Why You Need To Learn How To Use LINE WEIGHTS

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  • Опубликовано: 24 окт 2022
  • This video is all about Line Weights. Often over looked, and thought of as an inking technique, they can bring so much to your figures and overall picture making. Proper use of line weights can really make the difference between beginner work, and professional level drawing.
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  • @gabudaichamuda2545
    @gabudaichamuda2545 Год назад +223

    FINALLY, a clear explanation of line weight. I've had people tell me for years that I need to learn to "vary my line weight", and I never understood what it meant until now.

    • @alanomarperezalvarez292
      @alanomarperezalvarez292 Год назад +6

      Same, this is a life saver

    • @orebb2204
      @orebb2204 Год назад +5

      Honestly the best on RUclips, I even tried proko and still didn't get it up until now

    • @ShakDrawzOfficial
      @ShakDrawzOfficial Год назад +9

      Agreed. My biggest pet peeve is when people say “you need to practice” without actually explaining what needs to be practiced.

    • @ScottMcMaster-er4xj
      @ScottMcMaster-er4xj 11 месяцев назад +4

      We can think of it as micro-shading before any real shading. That's how I am going to approach it.

    • @nopenopenopepikachu5206
      @nopenopenopepikachu5206 8 месяцев назад +1

      This comment is a perfect culmination in all of our feelings

  • @KillerTacos54
    @KillerTacos54 Год назад +92

    Dave straight up made a commission-quality illustration just for this tutorial. If that doesn’t show how legendary he is, idk what will. Thanks so much for this video!!

  • @relindimoxxelheximilli1793
    @relindimoxxelheximilli1793 Год назад +130

    Thank you Dave again for great video. Because of you this world will have great new generation of artists. Thank you for your teaching us. You are source of knowledge even for poor people who cant spent money for course and school to follow their art dream. But you are making our dreams real ... now its just on us to work hard to gain what we want. Thank you Dave you are amazing. God bless you.

    • @DavidFinchartist
      @DavidFinchartist  Год назад +59

      Thanks so much! Its humbling to think that I could be helping along some upcoming great artists in this business. I was fortunate enough to work in a studio where I learned all this stuff, so it's important to me to be able to pass that on.

    • @rockon8174
      @rockon8174 Год назад +6

      @@DavidFinchartist doing awesome work, sir! Thank you for sharing!

    • @Fm83473
      @Fm83473 Год назад

      Agreed

    • @austin7280
      @austin7280 Год назад

      @@endymcgufin4570 cope

  • @khrystianadams8165
    @khrystianadams8165 Год назад +158

    He crossed the line this time.
    Edit: Thank you, never had 123 likes

  • @AA-kt3qm
    @AA-kt3qm 2 месяца назад +2

    2 minutes in and youve given me better information on line-weight than ive been able to find on any more popular channel on youtube! Awesome stuff! Thank you!

  • @chuckgibson3973
    @chuckgibson3973 Год назад +38

    Memories...
    I'm thinking about that old studio in Mira Mesa and how Marc (Silvestri) and Scott (Williams) used to sit next to each other in that office. It was great for me, because I'd go to get advice from Scott and wind up getting a lesson from Marc too about half the time. They both got together for a few minutes one afternoon and explained this to me.
    Great stuff. I've already sent a couple people who regularly ask me questions a link to this video. You're giving away GOLD over here, David! Thanks for what you do.

  • @1MightyR
    @1MightyR Год назад +6

    This is the perfect example of using line weights!! 🔥💯

  • @titanusprimezillaeditz
    @titanusprimezillaeditz Год назад +3

    THE legendary intro of david finch.🔥🔥🔥LOVE IT

  • @kushagranayak2213
    @kushagranayak2213 Год назад +3

    Get this guy 1 million subscribers 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @fallenphoenixfilms
    @fallenphoenixfilms Год назад +8

    I'd been wondering about line weights for a long time. Appreciate that you've covered them here.

  • @tomicart5854
    @tomicart5854 Год назад +2

    Yes! Yes! Yes! Can’t wait to watch this when I get home from school. 🔥🔥🔥

  • @DMAN99
    @DMAN99 Год назад +5

    I really appreciate the simple explanation, sometimes when you try and research this type of stuff it’s too easy to get bogged down in the big details.

    • @DavidFinchartist
      @DavidFinchartist  Год назад +4

      Thanks! I definitely find that, yeah... It's so easy to overthink some of these things until you're completely turned around.

    • @DMAN99
      @DMAN99 Год назад +1

      @@DavidFinchartist In regards to this video, I like how you pointed out how you were still following the same idea throughout the piece even with some of the finer details like around the rib area or some of the thigh muscle on the left leg, usually those details are where I get confused in other tutorials.

  • @alphinart
    @alphinart Год назад +4

    Yes! Another great tutorial! Hope you’re feeling better Dave!

