Its really weird how some of the best comic books artists make some of the best 2D shapes and dynamic forms yet I never saw anyone describe how to achieve this result as you explained, great video

@Chessbox09

10 ай бұрын

I've been looking for years on how they do it. It almost seemed like a trade secret. I managed to pick up some of it through observation, and looking at my favourite artists. However thanks to David now, I can now do this consistently.

@briansickboy

14 күн бұрын

Another great teacher you might want to check out is Rodgon

for me its amazing how you can basically ''improvise'' muscles and their shadows even if you don't know the anatomy 1:1 and it still stays looking crazy believable, most people that look at the art wont actually know anatomy but if it looks believable then theyll think it is absolutely anatomically correct, i will never get over how incredible that is

@nealorr5086

Ай бұрын

To some degree, people view the human form like they read words. As you learn to read more qucikly, you actaually stop reading each letter of a word, and start just reading the first one of two and the last one or two and based on context your brain solves the equtaion and just fills in the correct word. As long as you get the external form of the arm/forearm right the eye is going to be OK with it, unless you're doing something really egregious inside there. Steve's upper arm muscles look wrong to me, but I wouldn't complain about it. The idea is that is a lean, but muscled forearm and the illustration conveys that.

Wake up everybody, new David greatness on the timeline.

@akiraishin7141

11 ай бұрын

Yeah boy!

@DamienDrgv

11 ай бұрын

Wake up!!!!

@bawrbxokurdistan8486

11 ай бұрын

me too it was a welcomed surprised.

@sael5084

11 ай бұрын

If only my brain could retain this information ❤

@thesolarchive

11 ай бұрын

@@sael5084 Watch it a few times and practice along, I bet after 3-4 watches you'll have it down. Some times studying requires ya to re-read a chapter a few times before it lands in your memory.

Thoroughly explained!!! 🎯🔥🔥

@sael5084

11 ай бұрын

You deserve it don't worry ❤❤

This is amazing! Best drawing channel on KZread. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

@sael5084

11 ай бұрын

Wish I could get as inspired too ❤

@noosedgoose9382

11 ай бұрын

1000%

It's amazing how the stars align. This morning I was drawing a female figure, and I was not happy with my basic shapes, even though I was working from a picture. I decided to block it out with hard, straight lines, and got my masses much improved. Now I can probably use this technique to finish my drawing. Thank you!

Haha nice timing, just yesterday i was praticing it from some Ryan Benjamin videos!!!

Wow! I followed along and produced one of the best anatomically-focused figures I have ever drawn. Thank you for this!!

Can’t wait to watch and learn!!

The line of beauty is simply amazing. It really showcases the real life thing and the composition is coming along so naturally. Great work and thank you for sharing this technique.

What a fantastic video! Most drawing tutorials on yt lack substance but you go the extra mile and demonstrate in great detail the points you wanna get across. Your stuff is always worth watching!

Glad to see you back with a new video, sir. 😉👊🏻

I love your artworks. Especially what I love is your style to shadow anything like muscles.

@MichaeltjeVu

11 ай бұрын

Definitely! Dave's shadow drawing is so dynamic

Yeah, the first one with the curved liines still looks the best.

wow...this is a game changer. it took me a little while to get this figured out, but when i did it changed everything. it's difficult for me to draw the shape language from my head when constructing the form so i started with round curves ie: Bart Sears old "bubble figures". I use clip studio for my line art so I added another layer and used the line of beauty opposing curves to draw my shadow shapes. Even then it took me a minute to figure that out. I initially would shade like i always did but quickly got to changing the direction with the lines of beauty. it takes awhile to train your mind to perceive shadows and forms like this but WOW. Once you get the idea it's like getting a whole new set of keys to this style. Thanks Dave!

Such an "Ah HA!" Moment here with the use of the line of beauty...LOVE THIS! Thanks Dave!

