Art teachers expect their students to draw perfectly like mechanical plotting machines and that's just not how the human hand works People always tell me to join the school art classes and yet every time they've taught me how to draw a face or something, they teach it in the most ininteresting, backwards, and tedious way possible and I lose motivation to draw for a month
I’ve been in art school for years, been taught at at least 4 different physical art schools, and nobody has ever broken it down like this for me. This is so useful especially for teaching! Thanks!
Logically following question: How do I then join the disjunct elements together smoothly? Should I leave gaps and fill those in afterwards, or should I "overshoot" and then erase the errant parts of the lines? Because, for me at least, the middle of the stroke is seldom the problem, but the start and end is where I get the jitters, y'know, the "accelerating" and "decelerating" motions of the stroke.
I was taught to ghost the lines before committing to it. Ghost the line just above the paper, same consistent speed from start to finish, and commit to making the mark as you're ghosting
My English isn't very good but if I understood The question depends of your style You need to know the relevance of the line, if it's very relevant example the outside line of your character/object or when something is in front the line is thicker But if the line isn't very relevant it didn't even need to be drawn just be suggested example the commissure of the month (I don't know if you have seen anime but sometimes they just draw two lines on the mouth edges to draw it) So the answer depends in what the line is doing but like the other guy said analyze your favorite artists
Tapering your strokes will help you to blend them together nicely. As was said below, ghosting the line in before you actually make the mark also really helps. It helps ensure that the mark you're making goes exactly where you intend and can help you join two segments together nicely.
Many classical painters namely Tiepolo, would "mark locations" as in the darkest areas or the folds for example the armpit. Then curved lines connect them, because of course classical italian artists usually went for beautiful and elegant over hyper realistic for the most part
If you don’t feel like breaking up to small parts, what you can rather do is just draw the line like 30 times over not retracing your old line, but rather trying to restart drawn the line 30 times over and you’ll get essentially average off of the perfect line, kind of like sculpting, but with lines, then you can just erase the other ones
sketching in straight lines is my absolute FAVORITE way to sketch anything and everything because it some how helps me gauge proportion, angle, and loads of other things so i highly recommend giving it a try if youve never tried it before
i used to just draw normally in strokes like this when i was a kid and it ultimately turned out pretty good, but now i use dynamics and got better at drawing
I do very dynamic lines in traditional, it's in digital where my linework is very poor. The tablet just lacks the texture paper has, I guess. Sometimes I struggle with a digital piece and then I do a traditional one instead and I'm like 'yeah, I still got it'. I just forgot I did.
I had the same problem. Had to force myself to treat tablet as regular paper or canvas and go HAM on broken lines for sketching. Having a glove for drawing also helped a lot
Maybe you can make a sketch on a layer with low opacity and then fully concentrate on making a clean lineart. And for the dynamism, you can either try zooming out a lot, as you'll be able to make long strokes more easily and control them more, or zoom in and make sure to be precise. It can also help to turn your canva around (it confuses me more than anything so i don't do it but I've seen people do this) Imo, digital art offers different ressources than traditional, and they should be considered as different mediums. Learn to use the softwares, it can be a massive game changer
@@bozoclown2098 actually yes lol, the glass would never come off. However frosting glass these days is pretty easy, but might be too abrasive for a tablet pen.
Thank you for the tip. I've been practicing drawing a lot in my free time (as I'm not an art student or taking any traditional drawing courses), and this basically sums up the way I've been doing, which I could not explain prior to, and how to improve even more. Everything just clicks in its position.
I used to do mini-contouring, basically a bunch of small scratches that form a line. It was why i was able to look at something and basically copy it myself detail for detail, it was a perfect style for error correction and line control
Dude i came up with that a when i was like 5. The single best thing you can do when you're a kid and enjoy drawing, you'll massively improve anf really quickly.
I'm an art student. i love watching you guys despite the countless hours i spend at the atelier everyday drawing. I mean you can always improve more right? if I'm ever experiencing art block or such i just watch your videos and it helps a damn lot. Love you Proko💗
I started doing this in 8th grade cause I thought it made me look more artistic and professional, I had no idea this was an actual, functional and practical technique
I like to draw my rough outlines and edges in small,gentle lines in a sort of tiny flick motion to get the basic details down and draw out the shape/idea in lines and circles beforehand, helps in drawing smaller details for reptilian or mammalian creatures because it can also double as scales or fur when I'm lazy
A great way to start practicing is literally practice free drawing a circle. It's how my architect mom taught me. From there go into a sphere and once you're comfortable there, you can start adding more organic shapes. Step by step
Your pictures are very impressive, I hope you will get your money's worth soon. I'll ask you a question if its not a problem,what breed paper you're using?If you tell me i'll be so happy :)
I like to use a single curve to "scale" the rest of the piece. For example, probably the curve of the bottom of the foot of the turtle. I can double check that my scale is right with like "Oh, the eye is about 1/3 the size of the leg on the photo" and actually measuring that ratio in my drawing.
