how to think about line weight

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2013
  • Ways to improve line weight in traditional media sketches.
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  • @scottrobertsondesign
    @scottrobertsondesign  10 лет назад +81

    I have seen artist be most successful two ways. 1. Scan a nice line drawing and float it above your rendering on multiply mode. 2. Scan it and redraw it in a program like Sketch Book Pro which has really nice thick to thin drawing tools. If you want constant line weight for each line then using paths in Photoshop would be the best.

  • @maxsamson4034
    @maxsamson4034 8 лет назад +147

    Holy shit an actually useful art instructor on youtube

  • @scottrobertsondesign
    @scottrobertsondesign  10 лет назад +19

    No, I was into a bunch of graphic novels at the time but I cannot remember now who the artists were. It was 17 years ago after all.

  • @teofildobroiu7948
    @teofildobroiu7948 6 лет назад +10

    5:44 most perfect line ever drawn with BARE HAND!

  • @thomaseulogy7206
    @thomaseulogy7206 8 лет назад +69

    Keyword: atmospheric perspective! Thank you. Started to take this drawing thing more studiously and your channel is full of life and academic experience tips.

    • @Pencil0fDoom
      @Pencil0fDoom 4 года назад +1

      DaVinci called it.... mmm. “Sphfumato”? “Sfumato”?
      Purple mountains’ majesty. Right?

  • @Balthazar2242
    @Balthazar2242 10 лет назад +29

    These drawings remind me of the detailed yet cartooned designs for the game "Advanced Wars". They're so believable and imaginative.

  • @Kyburo
    @Kyburo 8 лет назад

    Absolutely brilliant! Also enjoying your How to Draw book currently. Certainly very appreciated that you show these pieces of work and go through them in such depth.

  • @waellerbe
    @waellerbe 10 лет назад

    Scott, I love the way you "explain" what you're doing with a drawing, and I like the way you write out some information regarding your drawing. I also like the variation of thickness with your line work. This is one that helps a drawing stand out.

  • @kayes673
    @kayes673 3 года назад +8

    This was so helpful to me!! I had noticed in my own art that things definitely looked better when I gave emphasis to where objects were intersecting and overlapping, but I didn't have a system for when to really darken more and why... Thanks for making this video!

  • @havujarvela8958
    @havujarvela8958 10 лет назад

    Thank you Scott! This was the first proper tutorial of line weigh usage in design I have seen. It was very helpful!

  • @sheefo
    @sheefo 3 года назад +1

    Aside from being informative, that was very pleasant to watch. Thanks.

  • @PabloPazosGutierrez
    @PabloPazosGutierrez 9 лет назад +4

    Love the backgrounds, they give a nice context to your awesome machinery, thanks for sharing!

  • @phantomzero100
    @phantomzero100 10 лет назад +1

    you're an excellent teacher, Scott! Like Feng Zhu, the information is easy to digest and flows consistently. Thank you!

  • @4tooitous
    @4tooitous 10 лет назад

    What an incredible exercise! Honestly I find the process of going through the scroll and seeing how you worked out details and expanded on the concept more interesting than the discussion about line weight.

  • @TheKillnick
    @TheKillnick 7 лет назад +10

    Fantastic Video. I bought your book "How to draw.." last month and definitely one of my favourite books ever. Would recommend anyone.

  • @euo95
    @euo95 5 лет назад

    Wow! My jaw is on the floor at your level of draftsmanship! On a roll of brown newspaper no less! So amazing! I will definitely be subscribing to your gumroad tutorials! Thanks for uploading 😊

  • @Zinriusminazen
    @Zinriusminazen 9 лет назад +5

    Fantastic lecture! I've absorbed every second of it and I thank you for taking your time to do this video, I shall apply this knowledge to my work from now on!

  • @nancytsai2607
    @nancytsai2607 10 лет назад

    This week's FTF was so helpful! Thanks so much for showing us the sketches. I love the line drawing.

  • @squash2097
    @squash2097 10 лет назад

    Thanks Mr. Robertson. you rock!

