To my present knowledge, the reason artists go back and forth to and from different parts of the drawing is actually because it helps the artist to see the drawing from a fresh perspective. Looking at anything for too long of a time distorts the artist's perspective -- so taking a small break from a troubled area and coming back to it later is the best option available. Since Adam has had no formal training, that is probably what he was doing without even realizing it! Truly amazing.
Adam Husghes is some kind of savant, I swear. I'm the same age as he is, been drawing since I was a toddler, went to school for illustration, and I've been working as an illustrator for 15 years. There's no way I could play around with persepctive, focal length, and lighting like that and keep the anatomy perfectly accurate the way he does. With a model, sure- but he just pulls it right out of his head. He is gawd.
i agree with you 100%. it's like saying that there was no hard work or countless hours of practice put into it. it's demeaning to the artist and all the effort the artist puts into his or her work
As an artist, I can tell you for a fact, I always had the talent to draw. I tried it, I did it extremely well. Not just the drawing aspect, but coloring, painting, etc. I was like a fish to water. Refining it took work. Getting a firm grasp on perspective, proportions, etc took work. The thing people forget is that it can also be a skill. Skills can be developed over time and so can talent. Talent can be refined, honed and polished. Saying talent has nothing to do with it, is dumb.
Everybody keeps discussing talent and I think the talent portion of art doesn't come from how well you can draw. I believe anyone can learn how to draw with hard work and practice. The talent is how to take the knowledge of how to draw something and use it in a way that is creative. Especially for comic artists in how they have to use their abilities to tell a story in a creative and non-repetative way to keep a reader interested.
@Bottery I agree that it's 99% practice and dedication, but saying that talent has nothing to do with it is just fooling yourself. It may play a very small part in becoming a successful artist, but it's there. And it's one of the many reasons why we're so different from one another.
jumping around on a drawing keeps you from over-working an area and you get a fresh look at it when you come back to it...it's sub-conscience, new artists tend to obsess on one thing...pros learn it because it speeds the process, remember! we get paid by the piece.
well, the question is what is talent? the only talent you need is to have the passion to practice drawing/painting or whatever you want to do for hours and hours. days and days. weeks and weeks. years and years. keep your focus and practise. that is talent for me
I define art as the ability to create something with raw materials. So, yes, i believe a child drawing a scribble scratch with a crayon on lines paper is art. It's something the child create with the materials he had. That works for anything, Cars are Art, Make-up is Art, Body Building is Art, Writing a Novel is Art, building a Lego castle is Art. A Sand Castle is Art. Just becaue some people are more skilled at it doesn't mean a less skilled person isn't an artist. But thats my opinion.
ALL ART IS REAL ART!!!!! just like the guy said. There are people, including very young children who for the first time painting have created works that have sold for many thousands. Works that may seem as crap to many dons the walls of the very rich. therefore ALL ART IS REAL ART regardless of ones opinion.
that's a good point, i can't argue with that. but anyone can draw, and how well they do it mostly based on the amount of practice put into it. you don't really need any sort of "talent".
No. What people call "talent" tends to simply be enthusiasm. The more attention you give it, the better you get at it. As an artist myself, I got here through interest and work, not whatever "talent" is supposed to be.
Right... People tell me I have a God-given talent. What it really is is this: I have a burning desire from God to keep working, so I got better and better through practice. "Talent" is really crazy dedication.
@KoFFreaK91 I got to an art school and its so annoying how many people i see come in who just expect that the school is going to give them talent, when a lot of the better artists have been drawing since they were kids.
@fmshazam that's kind of true, but even those with "talent" don't start off drawing masterpieces... it takes time and practice, regardless. some people just catch on quicker
Skill are important but talent is different. Talent is being able to do something in that filed of specification that comes naturally to you with no real teaching. you nurture that talent and see how it grows much faster than any skilled person's talent. that's why the word talent is used a ton, but not in the right way, unfortunately. you can teach someone to draw but if they dont have talent, there is a huge difference in their work. it doesn;t mean that theirs is bad its just not-
there is no such thing as talent. we're not born with any sort of special ability which allows us to control the pencil any differently then the next person. we just draw... and keep drawing... the more you draw the better you get. i started at the age 4 and im almost 25 now. anyone can draw. you just have to do it and keep at it.