David, can you do a video solely for forearms? I mean, you explained it a few times in your videos but we need like an in depth and how to use shadows on it, I use some examples from other artists and anatomy books/photos, but if you can do a video, it’ll be more than helpful

Thank you David for always being awesome!

Using these techniques, learned pretty quickly after a few tries. It really is helping with a drawing I’m already working on! Love learning more and more techniques when it comes to comic style drawings 🫶🏼✍️

This is really helpful. I’ve always envied comics for those defined yet stylized muscle forms. I’m glad I finally understand how they draw that way! Thank you so much!!

Dave, I always look forward to watching along when you drop new videos. It's great to see you address shapes here. The concept is one of the toughest to grab in painting and also one of the most difficult to apply effectively. It's not at all intuitive and almost antithetical to the idea most of us have of proper painting technique, which is to just blend everything, early and often. it's so helpful that you are applying the concept to comic book pencilling here. Thanks for helping us level up!

Lovely to see a new tutorial from you Dave! Great video

I find looking at pictures of bodybuilders helps in determining what is possible for shapes in a body. I don't ever redraw a single person's form, but rather combine the forms into one believable form that is pleasing to the eye.

Your work fascinates me.🎉🎉

Love it! Thanks Dave!

Thank you for sharing another great video David! Your lessons are very good and I have learned a lot from them. You explain your information in a very clear and comprehensive way. Not too much info and you repeat the important parts of your lessons many times (auditory and ofcourse visual). I also appreciate the length of these video's (15 to 20 minutes). It encourages me to draw, practice, and try out after watching the video. Keep sharing, you make a lot of people happy and greater in their work/hobby ❤. I hope I can score some of your comics on the Dutch Comic Con next saturday!

This might be the most helpful art video I’ve ever seen.

Great explanation! You've talked about lines of beauty in the past but this video, for me, really makes the process clear. Thank you for making it.

It’s always a joy to watch David Finch work. 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you David

Very helpful video. I enjoy your art, and I appreciate your teaching style. You've got a terrific knack for breaking down your process into simple terms. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for this David so helpful

i love your videos Dave. No pretentious art speak just matter of fact and incredibly helpful.

Very interesting! I'm not sure that the 'beauty lines' give a "more natural look" to the body. BUT they surely give much more rhythm to the drawing and convey way more energy to the lines. So, altogether it's more original and really pleasant to the eye. Great tip!

Awesome. Thanks Dave! This has pointed out something substantial in addition to the things we've learned from your process so far.

You are my hero. I WISH and pray to God that I am able to draw just like you. I LOVE your channel and watch your videos religiously. Thank you for sharing your content. I even bought majority of your videos, which are VERY helpful.

Nice to see another tutorial! Love your art!

I've been thinking about the arabesque line but this explanation is exactly what I needed to understand actually using it! Thank you David!

David, this is the BEST channel! What you're teaching us is pure GOLD and you explain it at a pace that can be easily understood and absorbed. I'm definitely going to have to experiment with this technique! Thank you!!

I realized that the boxy line looks better in curvy one because it looks like it occupy form of space ( this part is on top of the other). While the curvy one is neat

Without a doubt best comic art tutorials on KZread! ✍️ great vid!

Another amazing video! this helped me a lot because when drew an arm it looked like something was missing or my anatomy wasn't that good. this video showed me that this simple trick can bring my anatomy drawings to be far more better! thanks David

This explains so much about application thank you very much. I have been trying to incorporate the “natural look” to your art into my own and I could get a portion of your look but it wouldn’t totally work b/c I didn’t fully understand how you applied it. Off to my drawing board, thanks David!

I don’t often keep up with this channel but this topic has hit me hook and just wanted to say thanks I’ve been burnt out for a very long time and your videos is bringing back that spark

Awesome Dave , gonna give it a try

David you're channel provides endless value for us.

Just tried it, love it. Thank you.

Perfect timing. I've been making this mistake and couldn't figure out my my figures looked a bit off. Thanks!!!

