I have seen artist be most successful two ways. 1. Scan a nice line drawing and float it above your rendering on multiply mode. 2. Scan it and redraw it in a program like Sketch Book Pro which has really nice thick to thin drawing tools. If you want constant line weight for each line then using paths in Photoshop would be the best.
Simple and effective teaching. Without background music or needless sentences or jokes that interrupt the focus. Thanks for the effort and clear teaching with wonderful sketches and designs. Classic.
Scott, I love the way you "explain" what you're doing with a drawing, and I like the way you write out some information regarding your drawing. I also like the variation of thickness with your line work. This is one that helps a drawing stand out.
This was so helpful to me!! I had noticed in my own art that things definitely looked better when I gave emphasis to where objects were intersecting and overlapping, but I didn't have a system for when to really darken more and why... Thanks for making this video!
Great the lines, I am finding that I like to see art, that does not hide the process and still have the roughs in there. Love the dialog of what you were thinking and why. Thank you.
You are the Leonardo davinci of technical perspective drawing (specifically for mech/scifi styles) thank you so much for these videos and for your books!
now that is interesting. I never quite knew how to go about line weight. just drew clean thin lines and wondered what was missing. shadows, colors, perspective, couldn't figure it out. and when I did try to do line weight on whatever, it didn't seem quite right either. but this right here gives me some ideas and insight on how to go about it. thank ya much!
Absolutely brilliant! Also enjoying your How to Draw book currently. Certainly very appreciated that you show these pieces of work and go through them in such depth.
Splendid demonstration and explanation! And THANK YOU for using the correct term "atmospheric perspective" as distinct from "aerial perspective" for the apparent lightening of forms as they recede into distance. Somewhere around the late 1980's, people started using the term "aerial" perspective incorrectly; To describe atmospheric effects. "Aerial" refers to anything in the air, but in Art, it specifically refers to the three-point perspective we see from any high vantage-point: atop a mountain, from an airplane or spacecraft, etc. Somewhere, some art student or magazine editor got the two terms confused. Now everybody uses the term "aerial" incorrectly. Even dictionaries and art glossaries now confuse the two terms. I know language evolves and I have seen it evolve numerous times during my life. But as a sixty-year-old who has been studying art most of his life, this particular misuse of "aerial" in place of "atmospheric" disturbs me. So it was a pleasure to see your excellent imaginative drawings, and doubly delightful to hear someone use the correct term, even if you did not clarify the difference between them. If more art teachers make it a point to distinguish between aerial and atmospheric perspective, then this point will not vanish! (get it?)
I hate drawing mechs but after watching your videos, I realized how beautiful and interesting it is. Thanks so much for sharing your passion. You are very inspiring.
What an incredible exercise! Honestly I find the process of going through the scroll and seeing how you worked out details and expanded on the concept more interesting than the discussion about line weight.
Keyword: atmospheric perspective! Thank you. Started to take this drawing thing more studiously and your channel is full of life and academic experience tips.
Wow! My jaw is on the floor at your level of draftsmanship! On a roll of brown newspaper no less! So amazing! I will definitely be subscribing to your gumroad tutorials! Thanks for uploading 😊
Hi Scott, I base the weight of my lines primarily on light and shadow. Whatever line is closest to the light source gets the thinnest line and whatever gets the least light gets the heavy line. Of course I thin ALL of the lines out as the object gets farther away but I still maintain that rule of dark=thick, bright=thin. Thanks for the priceless tut's!!
Practice drawing from the elbow and not the wrist. Something I am doing is filling a page with vertical and horizontal lines that vary in weight and thickness; so it looks like graph paper. Then fill each empty square with ellipses or circles. Do this once a day or more and you will gain lots of line control.
