6 Steps to Draw Anything

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
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    Antonio Stappaerts is a professional concept artist and teacher. In this video, he’ll detail his six steps on how you can learn to draw anything and provide you with a better understanding of form, design, and structure. You’ll learn how to break down complex subjects into simple shapes, the importance of shape design, and get some valuable tips on manipulating basic shapes to make them more dynamic and interesting. If you’ve been trying to draw the world around you (or from imagination) and your artwork is not living up to your expectations, then this lesson will really help you out.
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Комментарии • 1,7 тыс.

  • @ProkoTV
    @ProkoTV  3 года назад +854

    Continue learning these concepts from Antonio by taking his exclusive drawing course on Proko - www.proko.com/course/designing-dragons/overview 👈

    • @binarycolors1738
      @binarycolors1738 3 года назад +6

      👍👍

    • @jamessayer1309
      @jamessayer1309 3 года назад +3

      Yes, thanks for this lesson Antonio. Still having a slight issue with his choice of referring to 'forms' as 'shapes'. @ 4:15, he is discussing "shape" manipulation, but a cylinder is not a shape, it's a form. Correct me if I'm wrong.

    • @surajkumhar8769
      @surajkumhar8769 3 года назад +2

      Love this video

    • @puneetsandhu9999
      @puneetsandhu9999 3 года назад +2

      Brilliant insights, thanks Proko and Antonio

    • @puneetsandhu9999
      @puneetsandhu9999 3 года назад +1

      @Mekhi Tyler hi, I’m not familiar with flixzone. Is this a feature on an app? 😊 thanks

  • @daftcruz
    @daftcruz 3 года назад +2266

    "I hope this is a little bit useful"
    Dude this is one of the best videos I've ever seen.

  • @ithinklikeawesome
    @ithinklikeawesome 3 года назад +6750

    "If you can't make a simple box interesting, why bother trying make complex shapes interesting?" That is mind blowing as to how simple but power that is.

    • @swisdom9117
      @swisdom9117 3 года назад +32

      right?

    • @cmcn1434
      @cmcn1434 3 года назад +29

      Right?! 🤯

    • @UzairKhan-qd3xu
      @UzairKhan-qd3xu 3 года назад +203

      this simple lesson i learnt early on is a really big one!
      which is "complexity is system of simplicities", i.e every complex entity has a lot of interconnected systems that are simple in nature!

    • @swisdom9117
      @swisdom9117 3 года назад +61

      @@UzairKhan-qd3xu same. I break down the human body into cylinders and circles now and now I basically graduated anatomy academy level 1

    • @blackthorn2691
      @blackthorn2691 3 года назад +47

      @@az8039 I’m slightly jealous lol, I wish I had this perspective when I first started out, would’ve made things a LOT simpler for me now. I just found this channel yesterday and it’s already totally reinvented how I approach art

  • @ouijinn
    @ouijinn 2 года назад +1409

    Finally, after a literal life-time of seeking answers. I'm only 7 minutes in and already "better". No one has ever once told me to "play with/manipulate" shapes, it's always "observe and identify the shapes" "just draw" "mileage bro". You deserve many accolades for this lesson. Thank you!

    • @pivotalpancake5454
      @pivotalpancake5454 2 года назад +35

      Yo! Same. I get the shape manipulation advice kinda rarely, and the most notable place I can remember hearing it from is this channel.

    • @raheemcamal998
      @raheemcamal998 2 года назад +1

      Facts

    • @tyrant351
      @tyrant351 Год назад +24

      LITERALLY. Drawing 1 is just “okay draw by observation”
      “dont use lines use values”
      like holy shit if i could’ve just learned with basic shapes first and how those shapes are adjusted first, if I could’ve learned with mannequins or something first- i would be so much more developed!!!! they just want you to draw fucking still lifes or portraits out of the gate !

    • @krsmanjovanovic8607
      @krsmanjovanovic8607 Год назад +16

      @@tyrant351 for me playing with forms in perspective is what did it for me, I finnaly remmember why it was much easier for me to study and retain knowledge of chair that to study computer case, like chair was always changing position and orientation as it was being used so every new study actualy made me engage it with full focus and consideration for all of its elements, while computer case was always in the same position, I started loosing sanity for weeks just repeating that study until my brain gave up and stoped thinking, my arm was just repeating movement with no tought whatsoever, so do yourself a favor and always mix up your study subject a bit every time!

    • @Bree0918
      @Bree0918 Год назад +1

      I’m

  • @oshmantounkara7642
    @oshmantounkara7642 Год назад +262

    Note to self
    2:10
    2:27 structulisation
    4:00 manipulation
    5:05 squish stretch
    5:34 manipulate contours
    8:10 manipulation of edges
    10:39 observation
    14:15 education
    17:00 imitation
    18:34 imagination

  • @burgerbun2207
    @burgerbun2207 3 года назад +1654

    Step 1 - Structuralization --- 2:27
    Step 2 - Manipulation -------- 4:05
    Step 3 - Observation ---------- 10:39
    Step 4 - Education ------------- 14:19
    Step 5 - Imitation --------------- 17:01
    Step 6 - Imagination -----------18:37

    • @Dark_Mishra
      @Dark_Mishra 2 года назад +26

      Thanks! Makes a video with a list, but doesn’t include time stamps. What don’t uploaders get about adding such a simple thing to their description?

