It is, in fact, useless. In every rule of thirds composition you can put that thing and it will tell you nothing. Conversely, every composition constructed using the snail could as well be achieved with the rule of thirds.
nah dude that's what people say if they don't know how to use it. the golden snail isn't for locating THE focal point/s, it's a guide on how the elements of the composition flow. rule of 3 = focal points, golden ratio = flow.
@@lonestarr1490 actually no. This is more about wrong usage of golden ratio if you want to see an actual good example of correct execution i suggest you look up "last supper" by Tintoretto
I always hated grids. I hated setting them up, I hated drawing with them, and I hated how even after you erased them they were still there if you looked close.
Me too. Even with the draw this in the square activities in coloring books when I was young I would just stare at it like... uhhh... I always drew better from reference without the grid and precision than with it
@@Temi_parrot "I always hated girls. I hated setting them up, i hate drawing with them, and i hated how even after you erased them they were still there if you looked close"
From someone who went from realism kiddie to adult who draws comic art: Realism was what people expected of me, and my more graphic comic artstyle developed by me having fun. Do what you love. No artstyle is the best, do what makes you happy. One of my art teacher said "Put on horse blinders, don't look left or right at what others are doing, only look ahead to where you want to be".
I wouldn't call myself an artists cos I suck because I never practice, but when I do happen to sketch, I favor HB for sketching, 2B for refining the lines, and 6B for shading. I assume the tiktokers are using 4B/6B so it shows up better on the camera.
As a kid I never used anything softer than HB, because those I could erase, while everything else was basically permanent. And I erased a lot. I think there hasn't been a single line I drew exactly once up until the age of 16 or so.
@@lonestarr1490because those pencils are more so used for shading really dark spots and usually not for sketching. The lighter pencils are supposed to be flr sketching lol (its not a set rule but just telling you there's nothing wrong with not using them and they're supposed to be harder to erase cus its basically like charcoal)
my art teachers used to teach us to use grid method because they couldnt be bothered to actually teach us to draw, i have such a grudge against them, developed observational skills out of pure spite
11:14 I believe the guy was drawing from references earlier, probably using some sort of guided tutorials,etc for learning those anatomical sketches..but later decided to draw from what they have learned, hence, wonkier drawings. As no exact reference was used, and they are just drawing from memory/trying to create a character design. I feel its not about skill deteriorating but rather coming up with character designs' creative aspect.
2:22 I went years doing this, not only with faces but with drawing anything in general. That's why it was so hard for me to learn to use a grid when I joined a fine art class. I always just measured everything in my head, and it worked really well but we weren't allowed to do that. They literally had to watch over my shoulder to comfirm I wasn't, in fact, tracing. Personally, I hate tracing because I find it limiting for my pencil strokes or with whatever medium I'm using, but to each their own. To this day, I still hate grids and will avoid them like the plague. I went back to measuring proportions my way, and I'm proud of my art.
Heyo Mr Sam! Traditional artist here, what some of those other traditional artists were using was probably 8b-12b pencils, but! You can do this handy trick of mixing lead and charcoal plus a small amount of black gouache to make the BEST pencil shade, I like to put a bit of blue in mine hehe. ALSO, THE BIRBS ARE SO MARKETING YOUR AWESOME ART BOOKS THAT ADORABLE LONG LIVE THE BIRBS!
That phase of changing your style is so frustrating💀🙏 I used to to a ton of realism but I couldn’t put the pieces together to make an actual person, so I was and am changing my style a lot🙏
Hi Father Sam 🙏🏻 . I've been a graphic designer for over two years . I've always loved drawing as a kid but haven't done drawing for years now , your contents inspire me to start drawing again everyday. Thank you dad.
2:20 one of my best art pieces is half of the girl with the pearl earring. Doing practices like that is amazing for your art skills. (for reference half was the regular painting in black and white and another half blank, i did it at an art museum on a school trip!)
