How to Draw Arms and Legs From Any Angle

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We continue to discover how to quickly sketch dynamic figures using RHYTHMS. I'll show you my template to draw the legs, arms, feet and hands from any angle and make every part of the body feel connected. We’ll focus on visual alignments and flow between the forms, helping you move beyond disjointed and stiff figure drawings.
If you missed PART 1, make sure to watch it to learn how to use rhythms to draw the head, neck, and torso - • Draw ANY Pose From ANY...
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - Legs
09:24 - Arms
16:45 - Outro
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  • @ProkoTV
    @ProkoTV8 ай бұрын

    If you missed part 1, make sure to watch it to learn how to use rhythms to draw the head, neck, and torso - kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4KNvMGHo7fJYpc.htmlsi=HtBqpIbW32hJhAoa

  • @MonicaAugusta70

    @MonicaAugusta70

    8 ай бұрын

    Perdi a parte 1 vou assistir ela primeiro e estudar. Seu processo de ensino é diferente de todos e muito mais eficaz e lógico. E você é muito divertido. Muito obrigado, Proko

  • @patrickmcvay2390
    @patrickmcvay23908 ай бұрын

    I think I have a better grasp of what artists like Bruce Timm are trying to do, and why their art evokes realistic movement with an abstract figure, because of this video.

  • @stevehutch
    @stevehutch8 ай бұрын

    I’ve studied the Burne Hogarth, Andrew Loomis and Michael Hampton figure drawing books. Proko makes this complicated topic much easier to learn.

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    8 ай бұрын

    That's awesome to hear! Glad we can help.

  • @doclouis4236
    @doclouis42368 ай бұрын

    I feel like the hardest thing to draw is perspective or the distance between someone or an object.

  • @OTTERSandKNIVES

    @OTTERSandKNIVES

    8 ай бұрын

    honestly Marshall has his old college perspective coarse on his site for 12 bucks! I highly recommend it cause duhhh lol its Marshall. But seriously, I have only watched 6 of the 12 videos and each video had blown me away and given me an ahaa moment!

  • @doclouis4236

    @doclouis4236

    8 ай бұрын

    @@OTTERSandKNIVES So you're telling me it's under a paywall and he's not going to make a video about it?

  • @houndgirl7365

    @houndgirl7365

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@doclouis4236 saying he is giving college level info for 12 bucks that can be used for other creatures to create a stable foundation that 'pay wall' is actually pretty cheap and just to note artists not too long ago DID have to go to some kind of school, have a know how, or just have good artistic instinct. Pay walls help pay the artist it's one way to make money, so yes if you want to learn either apply the knowledge what you have here and work on it yourself or save to buy access so that you have professional Guidance/community access. Honestly yes the technique is important, but to an experienced person the critique is beyond invaluable because that pushes you to grow if done so right (some people don't know how to critique) I learned this from my college art courses.

  • @mrsplosh999

    @mrsplosh999

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@OTTERSandKNIVESis this Marshall Vandruff? Does it go over perspective in terms of 1/2/3 point perspective too etc? Another awesome resource is Framed Ink for both perspective and composition

  • @adam01120

    @adam01120

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@mrsplosh999this is Stan. Marshall is his co-host on the Draftsmen podcast. He sure does go over the different points of perspective. Highly recommend

  • @diamarii_art
    @diamarii_art7 ай бұрын

    proko makes way better videos that what I paid for at an art school.. I’m finding myself relearning a lot of stuff!

  • @AChip-nc9oz
    @AChip-nc9oz8 ай бұрын

    Watching this man drawing is the most entertainment thing in this channel

  • @marcianocastillo3511
    @marcianocastillo35119 күн бұрын

    MR.PROKO YOUR TEACHING THE SAME LIKE YOUR SOLDIERS IS LIKE THE RED WINE IS GETTING RICHER WITH THE AGE GRACIAS

  • @MrChochichon
    @MrChochichon7 ай бұрын

    This serie of video is by FAR the best gesture-wise class out there. For pro artists, gesture is like a second nature at this point, and they have a really hard time explaining it to beginner artists, like it's hard for us to explain how to walk or breath in detail. But you really put in the effort of explaining exaclty what you're doing, what you're looking for, and the whole process. This will very certainly increase the level of many beginner artists. Thank you.

  • @katie_cant_compute
    @katie_cant_compute8 ай бұрын

    LOVE the delivery of this, and also just watching you draw :) It’s really reigniting my fire to sketch and make fun expressive yet structured poses!

  • @biohazardbin
    @biohazardbin8 ай бұрын

    this helped me more with arms and legs than literally any other tutorial, thank you Proko!

