@Trin Silvers Yeah like- is it easier? Yes, but is it cheating? Not really. You can just make the art more easy and enjoyable to make that way, as trying to draw two hands similarly w/o the copy and paste tools you uh- tend to get frustrated
@@basscanon6687 That's actually great advice! Especially go ham on the sketch, it's digital after all so there's nothing you can't fix on the sketch or later on.
Yeah I practice that by just,,, pushing it waaaaay to far over and over. I do a drawing where I say, "Anatomy is dead and I am God in this world. break a leg? Well she sure looks like she took it literally!!" And then after I'm done I suck it up and do one with a direct reference and do the whole Anatomy Perfection(TM) thing and it takes me like an hour and it's still stiff but then I repeat the process over and over and they're starting to both look better?? And then I try to make something really cool and it looks a hella lot better!!! So yeah I still suck at it too but I'm getting awesome ass results from practicing the extremes and it's fun to practice this way! You really get to f around and draw a buncha different things. Foreshortening? Now that's of the devil, son. We dont talk about that in this house. Not in my good Christian Minecraft Server. (...in all seriousness tho I've got no clue what to do bout that I'm stumped none of the videos help :
"Practice doesn't make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect" - My old Kung Fu teacher used to say this all the time whilst he was yelling at us to do better.
My piano teacher Mom: “Practice makes permanent” Basically my mom is saying if I play the same note wrong every time, its hard to fix. If I practice it right though I don’t have to fix it, or if I catch my mistake early on it’s easy to fix.
Construction is imo the hardest part about drawing, but is definitely the most rewarding once you start getting a hang of it. You can draw in any style and it will look professional as long as it has proper construction (unless the style doesn't call for it ofc). The biggest mistake I did as a beginner (and what a lot of artists did/do) was focusing too much of what was aesthetically pleasing or clean lineart, but never on construction. Really bit me in the ass later and I always stress this to beginners that want to make it into the business. There's a reason why old artists force you to draw boxes in 4 000 different angles!!
Yes this is currently my issue! I care too much about the frosting (nice lineart, nice big anime eyes lmao) but not enough about the ingredients and techniques that make the cake stand and taste good (construction, the fundamentals) And then you can’t just draw the box - ya gotta draw it properly in perspective otherwise you’ll be practicing bad habits over and over again till it’s permanent lmao art is hard
Honestly the hardest part for me is trying to visualize my art in a 3D space. I don’t know if this is normal and I just need to draw more and more, but it’s difficult for me to get
I can't visualise even 3D objects in 3D space. If I can't physically turn it, it may as well not have any other sides to it. But then you got deaf people creating amazing songs so it makes me feel even worse if I use this to throw in the towel. Not heard any helpful advice for getting around it, so could be, there just isn't any. And you gotta memorise every angle of the object/human/animal body as a mental folder of 1000s of snapshots. In short, just keep going, and be ready to put in more effort than other people, I suppose.
Really, i think the reason this hasn't blown up is because of the thumbnails. The thumbnails aren't Interesting and the colors on them aren't pleasant to look at but the content is informational and fun. I think improving the thumbnails would make more people see your content
@BB Hoody Yeah exactly. Not only that, but there are some exercises that help the "glutes" direcrly. So men who work out a lot and do a lot of exercises that help towards that area can also be thin and have "cake". Because they are toned or muscular.
@BB Hoody Lies! My best friend is packing the muscles in the arms chest and legs, and then he has all that whack in the back! Not to mention, his stomach is flatter than mine! PEACOCKS, I SAY!
@BB Hoody You must not know what biology is then. Because you're actually telling me a load of bullcrap. Biology literally includes diverse differences in anatomy. They literally have women with the builds of men and you're telling me a man can't have a better butt than most women? Really? Woah buddy, I think you have a problem.
@BB Hoody Actually, I'm quite civil to strangers I meet face to face. You just had to mention science. Also, you're still wrong. Guys have wide hips too. I've met three guys with wide (or feminine) hips in my community. You stated "Biology disagrees". You should have stated "I disagree because I've never looked at another guys ass, so I'm totally bullshitting and calling it biology." Don't mention biology in an argument if you're unsure about what your saying.
as an aspiring artist and comic writer, I've found it highly effective to start out doing realism. It's OK to try and develop your own style too, but when you try to make things more abstract, It helps if you know where everything is before you mess around with the positions of certain things.
Exactly, gotta try to begin with. Even if it's not pro work. In contrast to what some say, about artists not knowing shit, if they can do the work and explain it in detail, how are they wrong?
Instagram accounts he shows in the video: kihyunryu christinebiandraws cteec kennethladekjer teespencil artofsteveahn (sorry i know this is an old video but i thought a list may be nice :) )
The problem with most youtube artists is that (for them) it was never about art. For them it was about views and drama and hardly anything else. Literally the only difference between them and a rant vlogger is that instead of showing their face, they show a drawing. I like dis guy tho.