    • @GingeryGinger
      @GingeryGinger 2 года назад +33

      @@Dark_Mishra because the video wasn’t formatted that way..? You’ll miss a lot of information by skimming.

    • @Hamstar
      @Hamstar 2 года назад +58

      @@GingeryGinger it helps when you need to go back and look at a specific part after having watched it already.

    • @dankcraft7386
      @dankcraft7386 2 года назад +3

      i don’t support manipulation

    • @dankcraft7386
      @dankcraft7386 2 года назад +2

      jk being sarcastic

  • @thirdwordbird3011
    @thirdwordbird3011 3 года назад +1409

    I feel like this is what I've been missing in my lessons

    • @earth355
      @earth355 3 года назад +7

      I can assure you it's not . You might comment the same thing in the next video

    • @thirdwordbird3011
      @thirdwordbird3011 3 года назад +108

      @@earth355 I dunno the fundamentals of structure being simplified like this is something I've been searching for, for a long while.

    • @casualdreamer8543
      @casualdreamer8543 3 года назад +3

      Same!

    • @xusux
      @xusux 3 года назад +1

      Yeah

    • @ajluke4750
      @ajluke4750 3 года назад +1

      Yeah me to

  • @iwandejongh8962
    @iwandejongh8962 2 года назад +295

    Honestly, why is art at school not taught this way?! This was an unbelievable tutorial / discussion / lesson! Thank you Antonio!

    • @Z0sHu
      @Z0sHu 6 месяцев назад +2

      becouse whole art is hard to study its more than here, OFC here is good things for beginers, but more u move in to the forest, more trees :DD color theory, composition, story telling, perspective... ETC :D

  • @zianawind2970
    @zianawind2970 Год назад +93

    This is the first time I can SEE how structuring pieces of a cilinder can give me a horn or a dragons neck.
    It was hearing it from someone that really does it daily that made it click for me (and the awesome art examples on the video when talking about structure) thanks a lot I’m totally going to put it into practice

    • @aaronbrawlstars
      @aaronbrawlstars Год назад +8

      Yessss just seeing that alone blew my mind, I think just from that it made me a better artist

    • @TheFredmac
      @TheFredmac Год назад +9

      I have heard the importance of simple shapes for years. The Rams horn really... illustrated the point.

    • @Ithoughthewasnigh
      @Ithoughthewasnigh 5 месяцев назад

      @@TheFredmac wdym

  • @podo_opo4
    @podo_opo4 3 года назад +1536

    Antonio: I hope this video was at least a little bit useful-
    Me, whose whole career will probably be forever impacted by this video: *intense clapping and crying*

    • @punkseth1
      @punkseth1 3 года назад +16

      Will you make more drawing videos

    • @podo_opo4
      @podo_opo4 3 года назад +29

      @@punkseth1 Me? Eventually. Right now things are rough art-wise, so it's quite difficult. It's really fun though, so I definetely will make more someday!

    • @dewchamp5716
      @dewchamp5716 2 года назад +4

      Just what I thought after watching the video :D

    • @PoopManBoxMan
      @PoopManBoxMan 2 года назад

      NOSSH!?! :::OOOO

    • @podo_opo4
      @podo_opo4 2 года назад +2

      @@PoopManBoxMan Yoooo!!!

  • @Alleellaa
    @Alleellaa 3 года назад +2758

    This is the first time I actually understood WHY drawing the foundational shapes is so important/useful. I've never been motivated to practice by drawing boxes and cylinders, and I've heard it a _million times_ - in drawing foundations class, hundreds of art videos, books, etc.-and I *never* took the advice.
    I just didn't understand it. I'm like, "ok a circle and some shadows... great, did that, let's move on" and when I DID move on, IT NEVER WORKED THE WAY I WANTED IT TO. And now I see that I was missing the whole point.
    Anyway I'm trying to say: THANK YOU.
    THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME IN A WAY THAT I CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND AND UTILIZE IN MY OWN PRACTICE.
    To ensure your time into this video was well-spent, I will get off RUclips and practice right now.
    Again, thank you. You're a really fantastic teacher and I'm grateful to have found this knowledge today. Bye!!

    • @phattyvonkyuss3786
      @phattyvonkyuss3786 2 года назад +126

      So well put. It has frustrated me forever, being told to do these exercises, but not why. This video is a massive light bulb!

    • @salti3155
      @salti3155 2 года назад +49

      Well said, he really made it so easy to understand and still got the point across!

    • @josequins9099
      @josequins9099 2 года назад +61

      Me too. I could never grasp how we got from the simple shapes to the next step when you have proper shape and contour. Holy sh1t, I think we just leveled up.

    • @fossforever512
      @fossforever512 2 года назад +11

      How did the practice go? Curious if it helped a lot, I assume it did

    • @user-mh2fq2lv9f
      @user-mh2fq2lv9f 2 года назад +28

      Same! I can't do anything if I don't know why i'm doing that, so I've always avoided drawing foundational shapes.

