Fix Your Boring Flat Drawings with Depth Tricks

Learn comic drawing techniques focused on line weight and shadow placement in this lesson, which emphasizes the use of line weight and shadow to bring illustrations to life. Watch as @DavidFinchartist explains a simple, effective design pattern for a comic panel. Dark lighting outlines the figures, opening up in the middle to draw focus. Foreground elements frame the panel. Line weights and shadows add depth, with thicker lines for closer elements and thinner lines pushing elements back. Compositional shadows frame the main figures, while the dark foreground and light background details maintain focus. Minimal rendering with shadowing and detail creates depth and dimension while keeping the basic composition.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Line Weight
02:34 - Lighting
10:05 - Rendering
10:36 - Outro
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  • @ProkoTV
    @ProkoTVАй бұрын

    Check out the rest of David Finch’s comic course - www.proko.com/comicpage

  • @LearnComicsWithPancake
    @LearnComicsWithPancakeАй бұрын

    I'm a simple lady - I see David Finch releases a video - I click!

  • @risaalshaan

    @risaalshaan

    Ай бұрын

    Actually Proko released it, Simple Lady..

  • @jesulani9548

    @jesulani9548

    Ай бұрын

    I'm a simple guy, I do the same!

  • @MashTayto

    @MashTayto

    Ай бұрын

    @@risaalshaansemantics bro

  • @sageart4771

    @sageart4771

    Ай бұрын

    A woman of culture I see 🤝🏾

  • @clauss6190

    @clauss6190

    24 күн бұрын

    A woman being simple? i don't think so 😅😂

  • @hanzflackshnack1158
    @hanzflackshnack1158Ай бұрын

    Finch is so mastered at character illustration it's easy to forget he's equally skilled with composition. That frame is absolutely full of clutter and still every element serves the visual flow perfectly. Awesome to watch

  • @luvkayakn
    @luvkayaknАй бұрын

    David Finch is a master in comic arts and so generous in sharing the tips and tricks of his craft ❤️

  • @ghdelao
    @ghdelaoАй бұрын

    david finch's line quality is insane

  • @HvitUlf
    @HvitUlfАй бұрын

    My favorite artist doing a tutorial video, on a channel thats been helping me solidify my fundamentals and push my art to the next level. I've never clicked on a video faster.

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    David is great! We loved working with him on his comics course. He's a good educator and it's one of the most common comments we get about it.

  • @MichaeltjeVu

    @MichaeltjeVu

    Ай бұрын

    @@ProkoTV Would love to see you do a drawing livestream with David Finch again! c:

  • @wydua2049
    @wydua2049Ай бұрын

    This is gonna be a bit off topic. But watching few videos on this channel i discovered kinda cool way of learning when you can see reference on screen and then the artist disects it. It is good to draw from the reference and then draw ffrom reference to the side, but follow the artist. This way you can see your mistakes super well and can improve a lot. I kinda use this method to improve my gesture drawing abilities and i have literally seen improvement in the matter of few days.

  • @wydua2049

    @wydua2049

    Ай бұрын

    To anyone. Improvement does not mean i am already perfect oh no no. But it already was visible enough to give that boost of "woah i am going to make it"

  • @monke811
    @monke811Ай бұрын

    Great video david, watched it three times already and shown it to my kids.

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you for using your time travelling powers to reach the youths how to make comics!

  • @jerroldhewson3600
    @jerroldhewson3600Ай бұрын

    YOU CANNOT GO WRONG WITH A DAVID FINCH TUTORIAL!!!

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    WE AGREE

  • @alphinart
    @alphinartАй бұрын

    Great to see the master doing a panel and teaching us all the little compositional tips and tricks! Thanks Dave!

  • @samankucher5117
    @samankucher5117Ай бұрын

    he did that very well. he used perspective and objects size and line weight and shadows and light to make that image.

  • @ramseyVScomics
    @ramseyVScomics18 күн бұрын

    David's eye for layout, rendering and shadows is absolutely amazing!

  • @JeffreySalazar-dr3ex
    @JeffreySalazar-dr3exАй бұрын

    David is very good at explaining.thanks 🎉 great video,

  • @darklordsoma
    @darklordsomaАй бұрын

    This is a great tutorial! I will use these methods for a story I'm gonna make.

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    If you share that story online, give us a tag! We'd love to see it.

  • @user-bi5xm1ud4p
    @user-bi5xm1ud4pАй бұрын

    Controlling the composition with lights and shading is a nice method. Personally I use dynamic lines, thin amd thick, medium and other sometimes 3 line types with one stroke to make the background lighter and front darker or lower parts of the page darker and upper part lighter, it looks intresting together with shading.

