Foreshortening | Techniques and Tricks!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2024
- Foreshortening is considered one of the hardest aspects of art to do! How do you keep your limbs in proportion? How do you draw difficult poses with foreshortening? Learn all about foreshortening and different methods of foreshortening in this livestream highlight with Jessie Chang!
🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - What is foreshortening?
0:27 - Proportions within foreshortening
1:30 - Foreshortening and perspective accuracy
2:49 - Coil/ring method
4:35 - Geometry method
6:55 - Foreshortened pose sketching phase
8:41 - Lining phase begins
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My brain only thinks in 2D so I stink with perspective. I really appreciate the foreshortening lesson and will definitely try out these tips, thanks!
Oh my gosh I thought I was the only one who had a hard time imagining in 3d!
I mostly imagine in 2.5D, so making 3D animations is quite a hassle, and has been bothering me for a while now-
Funny for me it's 2D as I can draw posing and ect but when it comes to flat things I struggle immensely
Same, this is a huge thing I struggle with. This is why I prefer drawing (or writing) - I absolutely can't wrap my mind around making 3-D objects, and sewing/making clothing is considered a "3D" item in my brain so I still don't understand it. :(
Mine can think but my hand don’t know how to do it
Thank god you said literally anything else besides just the coil method. Literally every time I try to figure out how to do foreshortening, it's just "use the coil method, it's great! Just draw some circles!" And it's like that doesn't tell me how long between parts of the limb or even how long the limb should be in the end. That doesn't tell me how much bigger I should make the next coil in comparison to the previous. That does not tell me which parts of the normal anatomy falls where. It does not tell me what the new proportions I'm working with are in the foreshortened version. In my opinion it doesn't even help with the perspective, all it's doing is making sure you're working in A cylinder, even if it's not a cylinder at the right angle, the right length, or any other very important features to make it the RIGHT cylinder. And even then, you could just... draw a cylinder instead of all the work of making the stupid coils and achieve literally the exact same thing. It does absolutely nothing for me, and the only merit I EVER have found in it is in noting the curve of the limb for when I add clothes and wrinkles to them.
In short, the geometry method is definitely more my style
I had the exact same thoughts as you previously, and I must say:
DO NOT USE THE GEOMETRY METHOD TO FORESHORTEN, it will hold you back A LOT. Practice gesture drawing, especially exaggerated poses. The more you try to make your drawings proportionally accurate, the more gesture they will lose. Use the geometry method only if you know how to apply it to gesture. Remember, GESTURE COMES FIRST. It's way easier to add proportions to gesture than to add gesture to proportionate geometry. I mean look at the example pose drawn using the geometry method. It's accurate, yes, but it's very boring, stiff and therefore unnatural.
I'm imagining you saying this every time somebody suggests it lol
I've recently found your channel and it is easily the BEST art guide I've seen so far!! You explain things perfectly and your art is beautiful. Now,, if I may ask, can you please make a video on backgrounds?? They're my biggest nemesis and the only thing keeping me from opening my commissions :(((
Its between this one and marc brunet for me
Bro fr backgrounds are so hard- like idk how to make it fit the oc or how to make it look good 😭🙏🙏
Ever heard of angels? He's also a great art coach
Did you ever figure out backgrounds?
Nice hands! Thank you for the video! I’ve wanted to get better at dynamic poses and this is helpful :)
For me,personally,a mix of the geometry method and the ring method has been the most effective thus far. For the general shape and drawing itself I use building blocks and I construct more lively movements with springs to add more of a flow to them.
FINALLY! SOMETHING THAT TEACHES ME HOW TO ACTUALLY USE FORESHORTENING! Thank you so much for this!!!
I have a pretty good grasp on perspective and anatomy, but I still wanted to watch this video to see if I will learn something new. You're an excellent teacher, so I appreciate what you do
Thank for this tutorial 💕
I'm really struggling in this some sort of pose
Thank you 💕
this is the most helpful art guide i’ve ever watched, foreshortening is something i’ve always tried hard to get better at, and i think with the tips and guidance in this video i might just keep improving! :)
Oh my gosh! I cannot express how much this helped me understand and draw foreshortening in my art! Thank you!
my art teacher showed one of your videos in class a few days ago, so it was incredibly surprising to find another in my recommended! and what do you know, one on the exact topic I was struggling with in the first place.
incredibly informative! the way you structured this tutorial is really clear and the pacing is great, thanks so much for sharing
*clicks tthinking its foreshadowing for writing *
*gets this *
I NEED THIS MORE OML #### FORESHADOWING
I just found you today and i already feel like your gonna help me alot in my art career. tysm!!!!
no offense but its foreshortening which is a perspective and foreshadowing which is guessing / predicting
Yeh…um, so I’m taking an art class rn and we literally just talked out it in passing today. Then this popped up in my recommended (keep in mind that I haven’t looked up art related things on this account)
I have the chills.
