Tip for traditional arts like myself, USE STICKY NOTES! they’re like a real life pick and drag tool, you draw the hand and if you don’t like it, RIP THAT SUCKA OFF AND DRAW ANOTHER :D
Good tip, but I want to add: *shoulders are also really important for making expressive poses!* They're a literal extension of the arms, so any arm position should take shoulder position into account. Basically don't draw the shoulders flat and then figure out the pose from there-- they should be part of your plan just as much as hands and arms are.
Just draw the hands on another piece of paper, cut them out and experiment by moving them around the top of your art if that makes sense. Hope this helps!
@@ItsAnanna but hey it works so yeah and besides, if you put more work in your art it'll look better and it's less work than just drawing the hands in 6 different positions and erasing it again
This would help me tremendously if I could actually draw hands, years of trying but I still suck so much at them, even with countless references 😭 I love the drawing you made!
I recommend using your own hands as a reference or trying rotoscope, then referencing that and building it up to muscle memory :D Edit: I say this as if I can draw well but it’s been working for me lol
To be fair, circles for joints aren’t too bad. I think the biggest issue is with elbows where that can make poses incredibly stiff. I’d say definitely focus on hands and shoulders as both can set emotion and all that, and put the rest of the arms in later
With traditional art, try lightly sketching the hands in different places with pencil! Even just some squares at different angles. And if you like all of them, you've got a badass multi-armed deity
@@hvbg I watched that video 3 time haha.... HAHHAH .... Still couldn't figure out how to draw hands, but I'm a wayyy closer than before. LavenderTowne really helps us a lot
So basically everyone is Rayman until you draw the limbs🥴 Nah but seriously this is a really good tip, I've actually used this before but for legs and feet. I draw the shoes first and then I draw legs. Very helpful
It still helps to draw the hand first. When I realized that a few months ago, my poses got instantly more dynamic. You can also draw just two circles to test the hand positions and move them by erasing and redrawing.
Art tip for traditional artists: for me, since I lack the ability or resources to draw digitally, sketching out rough ovals for the arms is a better way of getting more fluid movement and getting an idea for the width you want the arm to be, rather than building around a line which can make the arm look strange or stiff. edit: please know that this is what personally works for me, it might not be for everyone and that's ok! I've just found that it helps doing rounder shapes rather than straight lines
Nah, DON’T YOU EVER USE OVALS Use more triangular shapes since the human body has more tapers and ovals show indecision That’s what my boy Ethan taught me and it’s true
@@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah lemme tell ya that there are multiple ways to do *rough sketches* and ovals works better for someone, and even thought this yours mighty boy Ethan might be a professional artist, noone gives a fuck, it's just a sketch, dude, someone prefers to use ovals over lines.
"And then you can use the transform tool-" Me, a traditional artist: "Guess I'll die" (Edit: Y'all its been a YEAR thanks for still replying and stuff ig? (Edit 2: y'all really be there for me you guys are real ones
You can draw in different positions during the sketch phase, don't worry! I applied this tip on the traditional way (I'm a traditional and digital artist) and it worked!!
Another tip is: instead of drawing lines for the limbs, draw tapered rounded triangles/wedges. I even sometimes make the forearm curve "weird" and then eventually if despite limb placement and hands, it still looks weird, I just tone down the curvature. Doing this also helps perceiving the arm as a 3D object instead of a flat one and helps with things like foreshortening.
What I often do is draw the line first, then add lines on either side of that first line as guides for how thin or thick I want the arms to be - and then flesh the outer lines out a bit (does that make sense? I hope so).
Feet are a lot less movable then hands, considering you're actually relying on them to stay up. If you're doing a floating/falling pose then yeah, that might work, but you need to keep in mind a whole bunch of things; Which leg are they putting their weight on, how relaxed are they, etc
“What’s helped me is drawing the hands first” The people with no ability to draw hands: 👁👄👁 Edit: holy crap. That’s the most likes I’ve ever gotten. Thanks everyone!