When I was a kid, I would be upset with myself because of my inability to draw complex shapes with a single, unbroken line. I tried this "sketchy" method but never understood why it didn't look perfect coming out. I loved drawing but gave it up because I "just wasn't good." I feel like crying now.
Every art teacher I ever met kept telling me to use one confident line. Creating sketchy lines apparently 'ruined' the final product. Never once listened to them, because I almost always came out with what I intended to make, and it usually looked just fine.
PULL curves TOWARDS your body, PUSH straight lines away. This uses the natural curves and motions of your wrists and arms. If you want fluid lines practice this too
I have shaky hands, so straight lines are pretty hard for me to draw, but I draw really smooth curves lines. You can definitely see it in my artstyle lol
I learned to hold my pencil a different way and it makes life so difficult, I unintentionally put so much force into my hand and I make super thick lines to the point of not being able to erase it, I've grown used to it now and I can't be bother to relearn how to use a pencil.
I cannot believe a yt short taught me more than my art cher. We have never used a pencil except when yo sign an artwork. She says to use markers to train to perfection the firts try. Opinions please.
Teachers are usually teaching something was taught to them or that worked for them. Drawing with a pen has merit for exactly the reason they mentioned. But it doesn't have to be everything, same as drawing with pencils. They both have their places.
I haven't done that as a Short yet but I did do both of those as full videos! Lips: ruclips.net/video/N0vWyKyYv4o/видео.html Ears: ruclips.net/video/ncfm_3UnLKE/видео.html Hope that helps!
I remember coming up with something similar to this on my own. Was told it looked messy and that I should just draw cleaner. I'm pretty bad at drawing as is, so I don't draw anymore
My art teacher called them "S I C" cause it was such a as I would Quote "Its a S I C way to improve your drawings." Dude was pretty cool.
I love that haha
@JJangshi no don't go!
I think your joke was sic
@@thatSkyKosmoTactical I'm sic of this
@JJangshi that was a sic joke
@@yukeshvarm you’re so sic
My favorite part about CSI is that I keep forgetting to apply it
Same
When I do sketches with simple forms. My rule is to put in the corner a little sqr, cir, tri and CSI as reminders
@@z1992z oh thats a good tip thanks!
That’s my favorite part about every art tip I get
@@z1992z what’s a sqr, circ, tri?
Instructions unclear, instead of making a drawing i ended up at Crime Scene Investigation
A solid career, at least! 😎
@@ProkoTV Artificial Intelligence : Hold my beer
My hs art teacher literally told us not to do this lmaoooo (she was wrong.)
Highschool teachers give useful information challenge (impossible)
teacher tryna outline without sketching or sumshit?
There are different between chicken scratch and knowing where to break a line
they gatekeepin
Art teachers expect their students to draw perfectly like mechanical plotting machines and that's just not how the human hand works
People always tell me to join the school art classes and yet every time they've taught me how to draw a face or something, they teach it in the most ininteresting, backwards, and tedious way possible and I lose motivation to draw for a month
We did these bargues activities last semester and it did help me so much finding the proportions using the envelope
I’ve been in art school for years, been taught at at least 4 different physical art schools, and nobody has ever broken it down like this for me. This is so useful especially for teaching! Thanks!
Happy to help!
The art teacher who taught us this was the one who taught anatomy to disney animators for Tarzan, so GREAT tip I'd say
Really?! That is so cool!!!!!
Is she old?
@@Silencer796 What anime character is in your profile picture, man?
Seems like the quickest to remember this step and practice... *puts on sunglasses*
...is to remember a good old meme.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
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Damn
Awesome 😊
this is something I taught myself over time and its really validating to hear it acknowledged and to learn it has a name.
Wishing your channel was available 30 years ago, thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙌
I was thaught this in dtawing class my first year of graphic design. It is very useful and helps draw More confidently and clearly
Logically following question: How do I then join the disjunct elements together smoothly? Should I leave gaps and fill those in afterwards, or should I "overshoot" and then erase the errant parts of the lines? Because, for me at least, the middle of the stroke is seldom the problem, but the start and end is where I get the jitters, y'know, the "accelerating" and "decelerating" motions of the stroke.
