How to Draw: Foreshortening with the Coil Technique

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  • @claranadine1086
    @claranadine1086 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9294

    I thought everyone was being dramatic, but HOLY SHOOT, this is helpful

    • @ratherbfishing455
      @ratherbfishing455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What do you mean?

    • @shotototoroki6169
      @shotototoroki6169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Keep calm I’m not clara but chill out

    • @Mrreowmeowmrreowmrowmeow
      @Mrreowmeowmrreowmrowmeow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah

    • @sadia6503
      @sadia6503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      I started this video thinking "eh interesting" and came out of it wondering if I'd be smited for knowing this because I'm just not worthy of this knowledge

    • @hsiiic
      @hsiiic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Rather B Fishing, they came from Pinterest or tumblr, I don’t know which one

  • @ramiabilal9744
    @ramiabilal9744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11009

    I feel like I learned some sacred drawing technique that my mortal soul is unworthy of.

  • @redxcalibur1358
    @redxcalibur1358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1489

    12:19 its beautiful. i've looked at this for five hours now

    • @eobardthawn6903
      @eobardthawn6903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Holy shit your more dedicated than John Wick.

    • @dewdleart5177
      @dewdleart5177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂 😂

    • @adaliawright6891
      @adaliawright6891 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I did a double-take at that moment lol

    • @artbykmic
      @artbykmic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adaliawright6891 same 😭

    • @C.l.0.v.3.r.
      @C.l.0.v.3.r. ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

  • @mysticmarbles
    @mysticmarbles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1812

    My god. I've been a professional illustrator for a decade but I feel like you've unlocked something new with the lighting bolt limbs. My gesture drawings have instantly improved and become more fluid.

    • @caelanraegn
      @caelanraegn ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I’ve never heard of the lightning bolt for limbs until now. It’s like my brain exploded when I saw what he did.

  • @Ryuko_Shuji.
    @Ryuko_Shuji. ปีที่แล้ว +144

    10 years later and this is still helping people!

  • @urironsse3696
    @urironsse3696 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4161

    16:21 "hope it helped"
    HELPED?! IT SAVED MY LIFE
    Every artist bow to your new god

    • @ShmurplesArePurple
      @ShmurplesArePurple 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I KNOW RIGHT

    • @urironsse3696
      @urironsse3696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@ShmurplesArePurple wow this comment is old I never knew it got so many likes

    • @smileyface8434
      @smileyface8434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      me to this guy: my friend, you bow to no one.

    • @crappersage1285
      @crappersage1285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      *Bows*

    • @julietf3360
      @julietf3360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      **bows**

  • @ClaraFoisie
    @ClaraFoisie 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4850

    This channel is so much better than my art teacher

    • @und3c1ph3r3d
      @und3c1ph3r3d 9 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      +Clara Foisie Hehe, this channel IS my art teacher. Well, kinda.

    • @sebastiansanchezchuquimia7734
      @sebastiansanchezchuquimia7734 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Clara Foisie is this dave?

    • @ClaraFoisie
      @ClaraFoisie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Sebastián Sánchez Chuquimia you know it

    • @MichealWeinfurtner
      @MichealWeinfurtner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same, so true

    • @joshuaarmstrong2445
      @joshuaarmstrong2445 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      +Clara Foisie You're not alone. I've met a few artists who excelled on their own and weren't getting anywhere with an instructor. I on the other hand had good instructors epic troll face win.

  • @chukukaogude5894
    @chukukaogude5894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    9 years ago....I remember watching these videos back in the day when I was playing around with art but never really committed any time to art. I finally did in 2020 and found out I enjoyed it. This has been very helpful!!!

    • @OFFICALBREEMATIONSTATION
      @OFFICALBREEMATIONSTATION 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's great!!