Ethan early 2019 ... "look: boxes and cyllinders and round forms" Ethan in 2020: "NEVER use a box. NEVER draw ovals. EVER. Don't you ... don't ... don't ... " *drops cigarette* I'm so confused! :-O
Thank you! I learned a lot in this vid. For the past month I've been trying to practice my anatomy and proportions but I always have this gut feeling that something's missing. The way I want to draw is how animators draw since I really like how flow-y they are. So when it got to the part when you mentioned what makes it easy for animators to animate a character, it just clicked! I've been free-handing everything for a while now that I forgot to 'think', lmao. It's always easy and comfortable for me to draw intuitively but that's only after structured studying. So again, thanks for this! I'll be watching out for ur new vids, cheers.
Dude your videos are hilarious, this stuff is going to blow up soon. Was wondering if you can talk a bit about learning and using reference for backgrounds? So hard to find good teaching for line based animation backgrounds, everything I find is texture heavy aaa game art stuff.
@@chizukichan7667 wow yall, is this my first comment section fight? I'm so proud. But yea, I'll look into that- BG design for animation sounds like a video for sure.
7:04 Y’know what I learned today..I always thought the opposite no matter how many times an artist explains and I never understood. Now I see that you should NOT work HARD but instead work SMART. Working smart doesn’t make you lazy. The tools, especially on digital are there to help you in a way. I wish I’ve known this sooner instead of saying nah that’s lazy and doing it my way since I love the challenge but working smart is always fast and better if you’re doing a business as well and need swift and smooth outcomes,it benefits your quick learning in the long run.
I have been trying to teach myself for weeks just by drawing. I got sick of how stiff my characters looked so I bought a $20 lightpad and printed out line art and traced it. Then I would try to redraw the basic shapes while looking at what I traced. Then i would fill in the shapes with minor detail changes and see what transferred from my memory to the page. I felt like a fraud trying to learn this way even when I started to see improvement. This video encouraged me so much and I'm more determined than ever!! Thank you for this
Ethan, though I have no formal degree or professional experience, I have been to two unfinished attempts at art school (undiagnosed disability cutting both short; I am on my third attempt with proper help now). I had my figure drawing class in my second attempt with a man who had studied fine arts and moved on to do a master’s degree in Figure Drawing in the USA (I live in Latin America). He taught much the way you do, and I am forever grateful I was taught such important knowledge in this way. All you say in these videos is a Yes after Yes for me and brings back wonderful memories of my art skyrocketing in a single year cause I was taught in this manner, and all the epiphanies I had back in that class. You’re doing gods work in a sea of mediocre art education from people who teach mistakes without realizing, or are great artists, but not good at conveying this info, and I feel like I am galaxy braining even more by watching these and refreshing this knowledge. Thanks for your brave service
People imo jump on hate bandwagons too much and don't think for themselves on why they should think something. Rather, they focus on what to think. See you at D'Angelo's next service.
my notes: 00:00 - intro, no drama 01:45 - jk 02:42 - lesgo 03:11 - big babies trace too 03:40 - "maybe i'll be tracer" 03:43 - about reference 04:25 - "pratice makes perfect doesnt exist, perfect pratice makes perfect" 04:51 - that's gold!!! let's check out how a professional do it a) break down in simple shapes b) focus on foundations, not details 06:46 - is that a box? 07:39 - anything have a shape, there is no guessing 08:38 - about focus, what do u want? so the point is: find the pro ref that will help you with ur perfect pratice ig to follow: kihyunryu, christinebiandraws, cteec, kennethladekjer, teespencil, artofsteveahn
there's not problem with using a reference or even tracing as long as you give the credits to the owner or if the reference is free to use. Naughtydogs, Warner Bros, Dreamworks and so on use references and trace but they have the rights to do it, they pay for pictures or have a team that takes them. And also you can draw way faster and have better results buy understanding something like you shown in the video instead of tracing it all like Holy Brown use to do. In the end if you only trace you will never get use to draw something on your own and sure It pays the bills and what not but how can an artist feel good about what he/she does when it's all a copy of something. I've traced before but I can care less about that drawing I never posted it since it doesn't have any value to me, it's not my idea, it's not something that I made, it's something that someone else did and I can't just put my name on it to make some quick cash. tracing is a tool to learn and use if necessary but using references instead is like taking out the training wheel of you bike and ride like a real man!
The only problem with tracing is if it actively gets in the way of you learning how to draw properly (which isn't likely, because tracing can teach you how another artist constructs form). The idea of tracing being bad was invented by young artists who have mistaken being an auteur, with being an artist. As a growing artist, putting out a large quantity of work and exploring art is way more important than arguing with people about whether things look "original" or not, or trying to constrain yourself to an "original style". If tracing and heavy referencing wasn't covered under fair use, so much of the art community would be under lawsuit. That would mean every art parody and every fan work that every existed would be considered "a problem". In the art industry, 90% of the time your job will be to intentionally invoke another person's style, which pretty much forces you to do things like tracing and heavy references. That's how movies, tv shows, video games and comics get made.