You’ll never know what I wrote. Also ngl, I hate when people say that they need expensive stuffs to draw good. Like I draw fine with ibis paint and if we’re speaking traditional, I can also draw well with a pencil I stole from a kid (no I didn’t steal) but the problem is I need a good eraser
I remember when I started drawing all the guides and books I used to read spoke about grids. I hated that method so I never bothered to try it. I just learnt proportions and how to draw different things in relation to others
I agree that you don't need professional quality stuff to be a good artist but, it doesn't hurt either. It's amazing what people can make just using their supplies from art school.
Dark leads are so much fun! The softest I have is 10B. I highly recommend playing with them, they are fantastic to blend with because they are so soft, but they also smudge like nobody's business so use a fixative. Also, that Art Baby Kitten is so freakin cute I either need that as a shirt or sticker (or both) or I'll just need to draw my own version! Mine will be a calico. Though if you make it I'll buy it. I'm way too far from Toronto to get one myself.
as a trad artist: mechanical pencil i use 0.5 mm lead B graphite, for normal pencil anything from B - 2B, but sketching w 6-8 B is also really fun, i have not too many lead variations tho so i have limited options with non mechanical pencils
I normally don't often comment on videos but 3:59 are Leading Lines. They are composition lines that draw your eye toward the subject. In that example, it's the two lines where the wall connects to the floor, where the wall connects to the ceiling, and the top of the door frames. Obviously amazing video as always~ Just thought I'd explain a bit more to help people wondering why they have the arrows there~
Thanks art dad
art daddy
@@Sificoreal
Zaddy fed us
More like art Daddy
What is this zestfest
Sam slowly turning his head around at 11:55 was a lot more terrifying than the badminton birdie at my face 😂
😂
HAAHAHHAAH STOPPPP THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD
THE SMOOTH ROTATION THO AHAHSHHAHAHHAH
He did that Frodo Bagins over the shoulder
Lol
“That’s a 10B pencil…..bro, that’s dark ass hell-“ had me rolling 😂😂
she's got some special 10B pencils because my 6B pencil ended up darker than my 10B 😭😭
@@trashyferret the fact that I didn’t know there’s a such thing at 10B pencil makes me want to go search for it lol. As an artist, I need to find it 🤣
@@trashyferretIt's most likely graphite, which is much much darker than regular pencils and are used in art schools (generally)
@@Ha-neulie Did you mean charcoal? Normal pencils ARE graphite
I legit thought they only went to 8. I have never seen a 10. If I need to go that dark, I use a black colored pencil.
Legit choked at "And finally the golden ratio. Or as I like to call it, the useless snail"🤣
It is, in fact, useless. In every rule of thirds composition you can put that thing and it will tell you nothing. Conversely, every composition constructed using the snail could as well be achieved with the rule of thirds.
nah dude that's what people say if they don't know how to use it. the golden snail isn't for locating THE focal point/s, it's a guide on how the elements of the composition flow. rule of 3 = focal points, golden ratio = flow.
@@lonestarr1490 actually no. This is more about wrong usage of golden ratio if you want to see an actual good example of correct execution i suggest you look up "last supper" by Tintoretto
did you know it is actually called the Fibonacci sequence? and it is quite usless (in my opinion anyway)
I always hated grids. I hated setting them up, I hated drawing with them, and I hated how even after you erased them they were still there if you looked close.
Me too. Even with the draw this in the square activities in coloring books when I was young I would just stare at it like... uhhh... I always drew better from reference without the grid and precision than with it
I read it as "girls" and was SO confused..
@@Temi_parrotsame-
@@weirdosonicfan2309yea I always messed up so badly ToT
@@Temi_parrot "I always hated girls. I hated setting them up, i hate drawing with them, and i hated how even after you erased them they were still there if you looked close"
"did you do it? I know you didn't do it, it's ok, youre on the toilet."
HOW DOES HE KNOW EVERY.DAMN.TIME.
He used to know now he doesn’t I have gained power 😈
I SWEAR TO GOD MAN!!! HOW?!