  • @littlemais
    @littlemais7 ай бұрын

    I have been practicing anatomy for the past year or so like delving all my focus to improve my anatomical skills. Understanding and apply the muscles helped with the legs (for its my most difficult part of the body to grasp), it just always felt stiff than I wanted it to be but you basically saved my life with just this video and I am absolutely grateful as always 😭💜 thank you thank you thank youu!

  • @Thollis1987
    @Thollis19878 ай бұрын

    Thank you Proko for the free lessons.❤️❤️❤️

  • @niajamelah8878
    @niajamelah88787 ай бұрын

    i've been struggling with legs and arms for years and its like this video flipped a switch in my art brain, thank you!!

  • @michaelcohn2585
    @michaelcohn25856 ай бұрын

    When I started drawing I used to think of Proko as just and artsy student/teacher that could not help me get better cause of his high brow way of thinking of art. Today everything I can do on any medium is due to how he teaches ….you live and you learn ….i am humbled

  • @barbi111
    @barbi1117 ай бұрын

    This series is so easy yet so powerful, thank you so much!

  • @Sd0k1_ALT
    @Sd0k1_ALT7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this video! ur tutorials always come in the best times when i need them most! ❤

  • @emilywhittemore6482
    @emilywhittemore64825 ай бұрын

    So great to see new videos, I think I've seen all the others! This channel has given me soooo much to work on for skills and confidence. Can't thank you enough

  • @AyanBabaL
    @AyanBabaL7 ай бұрын

    This is so good that I literally sat up to appreciate how good this is

  • @piuskiih
    @piuskiih8 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!! I was waiting for this since you posted part 1 🥰🥰

  • @nhatminhnguyen190
    @nhatminhnguyen1908 ай бұрын

    I love this series. Keep it up

  • @AFR1i
    @AFR1i7 ай бұрын

    massive help, thank you💛

  • @Thecoolkidjames
    @Thecoolkidjames4 ай бұрын

    Amazing I was always bad at drawing people but I was super good at drawing buildings you have made so much better at drawing people I can now combine my two skills to make way better are thanks❤

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    4 ай бұрын

    That's awesome to hear about!

  • @ReimPrim
    @ReimPrim6 ай бұрын

    I was having trouble trying gesture drawing but now that I actually know how to it’s become a bit easier, thanks proko

  • @impureneighbour9792
    @impureneighbour97922 ай бұрын

    Good choice for a picture.

  • @sonalikumari543
    @sonalikumari5438 ай бұрын

    Great!! As always..😊 It was like learning the same thing but with new perspective. It's been 6 years learning from Proko. It helped me a lot to improve my drawing skills. Thanks Proko Love from India❤

  • @ametistarr
    @ametistarr7 ай бұрын

    this video suddenly gave me lots of inspiration to draw! Thank You)

  • @queeneywarren9474
    @queeneywarren94748 ай бұрын

    This is very interested thank you

  • @giorgoszinonos6604
    @giorgoszinonos66045 ай бұрын

    Proko i am stuggling to draw dynamic poses with the correct anatomy. I love your work and i am a big fan

  • @nul3e.
    @nul3e.7 ай бұрын

    Bendito sea el dia en que encontre este canal, he mejorado mucho desde entonces, muchas gracias.

  • @RSA-zv9hd
    @RSA-zv9hd7 ай бұрын

    Thank you @Proko

  • @Mirashome
    @Mirashome8 ай бұрын

    Yo bro, that is really helpful, thank you!

  • @tamjeedvlogs7353
    @tamjeedvlogs73538 ай бұрын

    This video is very helpfull for new artist

  • @asheisty18
    @asheisty188 ай бұрын

    I needed this so bad I have such a hard time with these

  • @ramilrafikov539
    @ramilrafikov5397 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video hundred times !!!

  • @ramilrafikov539

    @ramilrafikov539

    7 ай бұрын

    I bought one course - head drawing, it’s really worth it!

  • @mask9380
    @mask93808 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the Videoooo

  • @nyima1257
    @nyima12578 ай бұрын

    Thank you sir ❤😊

  • @warrior87803
    @warrior878038 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the important lesson. I always had trouble with legs and arms😅😅😅

  • @TimBurtonsSkeleton
    @TimBurtonsSkeleton8 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @UyenNguyen-cl2pb
    @UyenNguyen-cl2pb4 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. I'll definitely submit my pose study when I'm confident with it 😊

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    4 ай бұрын

    Do it even when you're not confident! If we wait until we feel really good about our work to get critiques, we might feel gutted when someone says something less than positive about it. Getting some advice on what to improve while your work isn't the top tier best is a good thing and helps us to be better. I hope you do share your in progress work.

