I had a mother that kept saying to me "real artists can draw from their imagination, they don't need to be looking at what they are drawing". That was the most harmful advice I have ever been given.
I believed this for so long, but one of the comments are right. I also talked to an amazing artist and he told me to this day, he still has to go back to his anatomy books for reference.
"References are bad" was the big thing on DeviantArt and Tumblr when I was really trying to get into drawing. Using a reference was somehow seen as cheating or stealing. It took me a long time to realise that was ridiculous. You can't know what something looks like unless you look at that thing! Especially as someone who really can't see things very clearly in my head, that held me back SO MUCH. I thought I was somehow naturally bad at art and I even gave up for a few years because I wasn't improving at all and I just didn't understand why.
Most parents are negative when their kids have a love of something that they may not fully agree with.. don’t listen to her with stuff you love, listen to your heart.
My boyfriend had that advice, and I had that judgment growing up as well - when I couldn't draw something from memory my peers tried to use that against me and point out I wasn't that good of an artist. I think they were jealous... My boyfriend has been crippled by this and still struggles with guilt when drawing and using a reference... His mother did that to him.
references, just like Ethan Becker teaches, reference reference reference. pro's DO NOT GUESS. best advice in art I ever heard, simple but so underrated
It is amazing how easily such a key concept in art like referencing is forgotten. This was drilled into me in my high school art classes and I am sooo grateful my teachers did that to me today, even if it drove me nuts then.
Yep. But I believe that real life is the best reference, even if only pictures. When taking other artist's work as reference, you risk picking up the wrong elements. Referencing other artists is great, but only after one can understand their artistic choices!
@@Swatches Thanks. The article goes on to say "It’s teaching us that achieving greatness isn’t something which just lands in our lap. It’s something that’s painstakingly honed and developed over many years of commitment, struggle and determination. Michelangelo’s message is that, although we all want the feeling and the rewards of achieving great things, few of us are really willing to pay the price to achieve them. Whatever you want to be a master of, you have to work for it."
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Though in real life situations, we humans find it way more easy to complicate things for no reason at all, than just see the thing for what it is and wind it down to sanity. That is especially true for relationships.
My drawings skyrocketed in quality after I started making ref boards. Don't just use one reference photo. Have as many as you can find, make a board of them. If you work digitally, its great to have a second monitor so you can have the references on one screen and the art in the other. I usually use 3-5 references for most pics now and it has made everything easier.
When people see great artists draw from imagination, they don't realize the length of time it took to develop those skills. This video is gold. These are things that I had to discover on my own over my many years of drawing and being self-taught.
Great artists = a stack of bad drawings about 20 feet high. Don't shun your bad artwork, allow it to stack up. Never focus on the results, just focus on the stack. One other thing. I never focus on the lines or brush strokes I need to make; I only focus on the image that's coming to life in front of me. I try to work slowly so that there's a switch where I can see the image forming even where I haven't draw. My mind starts to project the image onto the page and I'm more or less just tracing.
hmm.. almost, but don't QUITE agree. Lots of people are for sure lacking mileage; their stack SHOULD be higher, and pointless agonizing is part of why it's not. But when I look at others, and at myself, what I see is that the reason that paper isn't piling up because they are treating _everything_ as an artwork (that is : the emphasis is on the editorial aspect, 'presenting' a thing; feeling pleased that it looks 'just right'), not letting some things be exercises and studies (where the emphasis is on clearly stating the essential facts, or exploring possibilities). Consistently reminding myself to put this distinction into practice, allows me to get a lot more learning in, without getting pointlessly strict with studies or unacceptably sloppy with artwork.
@- hondosolo45 I also think that technique of seeing it before you draw is very effective. it takes time to train your visualization. Also that ability to see it even though its not there yet can help you play strategy games. you can move the chess pieces or play the Go pieces in your head then judge the board even though the pieces are not actually there yet.
@@scottferguson1756 very true, I am not skilled at it even though I have practiced that visualization starting from age 6 (but at the time drawing wasnt the reason I was trying it i just got lucky it applies.) I think I have a disposition to be slightly unskilled at it lol. One thing that can help me do it is having a substrate down which I can visualize on top of . Like charcoal clouds that I can daydream into just like seeing things in the actual clouds. I also think that is why drawing very lightly at first helps, once you have some light lines to daydream on top of it gets easier to do. The ultimate form of visualization in my mind would be seeing so clearly you have self induced hallucination and you just straight up trace you hallucination right onto the paper lol. I have never had such a vivid image while trying to draw but there have been a few times where during long meditations the blackness that I saw went away and I saw a perfectly vivid image instead. The one I remember most clearly is seeing a diet coke can sitting on the carpeted ground lol. i had no control over which image I saw in any of the cases it occurred during meditation.
subconsciously was following this rule all along, but it's so validating and reassuring to hear a teacher say it out in words, makes me understand this behavior and learning pattern phenomenally better.
"Trying to win a game that you don't undestand all the rules to.. and.. you end up having to do a lot of trial and errors to get through" You just describe life here. But without joking, thanks for the advice so much !! I love your channel and this video makes me understand how to work so much more !
I'm a 3D Character Artist and one big thing I get when I need to work from a 2D concept is that often the 2D concept just simply will have the wrong proportions and wrong anatomy. There are things that look cool until you make it 3D then you see how broken it is.
You may be mistaken deliberate character design choices for "wrong proportions". Street fighter characters all have big hands and feet for example, it would be annoying for the 3d artist to be complaining because he looks at the sheet and doesn`t understand why that is. And if you are working on a photo real production why do you care? just use the same canon male and canon female 3d model all 3d bashers use for that tipe of work and work on top of that, if you are going to do that anyways you know the proportions are 1:1 always so just focus on using the 2d as guide for what it is.
@@j.2512 Not talking about stylized characters at all dude. It also applies to static meshes and props. Sometimes the translation from a 2D sketch is just not possible due to perspective, volume and sometimes major forms. Sometimes the 2D artist may "hide" something or it just doesn't go the way they want to in the real. Sometimes cool designs need to be fixed in order for it to become 3D. It's pretty simple and many 3D artist know exactly what I'm talking about. I do lots of stylized characters and that has nothing to do with my comment. As far as photo real they usually have a much better character sheet, break downs and details as it has a very specific budget and requirements. Don't forget as a character artist it's my job to get the model ready for the riggers and animators. With that said, if it can't get into game it's worthless.
@@ZephrusPrime That makes sense, like how some pencillers give shit pencils that are too vague, knowing it becomes the inkers problem. On the plus side at least is more common for 3d modellers and 2d artists to share similar skillsets, 3d is becoming more of a standard with 2d artists, almost, you`d still be hired only for one task but at least with the artist knowing 3d and the modeller knowing 2d art it might erase frictions. Theres no accountability for lazyness or lack of care though, even capable artist under deliver because lets be honest, its tedious grinding work sometimes and it piles up, only the best are always consistent and reliable and it must be shit to be hired as a character modeller knowing full well you are still more capable with art foundations that the 2d crew you are stuck with.
Yah, I know what you’re saying (having worked a little in traditional animation years ago). When designing a character on paper, it needs to work in a 3D form. One drawing can sort of “fake” joints and proportions until you try to turn that figure and realize it actually doesn’t work. That’s why model sheets in animation have to show the character from various angles. It should be such that when put into a computer and turned 3D, it has to sort of “fit together” as a solid moveable figure.
this was actually a huge problem for early 3D artists. transitioning Micky Mouse into 3D is a pretty well known case because of how difficult it was to get his ears done right in 3D. in cartooning it's common practice to do whatever works, not what makes sense, anime faces & hair are another good example
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*Finally!* I've gone around asking the question "How do I start learning? Where do I begin?" And no one seemed to give me a straight answer. Thank you so much for pointing people like me in the right direction. I feel so much better now that I know where my steps begin on this art journey.
perspective and composition first, then how light works everything else becomes specifics, like anatomy and figure drawing, is just specifics to drawing humans but if you know perspective and composition you can draw anything just observing and analizing a bit
Let me give you some advice: before learning how to actually draw, have a goal. Most people don't even have a goal of what they want their art journey to look like, they just go with the flow and wherever they end up is where they end up. Create a general goal with regard to your art journey, because everyone's is different. There is no cookie-cutter way to learn drawing because everyone has different goals. That's the biggest mistake beginners make, "let me consume all this information", and then when they go to draw something, it never looks like what they intended. "I can't even draw a stick figure", I always hear that. "I can't even draw a circle", well you don't even have a goal, bro! I'm a photorealistic graphite artist and if you asked me to draw a perfect circle in 1 stroke, it would probably take me a couple tries, but I could draw a face in as great detail as anyone, my point is that you might not need to be able to draw a stick figure or a circle. Come up with a goal that's specifically suited to you, and come up with the best approach to achieve it. What's you're preferred style, preferred subject matter, medium? All of these things are major factors, you could waste years learning the complex anatomy of the human torso when one day you find out you just want to draw animals. You want to be a master at drawing horses, for example. Well, you just wasted all that time. Think of your goal, and THEN start the path. Now, I'm not saying you don't have to learn the basics, there are some things that are required for every style, subject matter, etc.
thank you so *much*, i needed this very very much everything feels slightly clear now, my mind is very scattered but my heart tells me that just for it. Thank you very much.
@@j.2512idk, people will get better at composition constantly later in their art journey, for a beginner it might be a bit too obscure to learn as a start. I'd say start with the craft and add artistry as you try to use that crat to make pieces. Idk
Outstanding! Having been an artist for over 50 years, I can verify that it would be simply luck to come to this level of awareness of this process. Thanks!
I just want to say that this is one of the most valuable videos on creating art that I have ever come across. I’ve been working as a professional artist for 25 years and have struggled with this very problem regarding using references in creating work. Thank you for breaking down this into an explanation that is logical yet easy to visualize and grasp . Much appreciated!