Well what you can do instead of throwing hands and start what you normally do like let's say you don't know how to draw hands draw a little circles or let's say you don't know how to draw circles for whatever reason you can draw like little squares you can draw just you know the three lines kind of like adventure Time it don't have to be as good as they can but you have to at least make it seem like this circle or it's just a square or it's just enough without even any fingers or you can go for adventure time, she also has video on that too
In my experience, simply sketching little circles where the hands are supposed to be is sufficient. You still need to draw the actual hands later, but the point at this early stage of drawing is to figure out the placement of the hands and arms. Drawing details AND figuring out the pose at the same exact time is a bad idea in general, just make it easy on yourself by not doing the details until the end.
You have no idea how helpful your tutorials are to me, Ahhhh your style is literally the cutest thing ever! You're definitely one of my top three favorite artists
Oooooh.. this is good. I thought it was just about stiffness but the way that you think about it in your brain is helping you actually plan out and explore different possibilities and emotional effects. I love it
Learned this a while back on tumblr and it made my poses look a lot better Also for those who have trouble figuring out how long to make the arm - remember that the elbow always comes to the person's waistline! That's the rule I typically follow to make sure my arms aren't too long or short
This is really good, also for making hands look like they’re connected to normal arms, - shoulder orb - hands - connect hand to corresponding shoulder orb with one straight line - find the middle of that line, draw a line out perpendicular to it, use the end of this third line to mark where you’re putting your elbow orb - I learned this from somewhere else ages ago but it’s really useful
The fact that I was literally JUST struggling to draw a character. Thank you! This is so helpful, I would have never thought about drawing the hands first!
@@saltyspittoon Bouncer: how tough are you Comment: I draw the hands first Bouncer: (visibly sweating) I'm sorry sir, didn't recognize yah, head right in
@@saltyspittoon Me too!! Glad to hear there are more like me out there!! For real though it's hard to find, everyone just talk so negatively about hands we get washed out!! Drawing hands is one of my favourite things to draw it's a shared first with facial expressions!!
I just lightly draw the arms. It’s faster and less confusing, at least for me. And as for the hands, I start off by drawing them to look more like mittens. But until I get the full sketch done, I go back and add fingers (or for my case, claws) to my characters.
That's actually really smart! I used to do something similar, but these days I just hide the hands behind something because I have absolutely no ability to draw hands... T^T I will try drawing hands more often lmao
No worries. I know drawing hands isn’t the easiest to do. If you want to draw hands more frequently, then I suggest starting off with something that isn’t as hard as a character holding something.
@@KareemEmotion Yeah I usually just try drawing simple hands with not much detail, or like open/in an easier way to draw. But either way, they are still annoying XD
When I first saw this tip somewhere else long ago, it honestly saved my artistic life! I still work a lot on trying not to make stiff poses, but it really is so much easier to draw the hands (or feet even) first. It's good to see where the limbs will end up, not trying to wing it from their base (shoulder joints or hips).
Omg this is so perfect! I usually did what you did, and it was hard to make more interesting and unique poses because the arms would look weird. Tysm for this!! It helps a lot :)
This was destined! I was starting to make a drawing a limbless character but with hands and noticed the fact that drawing only the hands is easier than my other drawings haha Thank you btw
This very much helped! 😳 I basically do what you said you used to do but I also do the circle on the hands. Time to change methods! Because, as you said it did for you, it made my characters stiff 😅 Thank you for the help!
ngl this helped a lot whenever i would draw poses my characters looked very weird and the arms didn’t look right. now though they don’t look as weird and look pretty normal lol
:0 This is really helpful and cool! I'll make sure to try it on my next artwork! Also I have been watching you for over a year now and just wanted to say I Love all your videos! You are the reason why I decided to buy a drawing tablet! 🤧❤
Your art advice is amazing. Honestly, I've tried getting into art before, but always screwed up or couldn't copy the fancy stuff. But you really know how to make the stuff both easy and simple.