  • @jaffasholva7738
    @jaffasholva7738 Год назад +313

    Very helpful stuff. I've been drawing for over 20 years without much progress. People tell me i'm good because i can copy something pretty well. Now that i'm really learning the basics, my drawings have improved so much. Did a course a while ago about light and shadow because i want to learn digital art and my very first pencil drawing was so much better than ever before, i was really surprised by it. Don't be stubborn, folks. Listen to the teachers. This stuff takes a lot of time and you will be wasting it by taking shortcuts.

    • @artpromo.
      @artpromo. Год назад +13

      We are glad to hear that you're finding the information helpful and that your drawings have improved as a result! It can be frustrating to feel like you're not making progress, but it's important to remember that learning and improving take time and practice. It sounds like you're on the right track by taking courses and focusing on the basics. Remember to be patient with yourself and keep at it - the more you practice, the more you'll improve. And it's great that you're taking the time to learn about light and shadow - these are important concepts in art that can greatly improve the realism and depth of your work. Keep up the good work!

    • @chrisb7398
      @chrisb7398 Год назад +2

      Jaffa kree!

    • @jaffasholva7738
      @jaffasholva7738 Год назад +2

      @@chrisb7398 Kree, jaffa! lol

    • @MerC_prodxy
      @MerC_prodxy Год назад

      I am the same as you literally, I can copy something pretty well, am too learning the basics and I do to want to lean digital art. My pencils arts have a lil improvement from these vids.

    • @naomimccowen2720
      @naomimccowen2720 Год назад

      I'm so stubborn. I love portrait drawing. I have been doing it for fun for 4 years. I just started looking up using shapes to draw portions

  • @AnaMC1
    @AnaMC1 2 года назад +269

    I’ve taken art classes before and almost all of them had me drawing cylinders, balls, and boxes but I don’t remember any of te teachers ever taking the time to explain in detail like this guy has.

  • @didapaxaf3902
    @didapaxaf3902 3 года назад +589

    I'm a pro artist. And this is the most useful tutorial i've ever seen. 11/10.

  • @AdamDuffArt
    @AdamDuffArt 3 года назад +942

    Another gem Antonio - just keep that train running.
    Proko - a big thank you for supporting a very important artist

    • @khomicsans900
      @khomicsans900 3 года назад +7

      Hi Adam. Love your channel

    • @jonuhh_
      @jonuhh_ 3 года назад +5

      Is that Adam Duff from fortnite?

    • @matijavuk2857
      @matijavuk2857 3 года назад +3

      yea, amazing analytical mind and an artist combined gives great results :) great guy

  • @ethanleewriting
    @ethanleewriting Год назад +76

    This is, hands down, one of the most helpful art tutorials I've ever seen. If someone asked me for videos on art and I could only recommend one, it would be this one.

    • @ArtWod
      @ArtWod Год назад +2

      Thank you :)

  • @sanmufa2004
    @sanmufa2004 Год назад +3

    Since I was a kid, I always wanted to good at drawing things, but the result aways make me feel dissapointed and then I gave up on it. But now, I finally have that feeling again, and want to learn how to draw from scratch. Thanks God I found ur videos, it's very useful for me who have zero knowledge and zero experience about drawing.

  • @ArielBenichou
    @ArielBenichou 3 года назад +166

    This is one of the rare times that I can understand how to practice drawing

    • @theAussie01
      @theAussie01 3 года назад +7

      Yes good lesson this one.

    • @lazysage
      @lazysage 3 года назад +1

      same here

  • @rossmcleod7983
    @rossmcleod7983 3 года назад +247

    I’m old and have been around the shop for yonks. (6 + years art school).This is the best breakdown of form I’ve yet encountered

  • @sca8217
    @sca8217 Год назад +46

    Antonio is basically summarizing the steps that we go through learning to draw since childhood. We observe shapes, we recognize that shapes can be drawn , slowly refine the base shape, refine the details, then think about colours, lighting .
    I do believe the best way to love drawing and drawing practice is to become a child.

    • @pigun6960
      @pigun6960 Год назад

      Hmm, I'm not sure if the intuitive drawing - wich we all primarly do - works that way. I mean, when I draw something as an amateur I don't see this thing as 3D object constructed of 3D basic shapes, I know it is 3D, but as I draw it, I see it as 2D object. And this means that more important than structurization for me is proportionizing as I would call distances between outlines. At least this is how I perceive my intuitive drawing process. And what you say sounds to me more like learnt, "intelectual" understanding of professional drawing.

    • @sca8217
      @sca8217 Год назад +2

      @@pigun6960 I do believe, our eyes really do see in 2D ( meaning, the image on the retina is 2D - length and breadth) . The depth comes from relative movement of viewer and object, the consequential change in angle of viewing, the inherent difference in the viewing angles of each eye, and ultimately , through processing within our brains. It is difficult as a beginner to draw from our 3D perception unless we learn to re-flatten the 3D perception. This is all unconscious, mind you.
      As part of drawing, we usually try to 'flatten' things down to their 2D shapes. And then try to draw them. Which is why as beginners, we constantly struggle to get foreshortening right, because with even a slight movement of our eye/s we see a slight different shape of our subject.
      Your 'distances between outlines' analogy is perfect. That's how our brain tries to simplify a 3D image to get it on paper. I guess that's why shutting one eye to get proportions and distances is recommended.
      In that sense, I think intuitive drawing can happen us reverse engineer that 3D image in our mind to make it "drawable".

