I really like your approach. I teach art in France, and my students don’t even have the reflex to look for a reference to draw from. They think it's a gift, a talent, something innate. Worse, they believe copying is cheating, and I have to use all sorts of tricks to make them understand the necessity of using references. Similarly, they prefer to spend hours adding shadows and details (usually poorly done, adding nothing to the drawing-sometimes even making it look awful). Your video, through practice, shows the behind-the-scenes of a creative process. I realize this is the method I use, but without ever being aware of it or explicitly showing it to them. Keep it up; it's refreshing to see a TH-camr doing more than just 'draw a human body in 5 minutes!' The reality is that it takes time. I was also wondering if changing the perspective on the reference each time might be even better? Have you ever tried that approach? Thanks for your work and for sharing your experience!
What I've been doing recently for things I'm somewhat familiar with is only briefly looking at the reference then fill in the gaps with my current knowledge. Then I look at the reference again to isolate all of the differences and correct the drawing. After that, I make my own drawing incorporating what I just learned.
This is the best video on learning any skills. U're not here to learn it intellectually, u're here to train ur muscle memory. It is like when u learn any language when u were a kid.
Had bad drawing sessions tonight and last night, because the perfectionism got into me and I spent both sessions getting frustrated. I needed this video, thanks!
My god, this sounds like a perfect idea for all my art book resources I've collected over time. Particularly the advice to just draw enough for YOU, and not to just copy everything at once. I can probably finally use Bridgman books.
I would argue that drawing the same thing over and over again, the benefit isn't necessarily that you only gain muscle memory, but instead as you draw the same subject from reference over and over again you start to observe a little more each time, I think the emphasis on observation is superbly more important than pure muscle memory, because in my experience i could draw the same subject a bunch of times but i wont truly get to draw it from imagination from anysitation or angle unless I observe and analyze each one of those multiple drawings. When you draw from reference your not copying line for line, that's a printer does, but your copying for the sake of observation and understanding
我的类似理解是：大量观察和动手画想学习某一结构的参考图→从中总结出简化立体结构的规律→多角度默写此结构，检验规律的可行性→发现现有规律的不足→针对此有疑惑的规律部分去有针对性地找参考图继续总结新规律，以此循环学习。需要注意的是：①动脑思考必须贯穿整个练习过程，动脑才算有效练习。②不要懒或羞愧于找参考图这件事。③每次练习只专注于一点，比如手的结构、脚的结构、色彩搭配等方面其中一点就可以了，贪心想一次试图全练习反而效果不好。④参考图不要挑花了眼，要找现阶段对于自己来说最适合的图（即练习目标在参考图上明显、全面，且不会分不清结构，最好能找到有不清楚怎么画的地方〉比如练习人体就不要找衣服过多看不清人体走向的参考图。⑤在锻炼结构简化能力之前，最好了解下透视规律，不用深入死记硬背透视知识，大概知道透视方向趋势、可以画出不明显违反透视规律的正方体圆柱体的程度就可以了，这有助于帮助我们分析复杂一点的结构多角度变换下的位置和形态。 My similar understanding is as follows: I want to learn a reference diagram of a certain structure by observing and drawing a lot of drawings → summarize the law of simplified three-dimensional structure from it → write the structure in multiple angles to test the feasibility of the law → find the shortcomings of the existing law → find the reference diagram for the puzzling part of the law and continue to summarize the new law, so as to learn the cycle. It should be noted that: ① brain thinking must run through the entire practice process, brain practice is effective. ② Don't be lazy or ashamed of looking for references. Each practice only focus on one point, such as the structure of the hand, the structure of the foot, color matching, etc., one of the points is OK, greedy to try to practice all the time but the effect is not good. Do not cross the eyes of the reference figure, to find the most suitable figure for yourself at this stage (that is, the practice goal is obvious and comprehensive on the reference figure, and will not distinguish the structure, it is best to find a place where it is not clear how to draw), such as the practice of the human body, do not find clothes too much to see the reference figure of the human body. ⑤ Before training the structure simplification ability, it is best to understand the perspective law, without in-depth rote perspective knowledge, roughly know the perspective direction trend, can draw the degree of the cube cylinder that does not obviously violate the perspective law, which helps us to analyze the position and shape of a complex structure under multi-angle transformation.
