Sketching From Video is BETTER

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The goal of studying from life is to get the fundamentals of the source material and translate it into a more dynamic and believable design. Studying from life can be challenging, but it helps you understand the skeletal structure and basic forms of anatomy to make sense of what is being observed. Paying attention to the subtlety of natural movements and energy can make creatures more dynamic and believable. In this lesson, David Colman shows you how to capture this dynamic energy with a series of sketches done from video footage of apes.
Tip: When you try this exercise don't worry about making a pretty drawing, focus on learning and understanding the natural movements and poses of the source material.
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  • @ProkoTV
    @ProkoTV Жыл бұрын

    There’s still more to learn in the premium course! To continue your studies on how to draw dynamic creatures go to proko.com/drawingcreatures

  • @kiki-drawer2669
    @kiki-drawer2669 Жыл бұрын

    Something I learned is that the most active part of the body is the focal point. If they are stepping forward that foot is leading the weight. If the creature is looking at at a bug to its right, it’s something they are actively thinking of with their brain, very in their head, so their weight will be focused more in the face and upper shoulders. Each creature has a goal. Even so minute. Figure out what that goal was in the moment of that animal and that’s helped me a lot.

  • @Ark_bleu

    @Ark_bleu

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks this really helped! 🙏

  • @DanGabrieldS
    @DanGabrieldS Жыл бұрын

    Loved this! Thank you for posting ^^

  • @CreativeSteve69
    @CreativeSteve69 Жыл бұрын

    How did ya know I bought this course when it launched proko. I definitely need to come back to it soon. Now that class is finishing up now. Thanks for the reminder.

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah! Come back to it!

  • @natsunoyo
    @natsunoyo Жыл бұрын

    How did you guys know I was stressing about this?? Thank you so much for making this video!! Super helpful!

  • @sael5084

    @sael5084

    Жыл бұрын

    Please don't stress you'll lose hair and have other health problems along the way 😢😢😊❤

  • @natsunoyo

    @natsunoyo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sael5084 no worries! I go through these up-and-down periods all the time; they always clear up with no long-term effects. Thank you! ^^

  • @sael5084

    @sael5084

    Жыл бұрын

    @@natsunoyo glad to hear hopefully my mindset can be similar. Past 3 years of drawings had been no fun. Stress everyday without any improvements. Trying everything I can. My memory can't draw without any reference and it's getting into me frustrating. Just have to endure until I make my goals possible :)

  • @natsunoyo

    @natsunoyo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sael5084 if it’s any help, I was watching this video recently and it improved my mindset a bit: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6icm6Rrmpafhbw.html Something he says that stood out to me was to develop a professional mindset - think the way someone doing art or animation as a job would think. Just showing up and producing art is enough. If it’s bad, it doesn’t matter. If it’s good, that doesn’t matter either. The very fact that you created something is worth being proud of. I hope things get better for you soon! You’re doing great!! ❤️

  • @sael5084

    @sael5084

    Жыл бұрын

    @@natsunoyo I see thanks for the advice. Sadly motivation or passion isn't there anymore. Keep watching art videos but they don't affect my mental at all. Have clinical depression for 4 years now so it's more of a battle within me that I have to deal with. Hopefully I can get rid of it and come out on top :). How I wished art was fun as other artists say it is

  • @theworldofthestrangethings7599
    @theworldofthestrangethings7599 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video😊🥰

  • @mato579
    @mato579 Жыл бұрын

    amazing instructor :) up there somewhere with Aaron Blaise considering the animal topic

  • @user-uw7lu2sp5n
    @user-uw7lu2sp5n Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work

  • @sael5084

    @sael5084

    Жыл бұрын

    You're even more beautiful ❤❤

  • @MariaIsabel-tp3iw
    @MariaIsabel-tp3iw Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @IraMishchuk
    @IraMishchuk Жыл бұрын

    David is a pure treasure. I have this course on my wishlist for a long time 🥲

  • @techsupport4708
    @techsupport4708 Жыл бұрын

    Very good information

  • @kenqiao3946
    @kenqiao39466 ай бұрын

    I always enjoyed sketches more than the final product.