There was a moment where he connected the bottom of the delt and I said out loud “ohhh” because it clicked for me😂😂

In short. It's a line gesture with opposing characteristics in Big, Medium, and Small forms to define the Outline, form, shadow and composition. OK Great reminder and good exercise in line drawing and shading.

Best comic artist ,I swear I love your art so much

Спасибо, дядя Финч!🥰

Every time I watch your video I learn so much that I couldn’t find in a typical KZread art video… thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping many people like myself … thanks again 🫡🙏🏻

I tried it for two minutes and I feel like it’s already ingrained in me ! Thanks a lot ! Love your channel :)

Omg David..I'm blown away by this line of beauty video..

One of the best videos about line and shadow shapes that you can apply right away on anything.

Thank you Mr. Finch.

David Finch is my art hero!

David you are the best teaching all these techniques!

This video is so jam packed with info that I could only absorb by watching over and over for hours.. Great lecture! Thank you!

Drawing along with this video was very helpful, thank you :)

This is pure gold!

This video is amazing and such a good explanation of shape language and how to apply it well! Thank you for sharing!

I love ur art 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾please post consistently 🥺

Dude! This is a game changer…thank you so much!

that was very helpful thank you David 🙏🏻

Awesome!!!! Definitely using this!🔥🔥🔥🔥

simple but very cool. thank you!

Yay you’re back!!!

This is one of the most important key tutorial of making comics! Huge Thanks to you, mr. Finch!

Awesome as always, dude!

Thank you, for always bringing these awesome videos to help us all out with are comic career

ok now this just changed my game. I've been very knowledgeable about a variaty of subjects when drawing figures, but til now I've never heard of this techique before! I think that is going to take my art to another level, thank you very much!

Thank You, VERY GOOD video!!

So glad a new videos out tired to watching the other ones over and over

A golden idea, thanks!

Yes! Thank you I needed this Bad!

awesome video, line quality is one of the things I struggle the most

Man you are amazing, thank you so much for the quality content❤

Thank you!

Something that struck me while watching, during your examples of opposing curves, before you started adding shadows, the lineart was very reminiscent of Freddie E Williams' work. I'd have never thought you guys had similar techniques and approaches based on your final outputs, but watching this shows me your styles share a lot of DNA.

Great to see the new content. Wonderful, Dave. I hope Monday Night Draw returns sometime soon!

Thanks so much for this excellent teaching video. I will definitely do this exercise. ❤

I didn't really feel this trick until I put it out of my mind. When I was following along with the guide, it didn't feel natural, but I kept at it a little bit. I just finished a sketch and I realized immediately after that I was implementing the beauty lines, and the figure and anatomy came out a lot better than I feel I have done. This tutorial is fantastic, and helped me understand the body a lot better.

Such a great demonstration, clearly presented. Thank you, for "freeing" me from believing I have to be a walking encyclopedia of anatomy and musculature. Just a good working knowledge and your "line of beauty" technique can make all the difference. The varying line shapes and weights are sure to liven up anyone's drawing. (And, yes, I followed along with the demonstration and was pleased with the results.)

Sir your drawings are so satisfying and fascinating, thank you very much for all your efforts.

Amazing thanks so much David for all you do and sharing the love of drawing bad ass comics.

Wow! Here we turn the key! Thank you master!!!

dave is amazing

Priceless content as always.

Ah, this technique/trick is really going to help me...thank you!

Now that I've seen it I can't unsee it. This is AWESOME!!! Going to apply this technique today. Thank you

Thanks for another insightful tutorial. If you ever get a chance, would you consider doing a video on your process on drawing boot treads? That always seems to turn my head into a pretzel.

Love it!

Thank you this is what I was missing !!!

This is exactly what I needed

He's BACK

This reminds me of old ZHC, I missed this type of stuff so much.

I randomly saw you at a booth at comic con and immediately got you to sign my comic. Keep up the good work!

Nice tutorial Mr. David, can't wait for the next! 📝