    • @Justyourartisticgirl
      @Justyourartisticgirl ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @NicoGV
      @NicoGV 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just started drawing a month ago, a friend told me about this but i doesnt work for me xd I dont know why it looks so simple

  • @joerandm777
    @joerandm777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5591

    Ok am I the only one who was shocked when he did the lightning bolt thingy with the limbs???¿

    • @heather8871
      @heather8871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      nope. I was confused too

    • @joerandm777
      @joerandm777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      @@heather8871 yeahh I tried doing it but I guess I'm just gonna stay with small circles and rectangles.

    • @Rekter
      @Rekter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      I never knew about that technique as well. I learned _two_ new techniques from this video xd

    • @person2442
      @person2442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      I felt like I discovered a new species.

    • @overthedreams337
      @overthedreams337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I saw the tutorial for that but it's kind of difficult for me

  • @mpovman227
    @mpovman227 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1244

    I really like this guy. His techniques work really well, but also, the way he talks so casually makes you feel relaxed.

    • @CaptainTrips
      @CaptainTrips 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I know right! He is the perfect art teacher!

    • @heivapeller5794
      @heivapeller5794 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr :)

    • @Edwin1503
      @Edwin1503 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      you ever heard of Bob Ross??

    • @snowhuski2922
      @snowhuski2922 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      You Are Absolutely Correct 😆

    • @DrunkFitVlog
      @DrunkFitVlog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      M Povman I was just about to say the same thing! Like I don't feel pressured or feel like an idiot if I don't get it right (like I've had with art teachers), it's just, "Thats OK. Try again." I'm so relaxed when I'm drawing along to the tutorials. He's the new Bob Ross

  • @420rarity
    @420rarity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4044

    12:19 IM CRYING HJDAGHFS how does he just move on? ?? ? I'm been laughing for like 20 minutes, he just moves on like no big deal I'm dying

    • @beybladegeeksjr.7734
      @beybladegeeksjr.7734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

      I know right! Me and my brother laughed out loud when we saw this 😂

    • @minyakataric5879
      @minyakataric5879 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      Oops

    • @millibytegalaxy5260
      @millibytegalaxy5260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      are you ok now? i hope you are not dying anymore; but well and alive

    • @ayo8558
      @ayo8558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@millibytegalaxy5260...

    • @niveshchouhan3106
      @niveshchouhan3106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      maybe ,bcz that guy u laughed at is none other than him 😂

  • @glennsueznin
    @glennsueznin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    It's always cool when you do something, then you find out "Oh, professionals do this too... cool! I feel more professional now." Good Tip! Helps me all the time with foreshortening! Keep it up!

  • @amzilla
    @amzilla 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1824

    This is a genius technique and I feel like the knowledge of the universe has kissed me
    a whoooole neeeew woooooooooorld

  • @wildforest4785
    @wildforest4785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +735

    When TH-cam is 1,000 times better then an actual professional art class

    • @Notwastingmytimethat
      @Notwastingmytimethat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      True, I learned more from TH-cam than my professors

    • @Fai-Fai
      @Fai-Fai ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fr

    • @surfsquatch5
      @surfsquatch5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know I feel like I learned more watching (part) of this compared to years of college

  • @MrRastaprince
    @MrRastaprince 10 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    HOLY SHIT IT WORKS; I ACTUALLY LEARNED SOMETHING FROM A DRAWING TUTORIAL ON TH-cam.

    • @neoage
      @neoage 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      i now

  • @d0nt.w0rry.ab0ut.1t
    @d0nt.w0rry.ab0ut.1t 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    sir you've saved millions of lives with this

  • @lost2736
    @lost2736 9 ปีที่แล้ว +975

    Tumblr has taken me to your Holy magnificent channel. Thank you for teaching me.

  • @thegriffin88
    @thegriffin88 9 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    It's....it's all so simple now! You don't understand. Foreshortening was the bane of my existance, I couldn't do ANYTHING involving any sort of perspective outside of eye level. And I tried everything, I just couldn't grasp it without a photo reference and, as a comic artist, there's not too many exact photo references for things like dragons or talking mongeese running away from ghosts. Now I have the cover I want, and it's all thanks to you! It's beautiful! I love you!