Finally a good explanation of how to use line weight! Scott, if you consider doing more basic tutorials like these, that would be greatly appreciated. Amazing. Thank you.
fantastic vid. I have been doing similar line weight for a while now but I realized while watching this that I have been getting more and more into thickly outlining the whole "item" which leads to the drawing looking too cartoon like. I am deff hoing to try to steer away from that. loved these drawings and your linework is so very captivating. thsnk you for sharing this with us.
Excellent video! I'm currently taking basic drawing at a community college, and we learned the basic hierarchy of line weight just a few weeks ago: distance, tension, and light/dark areas. Before that my work didn't really have any line weight, at least not applied with knowledge of how and why artists use it. The difference it makes is amazing, drawing in line becomes so much more fun.
Before this video, I have absolutely zero concepts of line weight, and this video just improved my sketching skills by 1% instantly, gotta practice more to get the next 99%. Thank you so much for this making us better at sketching.
Cool video scott, i was thinking about line weight the other day and i really had nothing to sketch with that would help do it on the fly so i had a look around and found pilots parallel pen so i am going to give that a try when it comes.
Great Video! Still looking forward to your books. I have had them on pre-order for almost a year now. But, I don't mind waiting, I know you are doing your best to make it the highest quality. I think we can all appreciate your efforts in putting it together and also giving us these free tutorial Fridays! Thank you.
Awesome tutorial! I'm a beginner to drawing, but loved this approach to understanding line weight...I really like unique approaches to tutorials.... It makes them all the more interesting. Great job!
Fantastic lecture! I've absorbed every second of it and I thank you for taking your time to do this video, I shall apply this knowledge to my work from now on!
Thank you for the advice on line weight pertaining to overlapping and atmospheric perspective. I was sceptical about the overlapping part, but it works
You made it 1996... No TH-cam, no stupid sites, no pressure nor jealousy. Just you, your pen, paper, desk and imagination. And you feel like badass king, thinking you're the best in the world when you create something yours, unique. I felt the same way until I got internet and discovered everyone can be an "artist" using easy tools on PC... World sucks and I'm sad about that. And you Scott, I want you to show me all the secrets of being Master in the world of art. I want to learn from the best!
Really informative, I feel like I learned a lot! And now that I know what to look for, I really love these drawings and all the thought and design that goes into them. Thanks!
Awesome... love these... The principle reminds me of those infographics you see, where the outer stroke weight is thicker than the details... very interesting. Thanks again Scott.
That arrow pointing to the right that u drew was close to perfect. Thanks for sharing and making this video.👍 All the detailed information definitely opened my eyes, now i know what im doing wrong with my drawings and how to fix it. 👏👏👏👍✌️
Literally on a roll. Like Kerouac. Or a pad of butter. But more to the point... your line work reminds me of some of Studio Ghiblis stuff, like Porco Roso or Nausica. But I can say fairly confidently that this is the first time I’ve ever seen anyone link the weight dynamic to *atmospheric* perspective. Distance, sure. As a factor of standard 1-3 pt perspective. But not ‘sfumato’. Brilliant. Just when you think you’ve heard it all.
Thank you so much sir, for your informative video about line weight! It is so much easier to understand as compared to when I was taking a drawing class a couple of years ago.. Your 20+ minute video explained so much more and so in depth!! Made me wonder sometimes, why I spent a year in a design school but ended up with less insights than your free videos and your "How to Draw" book.
Wonderful sketches and design process. I will be using this as inspiration and reference for my clases. Scott R. among the best of the best outthere! thank you!
This is a delightful lecture! Such a difficult subject and i really liked your approach on it. My linework is pretty haphazard, but now I really feel i've learned something - and now onto practice! Thank you!
Above and beyond the obvious instructions, this posting informs in ways you may not have even intended. Thank you for sharing; Very inspiring because of the terminologies you clearly explain. I love the rolled paper idea! Nice to see "Old School" in the age of Photoshop and Zbrush Cheers! Off I go to try a few new tricks.