![DRAW THIS, NOT THAT! [simple ways to fix stiff + boring art]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/X4B9RjJXl-Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![Quando Rondo - Life Goes On [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/eIf3fhMXAow/mqdefault.jpg)
Tip for traditional arts like myself, USE STICKY NOTES!
they’re like a real life pick and drag tool, you draw the hand and if you don’t like it, RIP THAT SUCKA OFF AND DRAW ANOTHER :D
Why isn't this higher on the comments section
This is the best art tip ever
“who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?”
This- This is what I need-
Dude this is so helpful thank you
Good tip, but I want to add: *shoulders are also really important for making expressive poses!* They're a literal extension of the arms, so any arm position should take shoulder position into account.
Basically don't draw the shoulders flat and then figure out the pose from there-- they should be part of your plan just as much as hands and arms are.
Really good addition, thank you so much 😋
And don't forget the head! The head is important to. Gotta move the head a bit with the shoulders and arms.
Thanks
tyy
Shoulder blades too for nude posees. My friends shoulder blades could cut an apple lol
Is this how comic characters feel like when they get a lightbulb above their head?
haha I love this comment ty
@Carl The Meatgrinder damn carl you ok?
@Carl The Meatgrinder Carl.. 😟
angy boom boom boi
@@squishy_peach lol don't worry, they said that because the commenter has Bakugou on their PFP (plus their user is gremlin).
"you can use the transform tool-"
Me, a traditional artist: 👁️👄👁️
Just draw the hands on another piece of paper, cut them out and experiment by moving them around the top of your art if that makes sense. Hope this helps!
@@owlwinner that sounds like alot of work
@@ItsAnanna but hey it works so yeah and besides, if you put more work in your art it'll look better and it's less work than just drawing the hands in 6 different positions and erasing it again
@@echtnietemma9362 yeah I guess
Same bro🫠
This would help me tremendously if I could actually draw hands, years of trying but I still suck so much at them, even with countless references 😭 I love the drawing you made!
dude same i suck so bad at drawing hands 😭
It all starts with anatomy
I recommend using your own hands as a reference or trying rotoscope, then referencing that and building it up to muscle memory :D
Edit: I say this as if I can draw well but it’s been working for me lol
I just draw a circle where will the hands be and then draw the arms even tho I dont know how to draw hands :)
I usually just don’t do fingers. Does wonders lol
I felt so called out when you talked about drawing the circles for the joints lol. Thank you for this, I'm not good with hands but I'll try it
To be fair, circles for joints aren’t too bad. I think the biggest issue is with elbows where that can make poses incredibly stiff. I’d say definitely focus on hands and shoulders as both can set emotion and all that, and put the rest of the arms in later
I don't even draw circle joints.
Instead you could always draw stick hands first, then make it more detailed when you finish drawing the rest of the arm
What is the name of the app?
With traditional art, try lightly sketching the hands in different places with pencil! Even just some squares at different angles.
And if you like all of them, you've got a badass multi-armed deity
Oh hell yeah!
Bad ass multy-armed characters!
Thanks for the tip :)
I love badass deity's
I'm definitely drawing a multi-armed deity after this
Hell yeah!
Wow that's actually really cool! Definitely trying this next time I draw. Now there's only one thing to do: learn how to draw hands :)
Ikr lol
She already post a video of how to draw hands has a while ago, I recommend checking it out! ;)
@@hvbg I watched that video 3 time haha.... HAHHAH .... Still couldn't figure out how to draw hands, but I'm a wayyy closer than before. LavenderTowne really helps us a lot
feel ya too much
I just draw circles and put 4 bumps-
Yes only 4 fingers
I still use this tip and it genuinely helped me enjoy drawing arms and hands❤
So basically everyone is Rayman until you draw the limbs🥴
Nah but seriously this is a really good tip, I've actually used this before but for legs and feet. I draw the shoes first and then I draw legs. Very helpful
LOL 😵
ye
You can draw shoes?
You had me until "move the hands around with the aksbsown tool" -traditional artists
It still helps to draw the hand first. When I realized that a few months ago, my poses got instantly more dynamic. You can also draw just two circles to test the hand positions and move them by erasing and redrawing.