So this is about the fifth video I've seen of yours, and I just gotta say thanks. For some quick background I'm 24, but my drawing has been the same since I was 16. (Had an abusive family, took my art away, blah blah blah. Been trying to regain that passion I had for art since then.) I have a webtoon now, but have a tough time drawing it because everything feels very stiff and 2D and I didn't know how to improve anymore. Watching your videos though have shown me a path to learning and getting better, and I feel like I can start moving forward again and genuinely up my art. So, thank you.
The editing is soooo good and entertaining I've been waiting for any RUclipsr to point those artists out Most Beginner artist are looking up to them cause they're famous....and the other side the real artist you give tip's that would really improve And they mostly have less followers So messed up~
You turned into my favorite youtuber in about 13 seconds. I love your work thank you so much for being an inspiration to us babies out there! Mad respect my man!
Yessss! Thank you for your work on Voltron! Truly one of my favorite animated series of all time. This is really helpful advice. I also appreciate your humor. Also, the music in this video is lit af 🔥
That’s the thing I loved about the Voltron art style. The style was in a way simple where you can find body shapes and break down complex character design and spaces into simple shapes that are nice to look at and study for a noob artist such as myself. When I was creating fanart I was learning a lot but observing. The style is simple in shapes but detailed where it complimented beautifully with the simplicity it had. The style of the show and how characters are designed, characters are animated, and the show over all makes me see hearts ever time I watch it. The show had its own aesthetic that takes my breath every time I re-watch it and reminds me why I love to draw and keeps me going to learn more and become a better artist based off references I have mentally made in the show. . . . . . the choices made at the end of the show to end the story and how they ended the story made me cringe and mad as hell but art style of the show makes me shake with excitement. What I’m disappointed in is last minute choices made in story telling. But the show still has a special place in my heart.
It would be wonderful if you could list the Instagram accounts that you highlighted in the description :'D On another note, this popped up in my feed, so congrats on getting recommended! I hope your channel continues to grow, yer pretty hilarious while still being helpful and showing great examples.
omg my life changed watching these. This makes me so happy to watch this because is painfully relevant to me and what I see and think haha. This is so ridiculously awesome so THANK YOUUUUU!!!!
8:02 Flashbacks to parks and rec... CUBE BUTT CUBE BUTT CUBE BUTT C: I know that is completely random and off topic but whatever. Thanks for the advice btw. Srsly I am planning an animated series and this is actually great. I’m inspired to go animate now baiii.
I’m glad finally someone talked about 3D space because when ever I try to break anything down I just see some 2D TRASH and it makes me feel like I can’t try anything at all like I’m stuck in a loop.
Young me: i'll gonna learn some Art anatomy! RUclips tutorials: im gonna destroy this kid's whole career -also Young me: -screams in spanish- Also grown me: how did i improved?
It’s obvious that the animators of steven universe never uses these character sheets when you look and the numerous inconsistencies in shapes and height throughout the show.
Yeah, Rebecca Sugar said that she intentionally does that to let the storyboard artists have more creative control and put their personal touch in it or whatever, but...the end result doesn't look like a well-thought out artistic choice, it looks like a cheap shortcut or rookie mistake. There are plenty of times cartoons go off-model intentionally (usually for comedic effect) so why not let the storyboard artists use their own personal style *then* instead of having Steven randomly change from 5 feet tall to 2 feet tall?
that is the only thing i dont understand a bout construction with shapes: "look its a box, and this part down here: also a box" 3min later: "look its a circle" like do you just have to adapt the shape for each perspective? one was male and the other female does that make a difference? im just failing to see the logic in this. i know that it works but i just dont know how
Im there with you. Ive managed to draw without construction this long but I know my art will never get better unless I can, but Im so lost. No one ever explains in detail, they just tell me what I should be doing and trace over something as an example. None of this is helpful.
Hm... i've drawn without shapes for a long time too. Maybe we can try like a new exercise? Drawing 3D shapes with no corners on a paper. And then trying to find shapes in our own drawings. Like, for example, in a picture of a person, how the torso is a rectangle with two of its corners far apart? (in my language it's said 'trapecio', idk how to say it in English) I really have no idea :(
I really shouldn't have started watching this channel in the middle of working on a MAP part... My self-esteem is lowered so much I don't know if I'll be able to finish it by the deadline... I honestly want to just give up now. Welp. Really good advice though!! /gen
in the first 3 minutes already crying hysterically..holy sh*t!!!..references are really important foundations for artists and productive serious art generating! cool vidz
![INSTAGRAM: 4 QUICK STEPS TO FIND YOUR ART STYLE [ft. Ramon] ALWAYS compare yourself to other artists](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/F-8rY-WiIt8/mqdefault.jpg)
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People: "real artists don't use references, meh meh meh"
Me, a cultured swine: "oink?"