    • @birflurnstun1346
      @birflurnstun1346 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thegriffin88 wtf with the mongeese?

    • @jasminc.5295
      @jasminc.5295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thegriffin88 Comic artist? Can you tell me where I can read them?

    • @duraemakye1384
      @duraemakye1384 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasminc.5295 webtoon

  • @lupuslunarem3235
    @lupuslunarem3235 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2191

    He draws a better person in 5 seconds than I can in 5 minuets

    • @BoshiX6764
      @BoshiX6764 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ikr

    • @aes2621
      @aes2621 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I can barley draw Chibi style, let alone his

    • @molinakeruno8620
      @molinakeruno8620 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's easier to draw quickly with a tablet haha

    • @Lowrider_bassethounds
      @Lowrider_bassethounds 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Omg same honestly I find it satisfying how quickly he draws that as well as jealous he can draw a better person in 5 secs while I take 30mins for something that's ok lol

    • @пуховый
      @пуховый 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Gamer Queen Chibi is not a style. It means little person in Japanese, loool.

  • @Supertimegamingify
    @Supertimegamingify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    I've been drawing 3D coils in my books since primary school, but I never thought to use them in the construction of my drawings. Thank you!

  • @kriss._.1041
    @kriss._.1041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2348

    "you have to understand anatomy"
    Me: hAH. That's funny.

    • @レロ-y3c
      @レロ-y3c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      666 likes yw

    • @willinur1282
      @willinur1282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn sorry i ruined the 966 likes

    • @sunnyscript1224
      @sunnyscript1224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your pfp and your username make this comment perfect.

    • @honeylemonadearts8852
      @honeylemonadearts8852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me who final figured out Antomy :)

    • @sanyogoo6017
      @sanyogoo6017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@honeylemonadearts8852 great 👍

  • @saturnichaze
    @saturnichaze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5448

    Ah,yes.
    Enslaved slinkies.

    • @2003mandiman
      @2003mandiman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      LMAO!

    • @Snapfuba
      @Snapfuba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      That. Is an amazing band name

    • @saturnichaze
      @saturnichaze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Snapfuba agreed.

    • @birb339
      @birb339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mood

    • @lostlark
      @lostlark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Idk why but I read it as, "enslaved kinkies"

  • @rentheadangelcollins
    @rentheadangelcollins 7 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    I was always the top of all my art classes, and when I wanted to do something trickier, ie. fore-shortening, I was always shit outta luck. My teachers would always tell me to either just reposition something("You'll learn that next year/in college/etc..."...which I never did), or to just try something else. It was infuriating. And at 27 years old, with YEARS of experience, FINALLY I have my answers!!!! Seriously, why can't art teachers be like you...?

    • @ratherbfishing455
      @ratherbfishing455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cussing?

    • @ratherbfishing455
      @ratherbfishing455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Most teachers assume that one is from a good background. They do not have the time to spend doing things like this. You Tube is amazing.

  • @alexei9122
    @alexei9122 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Saw this on pinterest years ago and promptly forgot UNTIL this shows up randomly on my recommended. This is it. Life might be setting me up

  • @TehMimi
    @TehMimi 11 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This is like the holy grail of art techniques.

  • @SocialistSenpai
    @SocialistSenpai 10 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    This is such an elegant and simple way of explaining foreshortening. So many books devoted entirely to this topic take hundreds of pages to explain what you just did in about 16 minutes. well done.

  • @khalilal-bukhari7042
    @khalilal-bukhari7042 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1370

    i was lost, alone and afraid
    and then the magnificence of the springy spring illuminated the true path with it's holy radiance
    and i was born upon a sea of curly devil horns that i can draw now, to a world born anew, a world of perspective based possibilities, a world... of wonder

    • @TalaR04
      @TalaR04 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Reverend Anton Very good my boy.

    • @bruh2843
      @bruh2843 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *its

    • @fart-man0
      @fart-man0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      So no head?