I was taught to ghost the lines before committing to it. Ghost the line just above the paper, same consistent speed from start to finish, and commit to making the mark as you're ghosting
My English isn't very good but if I understood
The question depends of your style
You need to know the relevance of the line, if it's very relevant example the outside line of your character/object or when something is in front the line is thicker
But if the line isn't very relevant it didn't even need to be drawn just be suggested example the commissure of the month (I don't know if you have seen anime but sometimes they just draw two lines on the mouth edges to draw it)
So the answer depends in what the line is doing but like the other guy said analyze your favorite artists
Tapering your strokes will help you to blend them together nicely. As was said below, ghosting the line in before you actually make the mark also really helps. It helps ensure that the mark you're making goes exactly where you intend and can help you join two segments together nicely.
Many classical painters namely Tiepolo, would "mark locations" as in the darkest areas or the folds for example the armpit. Then curved lines connect them, because of course classical italian artists usually went for beautiful and elegant over hyper realistic for the most part
@@ProkoTV "Just taper your strokes"=Just draw good Okay lol
this is by far the best advice I've seen, don't just learn from your mistakes
Awesome tips. 👌
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If you don’t feel like breaking up to small parts, what you can rather do is just draw the line like 30 times over not retracing your old line, but rather trying to restart drawn the line 30 times over and you’ll get essentially average off of the perfect line, kind of like sculpting, but with lines, then you can just erase the other ones
This takes me back. I wanna draw sketches again. It's been 4 years since the last time I draw some sketches because I'm too busy with my office job.
sketching in straight lines is my absolute FAVORITE way to sketch anything and everything because it some how helps me gauge proportion, angle, and loads of other things so i highly recommend giving it a try if youve never tried it before
ONE OF THE BEST SHORTS VIDEO IVE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE
i used to just draw normally in strokes like this when i was a kid and it ultimately turned out pretty good, but now i use dynamics and got better at drawing
I had a college professor say if anyone had”hairy lines” like the good examples above he’d knock points off.
For a minute,I thought it was CGI.
Every single video of yours has been helpful to me in some way. Thank you!!!
Happy to help!
I do very dynamic lines in traditional, it's in digital where my linework is very poor. The tablet just lacks the texture paper has, I guess. Sometimes I struggle with a digital piece and then I do a traditional one instead and I'm like 'yeah, I still got it'. I just forgot I did.
I had the same problem. Had to force myself to treat tablet as regular paper or canvas and go HAM on broken lines for sketching. Having a glove for drawing also helped a lot
Maybe you can make a sketch on a layer with low opacity and then fully concentrate on making a clean lineart. And for the dynamism, you can either try zooming out a lot, as you'll be able to make long strokes more easily and control them more, or zoom in and make sure to be precise. It can also help to turn your canva around (it confuses me more than anything so i don't do it but I've seen people do this) Imo, digital art offers different ressources than traditional, and they should be considered as different mediums. Learn to use the softwares, it can be a massive game changer
they should texture the surface as they do metal. is it so hard to pour glass on mold texture metal. !!!!
@@bozoclown2098 actually yes lol, the glass would never come off. However frosting glass these days is pretty easy, but might be too abrasive for a tablet pen.
Thank you for the tip.
I've been practicing drawing a lot in my free time (as I'm not an art student or taking any traditional drawing courses), and this basically sums up the way I've been doing, which I could not explain prior to, and how to improve even more.
Everything just clicks in its position.
Thank you this actually helped me
I used to do mini-contouring, basically a bunch of small scratches that form a line. It was why i was able to look at something and basically copy it myself detail for detail, it was a perfect style for error correction and line control
Dude i came up with that a when i was like 5. The single best thing you can do when you're a kid and enjoy drawing, you'll massively improve anf really quickly.
I'm an art student. i love watching you guys despite the countless hours i spend at the atelier everyday drawing. I mean you can always improve more right? if I'm ever experiencing art block or such i just watch your videos and it helps a damn lot. Love you Proko💗
You must be really bad if these videos help you improve.
This keeps appearing on my shorts and I'm not mad about it, I'm just reminded to use these again!
This tip reminds me of Mona Brookes 5 Basic Elements of Shape Method kinda
I appreciate your posts 🎉 ty for the time 😊
I started doing this in 8th grade cause I thought it made me look more artistic and professional, I had no idea this was an actual, functional and practical technique
You need to be my art teacher😮
Such a life changing advice
Thanks!
:D
Thank you for this tip it might help me be a better artist❤😊
I find this very helpful
Thank you! I was not taught this in art school
Thank you as always 😊
you are in another level, your good.
You should do a side by side comparison of CSI and a single stroke
This helps to also understand what other artists are doing kinda dont know if im expressing what i want to say well
I like to draw my rough outlines and edges in small,gentle lines in a sort of tiny flick motion to get the basic details down and draw out the shape/idea in lines and circles beforehand, helps in drawing smaller details for reptilian or mammalian creatures because it can also double as scales or fur when I'm lazy
Boy did I need this!
AYO you use the same pencil it’s so good!
Bout to crack a sketchbook rn🎉
The Barque course oh so very much updating and or revisions to stabilize it's faults and meet contemporary time.
