I had already studied this for design, but this video reminded me to think more about it when I created, and about aspects that I hadn't seen before, like colors, thank you very much ^^. This will help me a lot in my new job as a background designer.
I had a teacher tell me if you want to paint or draw faster than paint or draw slower. You retain information better and make less mistakes wich in the long run saves time.
"Rendering is easy, you can render a design for 10 hour and give it a really polish look but if the design itself is bad, it just gonna be a waste of time and will look like shit. As a concept designer you need to focus and put more of your time on the design part, then you can just give it base color + cel shading and it still will look 100% better than what you've did before, now it's on you, you wanna be a painter or concept designer?!" I'm crying but I'm a concept artist now because of it
I don't remember every single one of them, but one of the first eye opener is that, perspective can have one system per item, you don't need to have everything parallel because the "main" grid system is only parallel to the ground (it can be very complex every item rotated etc..) and much later I understood, because what even is all this ground parallel thing?? It's a camera sitting in space, our EYE, WE ARE THE CAMERA MAN, if I move, all the perspective lines moves too, it's dynamic, not fixed, where you're student you think it's just bunch of fixed lines haha ^^'
The moment you showed LMS with area of colors just like a heat map was truly eyes opening for me, seeing it with shapes of colors really made me understand the whole concept a lot more. Lot of thanks for that, will use it for my illustrations!! It's like the "Less is more" concept, there is so many times where the theory is simple, but understand it and apply it is way harder
With time you'll be able to have heat seeking vision trained into your eyes! 😎Thank you so much for your comment and I'm happy to hear that it's been helpful for you!
I seldom teach to my students the "Color Perspective" and the "Lighting Perspective" aside from the large-medium-small in Size obviously... but you added the line stroke, the brush stroke, the materials, the inception ... dude I learned something new! keep it up! btw new subscriber here
It blew my mind to realize and see it the first time too! It's like seeing the matrix! Hope you enjoy your stay on this channel and thank you for subbing! 😃
Thank you! This truly is a great piece of knowledge especially for me who is at the beginning of my art journey. It also just dawned on me, your style is similar to Trent Kaniuga's style! I love it!
i think i've left a similar comment before but i'm always struck by how much i get from your videos. 90% of the time when i click on a title promising to rock my world they'll go over some basics i've heard a hundred times but you always manage to present these concepts in a way that genuinely deepens my understanding. often it's a matter of bridging the gap between a basic rule and its application outside of the vacuum of the most obvious demonstration. just really helpful!
Something worth mentioning is the existence of greater formal flow you feature in the exposed wood / plaster / red roof design around the 15:00 mark. The cone inhabits the world of triangles and spheres The cylinder inhabits both the spherical and rectangular world The pyramid inhabits both the rectangular and triangular world You have a cylinder base flowing into a cone roof, on the main tower while you have a rectangular base flowing into a pyramid-like roof. It seems like organizing the respective simple geometries in this manner and allowing them to complete and stand alone without contrast makes for a fuller, more aesthetic composition. The footbridge, comprised equally of rounded and triangular and rectangular elements is the mastermind of this entire composition, quite literally 'bridging' the two unique formal organizations together. Loved your points about positioning rounded archways in the presence of solid, 90 degree stone bases for added contrast and fall off. Great video!
I thought this was about how to break up complex shapes into simpler shapes and was a bit disappointed, bc that's something I struggle with. Still a great video, though. I've also heard this be called the 70/20/10 rule, and I agree it's a very versatile game-changer.
@@imperfectimp sorry to disappoint on that 😛 that definitely can be an entirely different video to cover breaking down more complex shapes. Appreciate you checking out the vid and hopefully you still got something out of it!
Thank you so much! You and your content is an underrated gem, and i hope more people find your super educational videos and content as you grow. This has been, like you said, mind blowing
This video is a game-changer for shape design! 🔥👁 The insights and techniques shared are incredibly eye-opening and will definitely transform how I approach design. Thank you for breaking down these concepts so clearly and making such a complex topic accessible. Can't wait to apply these new ideas! 🎨✨
So many valuable and insightful informations! Thank you so much for taking the time to talk about them and clearly explaining with examples on how to spot them and use them effectively.