    • @jellomarrow1184
      @jellomarrow1184 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I also came here to learn to draw, that’s cool

    • @Liezuli
      @Liezuli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A world of thicc thighs upon thicc thighs awaits us

  • @safadefivefortyone
    @safadefivefortyone ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i thought everyone was overexaggerating but DUDEEEE this has helped me sm

  • @sweeneypop
    @sweeneypop 8 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    My art teacher back in the day tried to teach me this lesson and I was like "pffffffft nah"
    Man, was I wrong...

    • @dustinhaney7434
      @dustinhaney7434 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Emma Reisig lol I tried a version of it and I didn't get what the teacher was getting at at all. Now I feel stupid

  • @kaitlynssafespace7255
    @kaitlynssafespace7255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +741

    Everyone else: either blessed or found him from Pintrest
    Me: I’ve been looking for this video for a month and somehow I find it in my recommended?!?

    • @lilyterrell1405
      @lilyterrell1405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same :P

    • @rimjhimdhusiya699
      @rimjhimdhusiya699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just searched foreshortening and found gold :)

    • @fairyscout4255
      @fairyscout4255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wasnt looking but im pleased

    • @yusufardaavc6804
      @yusufardaavc6804 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      blessed.ı was going down on youtube and found this

    • @hotcocoacoffe3938
      @hotcocoacoffe3938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I saw the Pinterest post, then leave the app and the second I take a look at TH-cam I see this. I was like "well... I'm happy that you recommended me, but how the hell did ya know I was interested?"

  • @excujime167
    @excujime167 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17474

    I cane here from Pinterest.

  • @owkowkowk
    @owkowkowk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dayum even after like 9 years it works just as amazing

  • @IAmValenwind
    @IAmValenwind 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    i've been drawing for 25 years, and i was never really good at foreshortening. you managed to make it ALL make perfect sense. thank you :D

  • @rjdees411
    @rjdees411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    i watched this video YEARS ago and it came back to my recommended and im rewatching it but i didnt even remember how many techniques i use regularly came from you, so thanks bro

  • @Rosewil25
    @Rosewil25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3376

    Him: "So now this requires a little bit of knowledge of anatomy"
    Me: *looks up video on how to anatomy properly*

  • @twistedscissors2
    @twistedscissors2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    THAT was the most dynamic teaching of foreshortening I've ever seen! Thank you!

  • @determinedtoimprove8077
    @determinedtoimprove8077 10 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The technique he's explaining, in coils, is actually called a "mesh". Meshes are 3D objects on a 2D surface that have the basic 3D wire-frame or skeleton of the object and yes, they help a LOT.

    • @partymetroid
      @partymetroid 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Involvement with 3D modeling software also helps one to grasp the concept of foreshortening even with objects very close to the "camera".

  • @crayolaclouds2696
    @crayolaclouds2696 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    You take something that is so intimidating to new artists and help make it so easy to understand and utilize. Thank you, dude, I appreciate you

  • @archellothewolf2083
    @archellothewolf2083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    FINALLY!!!! A friend recommended this back in college and it helped IMMENSELY. I've been trying to find this video again for YEARS with no luck. I will probably never say this again but that you TH-cam algorithm!

  • @Dracoisbetterthanlegoglass
    @Dracoisbetterthanlegoglass หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This man is out here saving lives

  • @itsbeckylmao9692
    @itsbeckylmao9692 8 ปีที่แล้ว +534

    I weep at this man's feet.