  • @aimeefritz9186
    @aimeefritz9186Ай бұрын

    The line weight process is genius! Great advice

  • @LUCYLAISABRUNI
    @LUCYLAISABRUNIАй бұрын

    Thank you David for sharing your drawing tips. You're the best!😊❤

  • @baies9407
    @baies9407Ай бұрын

    Wow ! I'm so impressed ! 🤩 This composition is really good. Thank you for sharing some of your skills

  • @gamerking7658
    @gamerking7658Ай бұрын

    Just I am thinking about you and you have posted again😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. God bless 🙏

  • @skratchforce9785
    @skratchforce9785Ай бұрын

    Wooooo Dave Finch!!!!! Thanks proko. That means hes got a full vid on his account

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    There's a longer lesson this is from, but that's part of his Proko course, not on his KZread channel or anything. www.proko.com/comicpage

  • @skratchforce9785

    @skratchforce9785

    Ай бұрын

    @@ProkoTVnooooooooo!! Thanks any way!

  • @CreativePhenomenonArt
    @CreativePhenomenonArtАй бұрын

    Love David. Amazing artist and person. And so very generous with his time and resources. Thank you sir✌🏼💕

  • @gabrielhawk
    @gabrielhawkАй бұрын

    tysm for another great lesson ❤

  • @CrookDanny
    @CrookDannyАй бұрын

    Thanks for another great lesson, these make the craft so much more approachable and way less overwhelming!

  • @Jay-ql4gp
    @Jay-ql4gpАй бұрын

    I always have time for David Finch.

  • @andrewalvarez7389
    @andrewalvarez7389Ай бұрын

    This is gold, Thank you!

  • @ricardolabate4984
    @ricardolabate4984Ай бұрын

    I learn so much just by watching a pro artist in action. Thank you for sharing!

  • @alexandredesouza3692
    @alexandredesouza3692Ай бұрын

    Man! You make it look SO easy!

  • @rec.artanddata
    @rec.artanddataАй бұрын

    This is beautiful pencilling, David. Really shows your talent.

  • @user-ht2fg3bz2f
    @user-ht2fg3bz2fАй бұрын

    awesome drawing and great advice ✌🏼

  • @roxyschannel9900
    @roxyschannel9900Ай бұрын

    Those rats are so cute :>

  • @ChaunceyBlakey
    @ChaunceyBlakeyАй бұрын

    Awesome & knowledgeable video!

  • @nana.naghmana9
    @nana.naghmana9Ай бұрын

    Wow... very nice. I do it in a different way, getting almost same result. Lovely vedio ❤❤❤

  • @sadrecliner7201
    @sadrecliner7201Ай бұрын

    David finch is one of my favorite comic book artists. Proko could you maybe get a storyboard artist in there eventually? I want to become a storyboard or comic book artist when I grow up!

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    We've had a few story board artists on the channel: Rembert Montald, David Colman and more. Rembert storyboards for games and David works in film like storyboarding the recent film Rendield. They just usually end up talking about composition, ideation or other topics because a comprehensive class on storyboarding is a little more job specific than our videos normally are. Our lessons on comic composition from David and our Marvel course here on KZread will be applicable to that, though! Here's Rembert breaking down a scene as a storyboard artist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qnV6tpqEg8nAo7w.htmlsi=1hYYvTK59HmDPjDg

  • @sadrecliner7201

    @sadrecliner7201

    Ай бұрын

    @@ProkoTV I had no idea thanks!

  • @user-pt7qv9ir8x
    @user-pt7qv9ir8xАй бұрын

    nice to see David active on Proko :)

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    We have several free lessons from him on the channel. They come from his course he did with us and are all exactly as awesome as you expect from David www.proko.com/comicpage

  • @user-pt7qv9ir8x

    @user-pt7qv9ir8x

    Ай бұрын

    @@ProkoTV yeah, I'm already learning slowly but steady from his comic page course on your site :)

  • @edmundobaca3498
    @edmundobaca3498Ай бұрын

    Amazing video

  • @KillerTacos54
    @KillerTacos54Ай бұрын

    Amazing

  • @DippedInInk
    @DippedInInkАй бұрын

    Art 101: U know you’re an amazing artist when your sketch speaks volumes.

  • @17th_Colossus
    @17th_ColossusАй бұрын

    Definitely gonna watch this video a few more times to hammer home all this knowledge.

  • @nailbomb420
    @nailbomb420Ай бұрын

    Jump up jump up and get down!