Same
Rip rip , but maybe you could cutout some hands to move?
@@basilbat273 I'll try that next time, thank you wise Soki boi
Sketch a bunch of hands on post-it notes or painter's tape, and cut them out.
Boom, moveable (and even reusable) hands to find the perfect pose!
“Transform tool-”
Traditional artists rolling in their graves rn
A few other comments have suggested drawing some hands on sticky notes to move them around, and even potentially reuse them for other drawings.
Wait when did I die
This is how I died, true story
@@AmandaDavis6130 or draw a VERY light circle
PLS FR
Art tip for traditional artists: for me, since I lack the ability or resources to draw digitally, sketching out rough ovals for the arms is a better way of getting more fluid movement and getting an idea for the width you want the arm to be, rather than building around a line which can make the arm look strange or stiff.
edit: please know that this is what personally works for me, it might not be for everyone and that's ok! I've just found that it helps doing rounder shapes rather than straight lines
Thanks for the tip! Also, is that Franziska from that one official art in your pfp?
Thanks. My arms always come out looking weird.
Nah, DON’T YOU EVER USE OVALS
Use more triangular shapes since the human body has more tapers and ovals show indecision
That’s what my boy Ethan taught me and it’s true
@@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah lemme tell ya that there are multiple ways to do *rough sketches* and ovals works better for someone, and even thought this yours mighty boy Ethan might be a professional artist, noone gives a fuck, it's just a sketch, dude, someone prefers to use ovals over lines.
Thank youuuuu I thought I was the only one who did this :')
THANK YOU
This helped creating poses in my art so much easier! ^^
Oh ma god this is so useful, I can’t get over how much your art tip shorts are helping me
"And then you can use the transform tool-"
Me, a traditional artist: "Guess I'll die"
(Edit: Y'all its been a YEAR thanks for still replying and stuff ig?
(Edit 2: y'all really be there for me you guys are real ones
You can draw in different positions during the sketch phase, don't worry! I applied this tip on the traditional way (I'm a traditional and digital artist) and it worked!!
I feel your pain haha
*Cut out the hands*
Don't be afraid to use the holy eraser my dude
@@ethanmcswag93 HISSSS
Another tip is: instead of drawing lines for the limbs, draw tapered rounded triangles/wedges. I even sometimes make the forearm curve "weird" and then eventually if despite limb placement and hands, it still looks weird, I just tone down the curvature. Doing this also helps perceiving the arm as a 3D object instead of a flat one and helps with things like foreshortening.
I think I know what you're talking about
Ooo ok! Thanks:3
What I often do is draw the line first, then add lines on either side of that first line as guides for how thin or thick I want the arms to be - and then flesh the outer lines out a bit (does that make sense? I hope so).
Now how draw *hands*
@@tikaepixwhom666 i do squares that jut out of the wrist just a bit
THANK YOU! my biggest struggle in art is posing so I will for sure try this! (With both arms and legs)
Feet are a lot less movable then hands, considering you're actually relying on them to stay up. If you're doing a floating/falling pose then yeah, that might work, but you need to keep in mind a whole bunch of things; Which leg are they putting their weight on, how relaxed are they, etc
@@newandroid2673 true
OMG IKR
My biggest struggle in art is to make something that doesn't look awful lol
This girl is BIG brain!
This honestly REALLY helped me out, like fr
“What’s helped me is drawing the hands first”
The people with no ability to draw hands: 👁👄👁
Edit: holy crap. That’s the most likes I’ve ever gotten. Thanks everyone!
Well what you can do instead of throwing hands and start what you normally do like let's say you don't know how to draw hands draw a little circles or let's say you don't know how to draw circles for whatever reason you can draw like little squares you can draw just you know the three lines kind of like adventure Time it don't have to be as good as they can but you have to at least make it seem like this circle or it's just a square or it's just enough without even any fingers or you can go for adventure time, she also has video on that too
In my experience, simply sketching little circles where the hands are supposed to be is sufficient. You still need to draw the actual hands later, but the point at this early stage of drawing is to figure out the placement of the hands and arms.