Really insightful and informative. I think I'll use your list to create practice assignments where I can focus on each element in an image (shape size, shape type etc) before trying to combine them together. Thanks for the tips :) you're a good teacher.
Jordan i haven't seen your pufferfish creature before, its amazing! Can you please do another video with different types of exercises where we can practices the 6 groups your mention in the most efficient way?
Fantastic Video man! I was just teaching this concept to my students yesterday, but you definitely did it clearer hahah XD I'll be sending them to this video today ;) Well done!!
thank you so much Jourdan this was really amazing and mind opening I knew such thing existed but not to this level thanx to your explanation I see it very clearly now and I will sure try to mess with it one at a time like you said I really appreciate the hard work you put in your videos they really help ❤🙏🙏
Ive been trying to improve my art lately so ive been on the hunt for some good videos, honestly your video popped up at a great time! You are a great teacher, and the examples made everything easy to understand. Thank you for sharing!
Ohh I study art and went to art school and hadn't really studied this concept. That or I could have paid attention more lol still good tool to add to my tool belt 😌 thanks 🙏
New vid yay! I like Large medium small, everyone talks about it, feels obvious at times but good to remind it because it's so important!! First time I heard about that principle is by Kienan Lafferty With some experience, it kinda becomes a passive skills, feels good to use it 1:50 door and face! Most important features 10:12 fanservice hehe Towards the end of the video, examples are really cool, I always had troubles to decide how to make my shadows, LMS really applies to everything! It adds extra meaning to art now, even the lighting is part of design, it's not just "shading/rendering" it is playful puzzle!! 22:20 yes very overwhelming, tbh I applied it only to some aspects, like detail distribution or scaling of shapes, not everything like in the video 23:30 damn all the trees are the same size!
I have been drawing since i was a kid, but i found i am really really bad at drawing environments and building designs and stuff. This will help a lot.
the moment you show that even brush strokes have this applied haha, its the golden ration essentially right? just how the universe works so it must resonate with what humans find meaningful or appealing! but without guidance like in this video it can be hard to fully grasp how all encompassing and important this concept is. what a rabbit hole. i think everything being sort of a "fractal" is another eye opening way to look at it. well im only 7 minutes into the video, time to watch the rest lol
honestly me too, i tend to look at the bigger, emptier spaces on characters and illustrations, and then go back and notice the details. funny how it does that!
There's definitely a lot of different ways an image can be read and what we fixate on. But much as long as the focal point is an area where most people end up focusing on the most, then that's all we can do as an artists! Thanks for checking out the vid guys!
Exactly :) generally they are the pay off point for folloeing all the breadcrumbs, starting from large to medium. (Execeptions apply, as mentioned :) )
I think this doesn't take into consideration the subjective nature of the different parts, which can often be more important than their information density. For example, when you showed that loose dressed female, I can guarantee that most guys won't be looking at her face first. Or with that piece you did in 2017, my eyes went towards the external stairs, simply because I like external stairs as a design element.
You're not wrong about that and every piece is going to be a case to case basis! In other cases, even when talking about symbolism and what objects mean to different people, we as artists only can hope to appeal to the general perception of things rather than specific instances of different individuals. Thanks for checking the vid out :)
My thing is. Why are we pretending that artists have to do the “YOU WOULDN’T IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT” type advertising. Dude that isn’t us. And we aren’t them.
What's the most game breaking or life changing advice for your art journey?
I had already studied this for design, but this video reminded me to think more about it when I created, and about aspects that I hadn't seen before, like colors, thank you very much ^^.
This will help me a lot in my new job as a background designer.