  • @praseodymium4975
    @praseodymium4975 Год назад +46

    I watched this ~8 months ago and it honestly changed the way i make art, and helped me break past stagnant skill, absolutely incredible video and explained things that I wish I knew years ago

    • @ArtWod
      @ArtWod Год назад +4

      Glad it was so useful!

  • @_G4.R4_
    @_G4.R4_ 3 года назад +472

    I just started trying this like a week ago and it feels amazing to be able to construct what I want to see rather then trying to copy what I think things should be, very amazing and halpful video, I've been drawing for so many years and it's so irritating to myself to realize that I've have never been very space aware, and I would rely on only references to understand how a pose would look in a 2d image and ever understand why. A lot of my art has been so inconsistent and counterproductive until I started realizing this more and trying to use it, potentially saving my art lol

    • @hellpony4299
      @hellpony4299 2 года назад +5

      hallo frend, are you still drawing? how much have you improved?

  • @LuiZ-jy1pi
    @LuiZ-jy1pi 3 года назад +87

    "I hope this was at least a bit useful" He is very humble for saying that after this masterclass of a video

  • @lvmln7843
    @lvmln7843 2 года назад +24

    okay so I've just tried this method to draw people from photos and the improvement I made in like. no time... I'm actually speechless, like I've been struggling with figure drawing for so long and thanks to this video I started looking at models from a totally different perspective, trying to find the foundational shapes.... thank you for this video!!! i feel so motivated to continue practicing now because I actually know where to go with my excercises and what to practice!! hahaha

  • @mangoalias608
    @mangoalias608 2 года назад +13

    i was drawing along as i listened to this video, and something about it just clicked with me in the sketches I was making, it made so much sense. not just drawing simple forms, but WHY i should know how to draw simple forms. Shape manipulation and everything that come with it is one of the most valuable tools I think i've gotten in a while. thank you

  • @damianogiolitti3416
    @damianogiolitti3416 3 года назад +194

    Easily one of the best videos. Taking dynamic sketching changed my life as an artist

  • @sherrierichard2848
    @sherrierichard2848 3 года назад +96

    Fantastic! Drawing the simple shapes I’ve heard over and over, but MANIPULATING the simple shapes? This was a first and the best direction I have heard in a long time. Thank you!

  • @bxnny0374
    @bxnny0374 Год назад +50

    This video is genuinely life changing for beginner artists. Thank you so much for sharing this content for free.

  • @jescollo
    @jescollo 2 года назад +58

    Man, this video is exactly what I needed right now. I’m trying to commit to drawing and I find myself trying to rush past the basics and end up frustrated with the results. Im going to slow down and hammer the basics. This video is priceless

    • @DariceDavisjprocks94
      @DariceDavisjprocks94 10 месяцев назад +2

      @jescolio Fundamentals make or break the professional. Stan Prokopenko, and Brent Eviston, Udemy -- both of whom are anatomy fiends and portrait artists; and are great teachers -- stress fundamentals. So does the illustrator, Andrew Loomis whose republished book, Fun With Pencils, has gotten me going doing a 1,000 of each level of the shapes and forms that are part of everything in. Nature and the world around us. It's a daily exercise of 15-30 minutes in a scratch book for me. And, I'm seeing development in my art.

  • @Radgerayden-ist
    @Radgerayden-ist 3 года назад +597

    Days since Kim Jung Gi was last mentioned in a Proko video: 0

    • @sergnb0
      @sergnb0 3 года назад +65

      Honey it's time for your daily reminder that you got into art because of Kim Jung GI and you'll never reach his level

    • @BombaJead
      @BombaJead 3 года назад +79

      @@sergnb0 And that is fine cause while I love Kim's stuff, he is not the be all end all artist.

    • @AndreLuis-gw5ox
      @AndreLuis-gw5ox 3 года назад +14

      Well, they allways reference him because he is pretty much a thr modern reference when it comes to creative draftsmanship I guess

    • @thenaysays
      @thenaysays 3 года назад +41

      @@sergnb0 If your long-term goal is to imitate someone else, you will never be yourself, and you will never be happy.

    • @reese8050
      @reese8050 3 года назад +22

      ​@@thenaysays It is not really imitating, there is nothing wrong with having an influence in your art, that is how your "art style" will begin to appear.
      Studying from other artist's arts can be good but it does not actually completely mean "imitating" them, it is just "studying".
      And plus I doubt that any aspiring artist here would completely want to imitate them anyways, that is not a true "artist", being an artist is not imitating something, it is more creating than imitating.
      But, if there is actually an artist here whose goal is to completely imitate someone else then yes that is certainly not a good idea, I recommend you to stop.

  • @theria11_7
    @theria11_7 3 года назад +93

    this is so goldddddddddddd! As a beginner that is so lost and overwhelmed at fundamentals, this helps me alot! Thanks! :))

  • @chloe5543
    @chloe5543 2 года назад +69

    Honestly thank you, for this video in general. I just realised how stupid I was and where I’m going wrong in trying to practice. Going straight Into complex anatomy and feeling like I’m not getting any better. Because I never studied simple shapes/perspective and manipulation. From now on I’m going to have to do an embarrassing deep dive into the basics but I’m sure it’ll help. Considering the fact I’ve been a self taught artist for three years and never even thought to try this, I wish I’d found this video sooner.