Drawing details AND figuring out the pose at the same exact time is a bad idea in general, just make it easy on yourself by not doing the details until the end.
that is legit me bro
Yeah true
*We're completely fvcked*
Lavender has helped me with my art way more than she knows, like, I didn't even draw sketches before my line art until I started watching her.
I cannot like this comment, it is at 69.
Have a nice day.
You have no idea how helpful your tutorials are to me, Ahhhh your style is literally the cutest thing ever! You're definitely one of my top three favorite artists
“ start with the hands “ Me who can’t draw hands: * sigh *
Oooooh.. this is good. I thought it was just about stiffness but the way that you think about it in your brain is helping you actually plan out and explore different possibilities and emotional effects. I love it
Learned this a while back on tumblr and it made my poses look a lot better
Also for those who have trouble figuring out how long to make the arm - remember that the elbow always comes to the person's waistline! That's the rule I typically follow to make sure my arms aren't too long or short
Thx for the tip I'm about to draw something now!
how draw munchkin cat
This is really good, also for making hands look like they’re connected to normal arms,
- shoulder orb
- hands
- connect hand to corresponding shoulder orb with one straight line
- find the middle of that line, draw a line out perpendicular to it, use the end of this third line to mark where you’re putting your elbow orb
- I learned this from somewhere else ages ago but it’s really useful
Great tip
you have no idea how groundbreaking this was for me ily
Your advice on drawing has been helping me so much. Thank you!!! 🥺😊🩵✨🪴
I love these tips that pop up randomly, they really help :)
Ah yes, the “Madness Combat” approach
Lol
The "madness Rayman combat" method
me a madness combat artist not needing to do shit 🔥🔥
I agree
cries in traditional art
*cries with you*
I mean, it still works, you just need to make sure where you want the hands to be
*Laughs in extremely fucking bad in traditional art*
The fact that I was literally JUST struggling to draw a character. Thank you! This is so helpful, I would have never thought about drawing the hands first!
Such a simple yet profound concept. Thank you so much!!
Wow the perks of DIGITAL art.
How to draw arms easily
Step 1, Draw hands
Artists: blasphemy!!
Lol I know it's a stereotype but I hate drawing hands so much, but I'll try it.
Ikr I find them really hard
Man, I love drawing hands
@@saltyspittoon Finally we found the chosen one
@@saltyspittoon
Bouncer: how tough are you
Comment: I draw the hands first
Bouncer: (visibly sweating) I'm sorry sir, didn't recognize yah, head right in
@@saltyspittoon Me too!! Glad to hear there are more like me out there!! For real though it's hard to find, everyone just talk so negatively about hands we get washed out!! Drawing hands is one of my favourite things to draw it's a shared first with facial expressions!!
This is so helpful! I usually struggle with making decent poses when I’m not drawing a full body but I’m definitely gonna use this tip
wwait this is going to be really helpful thank you ‼️💗💗 (also those hands you drew look godly hahaha)
this actually helped so much and saved me so much time! tysm!
THATS INSANELY HELPFUL THANK YOU
I just lightly draw the arms. It’s faster and less confusing, at least for me. And as for the hands, I start off by drawing them to look more like mittens. But until I get the full sketch done, I go back and add fingers (or for my case, claws) to my characters.
That's actually really smart! I used to do something similar, but these days I just hide the hands behind something because I have absolutely no ability to draw hands... T^T I will try drawing hands more often lmao
No worries. I know drawing hands isn’t the easiest to do. If you want to draw hands more frequently, then I suggest starting off with something that isn’t as hard as a character holding something.
@@KareemEmotion Yeah I usually just try drawing simple hands with not much detail, or like open/in an easier way to draw. But either way, they are still annoying XD
Thank you so much!! You always help me and everyone else! Your work is wonderful and I want to remind you of that
Omg, yes, thank you so much for this tip! I always struggle with this, definitely gonna give this method a shot! 😘😘😘
I freaking LOVE your art style!
OMG the character looks so cute!
