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ART/VIDEO – Great Cartoon Book: Character Mentor by Tom Bancroft

There’s a TON of how to draw cartoon books out there.  I even wrote one.

This is a good thing because not everyone learns the same way. Some people resonate better than others with different types of people.

However, there are some cartoon books that I personally think stand out more than others.  Books that, I would personally recommend to anyone asking me.

The book I talk about in this video is one such book.  I really think it’s worth owning.  In this video, I explain why.

Links Mentioned In This Video

Character Mentor by Tom Bancroft 

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ART/VIDEO – Best How To Draw Animal Books Part 2:  The Art of Animal Drawing by Ken Hultgren

Part 2 of my exploration of animal drawing books.

Not all animal drawing books are great.  Some are better than others, and even the good ones don’t cover everything.

This is why it’s good to have more than one drawing book.  If one book doesn’t answer your question, maybe another will.  Or maybe one answers your question but it does it in a way that doesn’t resonate with you.

It’s always good to have other approaches on hand.

In this video I cover my other “go to” animal drawing book.  Watch the video to see what’s so great about this one:

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The Art of Animal Drawing by Ken Hultgren 

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ART/VIDEO – Gesture Drawing And Lay In

Perhaps THE most important part of a figure drawing is the initial lay in or gesture drawing you put down.  It’s important because everything else you draw builds on this part of the drawing.

The more you do, the better you’ll get.  However, this is often a ignored by some artists starting out.  They don’t know that they ought to practice it, what it is, and why its important.

In this video, I talk about these two subjects and explain what they are, why you need them, and how to do it.

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ART/VIDEOS – What The Drawing Fundamentals Are

“You should practice the fundamentals in order to get better,” is common advice given to people who want to improve their drawings.  It’s great advice.  It’s something everyone should do.

The problem isn’t practicing the fundamentals, the problem is, not knowing what the fundamentals are.  After being given the advice, you sit there wondering, “what are the drawing fundamentals?” You can’t study them if you don’t know what they are.

I decided to remedy this problem by making this video.  It should not only answer what the fundamentals are, but also what each fundamental is and why it’s important to learn.

Links Mentioned in the Video

Lines:
http://www.thedrawingwebsite.com/2012/04/20/how-drawing-can-be-as-easy-for-you-as-writing-the-abcs/
Shapes:
http://www.thedrawingwebsite.com/2012/08/21/how-drawing-can-be-as-easy-for-you-as-writing-part-2-shapes-are-like-words/
Designs:
http://www.thedrawingwebsite.com/2012/11/07/simple-cartoon-characters-from-flat-shapes/
Forms:
http://www.thedrawingwebsite.com/2015/02/18/practicing-your-draw-fu-forms-forms-are-like-sentences/
Gesture:
http://www.thedrawingwebsite.com/2015/04/15/the-key-to-flow-power-and-dynamism-mastering-gesture/
Perspective:
http://www.thedrawingwebsite.com/2015/01/07/draw-fu-perspective-secrets-5-basic-principles/

Bridgman Book: http://amzn.to/2pK9YqT

Figure Drawings Worth Owning, Playlist:

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ART/VIDEO – The Myth of Talent 02: My Figure Drawing Then And Now

This notion of talent  keeps coming up, even when it’s coming from people who can draw, saying that other people who draw better must therefore just be “given” the ability without having to work for it.

This is not the case. Everyone at some level has to put in some about of work to get better, to improve.

In this week’s video I show you some before and after.  I start off by showing you some of my current figure drawings.  Then I take out the actual drawing pad for my first ever figure drawings.  I show you were I came from, and where I am.

Then you can judge, was it talent, or work?

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ART/VIDEOS – Tips to Improve Your Imaginative Drawing 02

Tough angles and twists are difficult to draw.  How do you approach these difficult positions? In this video I tackle a tough pose.

I draw over Ken’s drawing and give him pointers on drawing.

In this video I go over:

• Drawing bending torsos
• Drawing legs
• Body part rhythms
• Good under drawing vs “Snow Man” under drawing
• Using Artist Mannequins for reference
• Drawing feet
• Drawing Arms

Links Mentioned in The Video

Artist Male Mannequin

Figure Drawing Books Worth Owning 05: Figure Drawing Design and Invention Video 

Figure Drawing Books Worth Owning 06: Figure Drawing For Artists by Steve Huston 

Drawing Torso (temporary link)

Talking about Bridgman Books

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ART/VIDEOS – Tips to Improve Your Imaginative Drawing 01

Improving your drawings is tough.  Especially drawings created from your imagination.

This week I draw over Ken’s drawings.  He asked me to go over his drawing and give him some tips on improving them.  I told him I’d do it if he allowed me to make Youtube videos.  He agreed.

I made the videos because I think what Ken is dealing with is something many other people are dealing with. I thought by making my suggestions public, you might get something out of it too.

This is the first of two videos. In it, I cover:

• Foreshorting
• Drawing hands
• Drawing the torso
• Looking at reference

Links Mentioned in The Video

Figure Drawing Books Worth Owning 05: Figure Drawing Design and Invention Video 

Figure Drawing Books Worth Owning 06: Figure Drawing For Artists by Steve Huston 

Drawing Torso (temporary link)

Talking about Bridgman Books

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ART/VIDEOS – Drawing From Reference: Part 04

This is the final video.  In this video I change my drawing to look more like what I want it to look like.  In this case, Batman.

I show you the process I use do this.  Unlike the last video, I don’t show you the whole process in real time.  I think you got the message in the part 3.

Needless to say this process took a lot of time as well. I go step by step through the process so you know what I did.

I DON’T render the image.  If I was to do that I would take two to three times longer to do that.  It’s a long tedious process. What I end up with is a good foundation to start a final render.

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ART/VIDEOS – Drawing From Reference: Part 03

The critical stuff is in place.  Making sure that all the main masses and shapes are in place. Now it’s time to start refining and adding in all the rest of the detail.

This is actually a very long tedious process.  I’ve often seen videos where the artist speeds this part up.  This is meant to be an educational video, so I don’t do that. I show you how long something like this takes.

I want you to understand what you’re getting into once you start doing something like this.  It’s not magic, it’s a lot of tough little decisions and all them are critical to making the drawing looks right. It takes as long as it takes:

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