I am fortunate to have gone to art school before computers. I was trained classical drawing, painting and sculpture. When computers came out and improved it was just basic application of what I was taught. He is right in what he is saying. Realize it takes years to build up that knowledge, be patient.
I actually work as a rendering programmer, and I love the parallels you draw between the game engine kind of rendering and the artistic kind of rendering. To expand on this, I think there's a lot that artists can learn about the 'physically-based rendering' that's used in almost all rendering engines today, and how it can be applied to even stylized, non-realistic art, as long as you want that art to look more three-dimensional than graphical. The cornerstone of rendering depends on something called the 'BRDF', which is just a fancy term for how light behaves at it hits a surface - what happens from a particular viewpoint (camera/eye) when it's absorbed, scattered, or reflected. Understanding this is, imo, critical to understanding how to render paintings.
good rendering is not necessarily conductive to good composition or good design. Thats what many don`t get, they know all about reflective surfaces and sub surface scattering and the work still looks ugly with a shitty amateurish style with kinda real life physics but no deliberate design choices and simplifications to make it appealing and aesthetic.
I'm not even an artist, yet I noticed when I started to use 3D software for sculpting, my drawing skills immediately improved, because my understanding of forms improved and I became more aware of what the thing I am trying to draw would look like if it were real.
Man this is pure gold. The information in this video is insane and I love how you break down everything and the way you get your points across. Finding great artists is common but great teachers are rare.
It's such a satisfying accomplishment when you're homeschooling yourself on concept design and realizing that you're on the right path. I swear I'm watching this video on 5/28 and that eye gesture at 5:35 is literally what I just figured out with my own thought about an hour ago!! I've been doing numerous gestures on eyes and thought I've never done a 3/4 view of an eye and I was like shit. But I also thought, hey look relax, you know how to draw a box and you kinda know how to light a box so draw an eye inside a 3/4 view box and take it one step at a time and it came out okay!! Ive been figuring out that learning to draw is all about repetition, gestures, and the basics of perspective, and definitely definitely simplification. You start simple with hybrid gestures or perspective and work out the details later!! And details you derive from countless hours and hours of gesture drawings of everything or just plain old reference!! I've also noticed that learning Art is similar to learning any other trade!! There are many many boring moments but just keep going...Those moments of evolution will come and you will see improvements in letting your imagination come to life!!! It's so cooolll😁😁😁😁!!! Great Great Great video!!
Great video. I usually get ideas by looking at any subject. I have only taken 3 classes in my life and I have been painting since I was 13. Today I am 73and painting is my passion. I might not be the best, but for what I have seen, I could say I am not that bad. Also, I have sold, maybe 3 paintings in my life. Some people have told me that if I don't sell my paintings I am not considered an artist. I don't give a damm. I will leave them for some one who one day will find them and share them with the world when I am gone. I have given many to people and for charity. Good luck to all of you painters of this planet.
Wow. I actually noticed exactly this problem when I started drawing, I always hung up on representing 3d from imagination because my brain was basically overloaded with simulating the whole scene in my head with perspective accuracy despite having no training in it whatsoever, and I instinctively came to the same solution! This might not seem like anything special, but I had little to no exposure to learning art in my life, so me "getting it" so naturally and then having it confirmed in a random TH-cam video really boosts my confidence and shows me I should keep going. Thanks, algorithm ! X3
nah, its kinda on the very lower end of average, compared to the quality of Arstation portfolios. Most artist doing this "teaching streams " and stuff are not above the means
I have a degree in illustration from a top private college. The whole reason I went was to learn to draw from my imagination bc I had the observation thing down. They never got to that part, but had us mindlessly recreating photos the whole time. This video was more informative than my entire four years there.
Nah, don't think that. Perspective has nothing to do with numbers, calculations or measuring boring stuff... once you get a solid grasp of its main concepts, perspective becomes as intuitive as lighting and rendering.
I thought people wanted to be artists because they love to do it. And I see no relation to being good at physics or math. I'm great at both math and physics, its doesn't make learning art any easier or less frustrating . Doing art as a career is a life style, such as being a programmer. You have to dedicate a lot of time and energy into perfecting it, I dont think saying that because you are not good with numbers you would have an easy time with art. In fact I believe in the exact opposite, If you dont have enough will power to study the basics of regular subjects that you instantly drop them for pursuing art, you have no chance of learning art.
You're absolutely right, it kinda bugs me how so many artists just go into complete denial about all this stuff and keep drawing their shapes, only to then keep on complaining about how bad they are at drawing, not acknowledging what they actually need to fix their shortcomings. That all said tho, you make it sound a million times simpler and easier to learn than it actually is. learning to draw from observation is hard enough in and of itself, like a seriously difficult skill to learn, learning to use perspective is on a whole another level of mind boggling difficulty, made even more difficult by the obscene scarcity of information about it beyond "this is how you draw a box, and cylinder in this and that perspective." That's the easy part of course, the hard part is when you try to go beyond boxes and cylinders that all have the same exact orientation, as soon as you want to rotate something, god help you. And god help you find any information on how to actually do it correctly. Good luck drawing humans in proper perspective without that information too, cuz that's not gonna happen no matter how much anatomy you learned. And even if you do find the information, there are still going to be a crazy amount of roadblocks at every turn so it's easy to spend years learning just these 2 things to an acceptable degree.
This is really helpful I've been banging my head against the wall for years because I've been trying to create art from nothing. I never had any formal teaching, and I always did it for my own entertainment and relaxing. So part of me never really wanted to learn because it took out from the enjoyment. But it has come to a point where I can no longer enjoy "free" painting because I've started to hold my own art against a higher and higher standard. Sadly, as a young man I was never allowed to pursue a career in art, so I'm years behind everyone and it's going to be a long road. But it's thanks to videos like these that I'm inspired to finally be able to realize my dream of becoming a professional artist. So thank you so much for providing all this knowledge and encouragement for free!
You're welcome, I'm glad I could be an encouraging step in your art journey! Learning on your own can make the road feel longer, come join in the ArtClub studies we have going on in the Swatches Discord, discord.gg/KsVYfge
I feel like you were able to take this concept and really break it down. I feel like instructors have glazed over this in the past but never went into detail like this. I AM SO GRATEFUL- paradigm shift for sure. Thank you.
I feel like this vid just slapped me in the face. I started drawing at the end of 2017, all by myself, and I was focusing mostly on recreating the world for over a year so now I'm struggling with my own compositions, usually just merging a couple of reference pictures to see if something would work together at all. Now I understand more. Thank you. I will be better artist from now.
This guy knows what he's talking about. Thank you so much. I was wondering why I couldn't draw realistically, and now I finally know why. It makes so much sense!
Ive been drawing 11 years and I probably spent 6 of those years not breaking anything into shapes.. No bases.. It was a mess. Now my brain had been in overdrive the last year trying to deconstruct stuff into basic shapes..
I hate my art and have to spend the time to actually learn a lot of the fundamentals... hope I can actually fully understand this stuff some day. I am a casual artist though... Thanks for the video!
You should never hate your art, it's not good for improving or for your mental health, just know that, "this is as good as I can be now, and this isn't where I want to stay, I would like to grow" but don't have that negativity, and have hate for your art, it's not good for improvement or for you
first off you should enjoy the process of creating art. focus on trying to identify and understand your flaws and try to fix them. draw every day. you WILL get better that way. but you must understand that always comparing yourself to professionals or even masters isn't what you should be aiming for. Just try to make the best out of it. I had to accept that too. I never had the chance to go and study art and not being abled to keep up with the pros almost gave me a depression. Also I had to accept that I just can not draw every day for several hours. And then I stopped drawing for over a decade. Biggest mistake of my life. Now I am back at it again, knowing I will never reach the level of a true professional...but still I am improving and even could do many comissions. Also my instagram kept growing slowly but steady so now I have a nice side income and I can express myself through my drawings. I am almost 40 now. I wasted a lot of time with self-doubt and "hate". Don't be like me.
Learn perspective, fully and in depth , just learn it, its tedious buts its a one time thing, once you incorporate it it becomes intuitive and never leaves you, the more you focus on other things and put off going in depth with perspective the longer it will take to make advances, perspective is boring but it makes drawing easier so the rest becomes natural.
I’m glad I found this video /channel because till this day since I started to draw a month ago I was totally lost . And now my mind is clear and I can see through some drawings
Picasso began his abstract works because he was bored...he had already become as skilled at classic art as the masters of old. Knowing the basics first is like knowing the sounds each letter makes before you write a novel.
Hiya. Just discovered this video on a pure accident and wanted to say thank you. I've been trying to teach myself how to draw, for personal reasons, for over twenty years now: I have tried schools and classes, in-persona and electronic without much progress and a whole lot of frustration. But your twenty minute video here have answered more questions than any of those above did in all the time I have struggled. I was always good at math and been trying to use that "muscle" to lift myself in the art too. The "Shapes VS Forms" you have explained is, what I think, the missing piece I've had to understanding what it is exactly I am drawing and how. Thank you very much for your channel. You have gained a subscriber. =)
Went to art school for 4 years and this by far included more useful information than what was taught in the majority of my studio classes. Incredible video, thank you so much.
Observation, this was a principle my dad tried very hard to impress on my brother and I when we were hiking or hunting. I worked very hard to fallow he teachings. I applied these teachings to my art.
I'm too far ahead in my art journey so this advice isn’t very useful to me but I absolutely agree that this should be taught very early on in art education.