@@Demogoorl Congrats on the new job and appreciate you checking the vid out Demogoorl! Happy to hear that it will help out :)
I had a teacher tell me if you want to paint or draw faster than paint or draw slower. You retain information better and make less mistakes wich in the long run saves time.
"Rendering is easy, you can render a design for 10 hour and give it a really polish look but if the design itself is bad, it just gonna be a waste of time and will look like shit. As a concept designer you need to focus and put more of your time on the design part, then you can just give it base color + cel shading and it still will look 100% better than what you've did before, now it's on you, you wanna be a painter or concept designer?!"
I'm crying but I'm a concept artist now because of it
I don't remember every single one of them, but one of the first eye opener is that, perspective can have one system per item, you don't need to have everything parallel because the "main" grid system is only parallel to the ground (it can be very complex every item rotated etc..) and much later I understood, because what even is all this ground parallel thing?? It's a camera sitting in space, our EYE, WE ARE THE CAMERA MAN, if I move, all the perspective lines moves too, it's dynamic, not fixed, where you're student you think it's just bunch of fixed lines haha ^^'
The moment you showed LMS with area of colors just like a heat map was truly eyes opening for me, seeing it with shapes of colors really made me understand the whole concept a lot more. Lot of thanks for that, will use it for my illustrations!!
It's like the "Less is more" concept, there is so many times where the theory is simple, but understand it and apply it is way harder
With time you'll be able to have heat seeking vision trained into your eyes! 😎Thank you so much for your comment and I'm happy to hear that it's been helpful for you!
This heatmap concept blew my mind, is such a good tool to organize the composition before starting as well
Dude you are SO UNDERRATED! The world need to recognise your talent
I seldom teach to my students the "Color Perspective" and the "Lighting Perspective" aside from the large-medium-small in Size obviously... but you added the line stroke, the brush stroke, the materials, the inception ... dude I learned something new! keep it up! btw new subscriber here
It blew my mind to realize and see it the first time too! It's like seeing the matrix! Hope you enjoy your stay on this channel and thank you for subbing! 😃
@@jtuffdesigns sure do!
Wonderful refresher of a basic design principle.
@@jonarvinmedalla7303 thank you! 😊
A standing table is my dream setup!!!
It has been life changing!
Thank you! This truly is a great piece of knowledge especially for me who is at the beginning of my art journey. It also just dawned on me, your style is similar to Trent Kaniuga's style! I love it!
i think i've left a similar comment before but i'm always struck by how much i get from your videos. 90% of the time when i click on a title promising to rock my world they'll go over some basics i've heard a hundred times but you always manage to present these concepts in a way that genuinely deepens my understanding. often it's a matter of bridging the gap between a basic rule and its application outside of the vacuum of the most obvious demonstration. just really helpful!
I agree!
Very grateful for this broadening of perspective. Excellent explanation and content. 🙏🏾
Gosh, your art and videos just make me want to draw! You’re genuinely one of my biggest inspirations, thank you for existing!
That means so much to hear! I hope to continue to be able to inspire and hope your drawing sessions have been going well! 😊
I never knew small-med-large could apply to line work and brush work 😮 I'll definitely use this more now?
@@rizzolicharming1229 happy LMSing! 😁
Thank you for this! You’re an amazing teacher.
it maybe just me, but I like your 1st sketch on your illustration than after it was rendered and feedback. You are very skillfull!
@@thegreathowdini that's fair :) and thank you!
Something worth mentioning is the existence of greater formal flow you feature in the exposed wood / plaster / red roof design around the 15:00 mark.
The cone inhabits the world of triangles and spheres
The cylinder inhabits both the spherical and rectangular world
The pyramid inhabits both the rectangular and triangular world
You have a cylinder base flowing into a cone roof, on the main tower while you have a rectangular base flowing into a pyramid-like roof. It seems like organizing the respective simple geometries in this manner and allowing them to complete and stand alone without contrast makes for a fuller, more aesthetic composition.
