Drawing Dynamic Figures - The FORCE Method
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Pro artists Michael Mattesi and Diego Lucia teach you how to make your figures more dynamic. The author behind the Force Books is the guy to help you un-stiff your stiff poses. Subscribe to Proko: bit.ly/SubProko
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May the force be with your figure
Only star war fans will undesrtand hahahahaha
Thank you Proko... you hang with the best people!
The force is strong with this one
I see what you did there.
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It's interesting how he describes his lines as "forces." I think that's a good way to think about it when drawing in order to prevent poses from leaning.
Broke: I practice figure drawing to improve my skills
Woke: I practice my control of force to create the illusion of life
"It's not just pieces of wood"
I really needed to hear that for some reason.
Pinocchio, is that you?
Proko thank you for being so generous with these videos
Each video is a blessing to my art skills, thanks proko.
You are crushing it with these last few videos man, so valuable! Not that before it wasn't, it was, but this series enriches it so much. Yours is the best course on youtube and maybe internet, not mentioning that so much of it is for free. I'm not a premium member but I often buy things like poses and such. All the best to you man, respect and love.
I think it’s good to know that for this kind of drawing you’re using a model to creative a stylized figure that, without rendering, looks way more dramatic and expensive. I had a tough time reconciling between looking at more traditional and academic way of drawings and shifting to this, which has its roots in animation and movement based arts that can take liberty with character.
Im an animator, and this is one of the books that helped me keep my animation job, cool vid thanks!
That’s incredible. I read a little bit about that in Michael Hamptons book but to see these guys instructing rhythm/balance/force has really opened my eyes. To the drawing table! Thanks Proko!
I used this method for my figure drawing and it changed my way of doing anatomy drastically! It's a really good way of observing gestures.
Man! You can feel the dynamism of the pose even with those simple curves! Mind-blown
This is so awesome. i never once considered looking for the the author of my Force book on RUclips. Seeing it in action has done more for me than reading it ever has.
when I read FORCE in all caps I legit screamed "MATTESI???" haha. Thank you Stan for trying so hard to get pretty much the all star lineup of who I learned from on here. Best Christmas ever!
YAAAAAASSSSSS
Proko, Diego Lucia, and Michael "David" Mattessi!. Thank-you ALL for making this video available. I purchased the book "FORCE." I am excited about the next level of my artistic development.
I feel like I'm too stupid for this method.
I'm so addicted to your videos. . It's 05:30am now here...can't stop myself...only channel I allow myself this time....Thank you
“Balanced as all things should be...” - Thanos
Oof
CIA has entered the chat
Bring balance to force
SNAP
FBI wants to know your location. 🤣
How to tell your devices are spying on you lol. I’ve been reading through the first chapter of Michael Hamptons Figure Drawing Design and Invention and I was struggling with the lack of practical examples or assignments. Come onto YT and this is in my recommended list. Glad I clicked on it because what Hampton was talking about with asymmetric lines now makes a lot more sense. So thank you.
I have every book in this video and I am so glad that you brought these gentlemen on to do video to string the content together!
Thank you!
Mate! I just bought your figure drawing fundamentas course a couple of weeks ago and I'm still doing my homework for the 1st unit about gesture! This video comes like down from heaven because I'm having issues with my gestures! Thanks so much!
As a Proko subscriber and a self acquired artist I am so blessed by Stan's contribution to my creativity. Keep up the gold vids mate
*OMG, MIKE MATTESI!* HIS BOOKS ARE MY ART BIBLES, THANK YOU STAN!!!!
@Eudaimonia All of them, the other drawing books I read before Mike's "Force" series felt like a really loaded, tiring experience, with a bit too much focus on form and rather "vague"/unclear explanations. His books made me have fun with drawing again.
But if you're just starting out and have no familiarity with the ideas I'd recommend "Force: Dynamic Life Drawing For Animators" and "Force: Drawing Human Anatomy", they'll give you the conceptual foundation you need, then you can go for the others ;)
I am so glad you made this video. It was thanks to the FORCE books that I learned - and started to love - gesture. I am sure this will help a lot of people!
O.O this is FUNDAMENTAL to artwork like animation. THIS is how you breath life into things.
Stan, Diego and Michael, I appreciate all the instruction and work you guys do it is a great focusing power for guys like me seeking to get it and keeping it going.
I was like
What the heck are you doing sir ?
The whole video
Tbh proko i appreciate u so much. Lately u ve been uploading every day sth thats more helpful than 1 hour speech of some art profesor.
Thank you so much stan for all this rich content!!! I'm waiting for the new video every day! Mattesi is one of the best.Love the way he draws.So fluid. Proko + Mattesi +Hampton? whaouch! how lucky we are to have access to the talent of these artists!