Perhaps a video on how you visualize your art as you draw? I’ve been doing a deep dive on this recently, and I’ve noticed my drawing performance skyrockets when I try and ‘see’ the lines on the canvas before I draw them. However, other people, particularly ones with aphantasia, don’t even know that this is a technique that they can use. Not many art educators talk about how they use visualization and the exact inner workings of their mind, likely because that information is too specific to them and wouldn’t be applicable to others. However, I think some valuable insight could come from it anyways, especially for those who don’t realize how much effort they should really be putting into visualization as they draw
@ Yeah sure! So firstly, when I say I can ‘see’ the lines before I draw them, I don’t mean that in a literal sense. When I visualize things, they don’t appear in my physical vision. Instead, the visuals appear in sort of a separate ‘dimension’ as I’ve heard people call it. You’re basically seeing the visuals with a completely separate set of eyes, which is why some people refer to it as the ‘third eye’ or the ‘mind’s eye’. Now this part is somewhat hard to explain, so I’ll do my best. When I try to ‘see’ my visuals on the canvas, I’m sort of making a replica of my physical vision in my mind’s eye. Then, in that replicated image, I overlay whatever I want to see. So, for example, I would overlay the lines for a box that I’m trying to draw. I then shift my attention to focus both on my physical vision and minds eye at the same time, which gives the illusion of ‘seeing’ the lines on the canvas (even though again my physical eyes are not seeing anything). I don’t think I’m unique in this, as I’ve seen artists like Kim Jung Gi explain the same thing. He says he ‘sees the form’ (eg a cylinder) of whatever he’s about to draw before he draws it, and I assume that means he’s seeing it on the canvas in the same way that I do
@@ravaniacrescentia3643 You know, as I've done research on improving my own visualization, many of the sources I've come across have actually been targeted towards people with aphantasia. Now you should definitely take these with a huge grain of salt, as I don't know if these people are being entirely truthful, or if they're just deluded. In my experience at least, some of the techniques and exercises they recommend have helped me visualize better. For the first source, there's this youtube channel (can't post links in comments) called " Research Center for Developing Consciousness". Weird name, but the guy behind it seems to be pretty normal. He has interviews with people who he claims went from pure aphantasia to being able to see images in their heads, but again take that with a grain of salt. The other source I looked into was a subreddit r/cureAphantasia. This one definitely looks pretty insane and pseudo-sciencey from the outset. All the benefit that I managed to get from it come from the 'image streaming' posts made by the moderator of the sub. Image streaming is an exercise that supposedly improves your ability to visualize, but I haven't done it enough myself yet to attest to that.
This was very helpful thank you so much Emilio! Btw I don’t know if you do any coloring on your illustrations/drawings but, it would be really helpful if you could make a little basic guide to coloring, kind of like how to do simple shading or how to color drawings in a simple way, something like that. Anyways thank you as always and take care!!🙏👍
How to study anatomy tho I learn the basic shapes and allat but Idk how to study it in a more efficient way do you recommend books and if you recommend what art books you find good for learning anatomy and also love your art keep going
My favorite books of all time are the MastersofAnatomy books that you can find at MastersofAnatomy.com. This video was based on the way I learned how to draw anatomy by drawing the references in those books. A good anatomy book, imo is "Classic Human Anatomy" by Valerie L. Winslow. I referred to it a few times when making videos!
You should start by gesture drawing. Check Glen vilppu's drawing manual for drawing figures. At first the people will be noodly, but with more and more drawings you'll start to pick up key landmarks of the human body. If you prefer vids, check out proko
“Don’t just look at it DRAW IT!” my quote to developing visual library
A fine quote. ☝️
I really like your approach. I teach art in France, and my students don’t even have the reflex to look for a reference to draw from. They think it's a gift, a talent, something innate. Worse, they believe copying is cheating, and I have to use all sorts of tricks to make them understand the necessity of using references. Similarly, they prefer to spend hours adding shadows and details (usually poorly done, adding nothing to the drawing-sometimes even making it look awful). Your video, through practice, shows the behind-the-scenes of a creative process. I realize this is the method I use, but without ever being aware of it or explicitly showing it to them.