Hey Clint, I had been wondering from one online classes to other art classes on TH-cam, even books. But still don't know where to start. I almost lost my motivation. But I'm glad I finally found you. It is really hard to find inspiration to draw when you don't know the fundamental basic. You save my life. The gem is here... I love your energy, your voice and everything what you teach. Thank you for lifetime 🙏🏼
Monex, we all go through times of low motivation but I'm glad to hear my videos have helped sparked some inspiration and energy! What type of art are you interested in making?
@@Swatches hey Clint! I'm a tattoo artist from India. But I can't make my own design. All I have to do is copy from google image which is very limiting my potential as a tattoo artist. I want to find my own style. To answer your question I like realism and botanical illustration drawing at the moment. I'm watching right now your video about fundamental art. Thank you again... Keep doing like this...🙌🏼
Thank you! Brilliant and supportive! I call it the engineering approach. As a trained architect I encourage my students to x-ray/scan and understand what they are drawing from observation in constructive terms a lot.
This information is invaluable! 30 seconds into the video and I knew it was something that should be taught at the very beginning of anyones art journey. Those that understand this from the get go will hit the ground running. For anyone wanting to find a good beginner course like he suggests: New Masters Academy currently has their beginner course for free, you don't even need an account, it should be a good place to start.
@@stopstalkingmebruh6021 yeh completely free, no signup! Not sure how long its going to last though. www.nma.art/courses/a-beginners-guide-to-drawing/ It starts off very basic, talking about paper, sharpening pencils etc. But has some good introductions to light & value, perspective, etc.
We really are taught that first thing in art school. I dunno, the tips like these... Someone tells you "I'll reveal the secret of the universe to you, you'll be able to comprehend ANYTHING after that!". You're all attention. "Multiplication table! Why don't they teach that to kids in every school from year 1?! 2x2=4! 3x3=9! 9x7=63! Everything makes sense then!". Yeah. It is wonderful. But now I feel awful for wanting and needing more. Cause I expected more. In particular, after years of making art I cannot understand WHAT do I not understand. I know how shapes work, I know how perspective works, I follow all the rules, I'm stuffed with info, but then nothing works. I don't even know why. Everything is simple. I may not go all the way, I may go for 2D, try to learn cartoon characters. They are flat, they are all style, shapes, gestures. Pros just make a line and it works. I make a million lines and not one works. Down to the humiliation where I take a direct ref and construct every single thing like first day in art school. Slowly and carefully. How is it possible to fail?! Break to basic shapes! Cylinders, spheres, cubes! Shading! Light side. All inside perspective lines. All must work. And then just... nothing works. No reason, no lacking, just "nope". As if I was trying to make a cake, got the recipe, got all ingredients, prepared them, got the time and temperature right and then I take it out of the oven and it's empty plate. Over and over. Ridiculous. And then, you know... Some people think it's because I'm too stiff, too logical, I need to FEEL. Like, relax and let my brain calculate stuff. And that makes it even worse. Like I collected all the wrong shapes from this planet. But I'm not blind! I do see when others make something right! I see what, I see how! It's so simple! I follow their example and it works! Yeah... Only because I copy. Not retrace, but get charged with inspiration, as if I absorbed that skill from them indirectly, then it fades after a few sketches. It's not mine anyway, it's someone else who filled their art with this "heart". Special energy that affects me. And then runs out. The world is still there, same rules, same shapes, constructing must be as simple as playing blocks as a toddler. Take one and put here. Nope. Just... nope. WHY?! No reason, you just fail. Maybe my lines are too thick? Maybe I approximate when I need to be precise? Nope. Others make even rougher approximation, their lines are HUGE, done with a fat piece of coal, while I have a mosquito needle. But they get a single stroke right and I can't even find it by making a billion. Sounds stupid, I know. Like a curse. I check again all the ingredients - all fine. I'm not crazy, my eyes are fine, I have experience and theory. Sorry, I had to let it all out. You have no idea how lonely I get. Who could possibly understand if I don't understand myself. If I was all broken I'd know why it happens. But when everything is right except the result it's infuriating...
Don't lose hope. Don't give up. Keep practicing. And if you feel lonely, talk to someone. I don't know what you are going through, but I can give you some advice, don't practice in a vacuum. Ask other people to critique your work. Create a positive feedback loop. That way you can work to push yourself. You can get better. You just need to enjoy the process rather than the results.
@@jwhite-1471 Your asking for less snark makes me want to be snarky and say...fam you should of chosen a better art school then. I had an ex-soviet soldier beat my ass into classical french figure drawing. But then again, it's supposed to be what you learn after university that really matters. As for OP? It sounds like you need a mentor, peers to review your work, something to push you forward. Also that "line that just *works*"? Get into gesture drawing if not already. It's the art of mark making you might have to go back to. who knows Jwhite don't say anything i don't actually care
This video is great. It is a great guideline for how to learn the technical execution art, and I'll keep it around for what it is, because it is indeed very useful. That said, there's a couple things I feel the need to point out. Art learning isn't linear. It really can't be. It's cyclical. It has to be. It has to be cyclical because there isn't a guide for it and even if there could be or even if there was it would never teach as well as experience. It has to be cyclical because there isn't an objective end goal. All you can do is experiment and in that experience discover your own objective. It has to be cyclical because it is a process of constant reinvention, aiming at the stars to later realize the moon was the target that you truly wanted, to finally discover that perhaps Mars was it, but at this point you know well enough that it might as well be Deimos or Phobos and you just don't know yet. Art learning is starting out, experimenting, studying, executing, reinventing. Over and over again. Because of this, know that there is no rush. Know that there is no 'being too late'. Know that there is no pressure. Know that there is no need to study besides the one you create yourself. Don't study because others say it'll be good. Study because you know it will be good. So have fun. Have fun drawing. Make drawing the most fun thing you can. Rid yourself of expectations or pressures or any kinds of rush. Draw. Draw for the sake of it. Draw because you enjoy it. Draw because it's mesmerizing. Draw because it devours you. And you'll find yourself NEEDING to study. Not because people say it's good. Not because it's expected of you. But because YOU know it's the way forward. And YOU will know exactly what to study. And YOU will know exactly how to. And you will CRAVE it. And you won't be sated until you've studied and learned. But studying can't come first. If studying comes first, then the joy will be sucked out. If studying comes first, drawing will only be a technical showcase. If studying comes first, chances are you'll stop studying before you learned anything. So have fun first. So love first. Studying comes when love is already engraved in the heart. And that's when this video becomes one of the most useful and amazing tools for growing artists.
This was so useful! I still remember so well your feedback about the Koala, it was helpful then and still is! I still struggle with it but I know what I have to do thanks to you :D
I do have a couple degrees in art, just: Associate of Science in Commercial Art & an Associate of Art in Visual Communication-Illustration II. But I did stretch it out & go to college 9yrs. I had excellent professors! So. Call. & a semester in Oxford too 😁 But that was almost 20yrs ago. I became a Cert. Nurse Assistant. I'm now retired, diagnosed with cancer 2¾yrs ago. Back to watercolor this past summer. YAY Your video is wonderful!! 😃 Came across it accidentally. Stuff I learned & know, but by golly, it needs freshening up. Thank you so much & GOD bless you Dear❣ Very helpful. I have more "couch days" lately than I'd like. The art videos let me still feel productive, as I'm learning. 😉
You, sir, are one of the rare gems of skill teaching. I agree with everything you said (with no art background at all, only the knowledge of what to look for) and you presented the material in the perfect way. Whenever I want to learn a new skill, I look for people like you who are aware of the importance of foundational subskills and knowledge that subsequently make everything else faster and easier to learn (and which most people either overlook or see as irrelevant, especially in the traditional educational system). I call it the Mr. Miyagi element. I love how you put it: "people literally wasting years trying to work their way through this without realizing what their working through". Exactly. I approach teaching English the same way as you approach teaching art. Thanks for the critical info as I enter this new and unfamiliar terrain :)
Never thought "power music" would be used for a artist instructional video... mind blown. I kept looking for the power tools to come out and rip the canvas in half... good info
@@Swatches I immediately applied what you were talking about 2D to 3D and everything started to click so much more. Thank you, can't believe this wasn't taught in majority of my art classes.
I'm really happy that I already did exactly that. I used a reference and stopped while thinking "Think about it. What form does that shape actually have". Since then my goal is always to actually great a form instead of just shapes. Sometimes it turns out ugly and I still struggle with some fundamentals but it's great how much you learn in the process. Thinking for example why the eyelid is shaped like that
This is awesome advice. I'm still struggling to think about where to start with digital art but maybe I'll first do photo "replications" with those exercises like 2-tone etc. And work up to color. I really want to get back into art but I have so many interests 😅 anyone got advice about brushes in Photoshop? I have no idea whether custom brushes matter or not.
There's a Sinix video about brushes, and according to him (and I agree), you should get good with a simple brush (circle, square) before trying out different custom ones. Here's the video: th-cam.com/video/-Nt9fa8jZUE/w-d-xo.html
Everyone uses different brushes. Just try some and see which ones you like. Generally I'd advice to have some hard and soft brushes, some very textured and also less textured brushes, an airbrush for smooth areas in your pieces and a pencil brush for sketching. Square or circle really depends on your preference. I used to use circle brushes but now I use mostly square brushes. This is just what I do but really, what brushes you like is so personal that you should just try a whole bunch out.
About the brushes. They shouldn't determine how good your art is, there's not going to be a magical brush that suddenly makes it look good. But, they can help you speed up your process and give you qualities you want that would be annoying to replicate with a regular round brush. I suggest finding some artists you like and see if they have any free brushes, play around with them a little bit and get a feel for them, you'll quickly notice what you like and what you don't like. I also suggest paying attention to what others do and try and figure out why they use the brushes they do and when. However, in the end brushes are more of a quality of life thing rather than a necessity :)
funny how in my language we only have one word ( "forme" ) that translate to both "shape" and "form", so it was confusing to me when you made a distinction between these two notions
Why is this not taught on day one in art schools? Something so fundamental to be able to create your own original art instead of just drawing from observation. It boggles my mind that people, like me, have to spend so much time just trying to learn these fundamental things because so many courses are shit and don't explain it. I've been trying to learn drawing for 1.5 years now and I just came across construction and 3D forms like a month and a half ago because all of the tutorials I had taken so far never even mentioned it.