I've literally never done anything BUT this method
I didn't even know it wasn't already the way everyone does it
I really need that pen!!
What I do is sketch by using small, soft lines for the whole thing. Gives me more control and easier to erase if I mess up
I learned more from this short than I ever did in my art class
Here to help!
Thank you! 🖍️
mmm motivation to start drawing
I learned these as the OiLS
O = circles or circle shapes
i = lines and dots
L = Angles
S = Curved lines
great tip!
A great way to start practicing is literally practice free drawing a circle. It's how my architect mom taught me. From there go into a sphere and once you're comfortable there, you can start adding more organic shapes. Step by step
Great advice
now that is some good advice, especially for me
SO helpful
Your pictures are very impressive, I hope you will get your money's worth soon. I'll ask you a question if its not a problem,what breed paper you're using?If you tell me i'll be so happy :)
I'm using a mixed media marker paper. It's the Proko sketchbook that we sell at in-person events like conventions but don't sell online currently.
Thank you so much .
i've been doing this my entire art life man
I was told that these lines just showed i was not confident in my line work and I'd have to get used to not do them... I still do them..
Love your Vids proko. Great content👍 will definetly buy your drawing basics soon
I like to use a single curve to "scale" the rest of the piece. For example, probably the curve of the bottom of the foot of the turtle. I can double check that my scale is right with like "Oh, the eye is about 1/3 the size of the leg on the photo" and actually measuring that ratio in my drawing.
These are extremely basic, yet SUPER efficient if you want to do art. I swear to god.
When I was a kid, I would be upset with myself because of my inability to draw complex shapes with a single, unbroken line. I tried this "sketchy" method but never understood why it didn't look perfect coming out. I loved drawing but gave it up because I "just wasn't good." I feel like crying now.
It worked thanks! Definetly subscribing.
Thank you🙂💧
This is hard af but I'm not stopping
Literally only saw 3 videos of this guy and I’m subscribed, great art tips!
Welcome aboard!
I often over exaggerate the lines when I draw. It's supposed to be a nice gentle curve, how did I end up with a shrimp curve
Every art teacher I ever met kept telling me to use one confident line. Creating sketchy lines apparently 'ruined' the final product. Never once listened to them, because I almost always came out with what I intended to make, and it usually looked just fine.
😭 i actually love the look of shaky lines unironically
There are oh so many ways to update the Barque course. Art school need change(revisions) also. Change (like justice) can be good.
Now I can impress my classmates with this
Another good tip
That single-stroke turtle leg was actually beautiful.
I could always tell who knew at least a little about drawing and who didnt based on how they drew their lines
I do this since I started drawing
thx for the tip
Thanks!
PULL curves TOWARDS your body, PUSH straight lines away. This uses the natural curves and motions of your wrists and arms. If you want fluid lines practice this too
I have shaky hands, so straight lines are pretty hard for me to draw, but I draw really smooth curves lines. You can definitely see it in my artstyle lol
thabk you for the tip bro
damn i learned how to do this just from drawing a long time and finding ways to improve my drawings
Csi did a great thing for me which is make my art kinda blurry
You fr drawed polnareff... You are a reliable guy
your shading is so good i thought you just scanned a 3d object
Overhand grip is the real deal
Turtles are my favorite animal! Loved the drawing 💗
I learned to hold my pencil a different way and it makes life so difficult, I unintentionally put so much force into my hand and I make super thick lines to the point of not being able to erase it, I've grown used to it now and I can't be bother to relearn how to use a pencil.
I cannot believe a yt short taught me more than my art cher. We have never used a pencil except when yo sign an artwork. She says to use markers to train to perfection the firts try. Opinions please.
Teachers are usually teaching something was taught to them or that worked for them.
Drawing with a pen has merit for exactly the reason they mentioned. But it doesn't have to be everything, same as drawing with pencils. They both have their places.
Holy crap that dog drawing looks really good
I got "your line work looks too sketchy" a lot. But it sure looks better than making everything look like I made it out of coat hangers.
Thank you
Hello, i was wondering if you could teach how to draw lips or ears?
I haven't done that as a Short yet but I did do both of those as full videos!
Lips: ruclips.net/video/N0vWyKyYv4o/видео.html
Ears: ruclips.net/video/ncfm_3UnLKE/видео.html
Hope that helps!
I remember coming up with something similar to this on my own. Was told it looked messy and that I should just draw cleaner. I'm pretty bad at drawing as is, so I don't draw anymore
I love dragons with curves
Thank you! I shall know hold that advice in my head and never actually start practicing. 😭
I never use S, i use two Cs, sometimes with an I inbetween as I never manged to get the second half of the S to turn out the way I want it.
Actually, very good tips, I like this