But this was amazing! You explained it really well while making sense and sounding pleasant.
Thank u for making this video, I think I’m here to stay and explore lol
Yeah, the cellphone microphone being open all the time and listening in on your conversation to know what you are talking about today is truly creepy stuff....
@@nadiarey4196 so if I go to my phone and say "maaannn I wanna watch a man poop" will I get man pooping videos
This is gonna legit help me with my art skills. I’ve been having trouble with foreshortening so this helps a hella bunch. Thanks!
Thank you so much!! I really want to practice more of the art fundamentals this summer, and I was really curious about foreshortening, and you explained it in a very good way that’s easy to understand. Again, thank you for making this!
I've always had a thing for drawing but sadly I've never really been able to get into it properly, more of a music person myself anyway but I do really really wish to be able to commit myself to learning someday, huge respect for all of you out there who are working passionately
Don't worry! Take small steps, my first digit art piece was literally a few colours and now I'm learning how to draw characters. It takes time but you will see improvement!!
You know you are watching good content when it's about stuff you never do but still keeps u entertained.
i learned so much from this channel thank you!
Gotta binge this channel to grow our art skills. Thanks for the super helpful tutorial!!!
these videos always help me out so thank you !!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. You've helped with hands, with anatomy and now with foreshortening!
Your tutorials are so clear, simple and to the point! You've just got yourself a new subscriber
I have never subscribed faster in my life.
i tend to use the geometry method but theyre less blocky, usually i have more curves cause blocks and corners are too bulky
the curviness and more rough shapes help out with looking a little less stiff
so for example i could draw the shoulders and first half of the torso as a trapezium with more curved edges
edit: the ring method also helps out with joints in the elbows and wrists etc
You're awesome at this
I remember in drawing class we had a model (fully clothed) pose lying down for a foreshortening lesson and we were positioned in a circle around him. Where I was sitting, was the weirdest position ever, I literally got... the back of the head. Just a big head of curly dark hair. I could maybe see a thin little rectangle of shorts and two itty bitty legs sticking out of the head like antenna. No arms or hands since they were hidden behind the head. It didn't even look human.
But, I was so used to just drawing what I could see, and ignoring what I couldn't see, that I just drew it as it was. A big head with leg antenna, it looked hilarious! I was pretty sure I was gonna fail...
As the teacher was going around telling everyone else to shorten the limbs and trying to explain how the perspective was different, he comes around to me, his jaw drops, and he stopped the class and called everyone over to look. "This is how you do foreshortening!"
Everyone looked at my weird drawing of a head with leg antenna and was incredibly confused. "But that doesn't look right at all!" To which the teacher exclaimed "It doesn't have to! Stop fixing it and let it look weird!"
I think that was the best art lesson I ever got, learning to 'let it look weird.' 😊
THANK YOU I’m drawing a comic right now and this is literally saving my life
Oh my gosh, this is just what i needed! You are a great teacher ❄️💙
So happy I found your channel! You explain really well and I love your art.
Watching these video's are really helpful because they give you tips and show you how to do something new with art.
The coil method helped me alot, thank you for sharing you're process!
This was very useful...thanks so much ! You're a pretty good teacher 🌈
you really make stuff alot easier to understand, thank you!
I’m glad this popped up when I recommended because I was never gonna figure this out!
i like that she jumped right into the topic. i appreciate that.
omg u are a lifesaver!!!
Jessie te amo, it really helps ur vids, ofc I’m sharing them for my artists friends!!
trying to draw this always felt like walking against a tornado, thank you for this video 🥺
I love this so much! I have always struggled with foreshortening, and still do to this day. When I was younger, I got the advice of using references as much as I can when it comes to foreshortening. My brain keeps going, I know what is there (forearm, wrist, etc.) but draw what you SEE and you will start to understand how some pieces of the body works. The coils were and still are my best of friend~!
Saved this video in my personal "Godsends in Animation" playlist. It's exactly what I've been looking for right now.
I'm in awe
Thank you, this explained my questions!
Me doing one foreshortened drawing after watching this: I can foreshorten, I can… I CAN FORESHORTEN! (This actually helped though, thank you so much!)
I don't usually leave comments, but I just want to thank you for making this video. For years I've been using the coiling technique and it's never worked for me. I had no idea about the geometric technique until I watched this video. It's super helpful and suddenly my poses look amazing lol.
Many thanks from a tired action comic artist!
+1 for including different types of learning/thinking
as soon as you started drawing the coils my brain went :O It looks so simple and effective
Woah! Nah man... truly needed this! God bless!!