For me, personally art in drawing is respect when there is very precise drawing of a human figure with the anatomy... that u can see by the picture that the artist knows the anatomy very well anbd by that can manage to copy the reality ; man's/ woman's figure as it is. I just dont like it, it is very simplified, i have an impression that a 10 year old kid with some feeling with drawing, can draw like this.. I prefer anatomy based figures with a lot of detail and complexity..
uh, then what would you call thinking with certain parts of your brain more so than other. Everyone is more apt to using certain part of your bran more so which denotes whether or not a person is more apt to think logically, mechanically, creatively etc. Yes you have to work to develop that but you need to have to think naturally to do it in the first place. Thus having "Talent". some people may have similar talent which is where work comes in, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
everybody its just a video your having a ludacris comment about what is talent.from my point of view talent is anything you want to be drawing/painting/acting singing and so on like art for instance it has no defination because there are so many types of it
-natural. does anyone understand what i mean. a skilled person can taought something and be very good at it but talent is natural. That's why some are artist and some are singers and blah. like i can sing but i cant be a true talented person like Whitney. Im a young artist and many tell me how my work has surpassed peole whove been in college and taking classes for over fourty years. Not bragging just trying to make a point. hope this is understood and not offensive. :)
People aren't born with the "talent" to draw. It's developed by years and years of practice. I hate when people say that. It's safe to say that someone has a "talent" for drawing after learning the craft all these years. I don't believe that people are born with it. Every artist as a little kid starts off with scribbles and eventually to masterpieces, why? through practice. If you know someone who never had experience with drawing draw at a high level in their first try, get back at me...
Can u give me the precise deffinition of 'art'. Probably not, cause art is art as long as its considered like that. Can be by the creator himself or the audience. If a kid makes a simple drawing of mommy and daddy, and thinks that to be art, can u give any reason to destroy the kids thoughts in telling him its not art and its crap?
Thats why some comic artist are horrible, but mr hughes is one of the bests? dont say stupid things, this guy is building the drawing, his lines are strong, and comic book is also about narrative. Obviously you are not an artist.
dude what does that even mean? If you've studied art history you'll know how vaguely art is defined through the years. Besides, just look at that compared to ink splatters.
I disagree. what makes you keep drawing since 4 and not the others? what makes other kids play basquetball, football and become stars, and not the others? what makes a kid like to play and instrument and become a musician, and not the others? its a natural born predisposition. and some of them has really stronger skills than others. talent does exist. altough wasted talent and hard-worker achievers also exist.
I strongly disagree. I would say that skill has a LOT to do with becoming a professional. But you need the talent to start off with to become that good. there are a few people who go to school because they just enjoy it and have had no talent. but a majority of people who do it for a living have some natural ability in drawing and thinking creatively or visually
No i don't agree with your statement, looks like u don't understand this studious drawing of a model, that is not a mere copying, but contains knowledge of an anatomy.. Here i don't see much of it... Like i said, for me an 10 year old kid with some talent can draw like this.. Btw, im in art class, drawing ..
Ha, that's funny, obviously this guy doesn't know ANYTHING about art, because if he did he'd realize the type of "complex" art he's talking about is basically someone copying a model and that it takes a lot more knowledge of anatomy to do what Adam just did from his head.
There is no such thing as talent. People you say who have "talent" are just people that do what they love wich leads to them spending alot of time on it to improve. It's just how dedicated you are to learn rendering skills (wich anyone can learn) and ("talent" ->) obtaining information to feed your brain for ideas (consciously watching movies,- reading,- interacting with people, ...).
I love how he designed the hand of the outstretched arm.
To my present knowledge, the reason artists go back and forth to and from different parts of the drawing is actually because it helps the artist to see the drawing from a fresh perspective. Looking at anything for too long of a time distorts the artist's perspective -- so taking a small break from a troubled area and coming back to it later is the best option available. Since Adam has had no formal training, that is probably what he was doing without even realizing it! Truly amazing.
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Adam Husghes is some kind of savant, I swear. I'm the same age as he is, been drawing since I was a toddler, went to school for illustration, and I've been working as an illustrator for 15 years. There's no way I could play around with persepctive, focal length, and lighting like that and keep the anatomy perfectly accurate the way he does. With a model, sure- but he just pulls it right out of his head.
He is gawd.
His line-weight does the job just as well, I am impressed every single time ... it's just sick !
i agree with you 100%. it's like saying that there was no hard work or countless hours of practice put into it. it's demeaning to the artist and all the effort the artist puts into his or her work
I totally agree. Practice is everything, whatever if it's music, sport or drawing!
I want to have a beer with this man. He seems so chill.
As an artist, I can tell you for a fact, I always had the talent to draw. I tried it, I did it extremely well. Not just the drawing aspect, but coloring, painting, etc. I was like a fish to water. Refining it took work. Getting a firm grasp on perspective, proportions, etc took work. The thing people forget is that it can also be a skill. Skills can be developed over time and so can talent. Talent can be refined, honed and polished. Saying talent has nothing to do with it, is dumb.