Lmao
Jay IU literally no one says that. Lmao. (Except beginnier artists)
@Cyb Keed they literally do all the time but ok
@Trin Silvers Yeah like- is it easier? Yes, but is it cheating? Not really. You can just make the art more easy and enjoyable to make that way, as trying to draw two hands similarly w/o the copy and paste tools you uh- tend to get frustrated
fuckin'...
How to draw human Anatomy
Thumbnail: literally a living piece of armor
Yo don't be mean Alphonse is trying his best to get his body back
@@yasu_6th
hE's JuSt TrYiN HiS bEsT
@@oxfordcommaisthegreatest please tell me your joking about making fun of them cuz they are joking
@@user-mj9zr4cu8w
I wasn't making fun of them though-
@@oxfordcommaisthegreatest looks like it to me
Me: uses reference *
Art: is still stiff *
Also me:... AMERICA EXPLAIN!
Use action lines. If you're drawing digitally, don't constantly zoom in on your sketch or you won't properly follow the line.
try doing some gesture studies and incorporating gesture lines into your work!
@@basscanon6687 That's actually great advice! Especially go ham on the sketch, it's digital after all so there's nothing you can't fix on the sketch or later on.
Yeah I practice that by just,,, pushing it waaaaay to far over and over. I do a drawing where I say, "Anatomy is dead and I am God in this world. break a leg? Well she sure looks like she took it literally!!" And then after I'm done I suck it up and do one with a direct reference and do the whole Anatomy Perfection(TM) thing and it takes me like an hour and it's still stiff but then I repeat the process over and over and they're starting to both look better?? And then I try to make something really cool and it looks a hella lot better!!! So yeah I still suck at it too but I'm getting awesome ass results from practicing the extremes and it's fun to practice this way! You really get to f around and draw a buncha different things. Foreshortening? Now that's of the devil, son. We dont talk about that in this house. Not in my good Christian Minecraft Server.
(...in all seriousness tho I've got no clue what to do bout that I'm stumped none of the videos help :
This whole thread is so useful. I generally deal with that problem too so I'll have to try all of this!
"Practice doesn't make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect" - My old Kung Fu teacher used to say this all the time whilst he was yelling at us to do better.
Jacob Halton my band teacher said the same to me too.
Oh lordie! That's amazing!
Same but with my taekwondo instructor
OMFG I HAD A KUNG FU TEACHER THAT SAID THAT TOO HAHA
no face fake is it weird that I also had a math teacher tell me that?
"Men can't have round butts."
*Wario is offended*
Damien Ricci mMMmMm yes uWU
*shouta kun is offended*
Damien Ricci I mean.. why wouldn't he? Waluigi best boi
Jimin is offended
Ava Jackson who?
This may sound weird, but he has pretty eyelashes.
;)
His face is an intriguing combination of pretty and handsome.
Yes- EXACTLY
He has to wear shades all the time otherwise people will just get distracted by his real life anime eyes.
jjj7790 True.
these videos are the most helpful and stupid things I've ever seen
Amongu
@@elielinightfever Bruh when did this comment get 1700 likes
@@jonuhh_ it do be like that sometimes
Yes
My piano teacher Mom: “Practice makes permanent”
Basically my mom is saying if I play the same note wrong every time, its hard to fix. If I practice it right though I don’t have to fix it, or if I catch my mistake early on it’s easy to fix.
I'm going to steal this. I'm a piano teacher too.
dude honestly, that shit about the piano note mistakes is true, as an amateur who plays the keyboard, that's just the sad reality for me
Perfect practice makes perfect
@@bruhhelp7396 practice makes progress
ooh I like that quote
Construction is imo the hardest part about drawing, but is definitely the most rewarding once you start getting a hang of it. You can draw in any style and it will look professional as long as it has proper construction (unless the style doesn't call for it ofc). The biggest mistake I did as a beginner (and what a lot of artists did/do) was focusing too much of what was aesthetically pleasing or clean lineart, but never on construction. Really bit me in the ass later and I always stress this to beginners that want to make it into the business. There's a reason why old artists force you to draw boxes in 4 000 different angles!!
Yes this is currently my issue! I care too much about the frosting (nice lineart, nice big anime eyes lmao) but not enough about the ingredients and techniques that make the cake stand and taste good (construction, the fundamentals)
And then you can’t just draw the box - ya gotta draw it properly in perspective otherwise you’ll be practicing bad habits over and over again till it’s permanent lmao art is hard
What do you mean by construction?
lmao I'm the opposite so my lineart is kinda bad hah
@@elletangere8964 volumes breakdown in 3D, which require great understanding of volume in space too
What would you recommend doing to learn the fundamentals?
this man is the definition of chaotic good
What i got from this video:
You can learn a lot from people that worked on Voltron.