Art School and University. However you can learn how to draw like this too (without Art school) He have a book: How to draw (and How to Render) You can start with these and learn private. If you like it join an Art-School or completly learn by yourself. With Books, Tutorials and online classes
Great Video. I really have to try the scroll thing. But without a doubt this will surely improve the way I approach line with classical drawing. Thank for sharing my friend.
Treasure, nice to see piece of works/art that's preserved. Interested also on the background,history of your design, inspirations etc. Thanks for uploading and sharing, I'll check on your other vids some other time!
I feel like the sheets you use are different than a normal white A4 sheets, it looks more dense but at the same time quite sleek. 11:50 I like the arm bone inspired (ulna & radius) extension arm you did there ,very cool!
Hey Scott. Great video. I just have a question regarding the perspective "tick marks" you do in most of your sketches. Drawing perspective through imagination would be natural to you after all these years of experience you have, but as a beginner, what were the steps you took to get your perspective accurate? Did you use perspective grid line guides etc? What are your thoughts for a beginner in perspective art?THANKS, your videos are very helpful Scott. :)
Correct, those tick marks are the reference points the guidelines would create if drawn out completely. Basically I'm visualizing the guideline and them putting down the tick mark. When starting out just lightly draw the entire guideline for reference, the more you draw the more you can start to leave out.
I have seen artist be most successful two ways. 1. Scan a nice line drawing and float it above your rendering on multiply mode. 2. Scan it and redraw it in a program like Sketch Book Pro which has really nice thick to thin drawing tools. If you want constant line weight for each line then using paths in Photoshop would be the best.
Simple and effective teaching. Without background music or needless sentences or jokes that interrupt the focus. Thanks for the effort and clear teaching with wonderful sketches and designs. Classic.
Holy shit an actually useful art instructor on youtube
What about jazza?
@Lucca Thiago thats illegal lol
@@thorsart5842he’s trash, both as an artist and a teacher
No, I was into a bunch of graphic novels at the time but I cannot remember now who the artists were. It was 17 years ago after all.
Aside from being informative, that was very pleasant to watch. Thanks.
Scott, I love the way you "explain" what you're doing with a drawing, and I like the way you write out some information regarding your drawing. I also like the variation of thickness with your line work. This is one that helps a drawing stand out.
you're an excellent teacher, Scott! Like Feng Zhu, the information is easy to digest and flows consistently. Thank you!
This was so helpful to me!! I had noticed in my own art that things definitely looked better when I gave emphasis to where objects were intersecting and overlapping, but I didn't have a system for when to really darken more and why... Thanks for making this video!
Great the lines, I am finding that I like to see art, that does not hide the process and still have the roughs in there. Love the dialog of what you were thinking and why. Thank you.
You are the Leonardo davinci of technical perspective drawing (specifically for mech/scifi styles) thank you so much for these videos and for your books!
Fantastic Video. I bought your book "How to draw.." last month and definitely one of my favourite books ever. Would recommend anyone.
Great traditional tips.
Im not a digital artist so these are much appreciated.
Thank you Scott! This was the first proper tutorial of line weigh usage in design I have seen. It was very helpful!
now that is interesting. I never quite knew how to go about line weight. just drew clean thin lines and wondered what was missing. shadows, colors, perspective, couldn't figure it out. and when I did try to do line weight on whatever, it didn't seem quite right either.
but this right here gives me some ideas and insight on how to go about it.
thank ya much!
Absolutely brilliant! Also enjoying your How to Draw book currently. Certainly very appreciated that you show these pieces of work and go through them in such depth.
Splendid demonstration and explanation!
And THANK YOU for using the correct term "atmospheric perspective" as distinct from "aerial perspective" for the apparent lightening of forms as they recede into distance.
Somewhere around the late 1980's, people started using the term "aerial" perspective incorrectly; To describe atmospheric effects.
"Aerial" refers to anything in the air, but in Art, it specifically refers to the three-point perspective we see from any high vantage-point: atop a mountain, from an airplane or spacecraft, etc.