@Bottery not always, i have seen TONS of people who just automatically just OWN the talent.
I love how he has mastered foreshortening. Her right hand is particularly impressive. AH is da man..
The pen is a Fabercastel-pitt Brush pen, if i'm not mistaken.
brush pens are the greatest the brush look with none of the mess.
How is THIS not art?
Adam Hughes is the best!
Everybody keeps discussing talent and I think the talent portion of art doesn't come from how well you can draw. I believe anyone can learn how to draw with hard work and practice. The talent is how to take the knowledge of how to draw something and use it in a way that is creative. Especially for comic artists in how they have to use their abilities to tell a story in a creative and non-repetative way to keep a reader interested.
@Bottery I agree that it's 99% practice and dedication, but saying that talent has nothing to do with it is just fooling yourself. It may play a very small part in becoming a successful artist, but it's there. And it's one of the many reasons why we're so different from one another.
beyond godlike, What do i have to do to be able to do something like that?
I just saw the "B" on the pen that he's using so if it's the Faber Castell artist pens, then yes it is the brush-tipped pen.
jumping around on a drawing keeps you from over-working an area and you get a fresh look at it when you come back to it...it's sub-conscience, new artists tend to obsess on one thing...pros learn it because it speeds the process, remember! we get paid by the piece.
well, the question is what is talent?
the only talent you need is to have the passion to practice drawing/painting or whatever you want to do for hours and hours. days and days. weeks and weeks. years and years.
keep your focus and practise. that is talent for me
I define art as the ability to create something with raw materials. So, yes, i believe a child drawing a scribble scratch with a crayon on lines paper is art. It's something the child create with the materials he had. That works for anything, Cars are Art, Make-up is Art, Body Building is Art, Writing a Novel is Art, building a Lego castle is Art. A Sand Castle is Art. Just becaue some people are more skilled at it doesn't mean a less skilled person isn't an artist. But thats my opinion.
I don't think so. Later on he uses some kind of a pen, but in these first parts I think he uses a standard leadholder with 4B graphite.
dude you are so nice at inking. How do you stay punctual with all those curves. I'd find myself botching it somewhere.
I use that very same pen that AH inks with,it flows pretty good
haha the guy in the background at 1:51 said whitefish montana, thats where i'm from!!
@williamreinsch thats a bit of an overstatement, yes it is more challenging people think, but its not THE MOST skillful and challenging of them all.
Is that a brush-tipped pen he's using? I mean, on the lines for SG.
Frank cho and adam hughes... both art looks so similar
ALL ART IS REAL ART!!!!! just like the guy said. There are people, including very young children who for the first time painting have created works that have sold for many thousands. Works that may seem as crap to many dons the walls of the very rich. therefore ALL ART IS REAL ART regardless of ones opinion.
@DeaneGoodie he said faber castell pittt pens, earlier in the previous videos.
that's a good point, i can't argue with that. but anyone can draw, and how well they do it mostly based on the amount of practice put into it. you don't really need any sort of "talent".
@Bottery But more importantly it takes imagination and vision. I'd say that qualifies as talent.
Correction: I don't think it's a brush tipped pen.
No. What people call "talent" tends to simply be enthusiasm. The more attention you give it, the better you get at it. As an artist myself, I got here through interest and work, not whatever "talent" is supposed to be.
Right... People tell me I have a God-given talent. What it really is is this: I have a burning desire from God to keep working, so I got better and better through practice. "Talent" is really crazy dedication.
@KoFFreaK91 I got to an art school and its so annoying how many people i see come in who just expect that the school is going to give them talent, when a lot of the better artists have been drawing since they were kids.
Is that a faber castel pen?
yes, it is
this reminds me alil of Michael Turner's Super Girl, but im now a fan...of Hughes work....been abit too far from the comic world...lol.
@fmshazam
that's kind of true, but even those with "talent" don't start off drawing masterpieces... it takes time and practice, regardless. some people just catch on quicker
Skill are important but talent is different. Talent is being able to do something in that filed of specification that comes naturally to you with no real teaching. you nurture that talent and see how it grows much faster than any skilled person's talent. that's why the word talent is used a ton, but not in the right way, unfortunately. you can teach someone to draw but if they dont have talent, there is a huge difference in their work. it doesn;t mean that theirs is bad its just not-
hahahahaha! I have that bizarre, creative attetion defecit desorder!!!
What kind of pen he uses for outline?
the pen he uses after penciling?