  • @ahmedkamal323
    @ahmedkamal3238 ай бұрын

    Stan, you are my hero 😍

  • @Univerzocker
    @Univerzocker7 ай бұрын

    Great Video.

  • @PaulEnochArts
    @PaulEnochArts6 ай бұрын

    6:45 that leg is so beautiful

  • @varundate4081
    @varundate40817 ай бұрын

    *THIS IS A MSG TO PROKO* If this comment gets more than 100 likes within the next 10 days, you have bring back the whistling intro!!! (guys please complete this I love that intro)

  • @seanramsey

    @seanramsey

    7 ай бұрын

    We also love the intro, but KZread does not 🥲 - It's still in all the premium videos though!

  • @Pumkim-stew
    @Pumkim-stew3 ай бұрын

    This helped thanks

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear it!

  • @samankucher5117
    @samankucher51177 ай бұрын

    awesome :)

  • @icositetracoronciclosincro5448
    @icositetracoronciclosincro54487 ай бұрын

    I just learned to draw a more fluid and stylized human figure. The characters of Gustave Klimt and Egon Schiele helped me realize

  • @XonixDerps
    @XonixDerps8 ай бұрын

    Love this, helepd me a lot though I find myself for the arm portion at the 15min mark changing the elbow abit - going for like a lil L shape to remind myself its "locked" in, in a sense? TY!

  • @omurarslanturk656
    @omurarslanturk6566 ай бұрын

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👍exelend

  • @thomasfurlano4461
    @thomasfurlano44618 ай бұрын

    Prokopinocchio!!!! Nice mannequin ... Good vid

  • @user-vw7du7vw1m
    @user-vw7du7vw1mАй бұрын

    جميل

  • @sub-jec-tiv
    @sub-jec-tiv5 ай бұрын

    Great video thanks. Life drawing in America, all the models have handguns!

  • @sassyfavy1007
    @sassyfavy10077 ай бұрын

    I wish proko could make a perspective course, I am really struggling with that right now 😢

  • @Short-N-sweetshorts2024
    @Short-N-sweetshorts20248 ай бұрын

    It’s always that S-curve! Can’t escape that foundation!

  • @christiansoto6396
    @christiansoto63968 ай бұрын

    never skip leg day 🔥

  • @antonpryadko2181
    @antonpryadko21817 ай бұрын

    дякую

  • @I0amARES
    @I0amARES8 ай бұрын

    There is a saying that all artists in the world say: practice practice and practice.

  • @sweets_Cat88
    @sweets_Cat887 ай бұрын

    *taking notes*

  • @currentlyplayingmorrowind3167
    @currentlyplayingmorrowind31675 ай бұрын

    Hi Stan, I really think you should do a section dedicated to how to draw foreshortening whilst keeping anatomy in mind, because it is so unbelievably difficult, as well as a section on facial features that goes more in depth. I've been studying for a long time and still really struggle with these things and no book, video or online course has helped me much, because there is so much missing information or it isn't straightforward enough, I mean for example you can't really just draw a standard eye or mouth and have it convey different emotions, you have to know how they change shape/are pushed or pulled by muscles, or how perspective affects how the features are drawn, hair as well. Hair changes at different angles, but there is no information for that. Anatomy is very simple to me, but foreshortening, perspective and how all of the anatomy changes through this confuses me to the point of frustration and tears, as someone who struggles to draw from observation, studying has failed me, because there are no explanations for these very specific issues.

  • @OGITHEMAN
    @OGITHEMAN8 ай бұрын

    I havent even watched it yet, but I know this tutorial is great. Also I hate to say this, but I was first.

  • @adam01120
    @adam011207 ай бұрын

    Gonna try drawing these with my arm glutes 😤

  • @SH4D0WCH4RMER
    @SH4D0WCH4RMER7 ай бұрын

    I have a question. where/What should I start with when I first start drawing humans? (It's alright if you don't have an answer. I'm just curious. Also sorry if this question confuses you, I am not good at talking, Both in vocally and in text.😅)

  • @kyubizu
    @kyubizu7 ай бұрын

    Frieza is incredibly skilled at making a figure die Namek

  • @celiathyola9660
    @celiathyola96607 ай бұрын

    😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @144000victor
    @144000victor8 ай бұрын

    I am here, the First!!

  • @OGITHEMAN

    @OGITHEMAN

    8 ай бұрын

    I was first. When I opened a video (about 10 sec after it came out) I didn't see your comment. You probably posted it while I was writing mine, since I neede abou 2 minutes to finish. Thanks for your understanding.