Just not how to write a good finale
@@npc6817 OOF
@@npc6817 Blame the writers
@NPC OOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFF
oh wow, when did i get 900 likes lol
Honestly the hardest part for me is trying to visualize my art in a 3D space. I don’t know if this is normal and I just need to draw more and more, but it’s difficult for me to get
i know I'm 6 months late but this is my problem too hhhghbhhgn,,, i struggle a lot with it and i dont know how to fix iiiitttt
Me too
I can't visualise even 3D objects in 3D space. If I can't physically turn it, it may as well not have any other sides to it. But then you got deaf people creating amazing songs so it makes me feel even worse if I use this to throw in the towel. Not heard any helpful advice for getting around it, so could be, there just isn't any. And you gotta memorise every angle of the object/human/animal body as a mental folder of 1000s of snapshots. In short, just keep going, and be ready to put in more effort than other people, I suppose.
Imagine you're sculpting shapes.In fact,some sculpting might help you.
sammmme like where is this arm going and why is THIS finger over the hair xd???
Really, i think the reason this hasn't blown up is because of the thumbnails. The thumbnails aren't Interesting and the colors on them aren't pleasant to look at but the content is informational and fun. I think improving the thumbnails would make more people see your content
1:47 would have made me click for sure
The titties make it 100 times more interesting.
@@beheadedbat4925 LMAOO DID YOU MEAN TITLES??
@@iib.mp3 LMAOOO
@@iib.mp3 no but sure why not 👍
She’s the reason why I’m so scared of drawing crotches
:(
I question if I'm drawing guys crotches wrong every time I draw a dude
@gapple * "Oh look! Little Timmy looked up, 'inflation big booty princess crotch'! I'm so proud of how far he's come in art, using references!"
@@bruhhelp7396 Little Timmy will become the next Leonardo Do Caprio of furry inflation art. A true master in his field
@gapple * every kid thinks he will raise their kids better than their parents. Real life hots you hard when you have kids...
"Men dont have round butts unless their bigger"
Ive seen some skinny dudes packing some cake tbh
@BB Hoody Yeah exactly. Not only that, but there are some exercises that help the "glutes" direcrly. So men who work out a lot and do a lot of exercises that help towards that area can also be thin and have "cake". Because they are toned or muscular.
@BB Hoody Ah I see, I didn't know most of this. Thanks for sharing and informing me!
@BB Hoody Lies! My best friend is packing the muscles in the arms chest and legs, and then he has all that whack in the back! Not to mention, his stomach is flatter than mine!
PEACOCKS, I SAY!
@BB Hoody You must not know what biology is then. Because you're actually telling me a load of bullcrap. Biology literally includes diverse differences in anatomy.
They literally have women with the builds of men and you're telling me a man can't have a better butt than most women? Really?
Woah buddy, I think you have a problem.
@BB Hoody Actually, I'm quite civil to strangers I meet face to face. You just had to mention science.
Also, you're still wrong. Guys have wide hips too. I've met three guys with wide (or feminine) hips in my community.
You stated "Biology disagrees". You should have stated "I disagree because I've never looked at another guys ass, so I'm totally bullshitting and calling it biology."
Don't mention biology in an argument if you're unsure about what your saying.
I'm laughing bc father deangelo is in every video omfg
Father DeAngelo lmao I can't.
Holly crap... the "everything has to have its own composition" thing was a slap on the face...
I see you also worship our lord and savior Father Wallace
*cough*
*You forgot to call him Father*
D'Angelo Wallace
*ahem* Its Father Wallace
@@jjswifthd or rather
dad
@@Fantasminhe dy
as an aspiring artist and comic writer, I've found it highly effective to start out doing realism. It's OK to try and develop your own style too, but when you try to make things more abstract, It helps if you know where everything is before you mess around with the positions of certain things.
redwoods I like realism
Can’t make mistakes if you don’t try to begin with 👀
No mistakes.
Only happy accidents.
Exactly, gotta try to begin with. Even if it's not pro work. In contrast to what some say, about artists not knowing shit, if they can do the work and explain it in detail, how are they wrong?
That is the worse mistake possible
Nice tactic, just like the one in my attic
Yeet!
Instagram accounts he shows in the video:
kihyunryu
christinebiandraws
cteec
kennethladekjer
teespencil
artofsteveahn
(sorry i know this is an old video but i thought a list may be nice :) )
Thanks for this. :)
thank you so much!
Thank you :))
Ty 🥺
thank u sm!!!!
maybe I’ll be tracer
Holly Brown: I’m already tracer
I'm already Sombra.
2 mins in...
hey look its pewdiepie but art
lol so trueeee
XD ❤️
Now ask for a zhc collab cause he's kind of the mr.beast of art
How to unseen it???
Lmao yes! The body language, the edit, so so much alike
The problem with most youtube artists is that (for them) it was never about art. For them it was about views and drama and hardly anything else. Literally the only difference between them and a rant vlogger is that instead of showing their face, they show a drawing.