Thanks!
i would hate to draw in a place like that theres no privacy and theres a lot of noise there so u cant really concentrate if u need concentration
there is no such thing as talent. we're not born with any sort of special ability which allows us to control the pencil any differently then the next person. we just draw... and keep drawing... the more you draw the better you get. i started at the age 4 and im almost 25 now. anyone can draw. you just have to do it and keep at it.
he;s like alphonse mucha but for comics. with less flowers. and not dead.
For me, personally art in drawing is respect when there is very precise drawing of a human figure with the anatomy... that u can see by the picture that the artist knows the anatomy very well anbd by that can manage to copy the reality ; man's/ woman's figure as it is. I just dont like it, it is very simplified, i have an impression that a 10 year old kid with some feeling with drawing, can draw like this.. I prefer anatomy based figures with a lot of detail and complexity..
is it Supergirl?
no, its a bird....or a plane not sure
She got dem powers
is respected*
what is that pen?
uh, then what would you call thinking with certain parts of your brain more so than other. Everyone is more apt to using certain part of your bran more so which denotes whether or not a person is more apt to think logically, mechanically, creatively etc. Yes you have to work to develop that but you need to have to think naturally to do it in the first place. Thus having "Talent". some people may have similar talent which is where work comes in, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
everybody its just a video your having a ludacris comment about what is talent.from my point of view talent is anything you want to be drawing/painting/acting singing and so on like art for instance it has no defination because there are so many types of it
Ummmm have YOU met someone like that cause I haven't???? tell me more...
Not really.Its both
-natural. does anyone understand what i mean. a skilled person can taought something and be very good at it but talent is natural. That's why some are artist and some are singers and blah. like i can sing but i cant be a true talented person like Whitney. Im a young artist and many tell me how my work has surpassed peole whove been in college and taking classes for over fourty years. Not bragging just trying to make a point. hope this is understood and not offensive. :)
@williamreinsch it's a very skillful and attractive art form, one i love, but definitely NOT the most skillful or challenging.
@williamreinsch and cartoon shows
AH ??? Albert Heijn
People aren't born with the "talent" to draw. It's developed by years and years of practice. I hate when people say that. It's safe to say that someone has a "talent" for drawing after learning the craft all these years. I don't believe that people are born with it. Every artist as a little kid starts off with scribbles and eventually to masterpieces, why? through practice. If you know someone who never had experience with drawing draw at a high level in their first try, get back at me...
ya, because both of them draw girls in pin up style.....
Can u give me the precise deffinition of 'art'. Probably not, cause art is art as long as its considered like that. Can be by the creator himself or the audience. If a kid makes a simple drawing of mommy and daddy, and thinks that to be art, can u give any reason to destroy the kids thoughts in telling him its not art and its crap?
the people below are right. talent is not very useful if you dont work with it and nuture it. ^^
@williamreinsch try making a tattoo
Thats why some comic artist are horrible, but mr hughes is one of the bests?
dont say stupid things, this guy is building the drawing, his lines are strong, and comic book is also about narrative. Obviously you are not an artist.
my confession... i cant make a woman smile through my imagination.
dude what does that even mean? If you've studied art history you'll know how vaguely art is defined through the years. Besides, just look at that compared to ink splatters.
I disagree. what makes you keep drawing since 4 and not the others? what makes other kids play basquetball, football and become stars, and not the others? what makes a kid like to play and instrument and become a musician, and not the others? its a natural born predisposition. and some of them has really stronger skills than others. talent does exist. altough wasted talent and hard-worker achievers also exist.
I strongly disagree. I would say that skill has a LOT to do with becoming a professional. But you need the talent to start off with to become that good. there are a few people who go to school because they just enjoy it and have had no talent. but a majority of people who do it for a living have some natural ability in drawing and thinking creatively or visually
No i don't agree with your statement, looks like u don't understand this studious drawing of a model, that is not a mere copying, but contains knowledge of an anatomy.. Here i don't see much of it... Like i said, for me an 10 year old kid with some talent can draw like this.. Btw, im in art class, drawing ..
Ha, that's funny, obviously this guy doesn't know ANYTHING about art, because if he did he'd realize the type of "complex" art he's talking about is basically someone copying a model and that it takes a lot more knowledge of anatomy to do what Adam just did from his head.
@Bottery complete bullshit.
sorry i prefer real art. Dont like this.
There is no such thing as talent. People you say who have "talent" are just people that do what they love wich leads to them spending alot of time on it to improve. It's just how dedicated you are to learn rendering skills (wich anyone can learn) and ("talent" ->) obtaining information to feed your brain for ideas (consciously watching movies,- reading,- interacting with people, ...).