Thanks thank thank!! I'm a beginner and the advice for beginners that you gave was like a basketball sized shiny diamond!!! I don't know who are you but definitely gonna sub and look at more of your videos, just thank you dude 🙏🏼
I often see artists use imagination and memory interchangeably, and it only adds to the confusion especially when I hear experts use imagination this way.
Imagination is born from memory. They are always interchangeable. I think his point here is to use all the tools at your disposal, and to learn the fundamentals so well that you can use your memory to render your imagination. I’ve been learning for a long time and I’m still chipping away at the fundamentals. That’s the biggest “rule” to this “game” learn perspective, anatomy, proportion... and then apply them to your discipline.
Thank you so much for this. Im a beginner and this was unbelievably helpful. The way you explain things visually and verbally and your pace makes it so easy to follow without being too slow
Absolutely. You need to develop a skillset that draws from real life (instead of just mimicking.) I do apply this advice to writing, by doing observational writing -that at first, seems very boring. "Gesture" in writing can be small 2 minute moments where you try to accurately describe what's around you. A "sketch" can be an outline for a plot. But the when you're developing a believable world, or characters, they shouldn't come from someone else's life or imagination. Try writing about what's around you, or creating a written "portrait" of a real person that you know. A sort of character study. Or even a place. Once you're in the habit of really looking at people, or your own real world, you can start to build a world in your head and populate it with believable characters. Start exaggerating the parts that feel more engaging. When you develop a skillset from real life, that translates a lot better into imagination. That's not even to discredit mimicking styles we really like. Inspiration is real. But in order to do very well, we have to prioritize all of it, even the mundane. Practice never feels glamorous, but it enriches everything we do as a result. The mundane pays off by giving power to our imaginations. Being real, keen observers.
I never liked the advice of "use your imagination" to come up with something "original." *Nothing's original.* What's makes anything seem original is how you spin it. You could take a piece of a story from one show and merge it with another idea from a book, then steal an element from a movie. Just as concept illustrators use a multitude of references to come up with just _one_ type of character, it might be the same for your story or plot. It's not so much as "imagination" as it is "inspiration." If you ever have a "what if" thought, embrace it and play around with it.
This was absolutely fantastic. it was said in a simple straightforward uncomplicated manner, thank you it's just homed in on all we as artists try to remember. I'm a botanical artist and everything just makes complete sense.
The first thing I think is “man what a loser hahahaha, fingerless gloves lmfao what a loooooosser” Me: Looks down - am wearing fingerless exercise gloves Also Me: oh ._.
The trick is making something on a 2D surface appear 3D. Simple as that. As an illustrator or painter, you normally are working on a 2D surface. Your paper, canvas, or monitor screen is 2D. The trick is to make something look 3D on that 2D surface. You accomplish that by perspective and coloring (which includes shading because shadow is a color). Every single painting and drawing has perspective. If you draw an eyeball on a piece of paper, it has perspective. If you draw a stick man, it has perspective. A stick man on a 2D surface is drawn in 2D and the perspective is 2D. You cannot draw a 1D perspective on a 2D surface. A 2D surface will always have 2 dimensions, even if it is a single line or a single dot. The single line or dot still has width and length, ie 2 dimensions. I cannot think of anything that has only 1 dimension, that is to say, length but no width or vice versa. 2D objects are easy for us to imagine because we always get "how high" and "how wide", "how long" and "how narrow or fat". It's when we start thinking of things in 3D, the struggle begins because, remember, you are trying to make something look 3D on a 2D surface. There are ways to paint in 3D. Resin painting is a form of 3D painting. An example of it can be found here >> th-cam.com/video/ryI-Ubes2uU/w-d-xo.html
I didn't considered them as 2 different things, thanks for the advice I will work on them. You channel is a gold mine BTW I got so much from watching your videos years now.
Can you make a video like this again because it is very hard to hear and understand what you are saying, your music in your video is too loud, to begin with, l am struggling to concentrate and to understand what you are saying, the music is breaking my concentration, surely you must know that artist need quiet to consecrate on their drawing skills or improve their drawing skills? I can see you are trying to give advice and tips to improve Artist their drawing skills, but the music in your video is just too loud. I'm sorry if l was in a way disrespectful in my comment about your video.
Very true. It is pointless for art school to tell their students to draw by observation everyday if they actually don’t understand what they are exactly supposed to focus on.
@@AceTheBlue you don`t, you simply try and if its not working try something else. Thats why critiques and mentorships are useful, hels with direction and less trial and error but most of the times is blatantly obvious, if your images look out of perspective, learn perspective better, if the values suck, study that more, etc
Thank you for this info. None of my teachers mentioned any of this during my year 1 foundation classes. Here's your project, it's due in 2 weeks. Needless to say I didn't stay very long in the program.
If it makes you feel better, I also couldn't learn in a fast paced classroom environment. In my first illustration class, we had about a week or two to learn perspective and do a piece. I failed my assignment which was to do an interior scene. I attempted 3 pt perspective and my measurements were off. At the time, I really beat myself up internally really badly for completely failing. Now as an adult, I realize how utterly ridiculous it was that they expected a bunch of 18-year-olds to master one of the most difficult fundamentals in a week. We had maybe a 10 or 20 minute demo of instruction? I can honestly say I've learned more about perspective from Clint's portfolio reviews than I did in that class which cost thousands of dollars...
They have basic drawing courses? I’d love that. How relaxing! Everything I learned in 2 years as an art major went out the window when I switched majors after not being able to “see” and draw a broken chair using a three dimensional cube.
I had a mother that kept saying to me "real artists can draw from their imagination, they don't need to be looking at what they are drawing". That was the most harmful advice I have ever been given.
Sorry to hear that, what terrible advice :(
I believed this for so long, but one of the comments are right. I also talked to an amazing artist and he told me to this day, he still has to go back to his anatomy books for reference.
"References are bad" was the big thing on DeviantArt and Tumblr when I was really trying to get into drawing. Using a reference was somehow seen as cheating or stealing. It took me a long time to realise that was ridiculous. You can't know what something looks like unless you look at that thing!
Especially as someone who really can't see things very clearly in my head, that held me back SO MUCH. I thought I was somehow naturally bad at art and I even gave up for a few years because I wasn't improving at all and I just didn't understand why.
Most parents are negative when their kids have a love of something that they may not fully agree with.. don’t listen to her with stuff you love, listen to your heart.
My boyfriend had that advice, and I had that judgment growing up as well - when I couldn't draw something from memory my peers tried to use that against me and point out I wasn't that good of an artist. I think they were jealous...
My boyfriend has been crippled by this and still struggles with guilt when drawing and using a reference... His mother did that to him.
references, just like Ethan Becker teaches, reference reference reference. pro's DO NOT GUESS. best advice in art I ever heard, simple but so underrated
Haven't watched the video where he says that but I like it, "Pro's do not guess" :)
It is amazing how easily such a key concept in art like referencing is forgotten. This was drilled into me in my high school art classes and I am sooo grateful my teachers did that to me today, even if it drove me nuts then.
Yep. But I believe that real life is the best reference, even if only pictures.
When taking other artist's work as reference, you risk picking up the wrong elements.
Referencing other artists is great, but only after one can understand their artistic choices!
@@DonVigaDeFierro He actually encourages you to record yourself on video and use that as reference. Making reference is easier than ever.
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"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
" -Michelangelo
Fantastic quote!
@@Swatches Thanks. The article goes on to say "It’s teaching us that achieving greatness isn’t something which just lands in our lap. It’s something that’s painstakingly honed and developed over many years of commitment, struggle and determination. Michelangelo’s message is that, although we all want the feeling and the rewards of achieving great things, few of us are really willing to pay the price to achieve them. Whatever you want to be a master of, you have to work for it."
Apparently, he was very wealthy too.
Im pretty sure i heard somewhere that Leonardo Da Vinci would have his assistant burn all of his rough drafts
True
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“It’s much easier to get something and simplify than to get nothing and complicate”. Life lessons right there!
I love that!!!
Though in real life situations, we humans find it way more easy to complicate things for no reason at all, than just see the thing for what it is and wind it down to sanity. That is especially true for relationships.
@@anameyoucantremember As well as anxious thoughts
My drawings skyrocketed in quality after I started making ref boards. Don't just use one reference photo. Have as many as you can find, make a board of them. If you work digitally, its great to have a second monitor so you can have the references on one screen and the art in the other. I usually use 3-5 references for most pics now and it has made everything easier.
exactly ! do you have an Instagram or Twitter where you post your artworks ? I want to improve
Can u please tell me where u get ur ref boards. Mine is a mess. Thanks.
@@anwesharaul2818 hey checkout app called PurRef, its free and is great for putting up many reference images.
@ thanks alot :)
@ - thanks for the tip about PurRef. Just downloaded it.
When people see great artists draw from imagination, they don't realize the length of time it took to develop those skills.
This video is gold. These are things that I had to discover on my own over my many years of drawing and being self-taught.
Your opinion.
Self-taught is totally different from what he's talking about.
@@zytotempol8154 Okay.
I think the main difference when studying something is the difference between COPYING/UNDERSTANDING
yeah , that is a tough one. I use construction to make sure I stay in the understanding mindset and not fall into copying.
To understand something is use your mind, 'cause no person will ever understand when copying it.