  • @RobloxianReviews571
    @RobloxianReviews571 Год назад +36

    I’ve been drawing for 3 weeks and felt like I was having minimal improvements. I then stumbled across a ted talk that said it only takes 20 hours of focused learning to learn a skill (watch the ted talk it’s amazing) it said that for the 20 hours to count I must strip off the big skill and break it down. This video is a game changer in doing just that! Thanks a bunch :)

  • @GHOST-pi2zq
    @GHOST-pi2zq 3 года назад +49

    see this stuff is what i wanted to learn in art school, its concise, understandable regardless of skill level, and applicable in almost every project

  • @kamrito23
    @kamrito23 3 года назад +118

    as someone who has always wanted to learn art and struggled transitioning this really open my mind love proko videos the features are very refreshing

    • @yokokurama5174
      @yokokurama5174 3 года назад

      Narutard is a garbage hxh ripoff 😂

    • @burnt_toast6672
      @burnt_toast6672 2 года назад +10

      @@yokokurama5174 what does this Have to with Naruto and Hxh This vid is about Learning art anyways

    • @luchats
      @luchats 2 года назад

      @@yokokurama5174 yes they are very obvious but I wouldn’t totally call it a rip-off. I think sir kishi would have been sued

  • @mlkuhnpdx
    @mlkuhnpdx 2 года назад +14

    I've been involved in several comic art classes from various artists and none of them has ever gone over the idea of making simple boxes interesting. They all covered simple shapes, sure, but then went straight to making a complex drawing out of them. I wasn't as good at complexity as I would like and couldn't figure out why. I drew along with what you were presenting and found it very challenging to replicate some of your simple box manipulations, which tells me I need more practice with simple shapes before moving on to bigger things. Thanks for the great insights!

  • @odissey100100
    @odissey100100 2 года назад +2

    A little bit useful? You’re too modest. It is a revelation! No one has approached the complexity of drawing lesson like you did and I looked, watched, studied other artists, mentors and art instructors for 4 years. I too am standing up, applauding with tears rolling down my eyes. I love you, man!

  • @mormorgranat
    @mormorgranat 3 года назад +58

    I'm only halfway into this and I can say that it's the best 'lecture' on art I heard in a long time. It really hits home for me and I think I'm at the right stage in development to take it in properly. Thank's a lot for this

  • @BigDomski
    @BigDomski 3 года назад +90

    11:25 what he said right there is so true.... I'm constantly surprising myself with how much I can draw just because I have some basic understanding of these simple forms, so I can choose what forms to simplify with. When I first started drawing I would have no idea how to even begin tackling a reference.
    This 6 point system is making a lot of sense to me... I'd love to enrol to his course if I wasn't unemployed 😭👍
    Edit: just as I was thinking of KJG, he mentions him 😂 I'm of a similar mind that KJG is more of a master at manipulating forms than technical anatomy. Having said that, he knows a LOT of real anatomy 😂 I watch pretty much all of his streams and he likes to give short lectures at the end.

    • @ishaartworks
      @ishaartworks 2 года назад

      Who is KJG? can you please mention his full name or channel name 🤔

    • @Sprazzeus
      @Sprazzeus 2 года назад +1

      @@ishaartworks 12:42 he mentions Kim Jung Gi

  • @jadoaesra3011
    @jadoaesra3011 Год назад +22

    dude, the contour thing is amazing. in all of the hundreds of tutorials I've seen, I've never seen someone suggest manipulating the shape and building prisms from manipulated shapes.

    • @ArtWod
      @ArtWod Год назад +2

      Thanks! Glad it's so useful for many people :)

  • @AVOWIRENEWS
    @AVOWIRENEWS 4 месяца назад +2

    Wow, "6 Steps to Draw Anything" sounds like a super useful and inspiring video title! Drawing can be such a rewarding skill, and breaking it down into manageable steps is a great approach for both beginners and experienced artists. The idea that you can draw anything with just six steps is empowering and really encourages creativity. It's amazing how learning to draw can also help improve observation skills and attention to detail. Happy drawing to everyone who's giving it a try! 🎨✨

  • @tristanmanning7886
    @tristanmanning7886 3 года назад +52

    This one video is basically the Illustration I class I never got to take in college

    • @Dillon964
      @Dillon964 3 года назад +10

      College is a joke

    • @yes-ge4nm
      @yes-ge4nm 3 года назад +4

      @@Dillon964 if you want to get consistent commissions and a non freelance job, you need it. Yeah I hate this.

  • @lowlightbw
    @lowlightbw 3 года назад +9

    Preach sir. preach. Showing this to my students as so many of them need this and continue to ignore it in my classes! These steps are so empowering for visual creators/communicators.

  • @marzkilljoy731
    @marzkilljoy731 2 года назад +23

    Antonio, this is probably one of the most useful videos I have ever encountered. For years I have been drawing from observing the things around me, photocopying concepts of interest yet never understanding why the studies never translated into a solid foundation of skills that would allow me to let my imagination run away on the page. I wanted to thank you for putting the steps together in order to build on my understanding and finally reach this goal. Thank You!