The way he absolutely correct for me made me widen my eyes like crazy😭
The power of statistics!
I was about to say the same thing😭
Fun Fact: the old masters used the grid method to quickly put out paintings. It's a shortcut not a training method.
Especially in big ateliers with dozens of journeymen, where, in lack of printers, they made copies by hand.
From someone who went from realism kiddie to adult who draws comic art: Realism was what people expected of me, and my more graphic comic artstyle developed by me having fun. Do what you love. No artstyle is the best, do what makes you happy. One of my art teacher said "Put on horse blinders, don't look left or right at what others are doing, only look ahead to where you want to be".
I’m a beginner anime artist and I’ll stay as one :3
@@Im_in_ur_walls_pooksfr
i love the cats in the few secs of the vid
“Struggling with lips???”
“Which ones? 😏”
Sam needs jail time
JUST PUT THE TIME STAMP INSTEAD OF WRITING IT OUT 😭
@@realminimindy GRRRR YOU’RE MAKING POOKIE ANGY! 😤 you don’t want to do that, you naughty kitten…
@@death_knell NEVER say that ever again I'm actually serious
@@realminimindy mmmm I don’t know about that kitten… you’ve been awfully naughty… talking back to your master… tsk tsk
@@death_knell ill make sure to remind you that you said this 4 years from now
“Pst pst, meo-OOH”
-Sam, 2024
My weekly dose of laughter is seeing Sam slowly yet surely lose his sanity to TikTok Art tutorials
This comment isn't only accurate, it's funny too 😂
0:15 jokes on you uncle, you didn't jumpscare me.
Same
Sameeeee
0:09 me who didn't blink 👁👄👁
Same
i read this and still blinked
same lol
Same lul😂
Wowee
4:57 we got sam speaking indonesian before gta 6
I cant remember in what vid but sam has been butchering indonesian and multiple other languages unintentionally comedically since like 1997
@@noefortputintothis
Frfr lol
I didn't actually blink but when he said "you blinked!!!" I rewinded back to the start and blinked. Can't break his heart ❤️
11:54 the slow head turning 😭 like something out of a horror movie
I wouldn't call myself an artists cos I suck because I never practice, but when I do happen to sketch, I favor HB for sketching, 2B for refining the lines, and 6B for shading.
I assume the tiktokers are using 4B/6B so it shows up better on the camera.
I like to use 2H for a really rough sketch, then throw ink at it, so I have a bunch of unused B pencils in a drawer💀
@@joshstanford9245 can't you get a packet of only 2H pencils?
As a kid I never used anything softer than HB, because those I could erase, while everything else was basically permanent. And I erased a lot. I think there hasn't been a single line I drew exactly once up until the age of 16 or so.
@@lonestarr1490because those pencils are more so used for shading really dark spots and usually not for sketching. The lighter pencils are supposed to be flr sketching lol (its not a set rule but just telling you there's nothing wrong with not using them and they're supposed to be harder to erase cus its basically like charcoal)
0:23 the fact that the brush was named “my babygirl”
"take it easy for us artists, we are illiterate"😆
my art teachers used to teach us to use grid method because they couldnt be bothered to actually teach us to draw, i have such a grudge against them, developed observational skills out of pure spite
THE ART BOOK IN THE BACKGROUND AAAAAA CONGRATS SAMMM!!
11:14 I believe the guy was drawing from references earlier, probably using some sort of guided tutorials,etc for learning those anatomical sketches..but later decided to draw from what they have learned, hence, wonkier drawings. As no exact reference was used, and they are just drawing from memory/trying to create a character design. I feel its not about skill deteriorating but rather coming up with character designs' creative aspect.
2:22 I went years doing this, not only with faces but with drawing anything in general. That's why it was so hard for me to learn to use a grid when I joined a fine art class. I always just measured everything in my head, and it worked really well but we weren't allowed to do that. They literally had to watch over my shoulder to comfirm I wasn't, in fact, tracing. Personally, I hate tracing because I find it limiting for my pencil strokes or with whatever medium I'm using, but to each their own.