    • @DavidFinchartist
      @DavidFinchartist  Год назад +1

      I am, thanks Alpin!

    • @alphinart
      @alphinart Год назад

      @@DavidFinchartist good to hear! And great line weight tutorial!

  • @JJJade2468
    @JJJade2468 Год назад

    Dang!!!!! This seems so simple but i never took enough time to really do this and he's right, my sketches looked so FLAT.

  • @KDSBestGameDev
    @KDSBestGameDev 3 месяца назад

    Thank you so mich. This short video teached me alot. Line weight is something I neglected alot

  • @Mono-fr5fk
    @Mono-fr5fk Год назад +1

    One of the best comic artisits and educators you can find on the whole yt.

  • @chimpsfall75
    @chimpsfall75 Год назад +4

    ABSOLUTELY helpful!!! Thank you very much, Mr. Finch!

  • @lylewyant3356
    @lylewyant3356 Год назад +1

    This video is right on time. Was about to start looking for line weight tutorials.

  • @artwhat..
    @artwhat.. Год назад +1

    Hero F.. great life lesson, thanks for your time, see you Monday.. bye'eeee..

  • @Habu12
    @Habu12 Год назад +3

    As a classically trained draftsman, I love the use of the lead holder! My first paying drafting job was all board drafting, and I used a combination of lead holders and Koh-I-Noor mechanical pencils of various line weights. For very similar reasons. But instead of light, it was dimension. Object lines were thicker to denote the edge of a surface, whereas hatch lines were thinner to denote the material was cut, and you were seeing the inside of it. Centerlines and dimension lines were among the thinnest to denote that they were imaginary lines no present on the material, used for dimensioning only. Etc etc..
    Great stuff!

  • @JDSCT
    @JDSCT Год назад +2

    Another great video with great information. Hope you are well Dave

  • @brycetheoddball
    @brycetheoddball Год назад +2

    Best Art Teacher of All Time.

  • @SanAndreas204
    @SanAndreas204 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for this. Hope you feel better.

    • @DavidFinchartist
      @DavidFinchartist  Год назад +1

      Welcome! I'm definitely feeling better today, and I think I'll be totally good by tomorrow.

    • @SanAndreas204
      @SanAndreas204 Год назад

      @@DavidFinchartist happy to hear that. Hope you are 100% tomorrow.

  • @Poisonedblade
    @Poisonedblade 3 месяца назад

    That simple shape tutorial explained it all... then watching it in practice was really enlightening.

  • @jeromelansang2168
    @jeromelansang2168 Год назад +7

    I have brought your course when it came out about 10yrs ago and this was the concept which made my drawing a lot better as I always wondered why my drawing looked flat even tho it has shadowing in it. Thanks again. P.S: you also showed this to me personally when you were in the Calgary expo and I was waiting for my V for vendetta commission from you. Thanks again for being such an awesome guy and great artist

  • @authorrayrogers
    @authorrayrogers 2 месяца назад

    This video is a game-changer for me. Thanks, David!

  • @alisondorantes-garcia5751
    @alisondorantes-garcia5751 3 месяца назад

    Oh my God this broke down a concept that I've struggled with for over a decade. Thank you for the simple explanation and examples!

  • @nickellfrancis8522
    @nickellfrancis8522 Год назад +3

    David finch your art is incredible thank you ✨✨✨

  • @Apudurangdinya
    @Apudurangdinya Год назад

    Holly molly, that last part, the different line weight in foreground - middle ground - backround, now i realized why my drawings felt so flat because i use the same lineweight throughout the whole drawing/panel, i have a hard time making the drawing focus on the character, instead my eyes always focused on something else sometimes the backround kinda more stand out, thank you so much dave, much love

  • @bnstnnn83
    @bnstnnn83 Год назад +1

    This video was just what i need, i love you

  • @Cass99k
    @Cass99k Год назад +12

    Thank you David! This is truly such a useful even necessary concept to learn, blessings for you and your family

  • @keithws2779
    @keithws2779 Год назад

    That's such an awesome drawing, feels so solid.

  • @black_hole_art
    @black_hole_art Год назад

    Coloring ur works has changed my coloring skills thanks for the amazing lines I'll keep making ur cool work even cool thank u dave fin

  • @greg_static_art
    @greg_static_art Год назад +3

    Can’t thank you enough Dave. Taking your time to pass on such immensely helpful knowledge is wildly appreciated

  • @Mute-chan420
    @Mute-chan420 Месяц назад

    Amazing video, you're one of the GOATS Mr finch fr

  • @wallrider73
    @wallrider73 Год назад

    This is gold! To get all this amazing content from such a great artist is a real privilege. Thank you, Dave!