Somewhere, some art student or magazine editor got the two terms confused. Now everybody uses the term "aerial" incorrectly. Even dictionaries and art glossaries now confuse the two terms.
I know language evolves and I have seen it evolve numerous times during my life.
But as a sixty-year-old who has been studying art most of his life, this particular misuse of "aerial" in place of "atmospheric" disturbs me.
So it was a pleasure to see your excellent imaginative drawings, and doubly delightful to hear someone use the correct term, even if you did not clarify the difference between them.
If more art teachers make it a point to distinguish between aerial and atmospheric perspective, then this point will not vanish!
(get it?)
I'll try to make a point of defining both in my next book, How to Render.
I hate drawing mechs but after watching your videos, I realized how beautiful and interesting it is. Thanks so much for sharing your passion. You are very inspiring.
omg this is so satisfying to watch, line weight is really just so nice to look at
What an incredible exercise! Honestly I find the process of going through the scroll and seeing how you worked out details and expanded on the concept more interesting than the discussion about line weight.
Line weight is so freaking important it's crazy. Great video . I needed this for Traditional AND photoshop
Keyword: atmospheric perspective! Thank you. Started to take this drawing thing more studiously and your channel is full of life and academic experience tips.
DaVinci called it.... mmm. “Sphfumato”? “Sfumato”?
Purple mountains’ majesty. Right?
Wow! My jaw is on the floor at your level of draftsmanship! On a roll of brown newspaper no less! So amazing! I will definitely be subscribing to your gumroad tutorials! Thanks for uploading 😊
Hi Scott, I base the weight of my lines primarily on light and shadow. Whatever line is closest to the light source gets the thinnest line and whatever gets the least light gets the heavy line. Of course I thin ALL of the lines out as the object gets farther away but I still maintain that rule of dark=thick, bright=thin. Thanks for the priceless tut's!!
Practice drawing from the elbow and not the wrist. Something I am doing is filling a page with vertical and horizontal lines that vary in weight and thickness; so it looks like graph paper. Then fill each empty square with ellipses or circles. Do this once a day or more and you will gain lots of line control.
As a 2d artist this helps me so much! I didn't even thought about this, but somehow helped! Thank you so much!
Not drawn in alot of years been reading your how to draw book. Learned more form that than 3 years at college its fab!!
i liked this 5 minutes in because ive already learned more than in the past 3 years of school
Finally a good explanation of how to use line weight! Scott, if you consider doing more basic tutorials like these, that would be greatly appreciated. Amazing. Thank you.
These drawings remind me of the detailed yet cartooned designs for the game "Advanced Wars". They're so believable and imaginative.
fantastic vid. I have been doing similar line weight for a while now but I realized while watching this that I have been getting more and more into thickly outlining the whole "item" which leads to the drawing looking too cartoon like. I am deff hoing to try to steer away from that. loved these drawings and your linework is so very captivating. thsnk you for sharing this with us.
I'm currently reading your book and can't believe I just ran into the author on TH-cam . Huge surprise.!
Excellent video! I'm currently taking basic drawing at a community college, and we learned the basic hierarchy of line weight just a few weeks ago: distance, tension, and light/dark areas. Before that my work didn't really have any line weight, at least not applied with knowledge of how and why artists use it. The difference it makes is amazing, drawing in line becomes so much more fun.
Fantastic discussion on an often overlooked topic. Great insights and beautiful illustrations, many thanks!
IKR!, its incredible how straight his lines are!.
Before this video, I have absolutely zero concepts of line weight, and this video just improved my sketching skills by 1% instantly, gotta practice more to get the next 99%. Thank you so much for this making us better at sketching.
Excellent tips. Beautiful drawings. I love the colour of the newsprint.
Cool video scott, i was thinking about line weight the other day and i really had nothing to sketch with that would help do it on the fly so i had a look around and found pilots parallel pen so i am going to give that a try when it comes.