Keep it up; it's refreshing to see a TH-camr doing more than just 'draw a human body in 5 minutes!' The reality is that it takes time. I was also wondering if changing the perspective on the reference each time might be even better? Have you ever tried that approach?
Thanks for your work and for sharing your experience!
One of my teachers once said
"Don't get too attached to a single drawing.
You learn more from ten ok ones then a perfect one"
What I've been doing recently for things I'm somewhat familiar with is only briefly looking at the reference then fill in the gaps with my current knowledge. Then I look at the reference again to isolate all of the differences and correct the drawing. After that, I make my own drawing incorporating what I just learned.
This is the best video on learning any skills.
U're not here to learn it intellectually, u're here to train ur muscle memory. It is like when u learn any language when u were a kid.
mm you have good memory, love the gator looks so cartoony
Loool, thaanks!
Had bad drawing sessions tonight and last night, because the perfectionism got into me and I spent both sessions getting frustrated. I needed this video, thanks!
My god, this sounds like a perfect idea for all my art book resources I've collected over time. Particularly the advice to just draw enough for YOU, and not to just copy everything at once. I can probably finally use Bridgman books.
I would argue that drawing the same thing over and over again, the benefit isn't necessarily that you only gain muscle memory, but instead as you draw the same subject from reference over and over again you start to observe a little more each time, I think the emphasis on observation is superbly more important than pure muscle memory, because in my experience i could draw the same subject a bunch of times but i wont truly get to draw it from imagination from anysitation or angle unless I observe and analyze each one of those multiple drawings. When you draw from reference your not copying line for line, that's a printer does, but your copying for the sake of observation and understanding
我的类似理解是：大量观察和动手画想学习某一结构的参考图→从中总结出简化立体结构的规律→多角度默写此结构，检验规律的可行性→发现现有规律的不足→针对此有疑惑的规律部分去有针对性地找参考图继续总结新规律，以此循环学习。需要注意的是：①动脑思考必须贯穿整个练习过程，动脑才算有效练习。②不要懒或羞愧于找参考图这件事。③每次练习只专注于一点，比如手的结构、脚的结构、色彩搭配等方面其中一点就可以了，贪心想一次试图全练习反而效果不好。④参考图不要挑花了眼，要找现阶段对于自己来说最适合的图（即练习目标在参考图上明显、全面，且不会分不清结构，最好能找到有不清楚怎么画的地方〉比如练习人体就不要找衣服过多看不清人体走向的参考图。⑤在锻炼结构简化能力之前，最好了解下透视规律，不用深入死记硬背透视知识，大概知道透视方向趋势、可以画出不明显违反透视规律的正方体圆柱体的程度就可以了，这有助于帮助我们分析复杂一点的结构多角度变换下的位置和形态。
My similar understanding is as follows: I want to learn a reference diagram of a certain structure by observing and drawing a lot of drawings → summarize the law of simplified three-dimensional structure from it → write the structure in multiple angles to test the feasibility of the law → find the shortcomings of the existing law → find the reference diagram for the puzzling part of the law and continue to summarize the new law, so as to learn the cycle. It should be noted that: ① brain thinking must run through the entire practice process, brain practice is effective. ② Don't be lazy or ashamed of looking for references. Each practice only focus on one point, such as the structure of the hand, the structure of the foot, color matching, etc., one of the points is OK, greedy to try to practice all the time but the effect is not good. Do not cross the eyes of the reference figure, to find the most suitable figure for yourself at this stage (that is, the practice goal is obvious and comprehensive on the reference figure, and will not distinguish the structure, it is best to find a place where it is not clear how to draw), such as the practice of the human body, do not find clothes too much to see the reference figure of the human body. ⑤ Before training the structure simplification ability, it is best to understand the perspective law, without in-depth rote perspective knowledge, roughly know the perspective direction trend, can draw the degree of the cube cylinder that does not obviously violate the perspective law, which helps us to analyze the position and shape of a complex structure under multi-angle transformation.
Perhaps a video on how you visualize your art as you draw?
