for the current "landscape" hopefully is in the works! I love hearing you and Marshall talk over different or mundane art or non art topics while working!
We're still releasing episodes whenever there's something we really want to talk about. Just not regular seasons.
Just released an episode recently with my teacher, Jeff Watts:
th-cam.com/video/VcriRcKNSdY/w-d-xo.html
Here's a tip to do that colored line art thing quicker. Different programs call this something different, but find "Layer>Convert Luminance to Opacity" for my SAI users, or "Edit>Convert Brightness to Opacity" for Clip Studio, etc. What this is going to do is basically turn the white of your page to transparency on that layer. It's like setting line art to multiply, THE SEQUEL. For best results, bump up the contrast of your picture or scan first. This insures that your lines are extra dark, and none of the texture or shadows from the paper are picking up on the layer. Afterwards, move over to your layers tab and set that layer to lock transparent pixels. Now, the only parts of that layer that can be changed is the line art itself, so you can take a big ol round brush and paint over the lines in any color you want. Or even a gradient if you're feeling ~sassy~, I'm not your dad.
Much love, you never fail to inspire.
love the tip for self feedback! thanks teach
i learnt more in this video than 2 years of art class in high school
Lots of brilliant stuff here. I would add looking at your work in a mirror. It really helps you see your mistakes.
Excellent explanations 😊
Whenever I'm in doubt I search proko❤
i swear they can read our minds. this is what i needed.
Awesome thanks for another masterclass!
Thank you for this valuable information. May YUH [God] Baruch [bless] you, your family, and your ministry. And give you [much] Shalom.
I enjoy EVERY one of your videos.
Thank you for the vid! This is one of my biggest problems - especially since I draw with one seeing eye, yeah... I mean, I am fine with it, but I always have problems with proportions and perspective - even though I draw digitally (so I look straight at the drawing) and I flip drawing time to time. Yet still sometimes the drawing is fine, sometimes it is crooked as I dunno what
Well, wellcome to the Club, Bud. I have two eyes and I´m not free of struggling with proportions from 12 years straight - about drawing almost everyday! ;)
You are not alone!!
*disclaimer that I draw all of my life, but these 12 years are heavy! (I´m 44)
I was just going to search up about that and youtube recommended that video,thanks for the video
Thank you. These videos are really helpful.
Stan, you are so inspiring thank you for making amazing content for us. You are certainly an inspiration. I hope to be as big of an artist and TH-camr as you.
very well done.. thank you...bob
Just a tip for the overlay thing: I don't follow all of your steps but just place a layer with the picture underneath and reduce its opacity :) then I sometimes click the layer with my sketch on and off a few times to see the discrepancies. I'll then turn off the layer with the reference and try to correct the mistakes by eye.
Is that even a good method? I feel like proportions are so hard to grasp! Progress on proportions is so slow :( Which sucks, because shading and filling everything in is something I'm great at. It's just the basics that are lagging behind 😂
Thank you for this. This was awesome!
Again a ton of useful wisdom in easily digestible format. Thank you very much for sharing those methods!
that halfway point measuring took me so back I almost spit out my tea 😭
I’ve really enjoyed your videos showing excellent techniques and wonderful advice. Becoming Cheeky Cocky Proko Loco.