    • @sejalb725
      @sejalb725 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @Zero-qz2ms
      @Zero-qz2ms 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      me

    • @AnaMika-so2gn
      @AnaMika-so2gn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      What if he has no feet XD

    • @dragonlute1903
      @dragonlute1903 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Anamika Chakrabarty then we shall weep at the ground he is hovering above

    • @suwaaa.8306
      @suwaaa.8306 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Adam Lucas WHAT THE HELL THIS MADE ME LAUGH SOOOO HARD

  • @genorpg20
    @genorpg20 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I'm going to be honest, this entire video legit blew my mind. the technique sounds super interesting, but I was actually left gawking at the part where you just drew a gridnplane under the figure xD

  • @GarbledReverie
    @GarbledReverie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    That's really interesting. It's almost like there's a kind of "conservation of mass" happening where if a hand gets bigger the rest of the arm has to get smaller.
    This is exactly the sort of stuff I wish I'd had in my drawing classes. "Just practice" is of course essential, but it doesn't give guidance like this.

  • @belicto7743
    @belicto7743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I think the reason this is so helpful is because the coiling creates almost perfect cross-contour lines that make the figure look much more convincing and thus easier for the mind to rotate as a 3d object instead of 2d.

  • @bearlover92
    @bearlover92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    “So I hoped that helped” bro you have NO idea

  • @ShinyPrimarina
    @ShinyPrimarina 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1652

    This has really helped also
    12:18
    what were you photoshopping lmao

  • @Bluestroke_
    @Bluestroke_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    I'm feeling kinda proud for discovering Sycra without Tumblr or any social network's help (?)

    • @Bunnyboo3419
      @Bunnyboo3419 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I knew about him before tumblr too

    • @adrake161
      @adrake161 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I knew about him before, I just never saw this video

    • @ShinjiIkari459
      @ShinjiIkari459 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +4everkittens (coughing on an omelet acoustic

    • @Alex-fu4md
      @Alex-fu4md 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      You're using TH-cam :/

    • @caseyj5637
      @caseyj5637 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +4everkittens want a cookie?

  • @enilicht
    @enilicht ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This method is literally amazing and I cannot imagine how many artists it’s saved when it comes to perspective and foreshortening but when I go to try it out, I find out that I already struggle with drawing coils itself….
    oh boy, this is gonna take a while isn’t it?

  • @TheJoukai
    @TheJoukai 10 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    You know, in high school I think I discovered this technique by mistake but disregarded the 3d-like effect it gave. This was really important for me to see, as just seeing this technique explained and in action has really opened my eyes to it once again and how I can apply it to my own work.

  • @shedoom2000
    @shedoom2000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3773

    I showed this to my dad and his response was "thats so coil"

    • @HipHopFreak57
      @HipHopFreak57 8 ปีที่แล้ว +308

      Ultimate Dad Joke...

    • @yairahyasmin
      @yairahyasmin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      sarah alison dad jokes lol

    • @Emma-tm2wc
      @Emma-tm2wc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      DAD JOKE

    • @yourneighbour5738
      @yourneighbour5738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Check his computer make sure he is not secretly Shadman

    • @beronika5295
      @beronika5295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      dad jokes 101

  • @TushantMirchandani
    @TushantMirchandani 10 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Why needs art classes when you've got Sycra! :D I love this channel.

  • @plasma5953
    @plasma5953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    DUDE U SAVED THOUSAND OF ARTISTS LIVES WE ALL ARE VERY THANKFULL

  • @Timcanpy
    @Timcanpy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    IM SO HAPPY I FOUND THIS CHANNEL! THANK YOU TUMBLR! *HAPPY CRI*

    • @Bluewolf23
      @Bluewolf23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IKR

    • @Timcanpy
      @Timcanpy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bluewolf 23 I CAN FINALLY DRAW OVERLY MUSCLED LEGS ON THINGS! MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE!

    • @Bluewolf23
      @Bluewolf23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tim.canpy xD

    • @ToxicKitsune
      @ToxicKitsune 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tim.canpy YES LOL

    • @scarletladyz1316
      @scarletladyz1316 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IKR!

  • @noorulainmirza8799
    @noorulainmirza8799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    12:19
    Dang tht coil on his head lookin good

  • @JoroJojoro
    @JoroJojoro 9 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This REALLY fucking works.
    I find it a bit hard to use on the torso, but perhaps it's just me being a total noob. But it really helps with the arms and legs.
    Also, I love how most of the comment section is people going apeshit about how this wizardry works.