The footbridge, comprised equally of rounded and triangular and rectangular elements is the mastermind of this entire composition, quite literally 'bridging' the two unique formal organizations together.
Loved your points about positioning rounded archways in the presence of solid, 90 degree stone bases for added contrast and fall off. Great video!
Super well explained! Honestly a much better way to explain B/M/S than every other video I've seen, thank you!
Thank you so much, very happy to hear that 😊
just got to the color segment. thank you for blowing my mind. also there is something very satisfying about this 8spoke teal wheel :D
I thought this was about how to break up complex shapes into simpler shapes and was a bit disappointed, bc that's something I struggle with.
Still a great video, though. I've also heard this be called the 70/20/10 rule, and I agree it's a very versatile game-changer.
@@imperfectimp sorry to disappoint on that 😛 that definitely can be an entirely different video to cover breaking down more complex shapes. Appreciate you checking out the vid and hopefully you still got something out of it!
Amazing Tips. Thanks!
Thank you, appreciate you checking the vid out!
Mind explosion is happening here😅 Your videos are always helpful
Boom! 🤯 Thank you so much! Happy to hear that
Thank you so much! You and your content is an underrated gem, and i hope more people find your super educational videos and content as you grow. This has been, like you said, mind blowing
This video is a game-changer for shape design! 🔥👁 The insights and techniques shared are incredibly eye-opening and will definitely transform how I approach design. Thank you for breaking down these concepts so clearly and making such a complex topic accessible. Can't wait to apply these new ideas! 🎨✨
@@mia2art I told you that it would be a game changer 😉 Happy to hear that it has been for you as well and enjoy all the new possibilities! 😁
God bless you man!
thanks for the insight jourdan!
@@rezamons2861 thank you for checking the video out!
So cool thanks for this video !
Merci Gui! Appreciate you checking it out! 😊
i deeply appreciate your videos, thank you!
@@BethanValerious i appreciate you checking the vids out! 😊
Many many thanks
Thank you so much! This was so easy to understand because of your visuals and simple explanation. Appreciate you! ✌🤍
So many valuable and insightful informations! Thank you so much for taking the time to talk about them and clearly explaining with examples on how to spot them and use them effectively.
So happy to hear that! Appreciate you checking the video out! ☺
Really insightful and informative. I think I'll use your list to create practice assignments where I can focus on each element in an image (shape size, shape type etc) before trying to combine them together. Thanks for the tips :) you're a good teacher.
Thank you so much! Let me know how that goes for you and hope it helps! :)
Jordan i haven't seen your pufferfish creature before, its amazing! Can you please do another video with different types of exercises where we can practices the 6 groups your mention in the most efficient way?
Thank you! That's a good idea and I'd love to do something like that at some point!
Very helpful, time to implement it into my piece. Thank you❤
Fantastic Video man! I was just teaching this concept to my students yesterday, but you definitely did it clearer hahah XD
I'll be sending them to this video today ;)
Well done!!
Thanks for checking the vid out and hope it helps out with your teaching as well! Good to meet a fellow teacher :)
super helpful! Thank you!
Glad you find it helpful!
This 27 mins video helped me so much on my studying pathway! Thank you so much for sharing such valueable and insightful informations.
I'm very happy to hear that! Appreciate you checking the video out :)
Even knowing the information I often forget it, so its a good reminder. Thanks!
Great video and explanation.
Fellow JTuff here, love the video, very helpful with composition. Thanks!
Hell yeah, Jtuffs unite! ✊Thanks for checking the vid out!
Great stuff, thank you !
thank you so much Jourdan this was really amazing and mind opening I knew such thing existed but not to this level thanx to your explanation I see it very clearly now and I will sure try to mess with it one at a time like you said I really appreciate the hard work you put in your videos they really help ❤🙏🙏
Thank you Yassine, hope it helps you reach a breakthrough in your art in the same way it did for me! 🙏
Fantastic advice and great examples, thanks!
greet, thx for your information
Thank you! Appreciate you checking it out :D
Great video I never realized how much I could apply LMS to. Thank you!