Watching this makes me want do draw poses! Thank you for the vid, Lavender!
Ngl, my mind explode watching this. My drawings have been SUFFERING from stiff arms. Why did I never thought of this?!?!?!
This is one of those ahA! tips where it makes so much sense in retrospect. Thanks, really appreciate these short tips!
Ever since I watched this last year it’s been so easy to draw poses! Thank you so much!❤
foreshortening too helps with the dynamicness
This is a life saver! I can never seem to get dynamic poses without my whole drawing looking weird, thank you!!
I do this for my drawings and I'm really glad you're telling this super useful technique to more people 👍
When I first saw this tip somewhere else long ago, it honestly saved my artistic life! I still work a lot on trying not to make stiff poses, but it really is so much easier to draw the hands (or feet even) first. It's good to see where the limbs will end up, not trying to wing it from their base (shoulder joints or hips).
He's so cute!!!
this actually really helped, thanks :)
Omg this is so perfect! I usually did what you did, and it was hard to make more interesting and unique poses because the arms would look weird. Tysm for this!! It helps a lot :)
This was destined! I was starting to make a drawing a limbless character but with hands and noticed the fact that drawing only the hands is easier than my other drawings haha
Thank you btw
This was extremely helpful, I struggle with this so much! 💖
This very much helped! 😳
I basically do what you said you used to do but I also do the circle on the hands.
Time to change methods! Because, as you said it did for you, it made my characters stiff 😅 Thank you for the help!
Your advice is always very helpful!
ngl this helped a lot whenever i would draw poses my characters looked very weird and the arms didn’t look right. now though they don’t look as weird and look pretty normal lol
:0 This is really helpful and cool! I'll make sure to try it on my next artwork! Also I have been watching you for over a year now and just wanted to say I Love all your videos! You are the reason why I decided to buy a drawing tablet! 🤧❤
finally, a youtube short art tutorial that actually helps your artstyle and not copy someone elses artystyle
OMGG this is actually such a good tip!!!
I love your Artstyle
"use the transform tool" confused traditional artist noises
I can’t draw hands though 😩😩😩
Check out LavenderTowne's tutorial of hands
In her channel, that she made a while ago
It really helped me! Thank you 🤍
god i absolutely love the expressions you draw, no matter how much i draw my face never looks as expressive as yours
This transformed my world! Thank you!!
Cool drawing! Thanks for the tip!
This has helped me SO MUCH its unbelievable
WOW! THIS IS HELPFUL AF! THANK YOU
I love your artstyle
Very insightful, thanks!
My mind has been blown 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫…Your a god send
This opened my eyes. Thank you so much
This was actually really helpful, thank you!
This was eye opening!!! Thank you!!!
Your art advice is amazing.
Honestly, I've tried getting into art before, but always screwed up or couldn't copy the fancy stuff.
But you really know how to make the stuff both easy and simple.
Holy crap...
This is genuinely ingenious
This would surely help me
Thanks!
THIS ACTUALLY HELPED ME SO MUCH THANK YOU
This is actually super helpful! I’ve been having a hard time drawing arm poses, thanks! :)
Ive started using this technique and I couldn’t be more greatful! This tip is so useful!
WAIT IVE BEEN WATCHING UR CHANNEL FOREVER ABD JUST REALIZED UR LEFT HANDED-
WHAAAAAAAAAT???
I love your art style!
Thanks for the advice!!!
You changed my life!
AHH THANK YOU!! I’ve always struggled with this 😅🤍
My artstyle has been changing lately and I have been having problems with the arms, thank you so much this was really helpful!!
Omg I love your style!! It kinda gives me emoish vibes and cutesy
Ok this makes it way more easier holy crap thank you!
That’s actually so useful!
man i lovr these short form art tips actually
I've drawn two artworks with characters using this and I already feel like a much better artist. Thanks!
THANK YOU- I needed this so much-
i like the character you use in the example :)
Amazing drawing🤩✨😌✋🏻
This really helped, tbh. I made poses so rigid before, so thank you so much
This definitely helped thank you!