I like to do alot of gesture drawings whenever imposter syndrome kicks in. It feels like no one can judge gesture drawings as bad because they're never meant to be 'complete' Maybe I need a therapist lol, great video! 🙏
Thanks man, 70% C 20% S 10% I It helps me a lot to distinguish the difference between line of action ano gesture drawing wich are teoría separate things, this will helps me to understand silouete and line of action ...
I was intrigued because I agree gesture drawing methodology is faulty and i was expecting the thumbnail argument to defend something meaningful,, but it does not. contour is a valid visualization, especially if you are a painter. it's not necessary to draw like an animator to make good compositions. You can make a *much* better talk about how gesture supports understanding the rhythms in motion. I doubt you could make a talk about a novel way to draw anatomy, you didn't even mention measuring and proportion or planes or tenses at all.
I do see what you’re saying and agree that contour is important. For people starting out though I think people tend to misunderstand gesture and go over board on contour. Omitting proportion / planes was sorta an intentional decision. That stuff is obviously important, but I try to be more intuitive when I draw where as that stuff can throw a wrench into “feeling” your way through a drawing. Contour is something I do want to explore more
I get the idea behind gesture drawing, but my execution always sucks horrifically. I always feel like I'm turning out page after page of scribbly bad anatomical crap even for quick 10 minute gesture drawing standards so I've decided to focus on the more traditional academic approach of observing and measuring the model, copying what I see and taking mental notes about the subject like the foreshortening of the torso in relation to the head and stuff. Of course learning a bit about anatomy and combining it with the Reilly Figure method helps a great deal with that and I still use gesture drawing concepts such as locating the line of action for a starting point and simplifying some of the body parts into csI curves to avoid spending too much time fiddling around with detail early on. But I've decided to just put gesture drawing in it's rawest off until next year when I've built up some more knowledge about human anatomy and lenier perspective.
Tracing them and then freehanding them to drawing them all the time whenever you draw. You can map out the face once you draw the head shape. I use the chin method. It's not a method it's simply an odd facial feature that once I got down, the rest of the face sort of fell in place. The tip of the chin tells me the angle of the face so from there I can properly map the face for its details. It's not the first thing I draw when drawing the head, but it's the first detail when forming the head. Everything else comes after. I usually do the eyebrows then and the lips. The eyes and cheekbones are typically last for me. There are so many methods to draw the face it's picking the one you're most comfortable and running with that until you finally nail it. In the end, understanding the basics is all you need because that's what you'll end up using anyway. All the tips and tricks are temporary. They're usually ditched once they're nailed.
"If you can't do it in 30 seconds, do it in 2."
I know you meant 2 _minutes_ but, I laughed at that. Can't do it in 30 seconds?! DO IT IN LESS TIME! 🤣
In the words of Davie504: "If you can do something slow, you can do it fast".
I like to do alot of gesture drawings whenever imposter syndrome kicks in. It feels like no one can judge gesture drawings as bad because they're never meant to be 'complete'
Maybe I need a therapist lol, great video! 🙏
Thank you so much for creating this video. This is exactly what I was looking for. Warmest regards from the Patszer!
1:48 if you cant do it in 30 seconds; do it in 2 seconds :)
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It helps me a lot to distinguish the difference between line of action ano gesture drawing wich are teoría separate things, this will helps me to understand silouete and line of action ...
This video was super fun! I love doing gesture drawings :D also what a cute kitty 😭🩷
Glad you liked it!!
Thanks bro, very illustrative, this videao really make me felt i can improve if i keep going!
Great video. Gives me a different perspective from Michael Hampton “asymmetrical” approach on gesture. Where did you get the references from tho?
Grafit studios
needed this! thanks
Why does the thumbnail say gesture doesn’t work? Good video though.
you miss the little words
Because the youtube algorithm needs around twenty rhetorical devices in the thumbnail for the video to stay visible
[without this:]
Need a hook to snag viewers
clickbait
Thank you for this. You're so underrated!
Thank you so much for your wonderful video 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
I know that it takes 1 second-60 seconds to just go for the gestures of anything and everything in drawing and painting. What do you think, pals?
Thanks it helps
Awesome video, liked the pace and loved the kitten :)
I was intrigued because I agree gesture drawing methodology is faulty and i was expecting the thumbnail argument to defend something meaningful,, but it does not.
contour is a valid visualization, especially if you are a painter.
it's not necessary to draw like an animator to make good compositions.
You can make a *much* better talk about how gesture supports understanding the rhythms in motion.
I doubt you could make a talk about a novel way to draw anatomy, you didn't even mention measuring and proportion or planes or tenses at all.
I do see what you’re saying and agree that contour is important. For people starting out though I think people tend to misunderstand gesture and go over board on contour.
Omitting proportion / planes was sorta an intentional decision. That stuff is obviously important, but I try to be more intuitive when I draw where as that stuff can throw a wrench into “feeling” your way through a drawing.
Contour is something I do want to explore more
I am super scared of this. I get anxiety when ever i try. 😢
I am afraid of it. Because i just cant figure it out.
@@skyhavender totally understand! Just keep going and you’ll figure it out
I get the idea behind gesture drawing, but my execution always sucks horrifically. I always feel like I'm turning out page after page of scribbly bad anatomical crap even for quick 10 minute gesture drawing standards so I've decided to focus on the more traditional academic approach of observing and measuring the model, copying what I see and taking mental notes about the subject like the foreshortening of the torso in relation to the head and stuff. Of course learning a bit about anatomy and combining it with the Reilly Figure method helps a great deal with that and I still use gesture drawing concepts such as locating the line of action for a starting point and simplifying some of the body parts into csI curves to avoid spending too much time fiddling around with detail early on. But I've decided to just put gesture drawing in it's rawest off until next year when I've built up some more knowledge about human anatomy and lenier perspective.
Break it down into smaller sections, you can do this!!!
Break down the anxiety. What questions fill your mind that make you fear it ? Craft a thought process to answer those questions and move forward.
Bro you're just drawing not a surgery. Just take the pencil and paper and go
Yes! Good stuff.
How can i better with the faces?
I’ll make a video!
Tracing them and then freehanding them to drawing them all the time whenever you draw. You can map out the face once you draw the head shape.
I use the chin method. It's not a method it's simply an odd facial feature that once I got down, the rest of the face sort of fell in place. The tip of the chin tells me the angle of the face so from there I can properly map the face for its details. It's not the first thing I draw when drawing the head, but it's the first detail when forming the head. Everything else comes after. I usually do the eyebrows then and the lips. The eyes and cheekbones are typically last for me.
There are so many methods to draw the face it's picking the one you're most comfortable and running with that until you finally nail it. In the end, understanding the basics is all you need because that's what you'll end up using anyway. All the tips and tricks are temporary. They're usually ditched once they're nailed.
NOOOOICE!
Cat spotted!!
Ta chido 😃👍🏼
What do you think of Matteo's Gesture courses? Love the kitty, btw!
I really like his book!
I haven’t taken his courses though
Gesture drawing can have side effect of making too many unfinished drawings.