  • @wilsonr6736
    @wilsonr6736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And here I was... willingly ignoring this sacred piece of perspective knowledge. This will become really useful!

  • @liamjones8468
    @liamjones8468 9 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I'm self taught and I have taken a few art classes to see what they are like and they teach none of the important stuff like this. Subscribed, you're videos are really thorough and I thought I had everything down but this video taught me some really useful stuff. The only thing I never really got was how big to make the object in the foreground in comparison to the objects more in the background, I always just eyeballed it.

    • @danielmontoya854
      @danielmontoya854 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Tyrone Lannister You are so right! I´m actually pretty shocked that I´ve learned much more for free and through cheap courses than in the artschools I attended.

  • @elijahhorton7935
    @elijahhorton7935 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Th.....this guy is a pure genius.

  • @MegaBookWormGirl
    @MegaBookWormGirl 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    People kept recommending this to watch, and I was kind of "Meh" about it. Drawing tutorials never seem to give you much. They just sort of go, "Here's what I do, now you do it." And never really explain HOW. They never explain how to think or what to watch out for so you don't absorb anything. This, however, was flipping amazing and I can't wait to try it! I've always felt like I've sucked at foreshortening and as a result I've fallen into the habit of drawing mundane poses so I wouldn't have to worry about it, because all I ever was otherwise was frustrated. This video just rocks. Bless you :3 Subscribed.

  • @Quyereii
    @Quyereii ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this is quite literally a video that should never age because it will always help with art

  • @chelsea-leajones8605
    @chelsea-leajones8605 7 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    12:18 "oops"

  • @sheesh544
    @sheesh544 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2978

    12:18 whaT THE FUC K

    • @hanac5586
      @hanac5586 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Helmi L aaaaaaa

    • @manupili1815
      @manupili1815 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Helmi L lol

    • @syprachu
      @syprachu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Helmi L IM DYIGN

    • @Calena
      @Calena 7 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      I'm laughing so much, oh my god...

    • @Ploppe88
      @Ploppe88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +322

      "oops"

  • @feonadong3372
    @feonadong3372 10 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    oh my god oh my god it works it works guys it works

    • @feonadong3372
      @feonadong3372 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      holy crap it WORKS

    • @feonadong3372
      @feonadong3372 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      NO but this drawing method wORKS. KOBAANNI.

    • @klimrex
      @klimrex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I KNOW IT WORKS SO WELL

    • @mikkamakka6327
      @mikkamakka6327 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      all these years i spend with not knowing this magic:0

    • @syafaa9724
      @syafaa9724 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Feona Dong WORKS SO PERFECTLY

  • @ghostandy7572
    @ghostandy7572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact that I've never even heard the word foreshortening but I've been doing this since I was like 7 bc I just found it cool looking.
    But this helped me understand it better, thank you.

  • @officerM1911
    @officerM1911 11 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    coil so simple yet so powerful! thank you! this is AWESOME!

  • @ruuuuudooooolph
    @ruuuuudooooolph 8 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    12:19 that face is even more messed up than the leg... lol

  • @ezrafranchi8797
    @ezrafranchi8797 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Okay how the actual hell?!!! I tried this and my art is 100000000000 times better. Can I just say that I love you? Thank you so goddamn much

  • @beepboop346
    @beepboop346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8 years later and still really friking helpful

  • @pineapplehead8964
    @pineapplehead8964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    YOOO I’m in awe! I’m so fascinated with this! I never thought of it that way and the coil technique is so freaking cool!! My jaw is all the way to the floor. This is so cool and helpful I just can’t explain it!! Thank you for this!! You are a god!!

  • @itsprobablyillegal2397
    @itsprobablyillegal2397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    00:45 that is the best drawing I have ever seen, chocking on air right now
    aLsO what the fuCk WHa? When you started to do the coils my brain started tripping

  • @supertubers656
    @supertubers656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Why isn’t this a more popular technique? This has boosted my art so much! I can’t thank you enough.