The real secret is to wear a fedora and fingerless gloves. But for some it might be too much power.
Tbh *o*
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I completely agree. You would fit in at my studio.
the man has sensitive hands, back off!
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Great artists = a stack of bad drawings about 20 feet high. Don't shun your bad artwork, allow it to stack up. Never focus on the results, just focus on the stack. One other thing. I never focus on the lines or brush strokes I need to make; I only focus on the image that's coming to life in front of me. I try to work slowly so that there's a switch where I can see the image forming even where I haven't draw. My mind starts to project the image onto the page and I'm more or less just tracing.
hmm.. almost, but don't QUITE agree. Lots of people are for sure lacking mileage; their stack SHOULD be higher, and pointless agonizing is part of why it's not. But when I look at others, and at myself, what I see is that the reason that paper isn't piling up because they are treating _everything_ as an artwork (that is : the emphasis is on the editorial aspect, 'presenting' a thing; feeling pleased that it looks 'just right'), not letting some things be exercises and studies (where the emphasis is on clearly stating the essential facts, or exploring possibilities).
Consistently reminding myself to put this distinction into practice, allows me to get a lot more learning in, without getting pointlessly strict with studies or unacceptably sloppy with artwork.
@- hondosolo45 I also think that technique of seeing it before you draw is very effective. it takes time to train your visualization. Also that ability to see it even though its not there yet can help you play strategy games. you can move the chess pieces or play the Go pieces in your head then judge the board even though the pieces are not actually there yet.
Very interesting concept..visualized image in your minds eye..think that exactly what Frazetta was able t do
Sadly that skill doesnt come over night
@@scottferguson1756 very true, I am not skilled at it even though I have practiced that visualization starting from age 6 (but at the time drawing wasnt the reason I was trying it i just got lucky it applies.) I think I have a disposition to be slightly unskilled at it lol.
One thing that can help me do it is having a substrate down which I can visualize on top of . Like charcoal clouds that I can daydream into just like seeing things in the actual clouds.
I also think that is why drawing very lightly at first helps, once you have some light lines to daydream on top of it gets easier to do.
The ultimate form of visualization in my mind would be seeing so clearly you have self induced hallucination and you just straight up trace you hallucination right onto the paper lol.
I have never had such a vivid image while trying to draw but there have been a few times where during long meditations the blackness that I saw went away and I saw a perfectly vivid image instead. The one I remember most clearly is seeing a diet coke can sitting on the carpeted ground lol. i had no control over which image I saw in any of the cases it occurred during meditation.
subconsciously was following this rule all along, but it's so validating and reassuring to hear a teacher say it out in words, makes me understand this behavior and learning pattern phenomenally better.
"Trying to win a game that you don't undestand all the rules to.. and.. you end up having to do a lot of trial and errors to get through"
You just describe life here.
But without joking, thanks for the advice so much !!
I love your channel and this video makes me understand how to work so much more !
Life is Pay to win though
That quote made so much sense for me too.
@@Zeriel00 Only to gamers.
Exactly what came to mind when I heard it too..lol
I'm a 3D Character Artist and one big thing I get when I need to work from a 2D concept is that often the 2D concept just simply will have the wrong proportions and wrong anatomy. There are things that look cool until you make it 3D then you see how broken it is.
You may be mistaken deliberate character design choices for "wrong proportions". Street fighter characters all have big hands and feet for example, it would be annoying for the 3d artist to be complaining because he looks at the sheet and doesn`t understand why that is. And if you are working on a photo real production why do you care? just use the same canon male and canon female 3d model all 3d bashers use for that tipe of work and work on top of that, if you are going to do that anyways you know the proportions are 1:1 always so just focus on using the 2d as guide for what it is.
@@j.2512 Not talking about stylized characters at all dude. It also applies to static meshes and props. Sometimes the translation from a 2D sketch is just not possible due to perspective, volume and sometimes major forms. Sometimes the 2D artist may "hide" something or it just doesn't go the way they want to in the real. Sometimes cool designs need to be fixed in order for it to become 3D. It's pretty simple and many 3D artist know exactly what I'm talking about. I do lots of stylized characters and that has nothing to do with my comment. As far as photo real they usually have a much better character sheet, break downs and details as it has a very specific budget and requirements. Don't forget as a character artist it's my job to get the model ready for the riggers and animators. With that said, if it can't get into game it's worthless.
@@ZephrusPrime That makes sense, like how some pencillers give shit pencils that are too vague, knowing it becomes the inkers problem. On the plus side at least is more common for 3d modellers and 2d artists to share similar skillsets, 3d is becoming more of a standard with 2d artists, almost, you`d still be hired only for one task but at least with the artist knowing 3d and the modeller knowing 2d art it might erase frictions. Theres no accountability for lazyness or lack of care though, even capable artist under deliver because lets be honest, its tedious grinding work sometimes and it piles up, only the best are always consistent and reliable and it must be shit to be hired as a character modeller knowing full well you are still more capable with art foundations that the 2d crew you are stuck with.
Yah, I know what you’re saying (having worked a little in traditional animation years ago). When designing a character on paper, it needs to work in a 3D form. One drawing can sort of “fake” joints and proportions until you try to turn that figure and realize it actually doesn’t work. That’s why model sheets in animation have to show the character from various angles. It should be such that when put into a computer and turned 3D, it has to sort of “fit together” as a solid moveable figure.
this was actually a huge problem for early 3D artists. transitioning Micky Mouse into 3D is a pretty well known case because of how difficult it was to get his ears done right in 3D. in cartooning it's common practice to do whatever works, not what makes sense, anime faces & hair are another good example
dude this video is a gem.
Agreed. Great way of thinking outside the box and all around it. Great video.
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@@zytotempol8154 who
*Finally!* I've gone around asking the question "How do I start learning? Where do I begin?" And no one seemed to give me a straight answer. Thank you so much for pointing people like me in the right direction. I feel so much better now that I know where my steps begin on this art journey.
perspective and composition first, then how light works everything else becomes specifics, like anatomy and figure drawing, is just specifics to drawing humans but if you know perspective and composition you can draw anything just observing and analizing a bit
@@j.2512 Oh, that's useful info! Thank you so much!
Let me give you some advice: before learning how to actually draw, have a goal. Most people don't even have a goal of what they want their art journey to look like, they just go with the flow and wherever they end up is where they end up. Create a general goal with regard to your art journey, because everyone's is different. There is no cookie-cutter way to learn drawing because everyone has different goals. That's the biggest mistake beginners make, "let me consume all this information", and then when they go to draw something, it never looks like what they intended. "I can't even draw a stick figure", I always hear that. "I can't even draw a circle", well you don't even have a goal, bro! I'm a photorealistic graphite artist and if you asked me to draw a perfect circle in 1 stroke, it would probably take me a couple tries, but I could draw a face in as great detail as anyone, my point is that you might not need to be able to draw a stick figure or a circle. Come up with a goal that's specifically suited to you, and come up with the best approach to achieve it. What's you're preferred style, preferred subject matter, medium? All of these things are major factors, you could waste years learning the complex anatomy of the human torso when one day you find out you just want to draw animals. You want to be a master at drawing horses, for example. Well, you just wasted all that time. Think of your goal, and THEN start the path. Now, I'm not saying you don't have to learn the basics, there are some things that are required for every style, subject matter, etc.
thank you so *much*, i needed this very very much everything feels slightly clear now, my mind is very scattered but my heart tells me that just for it. Thank you very much.
@@j.2512idk, people will get better at composition constantly later in their art journey, for a beginner it might be a bit too obscure to learn as a start. I'd say start with the craft and add artistry as you try to use that crat to make pieces. Idk
Outstanding! Having been an artist for over 50 years, I can verify that it would be simply luck to come to this level of awareness of this process. Thanks!
Would love to know what you think of some of my videos! I'd be honored to have an art veteran check it out
I just want to say that this is one of the most valuable videos on creating art that I have ever come across. I’ve been working as a professional artist for 25 years and have struggled with this very problem regarding using references in creating work. Thank you for breaking down this into an explanation that is logical yet easy to visualize and grasp . Much appreciated!
Thanks, glad it helped clarify some things!
I am fortunate to have gone to art school before computers. I was trained classical drawing, painting and sculpture. When computers came out and improved it was just basic application of what I was taught. He is right in what he is saying. Realize it takes years to build up that knowledge, be patient.
Computers are just another tool.
I actually work as a rendering programmer, and I love the parallels you draw between the game engine kind of rendering and the artistic kind of rendering.
To expand on this, I think there's a lot that artists can learn about the 'physically-based rendering' that's used in almost all rendering engines today, and how it can be applied to even stylized, non-realistic art, as long as you want that art to look more three-dimensional than graphical.
The cornerstone of rendering depends on something called the 'BRDF', which is just a fancy term for how light behaves at it hits a surface - what happens from a particular viewpoint (camera/eye) when it's absorbed, scattered, or reflected. Understanding this is, imo, critical to understanding how to render paintings.
good rendering is not necessarily conductive to good composition or good design. Thats what many don`t get, they know all about reflective surfaces and sub surface scattering and the work still looks ugly with a shitty amateurish style with kinda real life physics but no deliberate design choices and simplifications to make it appealing and aesthetic.
@@j.2512 you just described the DAZ Studio user base.
I'm not even an artist, yet I noticed when I started to use 3D software for sculpting, my drawing skills immediately improved, because my understanding of forms improved and I became more aware of what the thing I am trying to draw would look like if it were real.
Man this is pure gold. The information in this video is insane and I love how you break down everything and the way you get your points across.
Finding great artists is common but great teachers are rare.
Glad to help!