I see this in a new light....it definitely helps my brain to separate things in a positive perspective.
Thank you....
Thanks proko! I adore the force method. Diego is someone I’ve followed for a while and gleaned a lot from.
ive loved these books. they helped me heaps and talk about something that i didnt get from other sources
I was always confused about the purpose of gesture drawings but this video made it so simple to understand the philosophy behind it.
Thanks!
This is so helpful ! I'm trying to learn drawing dynamic figures these days with Mattesi's book ! I didn't understood what I was doing wrong and now I think I might get it ! Thanks !
AM A FAN OF FORCE, DEFINITELY EXCITED TO SEE THIS VIDEO
you have to get Michael Hampton next man, you have to!!
Yes, please!!
yes!
Yes pleazzzzzz
That'd be fantastic!
Truth. 💯
BEST DRAWING VIDEO ON RUclips FOR ANY BEGINNER, WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND rhythm first, then focus on anatomy after you get the silhouette or bigger picture.
I was in one of Mike’s classes when he was an assistant instructor at SVA is the 90’s under Jim McMullen. Mike was a great teacher and I actually learned way more from him than Jim.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the force books are good... but man they ain't cheap. Thank you for your time and efforts guys. Thanks Proko -Peace!
that 3 sketch page of force movement at the end was excellent
Holy crap! I didn’t know I needed to watch this
Wow this was so helpful. I've always struggled with gesture drawings, but this way of thinking actually clicks with my brain!
May the force be with you!!!
Mind absolutely blown. What a fascinating approach, will definitely be doing more research into this method.
Wow so awesome !
I feel proud to be your subscriber
I want to download Michael's brush, it looks so satisfying to use.
I dont know if its because English isnt his native language, but what Diego was saying was incredibly confusing. Michael was a lot better, but what he said, was still a bit confusing. Although the art looked great.
..when michael says, "45 degrees is the most dramatic angle there is". Im pretty sure he meant to say 90 degrees 🤔
He was referring to the diagonals. Or 45° in relation to (imaginary) vertical and horizontal lines, your plumb lines.
@@allluckyseven thanks.
Yeah, it was all clear as mud. Rhythm, push, force, yeah got it. I'm drawing great now, I just say "diagonal, going to push a rhythm now" and man, my drawing's improved a million percent.
@@tristanwalling1388 You are learning what is called triangulation. All shapes have a relationship with other shapes, and that is through the third point. We can use the head to tell us where each foot is in the sketch. We can use a foot to tell us where the opposite shoulder is.
What the heck!! I've just finished one of his book yesterday!! What a blessing. Thanks Proko
I'm one with the Force and the Force is with me!
This is certainly interesting. But it makes it seem like this is an approach applicable to any kind of pose. But could you feasibly start out with something like this if what you needed was to make a really standard looking t-pose?
Wow, I've never seen a tutorial so easy to grasp, good stuff.
proko is on fire with his new uploads
i was completely lost this whole episode
Gesture drawing is my favorite
past me: "after watching all proko's gesture videos plus Glenn Vilpu's drawing manual, i kinda have decent amount of knowledge 'bout gesture.."
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I've never been so wrong in my life.
#alwayslearn
A great addition to mattesi's books 😊
these videos are such an inspiration !
How bfully explained ...it's certainly going to help a lot to a beginner artist like me
May the force be with you
Michael Mattesi is a very handsome, talented man and I would love to take classes with him. Thanks for the amazing content, Proko!
Groooso!!! Diego Lucia con Proko!!!
Quick question - When he says 45 degrees are the most dramatic angles, is he referring to the angle in relation to the orientation of the canvas?
Because in relation to each-other they are 90 degrees.
Following through on that point, is it important to take note of the angles in relation to the canvas orientation? This is not something I typically do besides for composition. Is that how it is related?
In relation to the ground, because it's about the force of gravity. If something is upright to the ground, it's falling straight. If it's lying horizontally, it's resting. Diagonal in relation to the ground means things are on their way to fall down and in the case of the figure drawing diagonals mean opposing forces balancing each other out.
@@Juusokakku Thank you!
@@Juusokakku Thanks for the explanation. I got totally hung up on that and kept wondering if he honestly didn't know what a 45 degree vs. 90 degree angle was!
@@VivaLaVittoria You're both welcome. I learned from Mike on the Force website for a couple of months and that's how I know what the diagonals mean. There is a lot more to it than just gravity, but to learn all that I recommend learning from Mike himself by subscribing on the Force website (it's actually very affordable, especially considering what it's worth!)
_May the force be with him_
You share such great content man thanks so much!!