  • @annestickney7371
    @annestickney73714 ай бұрын

    just the first minute- studying what the skeleton looks like, and the muscles. That does help SO much when trying to paint an unfamiliar animal. Sometimes fur can distort what is going on underneath for you. Important point to know.

  • @demsyciu
    @demsyciu Жыл бұрын

    That's what i started realized a couple days ago.. I started screenshot every dynamic and interesting poses from shorts and reels.. For me at these moments it's mostly from WWE

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Wrestling has some dynamic movements! Daniel Warren Johnson's wrestling comics have some GREAT wrestling action with dynamic posing.

  • @ArtaceXAcademy
    @ArtaceXAcademy Жыл бұрын

    Quite interesting!

  • @keroro0938
    @keroro0938 Жыл бұрын

    7:36 monki ~ 🦧

  • @shada0
    @shada0 Жыл бұрын

    Can anyone think of some good links to some loop video? I mean youtube links, the reference vids on the main site looks great & I'll definitely check them out, but I would also like to apply this to humans

  • @artfuldrawing
    @artfuldrawing Жыл бұрын

    sometimes you can get a good idea of a character's range of motion from watching video clips on slow motion

  • @BrianMaha
    @BrianMaha Жыл бұрын

    How do i get your sketch book

  • @littlecrafts2145
    @littlecrafts2145 Жыл бұрын

    And a question,can I learn to draw animals without knowing their anatomy but by recreating the human anatomy and placing them instead the actual anatomy

  • @chotho4718

    @chotho4718

    Жыл бұрын

    Of course not, although we are all mammals, there are still a lot of differences between us, but you can start by learning the anatomy of representative animals first, like dogs for canines, lions for felines, and so on.

  • @sael5084

    @sael5084

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@chotho4718 no need for specific anatomy of animals if you make them wear clothes ❤

  • @BEANSBEANSBEANS404

    @BEANSBEANSBEANS404

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure if it's really possible to draw animals without any sort of reference for drawing them, but if you don't want to overwelm yourself with anatomy/muscle structures, you can simplify body shapes down to simple geometric shapes such as circles or lines, which are fundamentally more important when it comes to basics

  • @littlecrafts2145

    @littlecrafts2145

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@chotho4718 thank you 😃

  • @littlecrafts2145

    @littlecrafts2145

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​@@BEANSBEANSBEANS404 thank u 😃

  • @laut_sakti
    @laut_sakti10 ай бұрын

    What the technique,i think like scribble method

  • @fatlizard_
    @fatlizard_ Жыл бұрын

    Why did you change video title

  • @Puffinofpomegranate
    @Puffinofpomegranate Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video!! But I was wondering if you have a DeviantArt account, because I have gotten a DM from a person claiming to be you, they are saying that they are going to promote my art or whatever, and I would appreciate knowing if this is actually you or not.

  • @ricardoborbor774
    @ricardoborbor774 Жыл бұрын

    Hey friend can you draw a robot!? Please

  • @HM-qf8ml
    @HM-qf8ml Жыл бұрын

    Our closest relative? Speak for yourself!

  • @gabrochart
    @gabrochart Жыл бұрын

    you look like that AI anime

  • @littlecrafts2145
    @littlecrafts2145 Жыл бұрын

    Hi sir,I am the first one to comment, can u pin me .nice video 😃

  • @user-de1hk8lv6i
    @user-de1hk8lv6i Жыл бұрын

    I DO NOT WANT TO COMMENT ON UR VIDEOS

  • @mato579

    @mato579

    Жыл бұрын

    u just did :P

  • @sirchicken1041

    @sirchicken1041

    Жыл бұрын

    why are you doing this to urself