It's such a satisfying accomplishment when you're homeschooling yourself on concept design and realizing that you're on the right path. I swear I'm watching this video on 5/28 and that eye gesture at 5:35 is literally what I just figured out with my own thought about an hour ago!! I've been doing numerous gestures on eyes and thought I've never done a 3/4 view of an eye and I was like shit. But I also thought, hey look relax, you know how to draw a box and you kinda know how to light a box so draw an eye inside a 3/4 view box and take it one step at a time and it came out okay!! Ive been figuring out that learning to draw is all about repetition, gestures, and the basics of perspective, and definitely definitely simplification. You start simple with hybrid gestures or perspective and work out the details later!! And details you derive from countless hours and hours of gesture drawings of everything or just plain old reference!! I've also noticed that learning Art is similar to learning any other trade!! There are many many boring moments but just keep going...Those moments of evolution will come and you will see improvements in letting your imagination come to life!!! It's so cooolll😁😁😁😁!!! Great Great Great video!!
Do you post your art any where? Now I'm really curious 👉👈
Great video. I usually get ideas by looking at any subject. I have only taken 3 classes in my life and I have been painting since I was 13. Today I am 73and painting is my passion. I might not be the best, but for what I have seen, I could say I am not that bad. Also, I have sold, maybe 3 paintings in my life. Some people have told me that if I don't sell my paintings I am not considered an artist. I don't give a damm. I will leave them for some one who one day will find them and share them with the world when I am gone. I have given many to people and for charity. Good luck to all of you painters of this planet.
Thanks for watching and best wishes to you as well, Rut.
Wow. I actually noticed exactly this problem when I started drawing, I always hung up on representing 3d from imagination because my brain was basically overloaded with simulating the whole scene in my head with perspective accuracy despite having no training in it whatsoever, and I instinctively came to the same solution!
This might not seem like anything special, but I had little to no exposure to learning art in my life, so me "getting it" so naturally and then having it confirmed in a random TH-cam video really boosts my confidence and shows me I should keep going.
Thanks, algorithm ! X3
Who else thinks he is the most underrated pro but in reality his art speak miles for him.🙏
The Combustion Knight tutorial is probably the best tutorial I have ever watched. And I’ve watched a lot 😆
nah, its kinda on the very lower end of average, compared to the quality of Arstation portfolios. Most artist doing this "teaching streams " and stuff are not above the means
I have a degree in illustration from a top private college. The whole reason I went was to learn to draw from my imagination bc I had the observation thing down. They never got to that part, but had us mindlessly recreating photos the whole time. This video was more informative than my entire four years there.
Studying from reference is great! But if you did it without a purpose or understand why, then it isn’t so great anymore.
Thanks , you literally save me from spent years drawing. I gave up and I'm happy now.
People: I want to be an artist because I'm not so good with match, physics, chemestry, etc.
3D skillset: I'm about to end this man's whole career
i hate match aswell. lol
@@damnsonwyft damn matches... can't make fire
Vince Rojo yeah reconciliations are a bitch
Nah, don't think that. Perspective has nothing to do with numbers, calculations or measuring boring stuff... once you get a solid grasp of its main concepts, perspective becomes as intuitive as lighting and rendering.
I thought people wanted to be artists because they love to do it. And I see no relation to being good at physics or math.
I'm great at both math and physics, its doesn't make learning art any easier or less frustrating .
Doing art as a career is a life style, such as being a programmer. You have to dedicate a lot of time and energy into perfecting it, I dont think saying that because you are not good with numbers you would have an easy time with art. In fact I believe in the exact opposite, If you dont have enough will power to study the basics of regular subjects that you instantly drop them for pursuing art, you have no chance of learning art.
The most comprehensive yet digestible breakdown of everything re illustration!
You're absolutely right, it kinda bugs me how so many artists just go into complete denial about all this stuff and keep drawing their shapes, only to then keep on complaining about how bad they are at drawing, not acknowledging what they actually need to fix their shortcomings.
That all said tho, you make it sound a million times simpler and easier to learn than it actually is. learning to draw from observation is hard enough in and of itself, like a seriously difficult skill to learn, learning to use perspective is on a whole another level of mind boggling difficulty, made even more difficult by the obscene scarcity of information about it beyond "this is how you draw a box, and cylinder in this and that perspective." That's the easy part of course, the hard part is when you try to go beyond boxes and cylinders that all have the same exact orientation, as soon as you want to rotate something, god help you. And god help you find any information on how to actually do it correctly. Good luck drawing humans in proper perspective without that information too, cuz that's not gonna happen no matter how much anatomy you learned.
And even if you do find the information, there are still going to be a crazy amount of roadblocks at every turn so it's easy to spend years learning just these 2 things to an acceptable degree.
Aren’t roadblocks part of the fun of learning though?
This is really helpful I've been banging my head against the wall for years because I've been trying to create art from nothing. I never had any formal teaching, and I always did it for my own entertainment and relaxing. So part of me never really wanted to learn because it took out from the enjoyment. But it has come to a point where I can no longer enjoy "free" painting because I've started to hold my own art against a higher and higher standard. Sadly, as a young man I was never allowed to pursue a career in art, so I'm years behind everyone and it's going to be a long road. But it's thanks to videos like these that I'm inspired to finally be able to realize my dream of becoming a professional artist. So thank you so much for providing all this knowledge and encouragement for free!
You're welcome, I'm glad I could be an encouraging step in your art journey! Learning on your own can make the road feel longer, come join in the ArtClub studies we have going on in the Swatches Discord, discord.gg/KsVYfge
@@Swatches I never got a notification for your reply. Thank you for taking notice, and for the invitation
Good idea to make a highlights video of your stream. I'd love to see more of this. Your advice is very helpful.
Thanks, will do!
I completely agree. It's important to have a wide array of skills so that you can more accurately express your creativity!
I already knew this information but I still needed to hear it.
I feel like you were able to take this concept and really break it down. I feel like instructors have glazed over this in the past but never went into detail like this. I AM SO GRATEFUL- paradigm shift for sure. Thank you.
I feel like this vid just slapped me in the face. I started drawing at the end of 2017, all by myself, and I was focusing mostly on recreating the world for over a year so now I'm struggling with my own compositions, usually just merging a couple of reference pictures to see if something would work together at all. Now I understand more. Thank you. I will be better artist from now.
This guy knows what he's talking about. Thank you so much. I was wondering why I couldn't draw realistically, and now I finally know why. It makes so much sense!
Ive been drawing 11 years and I probably spent 6 of those years not breaking anything into shapes.. No bases.. It was a mess. Now my brain had been in overdrive the last year trying to deconstruct stuff into basic shapes..
I must say, your condescension actually helps make your points super clear. I love it
I hate my art and have to spend the time to actually learn a lot of the fundamentals... hope I can actually fully understand this stuff some day. I am a casual artist though... Thanks for the video!
You should never hate your art, it's not good for improving or for your mental health, just know that, "this is as good as I can be now, and this isn't where I want to stay, I would like to grow" but don't have that negativity, and have hate for your art, it's not good for improvement or for you
first off you should enjoy the process of creating art. focus on trying to identify and understand your flaws and try to fix them. draw every day. you WILL get better that way. but you must understand that always comparing yourself to professionals or even masters isn't what you should be aiming for. Just try to make the best out of it.
I had to accept that too. I never had the chance to go and study art and not being abled to keep up with the pros almost gave me a depression. Also I had to accept that I just can not draw every day for several hours. And then I stopped drawing for over a decade. Biggest mistake of my life.
Now I am back at it again, knowing I will never reach the level of a true professional...but still I am improving and even could do many comissions. Also my instagram kept growing slowly but steady so now I have a nice side income and I can express myself through my drawings.
I am almost 40 now. I wasted a lot of time with self-doubt and "hate". Don't be like me.
Join the club. lol
Learn perspective, fully and in depth , just learn it, its tedious buts its a one time thing, once you incorporate it it becomes intuitive and never leaves you, the more you focus on other things and put off going in depth with perspective the longer it will take to make advances, perspective is boring but it makes drawing easier so the rest becomes natural.
then learn composition, design and storytelling, novices would be surprises how little anatomy factors in in the grand scheme of things.
I’m glad I found this video /channel because till this day since I started to draw a month ago I was totally lost . And now my mind is clear and I can see through some drawings
You got this!
Picasso began his abstract works because he was bored...he had already become as skilled at classic art as the masters of old. Knowing the basics first is like knowing the sounds each letter makes before you write a novel.
Wow 😮 what a fantastic explanation. A lightbulb 💡 went just on. Thank you very much 😊👍
You're very welcome!
The answer is 4th dimension.
Lol
:))
that direction is too small for me to move in. :)
I once tried to draw a 4d cube on a piece of paper. It doesn’t work; you ‘d need a 3d model to even attempt it.
Hiya. Just discovered this video on a pure accident and wanted to say thank you.
I've been trying to teach myself how to draw, for personal reasons, for over twenty years now: I have tried schools and classes, in-persona and electronic without much progress and a whole lot of frustration. But your twenty minute video here have answered more questions than any of those above did in all the time I have struggled.
I was always good at math and been trying to use that "muscle" to lift myself in the art too. The "Shapes VS Forms" you have explained is, what I think, the missing piece I've had to understanding what it is exactly I am drawing and how.
Thank you very much for your channel. You have gained a subscriber. =)
You are very welcomed! I feel for your years of struggle but I really hope this may be the missing piece that will help spark big growth!
Went to art school for 4 years and this by far included more useful information than what was taught in the majority of my studio classes. Incredible video, thank you so much.
Shelby, that is simultaneously encouraging and depressing to hear :/
Thanks for drilling this down to the specifics Clint. I was attempting to figure this out myself, but your explanation is perfect 👌
Glad it helped!
Unrelated, but I like how your audience are called Swatchers!
Not unrelated, but meta commentary - in fact it's _always_ on topic for this channel.