To this day, I still hate grids and will avoid them like the plague. I went back to measuring proportions my way, and I'm proud of my art.
7:07 im literally on the toilet
Sam is better then my school art teacher and i prefer learning from sam.
11:16 "we all produce poo on a daily basis"
that is far more comforting to me than you think
Heyo Mr Sam! Traditional artist here, what some of those other traditional artists were using was probably 8b-12b pencils, but! You can do this handy trick of mixing lead and charcoal plus a small amount of black gouache to make the BEST pencil shade, I like to put a bit of blue in mine hehe. ALSO, THE BIRBS ARE SO MARKETING YOUR AWESOME ART BOOKS THAT ADORABLE LONG LIVE THE BIRBS!
How do use that shade? On a brush? Or do u put it on the pencil?
14:00 when you wanna come but you live far away 😔
7:05 Yooo get ur cameras out of my house man 😳🙊
5:48 Tsk tsk Sam this is a family friendly channel-
he realized and immediately regret…
Yes tbh dirty jokes are legit gross
12:48 Sam meowing was not in my 2024 bingo card
That phase of changing your style is so frustrating💀🙏 I used to to a ton of realism but I couldn’t put the pieces together to make an actual person, so I was and am changing my style a lot🙏
12:15 It's giving ,,what dat neck do?" 😂😂
My favorite artist is back with another Therapy video
2:47 I agree with him, it's worth understanding the relationship of the reference picture so you can use it in the future.
Great video and advice for the art babies
8:11 6b - matte. Or I'll just use a ballpoint pen or any ink pen. I really like contrast.
the intro never gets old lmao
Hi Father Sam 🙏🏻 . I've been a graphic designer for over two years . I've always loved drawing as a kid but haven't done drawing for years now , your contents inspire me to start drawing again everyday. Thank you dad.
5:49 EXCUSE ME
10:05 as a 12 year old, im scared
Ikr I don’t want my skull stolen
Same
So am I
same😂
If ya'll aren't prodigies, don't worry.. *but*
I love my daaark pencils. My pencil roll goes up to 14B, and yes, I use it. lol
Yes! I usually use a b6 to sketch and then a 8b for everything
i’ve been waiting for another one of these for too long😈
6:58 how did Uncle know that I didn't pause it and was also in the toilet😭
SAME
4:53 everytime i hear someone trying to read indonesian they always pronounce the suffix "nya" like a japanese cat sound 😭
Ikr😭😭
Fr 😭
You are my all motivation Sam. Sam . Love u
10:15 Me, a twelve year old artist currently drawing on printer paper with a mechanical pencil and actually making smth decent: 💀💀
YES!! SAM LETSGO! THANK YOU!! No srsly thank you i love ur vids
Sam Gaslit me into thinking I blinked. I still don’t know if I did 😭😂
If it gives you peace: I can guarantee you that you did blink at least once between when you watched the video and now.
LOVE seeing Sara Tepes' art in your feed here, her work is beautiful and I've been following it for years.
7:15 “how to draw a poosay”💀
2:20 one of my best art pieces is half of the girl with the pearl earring. Doing practices like that is amazing for your art skills. (for reference half was the regular painting in black and white and another half blank, i did it at an art museum on a school trip!)
11:49 GASH U SXARED ME
I LOVE YOU SAM!!!
Did you unconsciously try to move up your nonexistent glasses at 00:50?
Sam should be a art teacher, he explains more than the drawing teachers I've had till now
I really love all the new intros xD
yayyyyy! Bought the art book!!!! im so excited to take it to art school with meeee
0:17 dude I was out in the sun for 3 hours and had no sun screen on! It was like 28 degrees C ! I can nearly move today!