  • @Aqwtiny
    @Aqwtiny 8 лет назад

    Line weight is so freaking important it's crazy. Great video . I needed this for Traditional AND photoshop

  • @EpicAwesomeYo
    @EpicAwesomeYo 8 лет назад +2

    now that is interesting. I never quite knew how to go about line weight. just drew clean thin lines and wondered what was missing. shadows, colors, perspective, couldn't figure it out. and when I did try to do line weight on whatever, it didn't seem quite right either.
    but this right here gives me some ideas and insight on how to go about it.
    thank ya much!

  • @Zingosart
    @Zingosart 8 лет назад +4

    Really informative, I feel like I learned a lot! And now that I know what to look for, I really love these drawings and all the thought and design that goes into them. Thanks!

  • @1003Alfred
    @1003Alfred 5 лет назад +1

    Before this video, I have absolutely zero concepts of line weight, and this video just improved my sketching skills by 1% instantly, gotta practice more to get the next 99%. Thank you so much for this making us better at sketching.

  • @lastname354
    @lastname354 10 лет назад

    Great traditional tips.
    Im not a digital artist so these are much appreciated.

  • @Jarib79
    @Jarib79 10 лет назад

    I've been searching for a good tutorial on this very subject for a while now. Thanks a lot as always!

  • @mtthwklly
    @mtthwklly 10 лет назад

    Thankyou for going over these drawings and sharing your retrospective insight and commentary on them. Really inspiring. Subscribed!

  • @paulmckay7787
    @paulmckay7787 10 лет назад

    Fantastic discussion on an often overlooked topic. Great insights and beautiful illustrations, many thanks!

  • @linkdude64
    @linkdude64 10 лет назад

    Beautiful! Thank you, Scott!

  • @donaldgandt7112
    @donaldgandt7112 5 лет назад

    Thank you for the advice on line weight pertaining to overlapping and atmospheric perspective. I was sceptical about the overlapping part, but it works

  • @edgyyh
    @edgyyh 10 лет назад

    omg this is so satisfying to watch, line weight is really just so nice to look at

  • @superswaggerize
    @superswaggerize 10 лет назад +3

    Beautiful line weight makes my eyes glow

  • @mal0702
    @mal0702 10 лет назад

    Great Video! Still looking forward to your books. I have had them on pre-order for almost a year now. But, I don't mind waiting, I know you are doing your best to make it the highest quality. I think we can all appreciate your efforts in putting it together and also giving us these free tutorial Fridays! Thank you.

  • @herothehedgefox
    @herothehedgefox 6 лет назад

    RIDICULOUSLY helpful.

  • @Sarumouse
    @Sarumouse 10 лет назад

    Finally a good explanation of how to use line weight! Scott, if you consider doing more basic tutorials like these, that would be greatly appreciated. Amazing. Thank you.

  • @R3negad3BB01
    @R3negad3BB01 10 лет назад

    Thank you for this amazingly insightful video! I feel like line weight is an integral challenge for me, and that this lesson will help me overcome it!

  • @eelmarko
    @eelmarko 10 лет назад

    Great the lines, I am finding that I like to see art, that does not hide the process and still have the roughs in there. Love the dialog of what you were thinking and why. Thank you.

  • @upstartclient
    @upstartclient 10 лет назад

    Wow, just amazing! Thanks for this Scott

  • @jocelynsarvida4347
    @jocelynsarvida4347 9 лет назад

    I hate drawing mechs but after watching your videos, I realized how beautiful and interesting it is. Thanks so much for sharing your passion. You are very inspiring.

  • @xenophanesiamnot
    @xenophanesiamnot 10 лет назад

    Excellent video! I'm currently taking basic drawing at a community college, and we learned the basic hierarchy of line weight just a few weeks ago: distance, tension, and light/dark areas. Before that my work didn't really have any line weight, at least not applied with knowledge of how and why artists use it. The difference it makes is amazing, drawing in line becomes so much more fun.

  • @AudiultraRobotics
    @AudiultraRobotics 6 лет назад

    such a cool drawing style, also those flying machines! So inspirational!!

  • @julianapegas2043
    @julianapegas2043 6 лет назад

    This is a delightful lecture! Such a difficult subject and i really liked your approach on it. My linework is pretty haphazard, but now I really feel i've learned something - and now onto practice! Thank you!

  • @ComeDownRedMolly
    @ComeDownRedMolly 7 лет назад

    fantastic vid. I have been doing similar line weight for a while now but I realized while watching this that I have been getting more and more into thickly outlining the whole "item" which leads to the drawing looking too cartoon like. I am deff hoing to try to steer away from that. loved these drawings and your linework is so very captivating. thsnk you for sharing this with us.