(And, as a fellow swatcher, I agree 😀)
Observation, this was a principle my dad tried very hard to impress on my brother and I when we were hiking or hunting. I worked very hard to fallow he teachings. I applied these teachings to my art.
I'm too far ahead in my art journey so this advice isn’t very useful to me but I absolutely agree that this should be taught very early on in art education.
Hey Clint, I had been wondering from one online classes to other art classes on TH-cam, even books. But still don't know where to start. I almost lost my motivation. But I'm glad I finally found you. It is really hard to find inspiration to draw when you don't know the fundamental basic. You save my life. The gem is here...
I love your energy, your voice and everything what you teach.
Thank you for lifetime 🙏🏼
Monex, we all go through times of low motivation but I'm glad to hear my videos have helped sparked some inspiration and energy! What type of art are you interested in making?
@@Swatches hey Clint! I'm a tattoo artist from India. But I can't make my own design. All I have to do is copy from google image which is very limiting my potential as a tattoo artist. I want to find my own style. To answer your question I like realism and botanical illustration drawing at the moment. I'm watching right now your video about fundamental art. Thank you again... Keep doing like this...🙌🏼
References would help you when you dont know how it looks . Best advice I got throughout my journey
So... Almost all of the time?
That was kind of a cliff notes version of a future Master Class.
Now I am subscribed, I will be waiting.
Great job.
Thank you! Brilliant and supportive! I call it the engineering approach. As a trained architect I encourage my students to x-ray/scan and understand what they are drawing from observation in constructive terms a lot.
Reminded me a lot of technical drawing class at school in the 1980s (back when that meant pencils and paper at a drawing board, not AutoCAD).
Best breakdown of the art process I’ve ever seen. Wish I had learned this 12 years ago.
Hopefully it will help others so they won't have to spend 12 years :/
This information is invaluable! 30 seconds into the video and I knew it was something that should be taught at the very beginning of anyones art journey. Those that understand this from the get go will hit the ground running.
For anyone wanting to find a good beginner course like he suggests: New Masters Academy currently has their beginner course for free, you don't even need an account, it should be a good place to start.
What no way, as in completely free without a trial?? Also can you tell us the name of the course? Thanks
@@stopstalkingmebruh6021 yeh completely free, no signup! Not sure how long its going to last though.
www.nma.art/courses/a-beginners-guide-to-drawing/
It starts off very basic, talking about paper, sharpening pencils etc. But has some good introductions to light & value, perspective, etc.
I’m doing it rn also btw check out this link m.imgur.com/a/EZPc28m do you think I should follow this guide
There is so much value in this video that we can't unseen. One learning arts should treasure this video.
We really are taught that first thing in art school. I dunno, the tips like these... Someone tells you "I'll reveal the secret of the universe to you, you'll be able to comprehend ANYTHING after that!". You're all attention. "Multiplication table! Why don't they teach that to kids in every school from year 1?! 2x2=4! 3x3=9! 9x7=63! Everything makes sense then!". Yeah. It is wonderful. But now I feel awful for wanting and needing more. Cause I expected more.
In particular, after years of making art I cannot understand WHAT do I not understand. I know how shapes work, I know how perspective works, I follow all the rules, I'm stuffed with info, but then nothing works. I don't even know why. Everything is simple. I may not go all the way, I may go for 2D, try to learn cartoon characters. They are flat, they are all style, shapes, gestures. Pros just make a line and it works. I make a million lines and not one works. Down to the humiliation where I take a direct ref and construct every single thing like first day in art school. Slowly and carefully. How is it possible to fail?! Break to basic shapes! Cylinders, spheres, cubes! Shading! Light side. All inside perspective lines. All must work. And then just... nothing works. No reason, no lacking, just "nope". As if I was trying to make a cake, got the recipe, got all ingredients, prepared them, got the time and temperature right and then I take it out of the oven and it's empty plate. Over and over. Ridiculous.
And then, you know... Some people think it's because I'm too stiff, too logical, I need to FEEL. Like, relax and let my brain calculate stuff. And that makes it even worse. Like I collected all the wrong shapes from this planet. But I'm not blind! I do see when others make something right! I see what, I see how! It's so simple! I follow their example and it works! Yeah... Only because I copy. Not retrace, but get charged with inspiration, as if I absorbed that skill from them indirectly, then it fades after a few sketches. It's not mine anyway, it's someone else who filled their art with this "heart". Special energy that affects me. And then runs out. The world is still there, same rules, same shapes, constructing must be as simple as playing blocks as a toddler. Take one and put here. Nope. Just... nope. WHY?! No reason, you just fail. Maybe my lines are too thick? Maybe I approximate when I need to be precise? Nope. Others make even rougher approximation, their lines are HUGE, done with a fat piece of coal, while I have a mosquito needle. But they get a single stroke right and I can't even find it by making a billion.
Sounds stupid, I know. Like a curse. I check again all the ingredients - all fine. I'm not crazy, my eyes are fine, I have experience and theory. Sorry, I had to let it all out. You have no idea how lonely I get. Who could possibly understand if I don't understand myself. If I was all broken I'd know why it happens. But when everything is right except the result it's infuriating...
That was really entertaining to read tbh
@@TechnicallyArtist true that😵😂
just dont give up....
Don't lose hope. Don't give up. Keep practicing. And if you feel lonely, talk to someone. I don't know what you are going through, but I can give you some advice, don't practice in a vacuum. Ask other people to critique your work. Create a positive feedback loop. That way you can work to push yourself. You can get better. You just need to enjoy the process rather than the results.
@@jwhite-1471 Your asking for less snark makes me want to be snarky and say...fam you should of chosen a better art school then. I had an ex-soviet soldier beat my ass into classical french figure drawing. But then again, it's supposed to be what you learn after university that really matters. As for OP? It sounds like you need a mentor, peers to review your work, something to push you forward. Also that "line that just *works*"? Get into gesture drawing if not already. It's the art of mark making you might have to go back to. who knows
Jwhite don't say anything i don't actually care
This video is great. It is a great guideline for how to learn the technical execution art, and I'll keep it around for what it is, because it is indeed very useful.
That said, there's a couple things I feel the need to point out.
Art learning isn't linear. It really can't be. It's cyclical. It has to be.
It has to be cyclical because there isn't a guide for it and even if there could be or even if there was it would never teach as well as experience.
It has to be cyclical because there isn't an objective end goal. All you can do is experiment and in that experience discover your own objective.
It has to be cyclical because it is a process of constant reinvention, aiming at the stars to later realize the moon was the target that you truly wanted, to finally discover that perhaps Mars was it, but at this point you know well enough that it might as well be Deimos or Phobos and you just don't know yet.
Art learning is starting out, experimenting, studying, executing, reinventing. Over and over again.
Because of this, know that there is no rush. Know that there is no 'being too late'. Know that there is no pressure. Know that there is no need to study besides the one you create yourself. Don't study because others say it'll be good. Study because you know it will be good.
So have fun. Have fun drawing. Make drawing the most fun thing you can. Rid yourself of expectations or pressures or any kinds of rush. Draw. Draw for the sake of it. Draw because you enjoy it. Draw because it's mesmerizing. Draw because it devours you.
And you'll find yourself NEEDING to study. Not because people say it's good. Not because it's expected of you. But because YOU know it's the way forward. And YOU will know exactly what to study. And YOU will know exactly how to. And you will CRAVE it. And you won't be sated until you've studied and learned.
But studying can't come first.
If studying comes first, then the joy will be sucked out.
If studying comes first, drawing will only be a technical showcase.
If studying comes first, chances are you'll stop studying before you learned anything.
So have fun first. So love first.
Studying comes when love is already engraved in the heart.
And that's when this video becomes one of the most useful and amazing tools for growing artists.
This was so useful! I still remember so well your feedback about the Koala, it was helpful then and still is! I still struggle with it but I know what I have to do thanks to you :D
I do have a couple degrees in art, just: Associate of Science in Commercial Art & an Associate of Art in Visual Communication-Illustration II. But I did stretch it out & go to college 9yrs. I had excellent professors! So. Call. & a semester in Oxford too 😁 But that was almost 20yrs ago. I became a Cert. Nurse Assistant. I'm now retired, diagnosed with cancer 2¾yrs ago. Back to watercolor this past summer. YAY
Your video is wonderful!! 😃 Came across it accidentally. Stuff I learned & know, but by golly, it needs freshening up. Thank you so much & GOD bless you Dear❣ Very helpful.
I have more "couch days" lately than I'd like. The art videos let me still feel productive, as I'm learning. 😉
"If you can quantify it, you can overcome it".
"There are no problems,
only solutions. "
Great Video!!!!! thank you for taking the time to share!!!!
People who say "use reference is a cheat" generally dont are artist actuallu, or are very bad on it.
You, sir, are one of the rare gems of skill teaching. I agree with everything you said (with no art background at all, only the knowledge of what to look for) and you presented the material in the perfect way. Whenever I want to learn a new skill, I look for people like you who are aware of the importance of foundational subskills and knowledge that subsequently make everything else faster and easier to learn (and which most people either overlook or see as irrelevant, especially in the traditional educational system). I call it the Mr. Miyagi element. I love how you put it: "people literally wasting years trying to work their way through this without realizing what their working through". Exactly. I approach teaching English the same way as you approach teaching art. Thanks for the critical info as I enter this new and unfamiliar terrain :)
I appreciate you taking the time to leave such positive feedback Daniel, I'm glad you found the video helpful :)
This guy is like a slim zak bagans, from Ghost adventures, even the way he talks too, like it :3
Never thought "power music" would be used for a artist instructional video... mind blown. I kept looking for the power tools to come out and rip the canvas in half... good info
This is goddamn amazing advice, thank you.