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    8 ай бұрын

    Calm down. Neither of you were first lol

  • @nyima1257

    @nyima1257

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@ProkoTV😂

  • @genuinestudios5008
    @genuinestudios50088 ай бұрын

    Bro can you give us one video showing you going through the whole figure

  • @impureneighbour9792
    @impureneighbour97922 ай бұрын

    Is this part of the gesture drawing course?

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    2 ай бұрын

    This particular lesson is from our Drawing Basics course

  • @purpleisdebeste
    @purpleisdebeste6 ай бұрын

    The drawing at 4:03 is a great drawing of a prosthetic leg! Not so much a real one tho

  • @craigmcneil8533
    @craigmcneil85337 ай бұрын

    proko im scared why do you never age

  • @blackcitadel9
    @blackcitadel98 ай бұрын

    Sometimes when I was drawing arms and legs, my brain would swap them around and I'd be thinking "Why have I drawn an arm?" or vice versa. All this time I thought I was doing something wrong.

  • @SynthLizard8
    @SynthLizard88 ай бұрын

    Is there a chance the form could bend?

  • @charlienicholson

    @charlienicholson

    8 ай бұрын

    Not on your life, my KZread friend!

  • @940ARK
    @940ARK7 ай бұрын

    Which course are these videos from?

  • @seanramsey

    @seanramsey

    7 ай бұрын

    This is from Stan's Drawing Basics course.

  • @940ARK

    @940ARK

    7 ай бұрын

    @@seanramsey however I didn't see these videos listed under the lessons of that premium course

  • @seanramsey

    @seanramsey

    7 ай бұрын

    @@940ARK Ahh, it's called "Draw Any Pose From Any Angle - Rhythms" - it's a longer version that covers body + limbs here (www.proko.com/756)

  • @Fethennour
    @Fethennour8 ай бұрын

    5:41 Isn’t that the right leg? Sure it’s on the left side of the screen, but it’s the right leg of the model, is it not?

  • @TheAnxiousOwl
    @TheAnxiousOwl7 ай бұрын

    How to draw THICC

  • @Lesmis-we5pl
    @Lesmis-we5pl4 ай бұрын

    Are thwse references from Pinterest? Because man these are so dynamic

  • @ktbrando
    @ktbrando7 ай бұрын

    👀

  • @Arr2_
    @Arr2_7 ай бұрын

    try to draw a perfect circle on nealfun

  • @priyadarshanrishikumarmehr3585
    @priyadarshanrishikumarmehr35858 ай бұрын

    But how can we draw these figures by imagination

  • @PrincessFeather

    @PrincessFeather

    7 ай бұрын

    I'm not op but, I do have an answer. That is after you gain a catalogue of different angles and the shapes of your references in your head! First you have to get a good grasp on references, looking up rotations of different body parts is very helpful on that ❤ hope i helped ❤❤

  • @impureneighbour9792
    @impureneighbour97922 ай бұрын

    So, don’t draw legs and arms as cylinders?

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    2 ай бұрын

    Drawing them as cylinders is a fine thing to do. This is about using rhythms. Just different techniques for different purposes.

  • @ArtofReeve
    @ArtofReeve7 ай бұрын

    Just a suggestion, I think the title for this is should be more related like "how to draw arms and leg dynamically / how to draw arms and legs with rhythms" since this is not really explaining on how to draw them from any angles.

  • @westminster20
    @westminster207 ай бұрын

    I don't like the idea of having to curve the leg that much (6:57) just because it's a female body. 😬 I prefer to do it exactly like the first leg, with the knee straighter, rather than rotated on the inside. It remind me of some trashy drawing japanese guides books, where they don't know what a female body looks like, and I hate it even though it's a " style choice" hahaha

  • @shrippie-4214
    @shrippie-42145 ай бұрын

    This guy is like an off brand Jessie Pinkman

  • @MusicalRaichu
    @MusicalRaichu7 ай бұрын

    sorry i gave up after a few minutes. sure, sticking blocks together makes a robotic pose, but your drawings also look unnatural, like blobs of stretched chewing gum. the leg you drew at the start looks more like cat's than a human's. don't understand why you use the term "rhythm". a rhythm is a repeating pattern.

  • @ragingpoop8658
    @ragingpoop8658Ай бұрын

    Maybe a followup video on this but on foreshortened figures and/or limbs? I'm curious as to what happens to the rhythms when the body or the arms and legs are pointed a bit towards the camera or towards the back. What happens to the Reilly Rhythm from the last video?

  • @jacobwagner2391
    @jacobwagner23918 ай бұрын

    Can you shout out @MaskedMan17