  • @DomingoFreire
    @DomingoFreire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simply and effective technique. Thank you a lot

  • @ainoaguy
    @ainoaguy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ive never heard of this technique before, but it helped me SO MUCH. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us.

  • @ninawatchesstuff
    @ninawatchesstuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm crying; this youtube channel is the best thing that's ever happened to my sketchbook. Foreshortening has been my biggest issue (second only to freaking hands) and this has dramatically improved my ability to foreshorten.

  • @soniapennington9791
    @soniapennington9791 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I always struggled with foreshortening, ever since middle school.
    After seeing this it's like, "I can see cleeearly noooow the rain has gooooone!"

  • @abigailjennifer8259
    @abigailjennifer8259 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw the coil technique when I was a baby artist (a literal baby) so I didn't really understand anatomy, now that I'm here, you explain it really well

  • @mooniebby8294
    @mooniebby8294 9 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    thanks tumblr

  • @lexteekaihuai9812
    @lexteekaihuai9812 9 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    Fucking pissed me off of my art school not teaching this

    • @gevoian
      @gevoian 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lex teekaihuai don't expect your art school to teach you everything, learn for yourself too which is what you did by watching this video.

    • @lexteekaihuai9812
      @lexteekaihuai9812 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Ur rite pal. But i still butthurt over the $ invested in those useless art schooling. Sigh~

    • @NanciRE4
      @NanciRE4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lex teekaihuai i know right

    • @cometpty
      @cometpty 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +Gevoian Yasin for 60k - 100k or more, you should expect foreshortening to be part of the anatomy course. In any case art school is a joke and you're better off learning from books and youtube.

    • @Danuliq952
      @Danuliq952 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +lex teekaihuai exactly ... -__-

  • @SavageShooter93
    @SavageShooter93 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I cant thank you enough for all your drawing tutorial videos they are fantastic. You are showing people how to do things and why you should do them, so many other "tutorials" are simply showing people what to do. Ive got more improvement from your iterative drawing technique in a couple of days than I have in all the previous effort I have spent trying to learn how to draw in the last 25 years. I cant wait to use this coil technique and I look forward to watching your other videos.

  • @feldwik
    @feldwik ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like I rewatch this every year and it always blows my mind lol
    Going back to the basics whenever I'm stuck always helps

  • @3OHT.
    @3OHT. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    12:18 That's one wild chin-strap

    • @xXIronPeachesXx
      @xXIronPeachesXx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      12:18 to 12:19 rip chin strap man

  • @elizabethlynch5203
    @elizabethlynch5203 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This just saved my life, oh my gosh. I have been scouring the internet for foreshortening and this is the best on yet.

  • @yeez3496
    @yeez3496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I see this video and I'm like, "Why did I never think of this?!" This was genuinely useful and I can't thank you enough for showing me this.

  • @ratatoskrnuts6354
    @ratatoskrnuts6354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The circle on the ground plane really made the idea click. This has opened my eyes, thanks a bunch

  • @hafl-evil333
    @hafl-evil333 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Old but gold my man

  • @bobdkdmeneme5746
    @bobdkdmeneme5746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I think this works so effectively because your essentially always drawing contour lines so your able to build something up in 3D. Where as drawing normally requires the ability to subtly manipulate your lines to create 3D perspective

  • @jacewisoul
    @jacewisoul ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've tried block, stick, circle, etc. to learn foreshortening but all of them still hard for me to imagine. But never thought a spiral will be the most mindblowing one.

  • @pedromeneses4247
    @pedromeneses4247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This imediatly made my drawing 60% more realistic and less clunky. Thank you

  • @feathers8233
    @feathers8233 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    OH MY GOD THIS LEGIT WORKS, EVEN WITH ONLY MEDIOCRE ART SKILLS ^°^

  • @vnoodles6817
    @vnoodles6817 5 ปีที่แล้ว +747

    My art teacher: Okay, everyone do free art.
    That's how it is always in our art subject.