  • @XAKHAN_ArtB.Y.R.O.N.I.C.
    @XAKHAN_ArtB.Y.R.O.N.I.C. Год назад +2

    Excellent. Thank you. 👌🏿💎

  • @spiritretro3571
    @spiritretro3571 Год назад

    absolutely love this vid dave!! would seriously love more like this

  • @USERRINZLER
    @USERRINZLER Год назад +1

    Dave, these video's are very helpful! Thank you

  • @sixmoremarko4872
    @sixmoremarko4872 Год назад

    good to see you on here Dave. Glorious content.

  • @thesolarchive
    @thesolarchive Год назад

    This was so great and helpful David thank you again for another incredible guide.

  • @EloanneCqra01
    @EloanneCqra01 Год назад +2

    I remember seeing tutorials on lineart that usually talk about using line weight to show the difference in volume/emphasis between the parts that compose the figure/object/etc. It's a very useful understanding, but I often got myself lost in the middle of the process, trying to guess if I should - or not - make the line thicker at some point, and it always felt some sort of logic was missing. Well, it was indeed: the line weight being guided by the light source. I'm going to watch it again and take notes, this is going to be a new lineart exercise for sure! Thank you, David :]
    Oh, and I always loved to get a comic with your art! But I don't remember seeing this channel before. Now I have a lot to watch around here hahaha

  • @roadrunneruntd
    @roadrunneruntd Год назад

    I've been struggling so much with line weight. This demystified aspects that I struggled with. Thank you so much !

  • @datatreader7886
    @datatreader7886 11 месяцев назад +1

    My linework has been incredibly challenging, so thank you for explaining why this is absolutely vital for good drawings, and how it's basically the same as simple shading. I didn't even realize it, but I was accidentally following this technique when I was much younger and tracing comics.

  • @LumebentoLLC
    @LumebentoLLC Год назад

    I appreciate this explanation because when people were trying to explain this before they really did not do anything this simple and easy to understand.

  • @scottmcmaster4927
    @scottmcmaster4927 Год назад

    This just came intuitively to me when I began to draw.

  • @MCUPW
    @MCUPW Год назад +2

    Another great video! Thanks.

  • @PizzicatoUK
    @PizzicatoUK 9 месяцев назад

    This is one of the most useful drawing videos I've seen (and I've watched a LOT!). Thanks so much for this, David.

  • @kmolina5841
    @kmolina5841 Год назад +1

    Yes, lightweights I’ve been struggling so much wit this thank you Dave !!! 😊😊

  • @James-ke4gq
    @James-ke4gq Год назад +1

    Thanks for another video dave
    As an art teacher that dreams of being able to draw comics all day one day, these things give me hope to keep learning and going

  • @speedbagboxer7451
    @speedbagboxer7451 Год назад +4

    Once again thanks for making these videos Dave. I’ve learned so much from watching ur videos and I can’t thank u enough.

  • @dwintster
    @dwintster Год назад

    Thanks David I always learn something new from your videos, goes to show that no matter how long you have been at it there is always more to learn. 37yrs and still learning, this is what I love about art and design.

  • @jasonpaulperkinsart
    @jasonpaulperkinsart Год назад

    Needed this. Have been trying to get better at my inking and this was a great lesson. Posting videos of my learning!

  • @Lockheadz
    @Lockheadz Год назад +1

    this legend is such a great teacher

  • @vapsman88
    @vapsman88 Год назад

    Great video, Dave. Very simply explained and easy to implement. Thanks for sharing.

  • @CultureU-pendrawing_Studio
    @CultureU-pendrawing_Studio Год назад

    Using the weight of the lines to make the picture stand out even more.... It's good.😄

  • @Tee_J_Arts
    @Tee_J_Arts Год назад +2

    Thank you mr finch for being my inspiration 🙏🏿

  • @DamageXcaling
    @DamageXcaling Год назад

    This was pure gold, i think now i understand shadows amd volume a lot more 🙏🙏

  • @rockon8174
    @rockon8174 Год назад

    One of the best art instruction videos on RUclips!!!!

  • @hoodieinfestation
    @hoodieinfestation Год назад +1

    Nice breakdown! Thanks for sharing this.

  • @markaguzmanartist630
    @markaguzmanartist630 Год назад

    Fantastic Dave love this

  • @ragemonkey1173
    @ragemonkey1173 Год назад

    David, thanks.😊

  • @Johnboy6346
    @Johnboy6346 Год назад +1

    Dave gives more of an art education in these videos that any of my art teachers ever did at school

  • @donkster
    @donkster Год назад

    Glad I found this vid. Been struggling a little with my shadowing. Awesome tutorial and thanks for the video.

  • @screamfingers
    @screamfingers 11 месяцев назад

    This is honestly gold, and CRUCIAL knowledge.
    I haven't found this info anywhere so thank you so much for your contributions to the locus of knowledge that's out there.
    And for FREE at that.