  • @ovn_tamil
    @ovn_tamil 3 года назад +2

    As a 2d artist this helps me so much! I didn't even thought about this, but somehow helped! Thank you so much!

  • @artat777
    @artat777 8 лет назад +2

    What a great video I love how you define the line weight thanks for sharing your talent with us

  • @RPS_FFRK
    @RPS_FFRK 8 лет назад

    Treasure, nice to see piece of works/art that's preserved.
    Interested also on the background,history of your design, inspirations etc.
    Thanks for uploading and sharing, I'll check on your other vids some other time!

  • @WanJae42
    @WanJae42 4 года назад

    So very cool (and educational!) to watch this sequence.

  • @TimLane262
    @TimLane262 8 лет назад

    This helped me so much I know what I'm doing wrong on a lot of my pieces. Thank you

  • @kingdarko
    @kingdarko 10 лет назад

    Cool video scott, i was thinking about line weight the other day and i really had nothing to sketch with that would help do it on the fly so i had a look around and found pilots parallel pen so i am going to give that a try when it comes.

  • @arbs3ry
    @arbs3ry 8 лет назад +1

    I'm currently reading your book and can't believe I just ran into the author on RUclips . Huge surprise.!

  • @iwanfishz9
    @iwanfishz9 10 лет назад

    thanks scott , very helpful advice.

  • @volkantum
    @volkantum 9 лет назад

    Thank you very much for sharing this huge experience package!

  • @SarahLongfield
    @SarahLongfield 2 года назад

    You are the Leonardo davinci of technical perspective drawing (specifically for mech/scifi styles) thank you so much for these videos and for your books!

  • @saladbowl85
    @saladbowl85 10 лет назад

    Tranks for your quick feedback Scott!

  • @rbcauz
    @rbcauz 9 лет назад

    thanks so much for the video…very helpful…really informative in a relaxed accessible way…the best !!!

  • @monestar07
    @monestar07 10 лет назад

    This is awesome man love your work

  • @taraskashuk1069
    @taraskashuk1069 2 года назад

    Thank you for such a great tutorial. Overlaps are really powerfull

  • @vStreetStruckv
    @vStreetStruckv 10 лет назад

    Awesome tutorial! I'm a beginner to drawing, but loved this approach to understanding line weight...I really like unique approaches to tutorials....
    It makes them all the more interesting. Great job!

  • @Yo_Kelz
    @Yo_Kelz 2 года назад

    EXCELLENT video. Super helpful. Thanks!

  • @mrlich
    @mrlich 10 лет назад

    This was really fantastic. Thank you for sharing it with us!

  • @elimasmx
    @elimasmx 10 лет назад

    I'm studying transport design and your work is always such an inspiration. Thank you!

  • @lestoil
    @lestoil 10 лет назад +1

    Hi Scott, I base the weight of my lines primarily on light and shadow. Whatever line is closest to the light source gets the thinnest line and whatever gets the least light gets the heavy line. Of course I thin ALL of the lines out as the object gets farther away but I still maintain that rule of dark=thick, bright=thin. Thanks for the priceless tut's!!

  • @Gosaras
    @Gosaras 10 лет назад

    i liked this 5 minutes in because ive already learned more than in the past 3 years of school

  • @BrandonScottFox1
    @BrandonScottFox1 8 лет назад

    This was great. Thank you so much. Just bought two of your books.

  • @VibeXplorer
    @VibeXplorer 9 лет назад

    Very helpful! Was what I was looking for. Thanks!

  • @dorillo765
    @dorillo765 6 лет назад

    Thank you. This is amazing. Very inspiring and informative!

  • @Wardztv
    @Wardztv 9 лет назад

    You are amazeing!

  • @hiragaruben
    @hiragaruben 8 лет назад

    Thank you very much Scott for the video, it was very informative!

  • @KusanagiMotoko100
    @KusanagiMotoko100 9 лет назад

    Very good tutorial, thanks!

  • @dougieladd
    @dougieladd 10 лет назад

    Awesome... love these... The principle reminds me of those infographics you see, where the outer stroke weight is thicker than the details... very interesting. Thanks again Scott.