This is so helpful. Thank you so much for these videos they have actually helped me a lot with art because I've been doubting my art very much because I don't know how to do for sure Andy and I normally What the whole body to show with every limb showing so yeah thank you so much
Bruh you explain things so well 🙏
Quick tips and quick drawings while your talking, perfect. Thank you!
Thank you so much saved my life
These tutorials are really, REALLY amazing -- Very few art guides I've followed on TH-cam have helped make art 'click' as much as your videos have. The way you go through each concept with both examples and tips on steadily improving help me immensely and make me feel like I'm starting to actually understand what I'm doing when I'm drawing. These art tutorials feel as if I'm attending an actual art class and receiving genuine advice, and I cannot thank you enough for the free resources you've shared with the community. I hope in the future I am able to financially support the work Winged Canvas is giving to artists, it truly means a lot!!
yesterday, I was struggling to draw an arm this way and now I found this video! very noice thanks
i hope the literal best for you in every possible way
Thanks! This so hard to do and I've been drawing for decades, as a hobby but I want to do more with it. You're a treasure!
Me watching this not knowing basic anatomy 👁️👄👁️
I did not expect you to get straight to the point, thank you for that!
Coil technique made perspective so easy to understand. Appreciate the tip
Very good tips and I love the piece and scene
thanks, easy to learn
I remember when I was younger, I tried to practice foreshortening, before even learning anatomy.
I was a weird kid. Perspective shifts intrigued me. Still does.
very useful for my work thank u
Thank you so much dude.... Helped me a lot
This tutorial is fricking exquisite.
I've been learning and struggling with foreshortening but the coils really helped, thanks!
Thank you so much I was stuck on this
U explain things so simply for even people who dont know anything in the catargory,and even others who do know somethings can still go along! But my biggest impression from u is that u draw with a mouse,very talented i love ur art!
All solid advice. Remember, use references and copy them when practicing. Some people feel it is cheating but eventually your mind will begin to recognize and repeat what you have practiced.
Old masters used models and copied masters before them. Eventually you will be able to take that and change things and make them your own.
OMGGGG i WAS struggling with this so much and didn't know the ternm AND THIS JUST CAME UP IN MY RECCOMMENDATIONS IS THE TH-cam GODS ON ME
This is a great video i've learned so many techniques thank you so much for this :D
Awesome video Josh!
I subbed
I love how you explained these techniques so direct and simple. ❤️
This helped me so much!!!!!! I love your videos :)
Thank u for the help jessei! For the longest time I really had a hard time drawing like thus but ur video was really helpful and easy to fallow so thank u!!!!! 😁
I struggle with foreshortening and this helped me understand it better. Thank you
Thank you very much!
I’VE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO DO FORESHORTENING FOREVER! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
These tips are super helpful, especially since foreshortening has always been difficult for me!
helpful thanks
You are mah new teacher! Thanks for the leason
Actual helpful video! I appreciate and go practice now.
Amazingly helpful
Thank you so much for this because The ring method didn’t work for me and I was really sad so I’m glad that you taught other method too
Dude THANK YOU FOR THIS I needed to do some perspective with an arm and as someone who pretty much taught themselves how to draw, I hadn't tried the cylinders and blocks thing yet and I got it immediately after that so thank you!!
Went into this somehow thinking it's an alternate form of foreshadowing, came out of it with inspiration to finally try drawing again (it's been way too long)
OHMYGOSHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH IVE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN PERSPECTIVE FOR A WHILE AND IVE BEEN STRUGGLING SO MUCH, IM PRETTY GOOD AT ANATOMY SO THIS IS LIKE THE PERFECT TUTORIAL FOR ME AHHHHH ❤
Tysm!!
THANK YOUUUUU
Like 55 seconds in, haven't even gone to the lesson; and you've already blown my mind with the shoulder wrist trick 👍
i liked this. good tips.ive done foreshortening randomly before but uh this will help! thanks!
THANK YOU
Muy Buen video, me encantó lo de "los pros y contras" de las técnicas y la ilustración del final. Saludos desde Argentina UwU
Thank you
I've been drawing my whole life and I have original characters and stories that I I'm trying to bring to life in graphic novel format. But once I started to actually work on the panels, I realized that there was something off about my art. In particular, I was struggling with foreshortening and perspective but I could not figure it out which is super discouraging. This video just changed that for me. Thank you SO much...
Thank you, I'm struggling to this technique for months
i haven't tried to actually create art I enjoy in years yet youtube still finds a way to reccomend a video about literal *art*
This was pretty helpful. I’m pretty good at foreshortening and perspective already but it’s always good to learn more.
When i started drawing this is the first thing i tried, never thought it would be so dificult, nowadays its one of things i like the most, the perspective rreally helps sell out something