I like dis guy tho.
Here's where I actually give some drawing advice for once. it's my best work so far-
ruclips.net/video/mZhUHNqLOUg/видео.html
In animation, they NEVER make background art without references. Including people like Kazuo Oga, Studio Ghibli's Background Art director
Ethan early 2019 ... "look: boxes and cyllinders and round forms"
Ethan in 2020: "NEVER use a box. NEVER draw ovals. EVER. Don't you ... don't ... don't ... " *drops cigarette*
I'm so confused! :-O
YouTubsel that box could also be a triangle because there is a preferred side
Thank you! I learned a lot in this vid. For the past month I've been trying to practice my anatomy and proportions but I always have this gut feeling that something's missing. The way I want to draw is how animators draw since I really like how flow-y they are. So when it got to the part when you mentioned what makes it easy for animators to animate a character, it just clicked! I've been free-handing everything for a while now that I forgot to 'think', lmao. It's always easy and comfortable for me to draw intuitively but that's only after structured studying. So again, thanks for this! I'll be watching out for ur new vids, cheers.
Dude your videos are hilarious, this stuff is going to blow up soon. Was wondering if you can talk a bit about learning and using reference for backgrounds? So hard to find good teaching for line based animation backgrounds, everything I find is texture heavy aaa game art stuff.
I freaking love your art and your videos EVEN MORE! Thank you for making them
@@chizukichan7667 wow yall, is this my first comment section fight? I'm so proud. But yea, I'll look into that- BG design for animation sounds like a video for sure.
Says he won’t get involved In drama then proceeds to talk about drama for several minutes- and I love it.
This guy lowkey sounds like rick and morty ad
7:04 Y’know what I learned today..I always thought the opposite no matter how many times an artist explains and I never understood. Now I see that you should NOT work HARD but instead work SMART. Working smart doesn’t make you lazy. The tools, especially on digital are there to help you in a way. I wish I’ve known this sooner instead of saying nah that’s lazy and doing it my way since I love the challenge but working smart is always fast and better if you’re doing a business as well and need swift and smooth outcomes,it benefits your quick learning in the long run.
I had your channel recommended to me and I just wanna say bless you Ethan, you’re a good lad
I’m hype to stick around and see more videos
d'angelo dewallace turns his head to share art tea once more.
*_you evaporate._*
Finally an artist that I don't have to worry about getting canceled. He already canceled himself
"men can't have round butts"
Ever heard of *Ricardo Milos*
“REFERENCE THE JUICY BUTT” 😂
This. This right here is GOLD!!!! Why hadn't I found this channel before. I needed this advice for my art so much
2:05 “I’m gonna be shaking you little babies” *subscribes immediately*
This channel is worth more than a college education.
I have been trying to teach myself for weeks just by drawing. I got sick of how stiff my characters looked so I bought a $20 lightpad and printed out line art and traced it. Then I would try to redraw the basic shapes while looking at what I traced. Then i would fill in the shapes with minor detail changes and see what transferred from my memory to the page. I felt like a fraud trying to learn this way even when I started to see improvement. This video encouraged me so much and I'm more determined than ever!! Thank you for this
"It's all just shapes."
-Mae Borowski
Dude I’ve never seen you before but I’m hooked in the first 2 minutes 👌🏽 quality content
Ethan, though I have no formal degree or professional experience, I have been to two unfinished attempts at art school (undiagnosed disability cutting both short; I am on my third attempt with proper help now). I had my figure drawing class in my second attempt with a man who had studied fine arts and moved on to do a master’s degree in Figure Drawing in the USA (I live in Latin America). He taught much the way you do, and I am forever grateful I was taught such important knowledge in this way.
All you say in these videos is a Yes after Yes for me and brings back wonderful memories of my art skyrocketing in a single year cause I was taught in this manner, and all the epiphanies I had back in that class. You’re doing gods work in a sea of mediocre art education from people who teach mistakes without realizing, or are great artists, but not good at conveying this info, and I feel like I am galaxy braining even more by watching these and refreshing this knowledge. Thanks for your brave service
Young artists and old beginners like me. I need make my brain understand 3D spaces and basic shapes. I hate it that I struggle with this so much.
Same here😭😭
ethan is probably one of my favourite animation youtubers who can both teach and entertain since he makes every video both educational and a meme
People imo jump on hate bandwagons too much and don't think for themselves on why they should think something. Rather, they focus on what to think.
See you at D'Angelo's next service.
You hittin me with those *baby eyes*
thumbs up all the way and subbed big man!! loved the 4:28 as I follow it since the first day I was able to be a hellion like I was.