    • @alienindisguise5546
      @alienindisguise5546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      My art teacher sent my class this during quarantine so we could work on this

    • @pepsiprita5746
      @pepsiprita5746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Oml thats such a nice class I would want to be in-

    • @Chrryc0la
      @Chrryc0la 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Your so lucky we didn’t even do art cause we had the kids who didn’t want to do anything so they choose art and it was so loud and annoying and I had band before that class so I already had a headache

    • @BrandiMartinbkny
      @BrandiMartinbkny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sounds like your teacher gave up.

    • @lol-je3kh
      @lol-je3kh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s be a fucking dream for me. WHY DID I CHOOSE THEATRE AS A FUCKING ELECTIVE, I HAVE STAGE FRIGHT. WHY DID I CHOOSE BAND. IM HORRIBLE AT THIS AND ITS EXPENSIVE. WHY DIDNT I JUST CHOOSE FUCKING ART OR STEM rant over

  • @aesthetictrashcan8910
    @aesthetictrashcan8910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This helps SO MUCH I’ve been trying to make a character look like they are leaning on a table,one hand on the table and another in the air. This will help my drawings ALOOT

  • @CeliaFesq-r2g
    @CeliaFesq-r2g หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have never been happier with finding an art video😂😍😍

  • @tendo6385
    @tendo6385 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think the reason why coiling is easier than just drawing the line you see is, that you don't only draw the final outline that you see, but also the whole way until then. This makes it way easier to stay consistent with the size and imagine the line you needed at the end.

  • @JeffreCat
    @JeffreCat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    You are a genius.

  • @Joe-bob
    @Joe-bob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Sycra: Just make varying circles in order to understand where your placing your foreshortening
    Me: Ah but what if i can't draw a circle in general

    • @sanyogoo6017
      @sanyogoo6017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @jorgefeliciano8183
      @jorgefeliciano8183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      just draw multiple shit circles on top of each other until you can imagine the perfect circle that's hidden in that mess

    • @LeehansAlienFriend
      @LeehansAlienFriend ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jorgefeliciano8183 Ive never been able to explain that method so well

  • @ItsAkiresuSama
    @ItsAkiresuSama ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this man has answered our prayers

  • @louissmith4024
    @louissmith4024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just watching you draw these lighting bolt shapes has really helped me finally get my proportions down. I can finally draw a character from head to toe. Thank you soo much man. Keep making videos!!

  • @bigtimbolim
    @bigtimbolim 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I LOVE this video. I can't believe I didn't think of this stuff myself! This is so simple! Thank you so much! I will definitely be trying all of this. By the way, you are really accurate with your strokes. I one day strive to be like you. Sincerely, a really clumsy artist.

  • @laines3723
    @laines3723 8 ปีที่แล้ว +485

    it was this easy ???? oh my god

    • @fukquro
      @fukquro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Valentine Spooky Jim yea ikr, i found this video long ago but now i'm really needing it so i watched it and this made it easier than i thought.

    • @ToxicKitsune
      @ToxicKitsune 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      this drives me nuts that iys so easy

    • @nexustrevyn3307
      @nexustrevyn3307 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      it was so easy until you land your pencil on the paper.

    • @MrBurtbackerack
      @MrBurtbackerack 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am an artist in the game industry and this is a technique we use all the time - flip it horizontally often, can't stress how important it is to keep flipping the image as you work on it. I am sure Sycra has likely covered this before, but flipping an image (within photoshop or by using a mirror) lets you see everything wrong with your work.

    • @TheDrasgon
      @TheDrasgon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I already did the coily thing when i didn't know what to draw. But i've never thought about this use-case, wow

  • @thesacreddoorknob2794
    @thesacreddoorknob2794 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been looking for a foreshortening tutorial that didn't squish my brain for so long! Thank you bro