Bro in my country 37 c is the average 😭
7:11 nah what was that💀💀💀sam gettin freaky💀💀☠️
You’ll never know what I wrote. Also ngl, I hate when people say that they need expensive stuffs to draw good. Like I draw fine with ibis paint and if we’re speaking traditional, I can also draw well with a pencil I stole from a kid (no I didn’t steal) but the problem is I need a good eraser
When “we all produce poo on a daily basis” is one of the most inspirational things you’ve heard in a long time. You’ve got a special talent Sam
10:22 No cause I'm 12 and I draw like that 😭😭 Some people can guys we don't all lie 💀
i looooooove how you put context and knowledge to those short "tutorial"-bits, every time
7:18 very demure very mindful
Yayyyy a new Samdoesarts video has dropped, let's goooo. 🙌
0:21 I thought he was gonna draw on his phone for a sec there lmao
I remember when I started drawing all the guides and books I used to read spoke about grids. I hated that method so I never bothered to try it. I just learnt proportions and how to draw different things in relation to others
4:25 😭😭😭😭😭 useless snail 😭😭
Your videos are so fun to watch 👌🏽 I always learn something to help me with my drawing skills but I love that your so relatable and funny
4:59 the language is Indonesian so here's the translation:
"How to draw like this? Follow the STEP BY STEP"
YESS, I WAITED FOR SOME TIKTOK ART TUTORIALS
rare moments when Sam didn't flinch seeing us
I love this man with my whole heart. Nothing can make me hate you Sam Yang 🙏
EVERYONE WAKE UP SAM POSTED ‼️‼️‼️
I agree that you don't need professional quality stuff to be a good artist but, it doesn't hurt either. It's amazing what people can make just using their supplies from art school.
"Struggling eith lips?"
"Which ones" 😭💀
Love you too man. Keep making videos! Always love the content
7:55 please tell me I'm not the only one whose screen is freezing, no one else has mentioned it 😭
11:54 BRO THAT SLOW TURN IS SOMETHING I WOULD SEE IN MY NIGHTMARES 😭🤲
FR
"LOOK INTO MY EYES" *sees how I die and when I die*
i use 2h for the sketch and usually like 4b for midtones and then 8b for the deepest shadows
8:16 2b or not 2b is the question sam😂
You made my day! Keep doing reviews ❤ LY!!
Art baby cat is so cuteee omgggg😭💙
SamDoesBadminton?!
i love watching these knowing i'm never doing anything with the information i'm absorbing :3 entertaining videos
6:01 not me watching his vids on ma tab👁👄👁
I hope Sam does a deep dive video into compositions one day 🙏
after so long he’s finally BACK WITH THE ROASTING LETS GOOO
6:08 struggling with lip? Which ones😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“We love you Sam!” We all say in unison ❤️
8:10 the likes are literally 1234😂
Dark leads are so much fun! The softest I have is 10B. I highly recommend playing with them, they are fantastic to blend with because they are so soft, but they also smudge like nobody's business so use a fixative.
Also, that Art Baby Kitten is so freakin cute I either need that as a shirt or sticker (or both) or I'll just need to draw my own version! Mine will be a calico. Though if you make it I'll buy it. I'm way too far from Toronto to get one myself.
7:42 ... how many cats has sam seen?
Another video from my favorite art dad!!!
Keep scaring the people on the toilets
10:10 i am a 12 yr old...
Same…. And I draw kinda good too so I felt like he was using me as an example. 😭
as a trad artist: mechanical pencil i use 0.5 mm lead B graphite, for normal pencil anything from B - 2B, but sketching w 6-8 B is also really fun, i have not too many lead variations tho so i have limited options with non mechanical pencils
1:43 HAHA JOKES ON YOU I HAVE ONE OF HIGHEST READING SCORES IN MY LA CLASS 🔥
(this is my only thing I can brag about chat)
I normally don't often comment on videos but 3:59 are Leading Lines. They are composition lines that draw your eye toward the subject. In that example, it's the two lines where the wall connects to the floor, where the wall connects to the ceiling, and the top of the door frames. Obviously amazing video as always~ Just thought I'd explain a bit more to help people wondering why they have the arrows there~