Thank you
@@Swatches I immediately applied what you were talking about 2D to 3D and everything started to click so much more. Thank you, can't believe this wasn't taught in majority of my art classes.
I'm really happy that I already did exactly that. I used a reference and stopped while thinking "Think about it. What form does that shape actually have". Since then my goal is always to actually great a form instead of just shapes. Sometimes it turns out ugly and I still struggle with some fundamentals but it's great how much you learn in the process. Thinking for example why the eyelid is shaped like that
This is awesome advice. I'm still struggling to think about where to start with digital art but maybe I'll first do photo "replications" with those exercises like 2-tone etc. And work up to color. I really want to get back into art but I have so many interests 😅 anyone got advice about brushes in Photoshop? I have no idea whether custom brushes matter or not.
There's a Sinix video about brushes, and according to him (and I agree), you should get good with a simple brush (circle, square) before trying out different custom ones. Here's the video: th-cam.com/video/-Nt9fa8jZUE/w-d-xo.html
Everyone uses different brushes. Just try some and see which ones you like.
Generally I'd advice to have some hard and soft brushes, some very textured and also less textured brushes, an airbrush for smooth areas in your pieces and a pencil brush for sketching. Square or circle really depends on your preference. I used to use circle brushes but now I use mostly square brushes.
This is just what I do but really, what brushes you like is so personal that you should just try a whole bunch out.
About the brushes. They shouldn't determine how good your art is, there's not going to be a magical brush that suddenly makes it look good. But, they can help you speed up your process and give you qualities you want that would be annoying to replicate with a regular round brush. I suggest finding some artists you like and see if they have any free brushes, play around with them a little bit and get a feel for them, you'll quickly notice what you like and what you don't like. I also suggest paying attention to what others do and try and figure out why they use the brushes they do and when.
However, in the end brushes are more of a quality of life thing rather than a necessity :)
This video helped me understand I have alot of learning to do. Great video, you really explained things perfectly.
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Thank you. I knew this but could never explain it. Thank you for clarity.
Welp, too late. I had to find out all this things on my own :(
First two minutes in, felt the like the essence of 2 years worth of experience. Absolutely awesome!
funny how in my language we only have one word ( "forme" ) that translate to both "shape" and "form", so it was confusing to me when you made a distinction between these two notions
@Yerqui Ery Lino Rueda no, soy francés :)
Shape: Allure, figure, structure, tournure, silhouette, tracé, aspect, image, trait, contour, disposition, délinéament, ligne. Form : Modelé, moule, galbe, plastique, relief, modelage, construction, volume, façonnage. etc.
Wow. You seriously know how to explain things! THANK YOU!!! 🥰
Happy to help!
Why is this not taught on day one in art schools? Something so fundamental to be able to create your own original art instead of just drawing from observation. It boggles my mind that people, like me, have to spend so much time just trying to learn these fundamental things because so many courses are shit and don't explain it. I've been trying to learn drawing for 1.5 years now and I just came across construction and 3D forms like a month and a half ago because all of the tutorials I had taken so far never even mentioned it.
Thanks thank thank!! I'm a beginner and the advice for beginners that you gave was like a basketball sized shiny diamond!!! I don't know who are you but definitely gonna sub and look at more of your videos, just thank you dude 🙏🏼
Hussein, welcome and thanks for the sub! If you're a beginner I suggest watching all the Art Fundamental playlist starting with Basic Shapes & Forms.
I often see artists use imagination and memory interchangeably, and it only adds to the confusion especially when I hear experts use imagination this way.
Imagination is born from memory. They are always interchangeable. I think his point here is to use all the tools at your disposal, and to learn the fundamentals so well that you can use your memory to render your imagination. I’ve been learning for a long time and I’m still chipping away at the fundamentals. That’s the biggest “rule” to this “game” learn perspective, anatomy, proportion... and then apply them to your discipline.
Thank you so much for this. Im a beginner and this was unbelievably helpful. The way you explain things visually and verbally and your pace makes it so easy to follow without being too slow
That's great to hear and thanks for watching Vincent!
i'm trying to figure out if there's a way this can all be translated into writing advice
Sure: use your imagination more rather than taking stuff or ideas from.already existent books /shows would be one advice
Absolutely. You need to develop a skillset that draws from real life (instead of just mimicking.) I do apply this advice to writing, by doing observational writing -that at first, seems very boring. "Gesture" in writing can be small 2 minute moments where you try to accurately describe what's around you. A "sketch" can be an outline for a plot. But the when you're developing a believable world, or characters, they shouldn't come from someone else's life or imagination. Try writing about what's around you, or creating a written "portrait" of a real person that you know. A sort of character study. Or even a place. Once you're in the habit of really looking at people, or your own real world, you can start to build a world in your head and populate it with believable characters. Start exaggerating the parts that feel more engaging. When you develop a skillset from real life, that translates a lot better into imagination. That's not even to discredit mimicking styles we really like. Inspiration is real. But in order to do very well, we have to prioritize all of it, even the mundane. Practice never feels glamorous, but it enriches everything we do as a result. The mundane pays off by giving power to our imaginations. Being real, keen observers.
I never liked the advice of "use your imagination" to come up with something "original." *Nothing's original.* What's makes anything seem original is how you spin it. You could take a piece of a story from one show and merge it with another idea from a book, then steal an element from a movie. Just as concept illustrators use a multitude of references to come up with just _one_ type of character, it might be the same for your story or plot. It's not so much as "imagination" as it is "inspiration." If you ever have a "what if" thought, embrace it and play around with it.
The penny has finally dropped in my understanding of Form!! Yehhhhh!!! Thank you for your brilliant video x
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This was absolutely fantastic. it was said in a simple straightforward uncomplicated manner, thank you it's just homed in on all we as artists try to remember. I'm a botanical artist and everything just makes complete sense.
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
The first thing I think is “man what a loser hahahaha, fingerless gloves lmfao what a loooooosser”
Me: Looks down - am wearing fingerless exercise gloves
Also Me: oh ._.
The trick is making something on a 2D surface appear 3D. Simple as that. As an illustrator or painter, you normally are working on a 2D surface. Your paper, canvas, or monitor screen is 2D. The trick is to make something look 3D on that 2D surface. You accomplish that by perspective and coloring (which includes shading because shadow is a color). Every single painting and drawing has perspective. If you draw an eyeball on a piece of paper, it has perspective. If you draw a stick man, it has perspective. A stick man on a 2D surface is drawn in 2D and the perspective is 2D. You cannot draw a 1D perspective on a 2D surface. A 2D surface will always have 2 dimensions, even if it is a single line or a single dot. The single line or dot still has width and length, ie 2 dimensions. I cannot think of anything that has only 1 dimension, that is to say, length but no width or vice versa. 2D objects are easy for us to imagine because we always get "how high" and "how wide", "how long" and "how narrow or fat". It's when we start thinking of things in 3D, the struggle begins because, remember, you are trying to make something look 3D on a 2D surface. There are ways to paint in 3D. Resin painting is a form of 3D painting. An example of it can be found here >> th-cam.com/video/ryI-Ubes2uU/w-d-xo.html
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Totally agree. Can't get caught in 2d world to where you neglect perspective, form, and true observation
Finally someone who Can speak and draw. Definitely not a hack like Ethan Becker.
I didn't considered them as 2 different things, thanks for the advice I will work on them. You channel is a gold mine BTW I got so much from watching your videos years now.
Can you make a video like this again because it is very hard to hear and understand what you are saying, your music in your video is too loud, to begin with, l am struggling to concentrate and to understand what you are saying, the music is breaking my concentration, surely you must know that artist need quiet to consecrate on their drawing skills or improve their drawing skills? I can see you are trying to give advice and tips to improve Artist their drawing skills, but the music in your video is just too loud.
I'm sorry if l was in a way disrespectful in my comment about your video.
Very true. It is pointless for art school to tell their students to draw by observation everyday if they actually don’t understand what they are exactly supposed to focus on.
Instructions unclear, drawing still looks like crap :(
But this is not a tutorial
@@nibraskaw.s4483 anything can be a tutorial if you wish for it hard enough
Well u practice more and learn more, good luck
@@nibraskaw.s4483 but how do you know the practice time was efficiently spent?
@@AceTheBlue you don`t, you simply try and if its not working try something else. Thats why critiques and mentorships are useful, hels with direction and less trial and error but most of the times is blatantly obvious, if your images look out of perspective, learn perspective better, if the values suck, study that more, etc
I'm going to study this video and figure out how to utilize all this info for learning how to create and design characters.
Instead of spending years learning how to draw well, just splash something on a canvas, call it modern art, and launder money by selling it for 5 mil.
Thank you for this info. None of my teachers mentioned any of this during my year 1 foundation classes. Here's your project, it's due in 2 weeks. Needless to say I didn't stay very long in the program.
Unfortunately, I hear that's a common experience in many classes :/
If it makes you feel better, I also couldn't learn in a fast paced classroom environment. In my first illustration class, we had about a week or two to learn perspective and do a piece. I failed my assignment which was to do an interior scene. I attempted 3 pt perspective and my measurements were off. At the time, I really beat myself up internally really badly for completely failing. Now as an adult, I realize how utterly ridiculous it was that they expected a bunch of 18-year-olds to master one of the most difficult fundamentals in a week. We had maybe a 10 or 20 minute demo of instruction? I can honestly say I've learned more about perspective from Clint's portfolio reviews than I did in that class which cost thousands of dollars...
Im going to have to download this video and study it to let it seep into my mind.
Yes, you must put in the work. Great information!
This video is GOLD. Thank you so much for sharing your treasured knowledge.
They have basic drawing courses? I’d love that. How relaxing!
Everything I learned in 2 years as an art major went out the window when I switched majors after not being able to “see” and draw a broken chair using a three dimensional cube.