You make the learning INTERESTING and FUN, it's such a tiny detail that makes the learning process way easier to go through.
my notes:
00:00 - intro, no drama
01:45 - jk
02:42 - lesgo
03:11 - big babies trace too
03:40 - "maybe i'll be tracer"
03:43 - about reference
04:25 - "pratice makes perfect doesnt exist, perfect pratice makes perfect"
04:51 - that's gold!!! let's check out how a professional do it
a) break down in simple shapes
b) focus on foundations, not details
06:46 - is that a box?
07:39 - anything have a shape, there is no guessing
08:38 - about focus, what do u want?
so the point is: find the pro ref that will help you with ur perfect pratice
ig to follow: kihyunryu, christinebiandraws, cteec, kennethladekjer, teespencil, artofsteveahn
Ur so nice for not only showing these artists but explaining them, breaking everything down very nice. im subscribing!
there's not problem with using a reference or even tracing as long as you give the credits to the owner or if the reference is free to use. Naughtydogs, Warner Bros, Dreamworks and so on use references and trace but they have the rights to do it, they pay for pictures or have a team that takes them. And also you can draw way faster and have better results buy understanding something like you shown in the video instead of tracing it all like Holy Brown use to do. In the end if you only trace you will never get use to draw something on your own and sure It pays the bills and what not but how can an artist feel good about what he/she does when it's all a copy of something. I've traced before but I can care less about that drawing I never posted it since it doesn't have any value to me, it's not my idea, it's not something that I made, it's something that someone else did and I can't just put my name on it to make some quick cash. tracing is a tool to learn and use if necessary but using references instead is like taking out the training wheel of you bike and ride like a real man!
yeah no, professional here, you dont have to give credit to a reference
The only problem with tracing is if it actively gets in the way of you learning how to draw properly (which isn't likely, because tracing can teach you how another artist constructs form). The idea of tracing being bad was invented by young artists who have mistaken being an auteur, with being an artist.
As a growing artist, putting out a large quantity of work and exploring art is way more important than arguing with people about whether things look "original" or not, or trying to constrain yourself to an "original style".
If tracing and heavy referencing wasn't covered under fair use, so much of the art community would be under lawsuit. That would mean every art parody and every fan work that every existed would be considered "a problem".
In the art industry, 90% of the time your job will be to intentionally invoke another person's style, which pretty much forces you to do things like tracing and heavy references. That's how movies, tv shows, video games and comics get made.
Paladin highly doubt you’re a ‘professional’
preet sameer Amateur that’s going into studies for art here, you don’t have to credit a reference.
@@panipuuri artist that cant figure out how titles work here
You dont have credit a reference
So this is about the fifth video I've seen of yours, and I just gotta say thanks. For some quick background I'm 24, but my drawing has been the same since I was 16. (Had an abusive family, took my art away, blah blah blah. Been trying to regain that passion I had for art since then.) I have a webtoon now, but have a tough time drawing it because everything feels very stiff and 2D and I didn't know how to improve anymore. Watching your videos though have shown me a path to learning and getting better, and I feel like I can start moving forward again and genuinely up my art. So, thank you.
The editing is soooo good and entertaining
I've been waiting for any RUclipsr to point those artists out
Most Beginner artist are looking up to them cause they're famous....and the other side the real artist you give tip's that would really improve
And they mostly have less followers
So messed up~
You turned into my favorite youtuber in about 13 seconds. I love your work thank you so much for being an inspiration to us babies out there! Mad respect my man!
That opening is perfect
Yessss! Thank you for your work on Voltron! Truly one of my favorite animated series of all time. This is really helpful advice. I also appreciate your humor. Also, the music in this video is lit af 🔥
“Perfect practice makes perfect” Ive heard him say this for about the 5th time and now I finally understand.....I feel so STUPID
Your channel is so inspiring to me so is your art and cool personality haha
That’s the thing I loved about the Voltron art style. The style was in a way simple where you can find body shapes and break down complex character design and spaces into simple shapes that are nice to look at and study for a noob artist such as myself. When I was creating fanart I was learning a lot but observing. The style is simple in shapes but detailed where it complimented beautifully with the simplicity it had. The style of the show and how characters are designed, characters are animated, and the show over all makes me see hearts ever time I watch it. The show had its own aesthetic that takes my breath every time I re-watch it and reminds me why I love to draw and keeps me going to learn more and become a better artist based off references I have mentally made in the show. .
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the choices made at the end of the show to end the story and how they ended the story made me cringe and mad as hell but art style of the show makes me shake with excitement. What I’m disappointed in is last minute choices made in story telling. But the show still has a special place in my heart.
This channel deserves more subscribers! Atleast a million has really good content
The "maybe I'll be Tracer" caught me so off guard XD
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! I was kind of lost in how to create body shapes but the fast flow of how you explained everything got me hyped!
It would be wonderful if you could list the Instagram accounts that you highlighted in the description :'D
On another note, this popped up in my feed, so congrats on getting recommended! I hope your channel continues to grow, yer pretty hilarious while still being helpful and showing great examples.