  • @artshurin
    @artshurin8 күн бұрын

    super nice video :3 godlike skill :'3

  • @lautaroasis60
    @lautaroasis6026 күн бұрын

    Thanks for everything, could you show how to intentionally draw out of focus? As if replicating a camera lense? Theres an effect I noticed similar to it in Goodbye Eri and wanted to know if there are more ways you guys know on how to do similar things

  • @3polygons
    @3polygonsАй бұрын

    That panel rox

  • @GRAF11113
    @GRAF11113Ай бұрын

    Thank you 😊

  • @GRAF11113

    @GRAF11113

    Ай бұрын

    I've especially kept my fave book of Mr. Finch (Batman the Dark Knight Unwrapped) separately from my other comic books 😊 and saved and watch Proko anatomy videos over and over.

  • @CHORAOIN
    @CHORAOIN15 күн бұрын

    Great

  • @otherminds13
    @otherminds13Ай бұрын

    Dave rocks

  • @namlex4483
    @namlex4483Ай бұрын

    Epic

  • @MarcHendry
    @MarcHendryАй бұрын

    how did you know my drawings were boring and flat?

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    We heard from your friends. They know you can make even better art so they reached out to us so we can help you 😉

  • @leafyherb-music313

    @leafyherb-music313

    Ай бұрын

    Right...

  • @KarmasAbutch

    @KarmasAbutch

    Ай бұрын

    @@ProkoTV😂🎉

  • @rinjinnoko
    @rinjinnokoАй бұрын

    Even that one panel, I could never :')

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    Can't yet* We believe in you!

  • @Mohamedsherif159
    @Mohamedsherif159Ай бұрын

    your account is really very helpful❤❤❤

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @HavenHandles
    @HavenHandlesАй бұрын

    Proko could you make more videos about drawing rythyms figure drawing and that type of staff.

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    We have! Here's a video on rhythms: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eK2Ou7aPnpPgibg.html And here's a playlist of episodes from out gesture drawing class: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWh8tJdyqanAZ7w.html

  • @HavenHandles

    @HavenHandles

    Ай бұрын

    @@ProkoTV thanks

  • @angelruizrisueno2729
    @angelruizrisueno2729Ай бұрын

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💚

  • @jandersonsilva1500
    @jandersonsilva1500Ай бұрын

    Algo que não entendo é o fato de ele usar grafite 2h nos seus desenhos e o traço fica escuro como se fosse um grafite 2b, já que o grafite 2h a pigmentação é clara.

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    O estilo de renderização de David é tal que seu trabalho parecerá fortemente contrastante, um pouco mais escuro, mas as linhas que ele faz com esta ferramenta não são incrivelmente escuras. (Às vezes é difícil fazer os desenhos aparecerem no vídeo) Um 2H ainda é capaz de deixar uma marca bem escura, mas não tão facilmente quanto um 2B. Embora existam outras diferenças de qualidade que fazem um 2H parecer mais leve na maioria dos casos, é mais difícil do que um 2B. O 2B sendo mais suave significa que você pode deixar mais grafite na página com um traço mais suave, fazendo com que pareça “mais escuro”. Espero que esta resposta de tradução automática faça sentido!

  • @v1sor1
    @v1sor1Ай бұрын

    How does his graphite looks so smooth, it's like the same shade and smooth as butter it feels like in the big areas, is it the paper, the graphite or just his control? or maybe a combination of all?

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    Like you'd said, a combination of them all. For what it's worth, he uses 2mm Staedtler 2H leads with a Staedtler Mars 780 2mm drop clutch.

  • @patrickbosworth1010

    @patrickbosworth1010

    Ай бұрын

    Combination of all, but mostly his control! David uses a very hard lead, Staedtler 2H, on Strathmore 200 series smooth Bristol paper which will give you a nice smooth surface to shade. His 30 years in the industry has a little something to do with it too! :D

  • @v1sor1

    @v1sor1

    Ай бұрын

    Thx for the replies.

  • @user-mt2te8yp8i
    @user-mt2te8yp8iАй бұрын

    Cadê os desenhistas brasileiros que não tão entendendo nada que ele diz mas quer aprender dynamic sthing

  • @zif-nahb
    @zif-nahbАй бұрын

    Everyone whorships the old oilpaint masters for composition and light. But i bet none of these masters could draw like this. What an absolute talent this guy.😊

  • @geraldmuhoto7053
    @geraldmuhoto70532 күн бұрын

    Is he using an art line pen?

  • @dantaterstots
    @dantaterstotsАй бұрын

    13 minutes ago, 13 comments. Pinch me

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    People are going to town!

  • @commonwunder
    @commonwunderАй бұрын

    The penciling is great, the inking is atrocious. It lacks personality, a distinctive confident style is missing... it lacks a unique, mature methodology.

  • @mudbutt234
    @mudbutt234Ай бұрын

    Are those the rats from Bad Boys2?

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Ай бұрын

    These lil guys are just worried about the crime happening. NOTHING else lol