  • @user-ww4gz7wx4t
    @user-ww4gz7wx4t 2 года назад +8

    Me thinking about creating my first comic after watching this video: aight back to drawing circles again.

    • @sccrespoc
      @sccrespoc Месяц назад

      The 100 cubes and cylinders 😂

  • @timbiebs9781
    @timbiebs9781 3 года назад +19

    Me after watching this video: I wanna draw boxes!
    It sounds so simple to draw boxes but it is where we master simple/small things into complex/big things that is not imaginable 🙏 thankyou Proko!

  • @greenpandadraws8817
    @greenpandadraws8817 3 года назад +10

    Useful? You mean this blew my mind and helped me immensely? Why yes, it is useful!

  • @mai3cle
    @mai3cle Год назад +7

    This was amazing to watch. After a lifetime of “doodling” I’m trying to teach myself to draw and discovered learning how to really seeing things is a task in itself. I also tend to have a logical mindset and want to understand the process behind creating objects and a rationale rather than simply follow a tutorial or technique. Thank you.

  • @luissalinas9143
    @luissalinas9143 2 года назад +8

    I learned the basics and immediately jumped to an anatomy book without ever mastering figure drawing and fundamentals. I don't regret it since in a sense I've been able to train my eye to easily identify and correlate the negative and positive spaces of a drawing. But I love the idea that to be a better artist after practicing for about 4 years straight every day I have to go back to the basics... 😁

  • @Gloroxsocks
    @Gloroxsocks 3 года назад +28

    I’m feeling inspired

  • @PrettyDamnDandy
    @PrettyDamnDandy Год назад +24

    Very eye opening, I was very much aware of breaking down subjects into basic shapes but the idea of learning to manipulate them and their contours really made things click. I was definitely the type to brute force a sketch using references so I do gotta unlearn some bad habits first but I feel like I'm finally starting to get it now

    • @savesoil3133
      @savesoil3133 Год назад

      Have you heard of the #ConsciousPlanet movement? You might be interested

  • @Spooki_Gh0st
    @Spooki_Gh0st Год назад +2

    one of the most clear and concise instructional videos ever

  • @glorialopez8700
    @glorialopez8700 Год назад +12

    Very good explanation for a realistic view of art. If you can't do the basics...thats where you start! So many tutorials out there that get you thinking that's it's so easy to draw anything. Yes some start you that way but your patient time to explain why is so important! Thank you!

  • @hazynico2314
    @hazynico2314 3 года назад +12

    this guys artstyle is incredible.

  • @XK49
    @XK49 2 года назад +177

    The more I learn the more hopeless I get

    • @KA-ok1jf
      @KA-ok1jf Месяц назад +5

      Exactly right. Me too

    • @purplelitsky8797
      @purplelitsky8797 Месяц назад +9

      Same. The first step is already hard af. But we'll get through

    • @leif1075
      @leif1075 Месяц назад +3

      ​​@@KA-ok1jfwhyL HELP HOW do we make it fun and enjoyable and maybe easier?

    • @FunnysFailsandScares
      @FunnysFailsandScares Месяц назад +13

      In the darkest of times, hope is something you give yourself. That is why they call it inner strength- iroh

    • @vivwest
      @vivwest Месяц назад

      REAL

  • @MrsLana92
    @MrsLana92 Год назад +3

    Been trying to get back into art, and was watching a lot of "how to draw" videos. This is the first one that I feel has actually taught me something

  • @allanredhill8682
    @allanredhill8682 Год назад +4

    every once in a while I come back to this video just to internalize this stuff again. I think this is one of those vids every new artist should watch - its super well structured and gives you all the important tools you need to really elevate your shape design. One of the best art tutorials out there imo

  • @EMY.sr.
    @EMY.sr. 3 года назад +114

    Master *Bob* says
    *6 steps of the drawing.*
    Step 1: Draw the David's head
    Step 2: Erease unnecessary detail features to get closer what you aim to draw.
    Step 3: and one
    Step 4: two
    Step 5: three
    Step 6: A drawing thingy.

    • @Joombajuice
      @Joombajuice 3 года назад +9

      My master bob says " beat the devil out of it."

    • @Christodophilus
      @Christodophilus 3 года назад +5

      I saw the spongebob reference video, someplace else, recently. So I get this! Normally, I don't, lol

    • @ADarnSmore
      @ADarnSmore 2 года назад +1

      @@Christodophilus you should. the government recommends at least 5 hours of spongebob a day at least.

  • @moonrise3251
    @moonrise3251 3 года назад +17

    Excellent lesson! One of the best I've seen. Other lessons I've seen on the subject have been too complicated or too saturated with information that I go away feeling uninspired and overwhelmed. Antonio's steps and to-the-point setup are just what I needed. Thank you!

  • @adriandragos8288
    @adriandragos8288 Год назад +4

    Started drawing again a couple of days ago. Couldn't understand why nothing is going how i expected and i was searching for tutorials to learn how to draw. This is the most mind opening video i found so far and now i actually know what i have to lern and do. Thank you so much.