This week's FTF was so helpful! Thanks so much for showing us the sketches. I love the line drawing.
Wow, im impressed by the amount of work you put there. Three days is... wow.
I'm studying transport design and your work is always such an inspiration. Thank you!
Tranks for your quick feedback Scott!
Beautiful line weight makes my eyes glow
Great Video! Still looking forward to your books. I have had them on pre-order for almost a year now. But, I don't mind waiting, I know you are doing your best to make it the highest quality. I think we can all appreciate your efforts in putting it together and also giving us these free tutorial Fridays! Thank you.
Fantastic drawings, clean and artistic. Bravo.
Thank you for such a great tutorial. Overlaps are really powerfull
Awesome tutorial! I'm a beginner to drawing, but loved this approach to understanding line weight...I really like unique approaches to tutorials....
It makes them all the more interesting. Great job!
I need to buy your books. It seems with every video you make me feel more and more like I'm stealing invaluable information. Awesome video!!
I've been searching for a good tutorial on this very subject for a while now. Thanks a lot as always!
The look of the line weight variations he is using remind me of Calvin and Hobbes. I absolutely loved Bill Watterson's style.
Fantastic lecture! I've absorbed every second of it and I thank you for taking your time to do this video, I shall apply this knowledge to my work from now on!
Thank you for the advice on line weight pertaining to overlapping and atmospheric perspective. I was sceptical about the overlapping part, but it works
RIDICULOUSLY helpful.
Love the backgrounds, they give a nice context to your awesome machinery, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your work sir. Watching your tutorials are always good learning experiences. You are a true master of your craft.
You can just make an art book out of this roll! I'd buy it! Nice art, Scott!
You made it 1996... No TH-cam, no stupid sites, no pressure nor jealousy. Just you, your pen, paper, desk and imagination. And you feel like badass king, thinking you're the best in the world when you create something yours, unique. I felt the same way until I got internet and discovered everyone can be an "artist" using easy tools on PC... World sucks and I'm sad about that. And you Scott, I want you to show me all the secrets of being Master in the world of art. I want to learn from the best!
Really informative, I feel like I learned a lot! And now that I know what to look for, I really love these drawings and all the thought and design that goes into them. Thanks!
What a great video I love how you define the line weight thanks for sharing your talent with us
Awesome... love these... The principle reminds me of those infographics you see, where the outer stroke weight is thicker than the details... very interesting. Thanks again Scott.
That arrow pointing to the right that u drew was close to perfect. Thanks for sharing and making this video.👍 All the detailed information definitely opened my eyes, now i know what im doing wrong with my drawings and how to fix it. 👏👏👏👍✌️
Literally on a roll.
Like Kerouac. Or a pad of butter.
But more to the point... your line work reminds me of some of Studio Ghiblis stuff, like Porco Roso or Nausica. But I can say fairly confidently that this is the first time I’ve ever seen anyone link the weight dynamic to *atmospheric* perspective. Distance, sure. As a factor of standard 1-3 pt perspective. But not ‘sfumato’. Brilliant.
Just when you think you’ve heard it all.
Thank you so much sir, for your informative video about line weight! It is so much easier to understand as compared to when I was taking a drawing class a couple of years ago.. Your 20+ minute video explained so much more and so in depth!! Made me wonder sometimes, why I spent a year in a design school but ended up with less insights than your free videos and your "How to Draw" book.
You're welcome. Thanks for the support via buying a copy of How To Draw.
Done. I bought both of your books. Thanks for sharing your process.
Thankyou for going over these drawings and sharing your retrospective insight and commentary on them. Really inspiring. Subscribed!
wow!! in the first 7 minutes I got the answer to several questions about this Technic, that I had for several years.
Wonderful sketches and design process. I will be using this as inspiration and reference for my clases. Scott R. among the best of the best outthere! thank you!
Absolutely stellar video. Very clear explanations of line-weight.