Why does his face look so cute. I just can't get over his tiny little nose.
dude ok when i saw father wallace i shed a happy tear
omg my life changed watching these. This makes me so happy to watch this because is painfully relevant to me and what I see and think haha. This is so ridiculously awesome so THANK YOUUUUU!!!!
that "maybe I'll be tracer" caught me off guard, holy
The video actually starts after 5 minutes
"Practice makes perfect doesn't exist. Perfect practice makes perfect."
Thank you, Sensei.
I still feel bad for Holly brown "cancelation"
Poor girl
Nobody:
*draws skeleton to structure a human*
I really appreciate your videos. Thank you so much for making them!!
This was uploaded on my BIRTHDAY!!
Epic.
first video i've seen of you but wow, love this
8:02 Flashbacks to parks and rec... CUBE BUTT CUBE BUTT CUBE BUTT
C: I know that is completely random and off topic but whatever. Thanks for the advice btw. Srsly I am planning an animated series and this is actually great. I’m inspired to go animate now baiii.
OMG, thank you for all your videos. Seriously. Best professor EVER.
Nobody:
RUclips: *Puts this into my Recommendations*
cmon...This was worth it for once.
dude, you can say that with every youtube video ever
not laugh, didn’t laugh
For anyone who's wondering, the first 5 minutes is an intro, but trust me, don't skip it, its one of the best expiriences of my life
This guy is too passive aggressive for my baby brain
I’m glad finally someone talked about 3D space because when ever I try to break anything down I just see some 2D TRASH and it makes me feel like I can’t try anything at all like I’m stuck in a loop.
Young me: i'll gonna learn some Art anatomy!
RUclips tutorials: im gonna destroy this kid's whole career
-also Young me: -screams in spanish-
Also grown me: how did i improved?
This guy is probably the best guy in explaining how to improve.
秋木休NeGeX I agree, he is pretty real when it comes to this stuff
@@braylonrandle1731 He probably jot down every frustration and experience in his mind as he goes.
your videos are great man! i think im gonna start watching voltron thanks to you!. and is that painting in the back made by simon stalenhag?
Best video ever, thank you, I needed it.
11:07 what are you talking about, it's clearly a jelly-filled donut
It’s obvious that the animators of steven universe never uses these character sheets when you look and the numerous inconsistencies in shapes and height throughout the show.
Yeah, Rebecca Sugar said that she intentionally does that to let the storyboard artists have more creative control and put their personal touch in it or whatever, but...the end result doesn't look like a well-thought out artistic choice, it looks like a cheap shortcut or rookie mistake.
There are plenty of times cartoons go off-model intentionally (usually for comedic effect) so why not let the storyboard artists use their own personal style *then* instead of having Steven randomly change from 5 feet tall to 2 feet tall?
ur so underrated smh 😤
You have amazing editing skills!! Damn! Love watching and learning.
3:41 Why am I laughing so much at this?
Keep it up. I enjoyed this immensely and I actually offered a platter of fruits to the gods of RUclips algo for this recommendation.
that is the only thing i dont understand a bout construction with shapes: "look its a box, and this part down here: also a box" 3min later: "look its a circle"
like do you just have to adapt the shape for each perspective? one was male and the other female does that make a difference?
im just failing to see the logic in this. i know that it works but i just dont know how
Im there with you. Ive managed to draw without construction this long but I know my art will never get better unless I can, but Im so lost. No one ever explains in detail, they just tell me what I should be doing and trace over something as an example. None of this is helpful.
Hm... i've drawn without shapes for a long time too.
Maybe we can try like a new exercise?
Drawing 3D shapes with no corners on a paper. And then trying to find shapes in our own drawings.
Like, for example, in a picture of a person, how the torso is a rectangle with two of its corners far apart? (in my language it's said 'trapecio', idk how to say it in English)
I really have no idea :(
@@nadialucia6647 that would be trapezoid in english
I'm starting out to draw
And everybody is saying it but i still don't understand
I really shouldn't have started watching this channel in the middle of working on a MAP part... My self-esteem is lowered so much I don't know if I'll be able to finish it by the deadline... I honestly want to just give up now. Welp.
Really good advice though!! /gen
FINISH YOUR PART
TAKE IT TO HEART AND GO GET BETTER NEXT TIME
Oh wow... thank you so much..! I didn't expect anyone to see this... I will!
@@erin.artemis yay, I'm happy i could help, i literally scrolling through every single comment
@@Thegoldenringsyt :DDD
“Practice makes perfect doesn’t exist, perfect practice makes perfect”
👁👄👁.....
in the first 3 minutes already crying hysterically..holy sh*t!!!..references are really important foundations for artists and productive serious art generating! cool vidz
I expected a shitpost, but I actually learned a lot. Thanx dude!
Please don't kill me that's a joke
Sketching with drama ... thats wat i need..... love your content and your teaching.
0:34 ayyy its wallace
this was way more helpful than I expected, thank you!