  • @KatzNoirNation
    @KatzNoirNation 11 месяцев назад

    This was extremely helpful, thank you so much for this breakdown.

  • @asimian8500
    @asimian8500 Год назад +1

    Great video. Everyone benefits. It's amazing how much form that something as simple as line weight gives. One way to create greater dimension with line weight is to use the concept of ambient occlusion. When objects are close to one another, light gets trapped and the light dims.

  • @kanden27
    @kanden27 Год назад

    This helped clear A LOT of things up!

  • @user-yn1ql1vs2i
    @user-yn1ql1vs2i 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much Sir Marcel

  • @gat-susama7409
    @gat-susama7409 Год назад

    Beautifully explained

  • @mh1art870
    @mh1art870 Год назад

    Thanks Dave! You the man

  • @lamborghinimiura7625
    @lamborghinimiura7625 Год назад +1

    Thank you very much for this. It was very helpful.

  • @andymartinez3622
    @andymartinez3622 Год назад

    Thank
    you so much for this video.
    Im a learning artist that has never made a lot of progress because I dont like being taught by other people as i feel like they dont explain it right and i dont understand. This video was so perfect and simple I understood perfectly and I feel like. my art is going to improve a lot more because of this, thank you so much!!

  • @allanthornton7754
    @allanthornton7754 Год назад

    Thanks for the informative video. You are truly a great ambassador for the industry.

  • @artbytrublue288
    @artbytrublue288 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for this tutorial this is so helpful 😊

  • @devilmah
    @devilmah 8 месяцев назад

    This was very helpful! thank you

  • @darioscomicschool1111
    @darioscomicschool1111 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much!

  • @cory99998
    @cory99998 Год назад

    loving all of the tutorials you've released this year, keep up the good work. Could you do a video on shape design?

  • @c.williamrussette2148
    @c.williamrussette2148 Год назад

    This was extremely helpful. Thanks, sir!

  • @darioscomicschool1111
    @darioscomicschool1111 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you again!

  • @zubingala5082
    @zubingala5082 Год назад

    One of the best in the bizz.. for alot of reasons. Thank u sir david!!!

  • @HimanArtists
    @HimanArtists Год назад +1

    Great art work

  • @n8n565
    @n8n565 Год назад

    This is amazing!

  • @vdostarr
    @vdostarr Год назад

    learning how to ink & this video helps immensely!!! Thank you

  • @insaindrawings333
    @insaindrawings333 Год назад

    Awesome stuff! This was very helpful and gave me ideas on how to approach it in clip studio

  • @DarkTider
    @DarkTider Год назад +15

    Another fantastic video as always! I've been trying to get line thickness down better, and this guide really helps. While I agree its not talked as much in many western youtube art channels, I do find japanese art channels focus heavily on it! :D

    • @DavidFinchartist
      @DavidFinchartist  Год назад +6

      I didn't know that. It does make sense.

    • @testsubject1508
      @testsubject1508 Год назад +2

      Can you recommend some Japanese art channels that focus on it? Im looking for any bit of help I can get :D Thank You!

  • @jodymiller4986
    @jodymiller4986 Год назад +1

    Thanks Dave! Super helpful, great job man.

  • @devinwalters8769
    @devinwalters8769 Год назад +1

    i actually already do this by nature when drawing. But this is still great advice. Nice work as always, mr. Finch. 😊👍

  • @artalgo5172
    @artalgo5172 Год назад

    A thousand thank yous, sensei 🙏🙏🙏

  • @stridin
    @stridin Год назад +1

    Thanks for the video. This is truly the best video on the topic of line weights for line works in general.

  • @davebertaud
    @davebertaud Год назад

    great tutorial thanks!

  • @fulmetalraven1
    @fulmetalraven1 Год назад

    Great vid!!! Thanks

  • @SDW90808
    @SDW90808 Год назад +1

    Best, most comprehensive video on line weights I’ve seen. I started to skip it; glad I didn’t.

  • @aglcomics
    @aglcomics 3 месяца назад

    Excellent tutorial, David. AGL

  • @ikill7731
    @ikill7731 Год назад +1

    Easy trick to make your drawing look really cool. Making an object look 3d without shading, given line weight is a form of shading. Definitely got the dopamine flowing!!!

    • @DavidFinchartist
      @DavidFinchartist  Год назад

      It really is easy! And it's such a universal skill for comic artists.

  • @oswaldosabo
    @oswaldosabo Год назад +2

    Thanx! Helps a lot!

  • @doncocor
    @doncocor Год назад

    this was great thanks.

  • @mac_art_01
    @mac_art_01 Год назад

    Thanks to your videos bro.. 👍 i learn many techniques in your draw..

  • @aneebartist7207
    @aneebartist7207 Год назад

    Thank you master.

  • @Ren_Brands
    @Ren_Brands Год назад

    Really useful Information for a beginner.