Ive been trying to improve my art lately so ive been on the hunt for some good videos, honestly your video popped up at a great time! You are a great teacher, and the examples made everything easy to understand. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much, I'm happy to hear that!
Ohh I study art and went to art school and hadn't really studied this concept. That or I could have paid attention more lol still good tool to add to my tool belt 😌 thanks 🙏
I haven't seen as many vids going as in depth on how LMS can be implemented but happy to hear that it's a tool in your belt now! :D
New vid yay! I like Large medium small, everyone talks about it, feels obvious at times but good to remind it because it's so important!! First time I heard about that principle is by Kienan Lafferty
With some experience, it kinda becomes a passive skills, feels good to use it
1:50 door and face! Most important features
10:12 fanservice hehe
Towards the end of the video, examples are really cool, I always had troubles to decide how to make my shadows, LMS really applies to everything! It adds extra meaning to art now, even the lighting is part of design, it's not just "shading/rendering" it is playful puzzle!!
22:20 yes very overwhelming, tbh I applied it only to some aspects, like detail distribution or scaling of shapes, not everything like in the video
23:30 damn all the trees are the same size!
I have been drawing since i was a kid, but i found i am really really bad at drawing environments and building designs and stuff. This will help a lot.
i remember ken designing the hammer in the drawing table podcast.
That was actually me :P Ken did the harpoon gun! Happy to see a TDT podcast watcher here too!
Oh yea! I'm sorry I didn't remember it correctly
nice video! keep up the good work
@@jessy-leemais2149 thank you Jessy-Lee! 😊
the moment you show that even brush strokes have this applied haha, its the golden ration essentially right? just how the universe works so it must resonate with what humans find meaningful or appealing! but without guidance like in this video it can be hard to fully grasp how all encompassing and important this concept is. what a rabbit hole. i think everything being sort of a "fractal" is another eye opening way to look at it. well im only 7 minutes into the video, time to watch the rest lol
Meanwhile my autism, I don't look at pictures in any particular size order at all. Usually away from subjects first.
It's cool how you can have your own perspective my man.
honestly me too, i tend to look at the bigger, emptier spaces on characters and illustrations, and then go back and notice the details. funny how it does that!
There's definitely a lot of different ways an image can be read and what we fixate on. But much as long as the focal point is an area where most people end up focusing on the most, then that's all we can do as an artists! Thanks for checking out the vid guys!
it's definitely something subconscious for me, I never have to think about it at all it just happens. but it's still cool to see in real time
So smaller shapes are your compositional bread crumbs?
Exactly :) generally they are the pay off point for folloeing all the breadcrumbs, starting from large to medium. (Execeptions apply, as mentioned :) )
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@@flowerdi1458 thank you Flower, good to chat with you during the Premiere as well!
You are the type of art channel I want to see on YT !!! giving my sub and sharing 💚 hope to see you famous 🙏
Babe wake up! JTuff posted another banger 🙏
Hope babe enjoyed the video too ;) Thanks for checking the vid out!
A Jourdan a day keeps the art block away.
@@canoners a comment from canoners a video keeps sadness away
I think this doesn't take into consideration the subjective nature of the different parts, which can often be more important than their information density. For example, when you showed that loose dressed female, I can guarantee that most guys won't be looking at her face first. Or with that piece you did in 2017, my eyes went towards the external stairs, simply because I like external stairs as a design element.
You're not wrong about that and every piece is going to be a case to case basis! In other cases, even when talking about symbolism and what objects mean to different people, we as artists only can hope to appeal to the general perception of things rather than specific instances of different individuals. Thanks for checking the vid out :)
My thing is. Why are we pretending that artists have to do the “YOU WOULDN’T IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT” type advertising. Dude that isn’t us. And we aren’t them.
We are them. This technique works on everybody and it's a basic part of modern storytelling. Make the audience wonder what is going to happen next.
Great advice! Thanks!