  • @frohmanskiart5693
    @frohmanskiart5693 3 года назад +11

    Precisely what I needed to watch during an absolute creative dead end, back to work I go!

  • @MAC-uh8vn
    @MAC-uh8vn 3 года назад +15

    This changes EVERYTHING😵🔥

  • @munchkinniee
    @munchkinniee 2 года назад +8

    As a student that wanted to learn art, this video gives me the right path that I should take in becoming an artist. Drawing shapes and manipulating it in my own advantage is so new to me yet so important. I never knew that basic shapes in 3d form can be a life saver for me as a young artist. Also, I already learned anatomy even though I don’t know how to draw the simple 3d shapes yet. So my drawings look so disproportional and distorted. Now, I already knew that I am becoming a successful artist because of this video. Thank u so much for doing such an informative video for free!

  • @keynonburns4921
    @keynonburns4921 2 года назад +1

    This is the most useful art advice I’ve gotten honestly. Many videos talk of the different types of pencils, and others speak of practicing shapes and different types of lines and strokes to repeat. This is the first video I’ve seen to go so in depth as to why the basics are important and how to manipulate them.

  •  3 года назад +23

    Wow. This was a masterclass. Thank you, Proko and thank you, Antonio!

  • @kvassmacncheese
    @kvassmacncheese 3 года назад +9

    wow
    I've been told about this many times
    but this is the first time that I actually understood it

  • @TrueHypnosis
    @TrueHypnosis 2 года назад +7

    This is honestly the best art advice I’ve ever gotten, for someone who always struggled with structure and complex angles and poses. Thank you!!

  • @Bitwise1024
    @Bitwise1024 Год назад +14

    Wow. A master class compressed to 26 minutes. As a brand new beginner, this was beyond insightful.

  • @stijnbeerts765
    @stijnbeerts765 3 года назад +13

    This is the video I wish I had 2 years ago! awesome stuff!

    • @ArtWod
      @ArtWod 3 года назад +2

      ❤️

  • @christopherecatalano
    @christopherecatalano 2 года назад +7

    Great watching a tutorial where the concepts are so deeply understood and not limited to a “how to” list. Brilliant presentation, thank you!

  • @riaru3635
    @riaru3635 7 дней назад +1

    This might just be the most helpful art tip video ever

  • @nathanelbaz1214
    @nathanelbaz1214 3 года назад +13

    I was searching for a video like this for sooo long !!!! I trained myself about simple shapes and volumes and i wasn't able to draw more complexe shapes. I realised too that studying the work of artists i like, and understanding why i love their work help me to know what i want to draw, and indirectly what "artstyle" i want. thank you Proko for sharing us great videos like this, and thank you Antonio for this amazing masterclass!!!

  • @lostcrusader8053
    @lostcrusader8053 3 года назад +8

    What I learned is simplicity goes a long way to make something look complex. Thanks so much for this video :)

  • @bigTHULU
    @bigTHULU 9 месяцев назад +2

    this concept right here is exactly why i tell ppl i can draw but i can’t actually draw fr
    i can draw anything by looking at it, but the foundations for drawing from imagination… i skipped those cause i thought it was boring
    now i’ll go through the boredom so i can actually transfer my imagination to the page without wanting to fight the end result

  • @creamsiclecat
    @creamsiclecat 2 года назад +3

    I'm in that weird stage of going from basics to something much more complex and I always mess this step up. This helped a lot honestly. There's just so much information out there, I never really know what to follow. This broke it down in steps I could understand. I'm really grateful, thank you for this lesson!

  • @nickrondinelli1402
    @nickrondinelli1402 3 года назад +251

    If you ever forget the steps just remember SMOEII, who could ever forget that?

    • @danrazART
      @danrazART 3 года назад +11

      Smoiei? Somiee, semioo, smeoii? 😂

    • @sergnb0
      @sergnb0 3 года назад +57

      Sometimes, More Oatmeal Eating Is Imperative
      Easy remembering, a thought every person should be intimately familiar with

    • @yungjose3369
      @yungjose3369 3 года назад +76

      Smile More Or Everything Is Irritating

    • @pyngu4936
      @pyngu4936 3 года назад +30

      So many original emojis in it
      Summer Mondays often entertain Irish immigrants
      I tried.

  • @StormyHotwolf88
    @StormyHotwolf88 3 года назад +8

    Saving this one. Well thank you for plainly explaining what I was missing in my studies. Cause you're right, I was going straight from simple shapes to only manipulating a bean to complex figures. Thank you!

  • @oliviadyer1578
    @oliviadyer1578 2 года назад +4

    This was brilliant! I'm a high school art teach and got SO many teaching ideas from this and so much advice and wisdom to give my students. Thank you!