I love all your videos but this one is absolutely amazing thank you for posting it.
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"Great video!...."This reminds me a lot of the chapters in George Bridgman's books on figure drawing!........" Especially the chapter on rhythm!.
My problem with gesture drawing is I don't get _how to find the gesture_. People teaching it always talk as if that part is already apparent. Diego's drawing sure looks cool but he didn't really explain how he found the "forces" he was just like "as you can see we have this force going through here" and I'm just like "no, I don't see it, aren't you supposed to be teaching me how to see it?" Then Michael is like "we can take this force coming through here and push it even farther" and I'm just like "take from _where?_"
I don’t understand this even coming back to it months later (after improving my drawings a bit). Is this method supposed to be a stylisation of life drawings? What’s the difference with Reilly rhythms?
Same subjects different approach. Just find a way to capture quickly movement/balance/proportion and everything you build on top will stand
It's like learning from the yoda of artists damnit i feel ENLIGHTENED
Great application...love his direction.
While I understand the principle the first gentleman is trying to communicate, the direction of his force lines seems arbitrary in places. Then the second gentleman comes in and creates a more dynamic pose, but one that is not true to the reference. I get that using directional force lines is supposed to give one a better understanding of the gesture of the figure, however I don't quite understand where sharper angles making a more dynamic pose comes into it.
Sharper lines I guess just exaggerates it so it's easier to see the main points of the pose?
Depends on what exactly you mean by "true to the reference", if by that you mean restrainig yourself to doing a mere robotic copy of the pose the model is taking then "yes", but Mike always stresses the importance of not doing that in his books; instead, you should go after it's essence. You have to be able to understand the main ideas of a pose and how to exaggerate them in order to express those ideas as clear as possible to whomever might be looking at your work, after all, they may not have the same level of clarity your brain and eyes possess. Besides the fact it'll help you in creating more lively, organic-looking figures, that is.
I’d like if you did a video about progression and showed some of your old art.
Very good Sketch idea So Thank you
Damn dude. This is really cool. I’ve never thought about an approach like this. I’m excited to try this out.
I am planning to invest in the 40 usd drawing force membership after I go through all of prokos free materials. Before that it seems to advanced for me
I've been waiting for this video! Thanks Proko!
This video is beautiful! Just go ahead and watch the video how he explained, you'll understand.
Thank you.
so much content! so much to learn! i love you guys! thanks for this!
omg!! I was reading one of Michael's books for the first time yesterday. '0'
2nd artist really confused the hell outta me. His drawings looked nothing like the model - I get his approach but the pose was WAAAYY different...
I think his segment was specifically about how you can extrapolate from a given pose - so like "From this thing I can do these other things!"
hello Mr, dont talk such about that legend ,he's just explaining here ,and that needs as simplified stuff as possible. Head over to his site or better instagram and see hi approach to the figure ,uniqueness to every line but still unified..and if u still don't like it then pls listen ,u need to go to an art school
I've seen a lot of drawing tutorials that teach about "lines", "directions", "flow", etc. Never understood them. I watched this vid. Still didn't understand a thing 😅
right?
im not an expert but from what i can understand or make of it, it is about putting curved lines in the proper places and lengths to create the movement and idea of a body. the flow being the idea of movement, and how a line could evoke that through a 2D still medium.
I must learn to use the Force!
Now this is a christmas gift
Is basically what's on the book BUT with a video! Force -The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing
The best video so far, it's brain booster.
Great Video! I'm just starting out and trying to tackle the challenge of building myself a "Learning Plan" or "Progress Plan". After fundamentals/basic geometrical shapes, basic perspective, I was thinking anatomy would be the next logical area I would like to study. Is Mr. Mattesi suggesting I start out with this type of gesture drawing BEFORE getting into Anatomy? (11:35) thanx!
If by 45 degrees he means 90 degrees (because the bend in the elbow is 90 degrees). Although I get that compared to the straight vertical the upper arm is about 45 degrees from that
Realy Great lessions.
Looks hard but practice makes perfect
This method helped me substantially. Finally my gesture drawings actually resemble humans!
I was waiting the same pose.
Invaluable tutorial, thanks
Made me thought that when we draw the figure, we are actually slowing the time and space while a force is applied to the mass. And every gestural line forwards the time until you find the right moment. That's why I think the stiff figure drawings look frozen and good ones are in infinite motion. Might draw later idk.
Great video. But being an engineer, the use of the word "force" in a context unusual for me, is a bit distracting. xD.
Anyways, gesture is one of my weaknesses, and this helped.
It's all about the vectors.
Thank you! I love his books!
Reminds me of sycra's Lightning bolts technique!
The feet on the second drawing don't work with the legs. The face the wrong direction.