This is a delightful lecture! Such a difficult subject and i really liked your approach on it. My linework is pretty haphazard, but now I really feel i've learned something - and now onto practice! Thank you!
Above and beyond the obvious instructions, this posting informs in ways you may not have even intended. Thank you for sharing; Very inspiring because of the terminologies you clearly explain. I love the rolled paper idea! Nice to see "Old School" in the age of Photoshop and Zbrush Cheers! Off I go to try a few new tricks.
Thanks!
Art School and University.
However you can learn how to draw like this too (without Art school)
He have a book: How to draw (and How to Render)
You can start with these and learn private. If you like it join an Art-School or completly learn by yourself.
With Books, Tutorials and online classes
Great Video. I really have to try the scroll thing. But without a doubt this will surely improve the way I approach line with classical drawing. Thank for sharing my friend.
Treasure, nice to see piece of works/art that's preserved.
Interested also on the background,history of your design, inspirations etc.
Thanks for uploading and sharing, I'll check on your other vids some other time!
Thanks Mr. Robertson. you rock!
"dont leave walnuts on your desk while you are sketching - you just never know!" classic.
Thanks for these tutorials Scott - super informative
wow... nice stuff, also your line drawing is so smooth, it pleases the eye to look at it !
Very good video. Clear and descriptive. Thanks for indicating the reasons behind the decisions you took. You have a new subscriber!
So very cool (and educational!) to watch this sequence.
I feel like the sheets you use are different than a normal white A4 sheets, it looks more dense but at the same time quite sleek.
11:50 I like the arm bone inspired (ulna & radius) extension arm you did there ,very cool!
such a cool drawing style, also those flying machines! So inspirational!!
awesome blend of organic n mechanical design
My god. Where Kin jung gi decided to have a built in grid. This dude has created a built in ruler.
I like your teaching techniques, it was a tough decision between food and your book, who needs to eat anyway. Well, I'm off to get your book, Blast.
Thank you for this amazingly insightful video! I feel like line weight is an integral challenge for me, and that this lesson will help me overcome it!
Wish I learned about lineweight in Art Fundamentals other then gluing wings to shoes :(
What!?
I think he's probably highlighting how shit art classes generally are now.
That's how they get you.
Exactly! Basically all art schools in my country are like this -.-
A really very informative video, I got a lot from that. Thanks. I really love your style as well.
it flies.... it skies... it's got treads on it... you had me convinced there; i'll buy one
Great understanding of perspective. ..luv ur work..
Love the design at @ 9.45
Hey Scott. Great video. I just have a question regarding the perspective "tick marks" you do in most of your sketches. Drawing perspective through imagination would be natural to you after all these years of experience you have, but as a beginner, what were the steps you took to get your perspective accurate? Did you use perspective grid line guides etc? What are your thoughts for a beginner in perspective art?THANKS, your videos are very helpful Scott. :)
Correct, those tick marks are the reference points the guidelines would create if drawn out completely. Basically I'm visualizing the guideline and them putting down the tick mark. When starting out just lightly draw the entire guideline for reference, the more you draw the more you can start to leave out.
Ohh
Wow....the perspective of the machine and the bg looks awesome, do you have any tutorials about it?
your work must be amazing once done
Scott, what kind of pencil are you using?
Those sketches are awesome.
Thanks for this entertaining tutorials
18 years ago, and that good already :o Very inspiring drawings
EXCELLENT video. Super helpful. Thanks!
This is brilliant stuff; makes me want to pick up my pencil & pens.
This is some great piece of artwork nice job 🔥🔥🔥🔥
your perspective game is strong in this one
awesome!
i am buying all your books! cant wait for the new releases.
How do you feel looking back to old drawings such as these?
a helpful video. Helped me a lot. Thanks
Looking forward to your books. If you explain things half as good... Preordered!
that's incredible. outstanding work
Very helpful video, Thank you so much