  • @discoporo
    @discoporo Год назад +2

    I'm literally crying, this is so useful! THANK YOU

  • @cynthiastory8603
    @cynthiastory8603 3 года назад +14

    Thank you Antonio for giving this lesson.
    I like drawing music themes, especially Jazz music themes. And your video is helping to create my own style and drawings from my imagination. Thank you.
    Blessings and Shalom🎨🎨🎨🎨😀👋

    • @ArtWod
      @ArtWod Год назад

      Thank you so much! :)

  • @benjamindas0440
    @benjamindas0440 3 года назад +5

    24:54 are you kidding me...this video was extremely helpful...each things you said made complete sense and I'm definitely practicing in that way from today

  • @karlangas10
    @karlangas10 4 месяца назад +1

    This video is amazing and exactly what I was looking for! I have always had a hard time drawing ANYTHING and I was looking for a video that would help me identify and conceptualize what the BRAIN process was that allows you to draw and manipulate shapes. This has given me a glimmer of hope that I can still perhaps learn to draw!

  • @al75an
    @al75an 3 года назад +4

    Omg this is gold i wanna cry! thank you so much Antonio for your time and your tips and thank you Proko for inviting these amazing artists to help us🙏🏻

  • @emmanoelenrique2984
    @emmanoelenrique2984 Год назад +4

    Dude,i hate be a begginer in this
    For many years i don't study and search things to help me,i only drawning dumb and random things
    Hoping to improve, but luckily I realized my mistake and now I try to improve, thanks for the video
    I Am From Brazilian
    Sorry if the translation is a little wrong kkk

  • @pandaaamonium_
    @pandaaamonium_ 3 года назад +5

    Thank you so much for this video! I've always struggled with figures, I can decently replicate most things put in front of me but drawing from imagination is where I struggle and also most want to improve on, and this made everything click into place like I was missing a puzzle piece before. All the art classes I've ever been in and not once has anyone every broken down manipulating your basic shapes like this

  • @brahmveerkaur2723
    @brahmveerkaur2723 11 месяцев назад +1

    I generally don't bother commenting, but you're a really good teacher, really humble as well. Thank you 🙏

  • @macro8593
    @macro8593 Год назад +2

    I watched this multiple times to engrave this into my soul

  • @createitwithmj6914
    @createitwithmj6914 3 года назад +3

    I've been doing client work for years now, designing all kind of things but man.. This tutorial is pure gold! Always happy to learn new things - Thanks a lot! 💪😄

  • @guymichel101
    @guymichel101 Год назад +10

    Thank you, Antonio! Very instructive! What a gift!

  • @elizabethvaughn5565
    @elizabethvaughn5565 2 года назад +2

    He seems like a super expert who knows how to describe things in a way that beginners can understand. This was helpful to me.

  • @merltchannel7156
    @merltchannel7156 3 года назад +8

    I was planning to procrastinate my practice tonight, and when I open youtube, this is the first video appeared :) thanks

  • @oliferous
    @oliferous Год назад +12

    Amazing video with essential information!! This is useful to anyone wanting to learn and advance their skills. Concepts are simple but as stated, often overlooked and SO GOOD!!!Thank you!!

  • @cheyenne8432
    @cheyenne8432 11 месяцев назад +1

    i like this because a lot of artists say not to use boxes when drawing the human figure, but when first starting out it can help a lot like he's mentioning in the video. understanding simple shapes and manipulating them in order to do that with more complex figures in the future. it can help visualize overlapping as well (with limbs or buildings) and help understanding volume and volume in a particular space. i'd say when really trying to understand complex shapes, such as in the education step, is when you should wean off using the box so that the figure is not so rigid and more gestural. but like he said at the end, you should be able to make these simple shapes interesting before making complex shapes interesting. one step at a time.
    i think it could also come in handy when learning light values and shading and such. learning it on a basic surface, like where the light hits, the shadow falls, ambient lighting, etc. before applying that to complex figures.
    that and there is no right way to do it. if boxes aren't it for people than don't but i dont think shouldn't NOT be used. if that makes sense

  • @takamatsu781
    @takamatsu781 3 года назад

    For the first time in my life, this video is only thing that explains me clearly: why learning basic fundamental structure is so tremendously important than learning to any advanced technique but lack of fundamental.
    Thank you for your insight. This means a lot to me.

  • @darkcust4478
    @darkcust4478 3 года назад +8

    I feel like i just found the holy grail or something like that, this is literally a summarized version of what i've been trying to practice and understand for a long time now, i'm going to use this as reference every time i am Lost from now on, thank you very much for such an amazing colab and mini class

  • @astaker9
    @astaker9 3 года назад +18

    this is one of the best drawing videos i have ever seen, thanks for bringing it to the channel :3

  • @Cederlof_Ink
    @Cederlof_Ink Год назад +3

    I been drawing on and off most my life, somewhere along the line I was told don't copy so I basically used imagination forever lol. This stuff is a huge help! Thanks so much for putting it together ❤️

  • @anotherranger2924
    @anotherranger2924 4 месяца назад +1

    thank you for the video man, you put it in a very succinct way without sounding it overwhelming.

  • @naveedamalick2717
    @naveedamalick2717 3 года назад +25

    Hello Antonio, oh my goodness this was by far one of the best art advices I have come across ever. It really might just turn things around for a beginner like me, who has been a bigginer forever 🙄
    Thanks one again for this valuable gem ❤️😊
    Cheers!

    • @ArtWod
      @ArtWod Год назад +1

      Thanks! Happy to see so many people find it useful :)

  • @atiswa8195
    @atiswa8195 4 месяца назад +4

    I am getting used to drawing shapes and complex shapes manipulation