  • @Gr8Success
    @Gr8Success 8 лет назад

    that's incredible. outstanding work

  • @masak6293
    @masak6293 9 лет назад

    Thank you for this video! I found it super duper helpful!

  • @captainzork6109
    @captainzork6109 9 лет назад

    18 years ago, and that good already :o Very inspiring drawings

  • @gynthagh
    @gynthagh 10 лет назад

    Not drawn in alot of years been reading your how to draw book. Learned more form that than 3 years at college its fab!!

  • @silentjosh847
    @silentjosh847 10 лет назад

    Absolutely stellar video. Very clear explanations of line-weight.

  • @hubblediaz230
    @hubblediaz230 7 лет назад

    This is just amazing, thank you so much for sharing

  • @hendrixtarantado2114
    @hendrixtarantado2114 4 года назад

    That arrow pointing to the right that u drew was close to perfect. Thanks for sharing and making this video.👍 All the detailed information definitely opened my eyes, now i know what im doing wrong with my drawings and how to fix it. 👏👏👏👍✌️

  • @humbertoretamales4588
    @humbertoretamales4588 10 лет назад

    Very good video. Clear and descriptive. Thanks for indicating the reasons behind the decisions you took. You have a new subscriber!

  • @MOOEMAN
    @MOOEMAN 10 лет назад

    You're the best, thank you for these vids.

  • @mo389
    @mo389 10 лет назад

    IKR!, its incredible how straight his lines are!.

  • @bandoli66
    @bandoli66 10 лет назад

    Always very good tutorials. Thanks!

  • @SeanVoOfficial
    @SeanVoOfficial 10 лет назад

    Amazing explanation, thanks so much!

  • @riccrocc1979
    @riccrocc1979 10 лет назад

    Great understanding of perspective. ..luv ur work..

  • @Dicemanzolg
    @Dicemanzolg 10 лет назад

    wow... nice stuff, also your line drawing is so smooth, it pleases the eye to look at it !

  • @TheLukaszencja
    @TheLukaszencja 10 лет назад

    awesome!
    i am buying all your books! cant wait for the new releases.

  • @jonmoore7387
    @jonmoore7387 10 лет назад

    I love your art dude you got talent, great tutorial, I will watch more much respect

  • @RazaPielDeBronse
    @RazaPielDeBronse 10 лет назад

    wow!! in the first 7 minutes I got the answer to several questions about this Technic, that I had for several years.

  • @svivan20
    @svivan20 7 лет назад

    Wonderful sketches and design process. I will be using this as inspiration and reference for my clases. Scott R. among the best of the best outthere! thank you!

  • @krishnavoraa
    @krishnavoraa 2 года назад

    a helpful video. Helped me a lot. Thanks

  • @perspektyw94
    @perspektyw94 10 лет назад

    Wow, im impressed by the amount of work you put there. Three days is... wow.

  • @radharcanna
    @radharcanna 4 года назад

    Excellent tips. Beautiful drawings. I love the colour of the newsprint.

  • @danielengel4593
    @danielengel4593 10 лет назад

    Learned so much, thanks man!

  • @alexdemian7849
    @alexdemian7849 9 лет назад

    This helped me a lot!

  • @MightyMinty777
    @MightyMinty777 Год назад

    This is some great piece of artwork nice job 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @MazDelaCerna
    @MazDelaCerna 6 лет назад

    absolutely amazing!

  • @gombuk1
    @gombuk1 10 лет назад

    A really very informative video, I got a lot from that. Thanks. I really love your style as well.

  • @ssergantt
    @ssergantt 10 лет назад +1

    You can just make an art book out of this roll! I'd buy it! Nice art, Scott!

  • @manicd81
    @manicd81 10 лет назад

    This is brilliant stuff; makes me want to pick up my pencil & pens.

  • @jayveemariano5797
    @jayveemariano5797 8 лет назад

    your perspective game is strong in this one

  • @timeforadram1427
    @timeforadram1427 10 лет назад

    "dont leave walnuts on your desk while you are sketching - you just never know!" classic.
    Thanks for these tutorials Scott - super informative

  • @zeljkostanisavljevic4665
    @zeljkostanisavljevic4665 7 лет назад

    Fantastic drawings, clean and artistic. Bravo.