I’ve been doing a deep dive on this recently, and I’ve noticed my drawing performance skyrockets when I try and ‘see’ the lines on the canvas before I draw them. However, other people, particularly ones with aphantasia, don’t even know that this is a technique that they can use. Not many art educators talk about how they use visualization and the exact inner workings of their mind, likely because that information is too specific to them and wouldn’t be applicable to others. However, I think some valuable insight could come from it anyways, especially for those who don’t realize how much effort they should really be putting into visualization as they draw
Could you explain this a bit more ? I have aphantasia and I cant visualize lines before I draw. I base it entirely on how it looks when I put it down
@ Yeah sure! So firstly, when I say I can ‘see’ the lines before I draw them, I don’t mean that in a literal sense. When I visualize things, they don’t appear in my physical vision. Instead, the visuals appear in sort of a separate ‘dimension’ as I’ve heard people call it. You’re basically seeing the visuals with a completely separate set of eyes, which is why some people refer to it as the ‘third eye’ or the ‘mind’s eye’.
Now this part is somewhat hard to explain, so I’ll do my best. When I try to ‘see’ my visuals on the canvas, I’m sort of making a replica of my physical vision in my mind’s eye. Then, in that replicated image, I overlay whatever I want to see. So, for example, I would overlay the lines for a box that I’m trying to draw. I then shift my attention to focus both on my physical vision and minds eye at the same time, which gives the illusion of ‘seeing’ the lines on the canvas (even though again my physical eyes are not seeing anything). I don’t think I’m unique in this, as I’ve seen artists like Kim Jung Gi explain the same thing. He says he ‘sees the form’ (eg a cylinder) of whatever he’s about to draw before he draws it, and I assume that means he’s seeing it on the canvas in the same way that I do
@@ness3963 Wild! I definitely lack this in every sense. Thanks for explaining.
@@ravaniacrescentia3643 You know, as I've done research on improving my own visualization, many of the sources I've come across have actually been targeted towards people with aphantasia.
Now you should definitely take these with a huge grain of salt, as I don't know if these people are being entirely truthful, or if they're just deluded. In my experience at least, some of the techniques and exercises they recommend have helped me visualize better.
For the first source, there's this youtube channel (can't post links in comments) called "
Research Center for Developing Consciousness". Weird name, but the guy behind it seems to be pretty normal. He has interviews with people who he claims went from pure aphantasia to being able to see images in their heads, but again take that with a grain of salt.
The other source I looked into was a subreddit r/cureAphantasia. This one definitely looks pretty insane and pseudo-sciencey from the outset. All the benefit that I managed to get from it come from the 'image streaming' posts made by the moderator of the sub. Image streaming is an exercise that supposedly improves your ability to visualize, but I haven't done it enough myself yet to attest to that.
Very nice bro, you’re my go to drawing channel these days.
Thanks for being here, man!
this was very useful thank you💖💖
This was very helpful thank you so much Emilio! Btw I don’t know if you do any coloring on your illustrations/drawings but, it would be really helpful if you could make a little basic guide to coloring, kind of like how to do simple shading or how to color drawings in a simple way, something like that. Anyways thank you as always and take care!!🙏👍
I could maybe try that out in the future! 🤔 I'll add it to my notes.
❤ Esto es oro
Thank you Mr. Miyagi
Croc
Odile.
Are we allowed to use your dynamic figure drawing book as reference for our comic and manga action poses?
Yes!
Whats references
How to study anatomy tho I learn the basic shapes and allat but Idk how to study it in a more efficient way do you recommend books and if you recommend what art books you find good for learning anatomy and also love your art keep going
My favorite books of all time are the MastersofAnatomy books that you can find at MastersofAnatomy.com.
This video was based on the way I learned how to draw anatomy by drawing the references in those books.
A good anatomy book, imo is "Classic Human Anatomy" by Valerie L. Winslow. I referred to it a few times when making videos!
You should start by gesture drawing. Check Glen vilppu's drawing manual for drawing figures.
At first the people will be noodly, but with more and more drawings you'll start to pick up key landmarks of the human body.
If you prefer vids, check out proko
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8:00 "Mr Miyagi agrees to teach Daniel kung fu"
Lmao.
please dont add bg music... mute music next plz..